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In this extra episode, Jill and Michael sit down for an interview with Nancy Johnson, author of the B**K It! Book Club selection The Kindest Lie! (https://bookshop.org/lists/b-k-it-book-club)

This episode is sponsored by the Blue Manatee Literacy Project (https://www.bluemanatee.org/) .

In our first official book club selection, we discuss Nancy Johnson's debut book The Kindest Lie (https://bookshop.org/lists/b-k-it-book-club) !

This episode is sponsored by the Blue Manatee Literacy Project (https://www.bluemanatee.org/) .

When is something a gimmick and when is it the only way the story could've been told? In episode two, Jill and Michael explore some of their favorite gimmicky books, some of their least favorite, and some that are somewhere in between!

Featuring:
Ducks, Newburyport (https://bookshop.org/books/ducks-newburyport/9781771963077) by Lucy Ellmann
Texts From Jane Eyre (https://bookshop.org/books/texts-from-jane-eyre-and-other-conversations-with-your-favorite-literary-characters/9781627791830) Daniel M. Lavery
Pride (https://bookshop.org/books/pride-a-pride-prejudice-remix/9780062564054) by Ibi Zoboi
Such a Pretty Fat (https://bookshop.org/books/such-a-pretty-fat-one-narcissist-s-quest-to-discover-if-her-life-makes-her-ass-look-big-or-why-pi-e-is-not-the-answer/9780451223890) by Jen Lancaster

This episode is sponsored by Blue Manatee Literacy Project (https://www.bluemanatee.org/) .

We're back! In the season premiere of season two, Jill and Michael talk about their end-of-2020 reading habits, what they hope to read in 2021, and what they are definitely going to leave behind!

Featuring:
Caul Baby (https://bookshop.org/books/caul-baby/9780062873088) by Morgan Jerkins, 4/6/21
Infinite Country (https://bookshop.org/books/infinite-country-9781432885878/9781982159467) by Patricia Engel, 3/2/21
Concrete Rose (https://bookshop.org/books/concrete-rose-9781432884741/9780062846716) by Angie Thomas, out now
A Million Reasons Why (https://bookshop.org/books/a-million-reasons-why-9781250789822/9781250241627) by Jessica Strawser, 3/23/21
Revival Season (https://bookshop.org/books/revival-season/9781982133306) by Monica West, 6/15/21
The Personal Librarian (https://bookshop.org/books/the-personal-librarian/9780593101537) by Marie Benedict, 6/2021
The Kindest Lie (https://bookshop.org/books/the-kindest-lie-9780063073159/9780063005631?aid=15876) by Nancy Johnson, 2/2/21

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This episode is sponsored by the Blue Manatee Literacy Project (https://www.bluemanatee.org/) .

SURPRISE! We're back...sort of! Jill and Michael do a quick hello and introduction before the season two premiere next week!

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The season one finale of B**K It! is here with a long ass list of books! We discuss all the reading we did this year, our favorite books of 2020, and reflect on what a dumpster fire of a year this has been and how reading has been difficult, but ultimately as helpful as ever.

Featuring:
Friends and Strangers (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780525520597)
Summer (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781101870792)
Caste (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780593230251)
Before the Ever After (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780399545436)
The Daughters of Erietown (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780525479352)
Conjure Women (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780525511489)
Dancing with the Octopus (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781635576122)
A Long Petal of the Sea (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781984820150)
Kent State (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781338356281)

Also: Old Lovegood Girls (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781632868220) , The Nickel Boys (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780385537070) , Stand Up, Yumi Chung! (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780525554974) , The Blackbird Girls (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781984837356) , The Jetsetters (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780399181894) , The Queen Bee and Me (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781681197517) , Ways to Make Sunshine (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781547600564) , Dress Coded (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781984816436) , We Are Water Protectors (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781250203557) , Everybody Says Meow (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780062689887) , Baby Monster (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9781936669912) , Seven Clues to Home (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780593119617) , We Dream of Space (https://shop.bluemanatee.org/book/9780062747303)