8 - What Makes Us Pick Up A Book?

Content Warnings: passing mentions of racism, homophobia and transphobia, mentions of stigma against sex workers.
Here's food for thought: what makes you pick up a book? Is it genre alone? What draws you in? Conversely, what makes you put down a book while reading? What tropes do you avoid? This week, we talk a little bit about our own personal preferences!
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Books Mentioned:
Misery by Steven King
How to be Anti Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T Crenshaw
Sleepless by Sarah Vaughn and Leila Del Duca
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki
My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame
Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Twilight by Smeyer
Saga by Brian K Vaughn and Fiona Staples
Runaways by Rainbow Rowell and Kris Anka
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
The Martian by Andy Weir
Pride of Chanur by C.J Cherryh
The Monster Ball by A Bunch Of Clowns
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