On this episode, Maggie Brennan, a loyal member of the Off Color Book Club, and I discuss the retellings she will always read, how being an oldest sister impacted her reading life, and the way that her Irish family has impacted her reading life. She also talks about her favorite fantasy and sci-fi and how these genres can tell stories that reflect our reality.
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Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat
Before the Mango Ripens by Afabwaje Kurian
Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis
Books Highlighted by Maggie:
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbes by Katherine Howe
Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Trust by Hernan Diaz
White Tears by Hari Kunzru
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
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