• The Week in Books LIVE: JK Rowling, the Joys of Catfishing, and Pissing Off the Duolingo Owl.”

    With Book Marks Editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee

    Featuring the good news and the bad news from the week in books, the big titles everyone is talking about, the best reviewed books, adaptation news, and more… From Book Marks editors Dan Sheehan and Katie Yee.

    Discussed in this episode:

    Ready Player Two
    J.K. Rowling’s transphobia
    The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
    The joys of Catfishing
    The age-dependent comedy of being eaten by alligators in Florida
    Pissing off the Duolingo owl
    The delightful Prix Albertine Jeunesse and the Orwell Prize winners
    The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, Working Girl, and Moonstruck


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