Episode 46 - The Struggle for Good with Maggie Brennan

On this episode, Maggie Brennan, a loyal member of the Off Color Book Club, and I discuss the retellings she will always read, how being an oldest sister impacted her reading life, and the way that her Irish family has impacted her reading life. She also talks about her favorite fantasy and sci-fi and how these genres can tell stories that reflect our reality.    Support my Open Books fundraiser   Books mentioned in this episode:    What Betsy’s reading:  Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat  Before the Mango Ripens by Afabwaje Kurian Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis    Books Highlighted by Maggie: The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas  The Daughters of Temperance Hobbes by Katherine Howe Bride of the Tornado by James Kennedy  In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez  Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver  Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins  Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang  On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan  Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot   All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.   Other books mentioned in this episode: Kindred by Octavia Butler  Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler  Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler  Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  Trust by Hernan Diaz  White Tears by Hari Kunzru  The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte  The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins