This week, Liberty and Emily discuss Is She Really Going Out with Him?, The Last King of California, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, and more great books!

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Books Discussed On the Show:

The Last King of California by Jordan Harper

Is She Really Going Out with Him? by Sophie Cousens 

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illustrator)

In Want of a Suspect by Tirzah Price

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (translator)

Sundown in San Ojuela by M.M. Olivas

Cher: The Memoir, Part One by Cher

The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-ryeong

Darkly by Marisha Pessl

Hotel Lucky Seven by Kōtarō Isaka, Brian Bergstrom (translator)

Cats of the World by Hannah Shaw and Andrew Marttila

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay Chapman

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