Tune in to hear more about the plans for our NYC bookstore crawl, and don’t forget to join Becky’s fan club book club discussion coming up in early June! After those announcements, we’re getting into our “cartoon outfits.” Keep listening if you’re not sure what that means :) then we have a few classics, a beloved historical fiction, and a “f***ing wild” YA thriller. Thanks for listening!! Grab your BATC merch here: https://www.booksandthecitypod.com/merch. Browse and shop all the books we’ve discussed on this episode and past episodes at https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksandthecity. Subscribe to our newsletter on our website, and send us an email at [email protected]> Emily’s pick: A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid (10:15-20:17) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374527075/asmallplace On Emily’s TBR: Nothing Personal by James Baldwin Kayla’s pick: This Golden State by Marit Weisenberg (20:18-27:45) https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250786272/this-golden-state On Kayla’s TBR: Booth by Karen Joy Fowler Libby’s pick: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (27:46-37:48) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/117662/the-bluest-eye-by-toni-morrison/ On Libby’s TBR: My Brother by Jamaica Kincaid Becky’s pick: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (37:49-47:03) https://www.thedialpress.com/books/the-guernsey-literary-and-potato-peel-pie-society-movie-tie-in-edition-tr On Becky’s TBR: Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman Music by EpidemicSound, logo art by @niczollos, all opinions are our own.

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