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Show Notes: Episode 8

April Bookish Brief



The books we finished from last time:

Lizz: The Novice by Taran Matharu
L: Girl, Wash Your Face  by Rachel Hollis

Shawna: Lost Girls by Heather Young
S: The Brave Learner by Julie Bogart

Lizz's Note: The definition of "Thriller" is as follows "Thrillers are characterized and defined by the moods they elicit, giving viewers heightened feelings of suspense, excitement, surprise, anticipation, and anxiety" (source)

The books Lizz read in April

Vincent Book One: Vitor Cafaggi
Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard
Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody
Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Schotte
The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco
Damsel by Elana K. Arnold
King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard
Illuminate by Amie Kaufman
Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan
Gemina by Amie Kaufman
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Dry by Neal Shusterman
The Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander
Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

The books Shawna read in April

Mr Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva
Night by Elie Wiesel
Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino
At the Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino
Save Me From Myself by Brian Welch
The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Storied Life of A.J. Fiery by Gabrielle Zevin
Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

Lizz is Currently Reading
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling

Lizz's Pick: Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Lizz's Skip: Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond

Shawna is Currently Reading
Life with my Idiot Family by Kathy and Gary Picard
The Day the World Came to Town by Jim Defede

Shawna's Pick: The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
Shawna's Skip: At the Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino

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