Episode 41 - Completely Booked with Jordan Hernandez

On this episode, Jordan Hernandez, who organizes the book community Completely Booked and I discuss what diverse books means to her, how to curate a feed that provides diverse options, and so many amazing book recommendations. If you want to join Completely Booked, you can send Jordan a DM on Instagram to get added to the email list!   Follow Completely Booked on Instagram Double Dough  HobokenGirl   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Less by Andrew Sean Greer  The Road to the Salt Sea by Samuel Kọláwọlé   Books Highlighted by Jordan: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas  Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams  James by Percival Everett Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson Notes From a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson  The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell  Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee  In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero  Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen  On the Come Up by Angie Thomas  This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan  Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan  Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan  Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour This Great Hemisphere by Mateo Askaripour  Isaac’s Song by Daniel Black  Don’t Cry for Me by Daniel Black  The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese  Finding Me by Viola Davis  Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Tunde Oyeneyin More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) by Elaine Welteroth  You Are a Badass(r): How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life by Jen Sincero  Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories by Lucia Berlin