This week, Liberty and Jenn discuss The Astonishing Color of After, The Heart Forger, Stray City, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by So Delicious, ThirdLove, and She Caused a Riot by Hannah Jewell. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Trigger warning for discussion of suicide in the first title at the 3:25 mark. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For a complete list of books discussed in this episode, visit our website. Books discussed on the show: The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg Stray City by Chelsey Johnson Aetherial Worlds by Tatyana Tolstaya Bury What We Cannot Take by Kirstin Chen No Turning Back by Rania Abouzeid (NPR interview.) Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco What we’re reading this week: Blood of a Thousand Stars by Rhoda Belleza The Monster Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson The Descent of Monsters (The Tensorate Series) by JY Yang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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