Happy end of February! We hope you’ll join us tonight for Libby’s fan club book club chat about The Idiot by Elif Batuman - check the Patreon for that Zoom link and all the other details. Today we’re catching up on all things books with some fantasy, some myths, some retellings, some magic, and some romance (sometimes all at once!) And before that, we’ve got some good American Girl Doll talk because we simply cannot get enough of those dolls in our 20-something lives. Thanks for tuning in, we’re excited about all the new content we have coming in season 2! As always, you can grab your BATC merch (including the coveted SWEATSHIRT) 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 booksandthecitypod@gmail.com------------->

Libby’s pick: Exit West by Mohsin Hamad (9:00-16:28)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549017/exit-west-by-mohsin-hamid/
On Libby’s TBR: The Family Roe: An American Story by Joshua Prager

Becky’s pick: Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor (16:29-21:31)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/677101/hotel-magnifique-by-emily-j-taylor/
On Becky’s TBR: The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers

Emily’s pick: The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh (21:32-29:51)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/316779/the-wrath-and-the-dawn-by-renee-ahdieh/  
On Emily’s TBR: Snow by Orhan Pamuk

Kayla’s pick: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (29:52-37:33)
https://books.disney.com/book/if-the-shoe-fits/
On Kayla’s TBR: Fake by Erika Katz

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