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On today's episode, LaShawn is talking about the new debate about POV in books and why people say they won't read 1st person POV, 7 books that are coming out between now and November that she is adding to her TBR, and a few niche Honorable Mentions that are specific to her tastes. Maybe after you hear about them they will be for you too....

Books Mentioned in this Episode

Take My Word For it By Lavar Burton

American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee

The Sweetest Fiend By Raven Kennedy

Gloria Steinem An Unexpected Life By Gloria Steinem

The Disappearers By Marlon James

Friends and Family Natalie Brazille

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman

Honorable mentions for my own personal TBR

The Sixth Faction by Veronica Roth

Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo

I’ll believe in anything by Jacob Tierney

A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J Maas.

Forget Me not By Karissa Kinwood

The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig

I am not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett.

Into the Blue By Emma Brode

Love Felt Like This By Julie Olivia

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