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This Book Is No Joke

This Book Is No Joke

FromThe Librarian Is In


This Book Is No Joke

FromThe Librarian Is In

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Sep 6, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Which books do you wish you'd read in high school? Frank and Gwen offer up some ideas and then move on to city novels with urban themes and a picture book about a dog who tries to be a fork. Plus: what to do if you can't get enough of the Queer Eye guys. Book Recommendations "NYT: If You Could Add One Book to the High School Curriculum, What Would It Be?" Binti by Nnedi Okorafor Bull by David Elliott The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak The City and the City by China Miéville The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin Non-Book Recommendations     Short videos of the Queer Eye guys on YouTube, such as 9 Things They’ve Never Done Before (in which Jonathan and Tan bedazzle a tie), a round of Never Have I Ever, and a bizarre social-media compliment battle. 
Released:
Sep 6, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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