It's our annual check-in with Becks Quirk, while Kris is recovering from Women's Week in P-town! Becks and Tara talk about what's changed in the last year, where they're at, what keeps them motivated, as well as Becks's reflections after Banned Books Week. 

Official Recommendations

From Becks: Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun

In keeping with the annual nature of her visits, Becks's official recommendation this week is another Alison Cochrun audiobook, Every Step She Takes. A bout of turbulence provokes Sadie into coming out and sharing her deepest secrets with her seat companion, Mal, only to learn they're both joining the same tour of Camino de Santiago in Portugal. Becks is a sucker for physical journeys that exhaust the body and mind, leading to revelations and change. 

From Tara: Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti

Tara's official recommendation this week is Ladies in Hating by Alexandra Vasti. Lady Georgiana Cleeve is the author of many popular novels, which helps her support herself and her mother. When Lady Darling's books are equally popular and have details that are eerily similar to Georgiana's own books, Georgiana knows she has to unmask Lady Darling. She's in for the shock of her life when Lady Darling ends up being none other than Georgiana's teenage crush. Tara loved the emotional journeys in this one and how it plays with conventions from gothic novels.

Works/People Discussed

• Banned Books Week
• Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel (recommended in QR 064)
• Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (recommended in QR 057)
• Flamer by Mike Curato
• They Came from Below by L Dreamer
• After All: A Sapphic Romance (Latitude & Longing Book 3) by Bryce Oakley
• Olive Oil and White Bread by Georgia Beers
• The Shape of You by Georgia Beers
• RuPaul's Drag Race UK (BBC Three, BBC One)
• Hades 2 (Supergiant Games)
• Iceberg by Gun Brooke
• Course of Action by Gun Brooke
• Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
• Meditations in an Emergency - Essays by Rebecca Solnit
• The Fortune Hunter's Guide to Love by Emma-Claire Sunday
• Heather Rose Jones

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