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Dec 2019
49m 27s

#8 - Queer Women, Mysteries, and Retelli...

Ariel Bissett & Raeleen Lemay
About this episode

Raeleen finished a book and got deja vu, Ariel hasn't finished anything, but we both get excited to recommend books about queer women, a mystery, some retellings, a book with dual timelines, and essays about women!

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Books mentioned:

Our goodreads list: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/141358.Books_Unbound_Podcast
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
The Hike by Drew Magary
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
In the Woods by Tana French
Fly on the Wall by e. Lockhart
Juliet Immortal by Stacey Jay
Ask the Passengers by A.S. King
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With My by Mariko Tamaki
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
How to by a Woman by Cailtin Moran

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