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Kelly and Erica talk about an exciting book release + adaptation combo and get into YA books released this month that you should have on your TBR. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! Learn something new, sharpen your skills, and expand your horizons with our Better Living Through Books newsletter. Better Living Through Books is your resource for reading material that helps you live the life you want. From self-help to cookbooks to parenting to personal finance, relationships, and more, Better Living Through Books has got you covered. If it’s part of life, it can be part of your reading life. That's what Better Living Through Books is all about. Visit bookriot.com/betterliving to subscribe for free, or become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year and get unlimited access to members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies knowing you are supporting independent media. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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Books Discussed Kelly's Picks: Adventures of Mary Jane by Hope Jahren Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain James by Percival Everett The Color of a Lie by Kim Johnson Sundown Towns by James Loewen There Is A Door in the Darkness by Kristin Cashore Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treur Shift Happens: The History of Labor in the United States by J. Albert Mann Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning by Ibrim X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds Erica's picks: Girls Like Her by Melanie Sumrow The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson Sleep Like Death and Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron We Shall Be Monsters by Tara Sim Dancers of the Dawn by Afzal Zulekha Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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