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E243: They Hate Each Other, So They're Destined To Be Together
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:45:08
Publish Date: 2020-08-06 05:00:00
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Amanda and Jenn discuss diverse fantasy, summer resort reads, and spiritual nonfiction in this week’s episode of Get Booked.

This episode is sponsored by Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast, Care/of, and Book Riot Insiders.

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Pavilion of Women by Pearl S. Buck, Anything by Louis de Bernieres, but particularly Birds Without Wings and Notwithstanding, The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney, The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, Maggie O’Farrell’s new book Hamnet (rec’d by Sibyl)

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Ms Marvel, The Totally Awesome Hulk, and the Miles Morales Spider-Man books (rec’d by Angie)

Questions

1. It would be amazing if this could be done before our holiday 16th Aug but will be wonderful whenever.

My girlfriend has found that with the epidemic she is craving escapism and has found a new love for fantasy. I would love to get her some holiday reading and she has really enjoyed Lord Of The Rings but was a little disappointed at the lack of diversity and has also really been enjoying Studio Ghibli films, especially ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’. She also does not enjoy sci-fi. Do you have any great, diverse fantasy recommendations for her?

-Sam

2. I’ve struggled with spirituality my whole life. I crave spiritual experiences and feelings, but despite my many explorations into all kinds of religions, I’ve never found one that “fits”, because I can’t get my annoyingly empirical brain to believe in something I can’t have demonstrated.

Do you have any recommendations for books (fiction or nonfiction) about exploring spirituality as an atheist? I find myself drawn to Earth and the cosmos a bit. Marginalized voices would be a plus, but I’ll take anything that you find compelling

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