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Reading recomendations to get you through the summer
By Hans AndersonDiana Opong,
11 days ago
I can’t stop listening to the news, it’s stressing me out to the max, you say?
I’m literally listening to the news right now, and may be developing an anxiety-induced twitch, you say?
If that’s how you’re feeling right now, you may be in need of a little escape this summer.
Perhaps a good book is in order?
Well, if that’s the case you’re in luck because our next guests are here to hook you up with novels, non-fiction roller coasters, and storylines that’ll make you forget TikTok dances exist for a while. You’ll be like Tyla Dance what, never heard of her.
Book Recommendations:
Jenna Zarzycki, adult services librarian at King County Library System
You Sexy Thing by Cat Rambo (Summer Pick)
Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura (Beach Read)
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister (Local Recommendation)
Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Horror)
The Yellow Handkerchief (El Pañuelo Amarillo) by Donna Barba Higuera (Children's)
This is Chance! by Jon Mooallem (Non-fiction)
Charlie Hunts of Charlie's Queer Books:
Goblin Mode by McKayla Coyle (Summer Pick)
THE GUNCLE series by Steven Rowley (Beach Read)
Someplace Generous edited by Elaina Ellis and Amber Flame (Beach Read)
Second Night Stand by Karelia and Fay Stetz-Waters (Local Recommendation)
Cryptid Kids: The Bawk-ness Monster by Natalie Riess and Sara Goetter (Children's)
Off with their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta (Young Adult Horror)
Katie Campbell, KUOW editor and reporter
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto (Summer Pick)
Subduction by Kristen Millares Young (Local Recommendation)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (Local Recommendation)
Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang (Mild Horror)
The Last One by Will Dean (Medium Horror)
The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons (Hot Horror)
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Thriller)
Diana Opong, KUOW host
Dinner at the Brake Fast by Renee Beauregard Lute (Children's)
Guests:
Jenna Zarzycki, adult services librarian at King County Library
Katie Campbell, KUOW editor and reporter who runs KUOW's book club
Charlie Hunts, owner of Charlie's Queer Books in Fremont
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