Episode 56 - Feels Folkloric with Meara McNitt
On this episode, Meara McNitt, a social media professional who loves stories of all types, discusses her love for all kinds of books, including an interest that her friends suggest she doesn’t yell about in the bookstore. She talks about a lot of books that haven’t appeared on the show yet and I go on a bit of a rant about one of my favorite hot takes.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe
Books Highlighted by Meara:
Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
That Self-Same Metal by Brittany N. Williams
Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
The Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
The End of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Perfume and Pain by Anna Dorn
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Matched by Ally Condie
Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots: Bailey School Kids #1 by Debbie Dadey
Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osborne
The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz & Stephen Gammell
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
Hose of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig
The Belladonna Collection by Adalyn Grace
All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace
A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
The Christmas Murder Game by Alexandra Benedict
Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Severance by Ling Ma
Bloom by Delilah S. Dawson
The Lamb by Lucy Rose
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Julia: A Retelling of George Orwell’s 1984 by Sandra Newman
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Books with Betsy is a podcast that celebrates the reading life of all readers. Each week, Betsy interviews a different person about their reading life. Listen for book recommendations, reading tips, and to join in the joy that reading brings. And remember, anyone who reads is a reader.
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