Geraldine Brooks is an award winner for a reason, and we grabbed her historical fiction, "Year of Wonders." Based off of a true story of a plague village in England, this one tackles so many important and interesting themes.
Video: https://youtu.be/6ecHSPaT8IY
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122: Politics and Pure Fantasy Fun in "Spark of the Everflame"
Penn Cole's "Spark of the Everflame" is the first in the Kindred's Curse series. While the discussion only covers the first book, it seems all of the hosts have already read on in this fantasy series with a fresh world and magic system.
Video: https://youtu.be/GU0FAcg81uM
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121: Onyx Storm: Unhinged
Anyone else thankful BookTok was unbanned before Onyx Storm came out? The fan theories out there are WILD. In this episode of entirely spoilers, we talk about what might come next in the series based off questions we still have, and we break down TikTok's finest fan theories. And we have receipts.
Brennan's mark: @g00fsnnah
Berwyn/Naolin: @mia.heindel
Dain's slap: @bagendbookery
Theophanie and General Daramor: @saracainreads
Horcruxes: @thegiacobra
Liam is alive: @itslittledemon
King Courtlyn: @sandras.library
Secret pregnancy: @hanyourbookishbestie
Video: https://youtu.be/m2iJ8lC3y0k
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120: "Onyx Storm:" The Monster TikTok Made
Book three of The Empyrean series is long awaited, but maybe we could have waited longer? The bar is set so very high for this BookTok darling. Can it ever achieve what its fans hope for?
Video: https://youtu.be/i6L-HEFAoM4
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119: A Not So Short "Intermezzo"
Sally Rooney apparently doesn't use quotation marks or complete sentences, but really likes long paragraphs and run-on sentences. Is it art to write about loss and love this way? Or is it just too much work?
Video: https://youtu.be/a2Xf1weQSTk
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