It is Part Two of our inadvertent two-part series on romance novels centered on viral moments (the first part being Talia Hibbert’s Take a Hint, Dani Brown). Today we’re talking about the angst-forward member of this pair, Alisha Rai’s Girl Gone Viral, and learning about the relative angst tolerance of each of us two Jennys. We also chat about the books we’re excited for in Fall 2020, as well as the things we’re reading and something-elsing (watching and listening to, respectively), and try not to get too silly even though we recorded on a video chat this time. You can listen to the podcast in the embedded player below, or download it directly to take with you on the go!
Here are the time signatures if you want to skip around!
1:48 – What we’re reading
5:45 – What we’re something elsing: ANARCHY EDITION
9:27 – Recap of Summer 2020 book preview
11:41 – Fall 2020 book preview
24:00 – Alisha Rai’s Girl Gone Viral
And here’s a list of everything we talked about!
A Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allende
Deal with the Devil, Kit Rocha
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, Roseanne A. Brown
Burn, Patrick Ness
The Knife of Never Letting Go, Patrick Ness
Taskmaster
The Magnus Archives
Little Eyes, Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell
Fever Dream, Samanta Schweblin, trans. Megan McDowell
Take a Hint, Dani Brown, Talia Hibbert
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, Roseanne G. Brown
Boyfriend Material, Alexis Hall
Harrow the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir
Gin Jenny’s picks
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
Stranger Faces, Namwali Serpell
This Is All Your Fault, Aminah Mae Safi
Return of the Thief, Megan Whalen Turner
Phoenix Extravagant, Yoon Ha Lee
Serena Says, Tanita Davis
Whiskey Jenny’s picks
His Only Wife, Peace Adzo Medie
Smash It, Francina Simone
David Tung Can’t Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College, Ed Lin
If the Boot Fits, Rebekah Weatherspoon
The Bad Muslim Discount, Syed M. Masood
The Old Drift, Namwali Serpell
Nutshell, Ian McEwan
Rafe, a Buff Male Nanny, Rebekah Weatherspoon
Peas and Carrots, Tanita Davis
Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi
Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi
Missionaries, Phil Klay
Redeployment, Phil Klay
Girl Gone Viral, Alisha Rai
the saga of Alisha Rai’s viral tweet (link)
the story of Plane Bae (link)
a zoo escape drill (link)
Pretty as a Picture, Elizabeth Little
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Credits
Producer: Captain Hammer
Photo credit: The Illustrious Annalee
Theme song by: Jessie Barbour
Transcripts by: Sharon of Library Hungry
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