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Show Notes: Episode 15

June Bookish Brief



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Lizz Finished: The Colorado Kid by Stephen King four stars

Shawna Finished: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance by Ruth Emmie Lang four stars

Lizz Read:
Enchantee by Gita Trelease four stars
Furyborn by Claire Legrand four stars
To Best the Boys by Mary Weber DNF
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi four stars, but audio only two stars
The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer four stars


Shawna Read:
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid four stars
The River by Peter Heller five stars
The Dead Drink First by Dale Maharidge five stars
The Night Circus Erin Morganstern DNF, but will read later
Beneath the Scarlet Sky by Mark T Sullivan five stars
What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundle two stars
Where the Crawdad's Sing by Delia Owens DNF
The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah five stars (or five billion, I mean, depending on the rating system we are using)


Lizz's Pick Enchantee by Gita Trelease
Lizz's Skip  To Best the Boys by Mary Weber

Shawna's Pick Beneath the Scarlet Sky by Mark T Sullivan
Shawna's Skip What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundle

What Lizz is Reading:
Romanov by Nadine Brandis
The Outsider by Stephen King

What Shawna is Reading:
The House Keeper's Tale by Tessa Boase

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