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Clean-ish Reads
by Aimee Hall
Are you on the hunt for your next great read? Are you tired of bad or inappropriate recommendations from friends? I’ll do my best to preview books for you, commenting on their language, violence, and spiciness level, to give you a good idea if you would love them or not. I also recommend titles for all age ranges in a variety of genres. This is the perfect place to find the best uplifting books from which to learn and grow! - Aimee Hall (Host)
Episodes
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78 - Book Club Week: “The School for German Brides” by Aimie K. Runyan
“The School for German Brides” by Aimie K. Runyan - Amazon - Goodreads Kaydee's Recommendations: "Lovely War" by Julie Berry - Amazon - Goodreads "The Bodyguard" by Katherine Center - Amazon - Goodreads
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77 - Appreciating History Through Fiction (plus a couple extra contemporary fiction)
“Remarkably Bright Creatures” by Shelby Van Pelt - Amazon - Goodreads “Elsewhere” by Gabrielle Zevin - Amazon - Goodreads “Yonder” by Ali Standish - Amazon - Goodreads “I Must Betray You" by Ruta Sepetys - Amazon - Goodreads “The Good Left Undone” by Adriana Trigiani - Amazon - Goodreads “The...
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76 - Book Club Week: "The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper" by Phaedra Patrick
"The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper" by Phaedra Pepper - Amazon - Goodreads Diane's Recommendation: "Left to Tell" by Immaculee Ilibagiza - Amazon - Goodreads
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75 - Contemporary Romances and a chat with Lisa Kempton from cleanauthors.com
“Yoga One For Me” by Eden Bloom - Amazon - Goodreads “Just a Little Fake Romance” by Melody Sweet - Amazon - Goodreads clean authors.com Register Here for "Love and Laughter" online meet and greet event with clean romance authors
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74 - Hope in a Troubled World
“Bewilderment” by Richard Powers - Amazon - Goodreads “Fish in a Tree” by Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Amazon - Goodreads Book Club Book of the Month: "The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper" by Phaedra Patrick - Amazon - Goodreads
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73 - Book Club Week: “Start With Why” by Simon Sinek
“Start With Why” by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads More Favorite Books of Steven: "Leaders Eat Last" by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads "Find Your Why" by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads "The Infinite Game" by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads "Dare to Lead" by Brene Brown - Amazon - Goodreads...
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72 - On the Hunt For a Killer
“The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larsson - Amazon - Goodreads "Chasing Lincoln’s Killer" by James L. Swanson - Amazon - Goodreads
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71 - Did You Know That?
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot - Amazon - Goodreads “What If?” by Randall Munroe - Amazon - Goodreads
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70 - Nonfiction to Help Us Relate
“Quiet” by Susan Cain - Amazon - Goodreads “Self-Reg” by Dr. Stuart Shanker - Amazon - Goodreads “When You Wonder, You’re Learning” by Gregg Bette - Amazon - Goodreads Book Club Book for January: "Start With Why" by Simon Sinek - Amazon - Goodreads
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69 - My Top Ten Favorite Books of 2022
(in reverse order of when I read them) “A Boy Called Christmas” by Matt Haig - Amazon - Goodreads “Rebecca” by Daphne De Maurier - Amazon - Goodreads “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie” by Marie Benedict - Amazon - Goodreads “Warcross” by Marie Lu - Amazon - Goodreads “The Other Bennett Sister” by...
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68 - Fun Christmas Books I’ve Been Enjoying
"Twelve Sleighs of Christmas" by Sherri Duskey Rinker - Amazon - Goodreads "The Biggest Little Boy: A Christmas Story" by Poppy Harlow - Amazon - Goodreads "Bah! Humbug!" by Michael Rosen - Amazon - Goodreads "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser - Amazon - Goodreads "The...
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67 - Books I'm Gifting This Christmas
Need gift ideas or book ideas for a wide range of ages? You've come to the right place! Picture Books: “If I Built a School” by Chris Van Dusen - Amazon - Goodreads “Knight Owl” by Christopher Denise - Amazon - Goodreads Early Chapter Books: “Math Inspectors” series by Daniel Kenney and Emily...
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66 - Book Club Week: "Good Morning, Midnight" by Lily Brooks-Dalton and "Midnight Sky" starring George Clooney
"Good Morning, Midnight" by Lily Brooks-Dalton - Goodreads - Amazon "Midnight Sky" movie, starring George Clooney - IMDb Book recommendations from my special guest, Alex Science Fiction: "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card - Goodreads - Amazon "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown - Goodreads - Amazon...
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65 - Books Into Movies: Adult Edition
"Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" by Paul Gallico - Goodreads - Amazon - latest movie version “The Dig” by John Preston - Goodreads - Amazon - movie version “Persuasion” by Jane Austen - Goodreads - Amazon - latest movie...
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64 - Books Into Movies: Teen Edition
“Howl’s Moving Castle” by Diana Wynne Jones - Amazon - Goodreads - 2004 movie edition (Academy Award Nominee) “The School for Good and Evil” by Soman Chainani - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 film version currently playing on Netflix “The Case of the Left-Handed Lady” by Nancy Springer - Amazon -...
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63 - Books Into Movies: Kid Edition
“Matilda” by Roald Dahl - Amazon - Goodreads - 1996 movie version - new movie version expected to be released Dec. 9, 2022 on Netflix in the U.S. “The Bad Guys” by Aaron Blabey - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 movie version “Lyle, Lyle Crocodile” by Bernard Waber - Amazon - Goodreads - 2022 movie...
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62 - Book Club Week: "The Mystery of Mrs. Christie" by Marie Benedict
"The Mystery of Mrs. Christie" by Marie Benedict - Amazon - Goodreads Taylor Recommends: "Lighter" by Yung Pueblo - Amazon - Goodreads
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61 - History Mystery
“The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream” by Dean Jobb - Amazon - Goodreads “The Cartographers” by Peng Shepherd - Amazon - Goodreads “Capture the Flag” by Kate Messner - Amazon - Goodreads
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60 - Classically Mysterious
“Loves Music, Loves to Dance” by Mary Higgins Clark - Amazon - Goodreads “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie - Amazon - Goodreads
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59 - Cozy On Up To a Mystery
“Cozy Up to Death” by Colin Conway - Amazon - Goodreads “Mango, Mambo, and Murder” by Raquel V. Reyes - Amazon - Goodreads
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58 - Book Club Week: "Three Words For Goodbye" by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
"Three Words For Goodbye" by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads Recommendations from Jackie: "Forget Me Not" by Ellie Terry - Amazon - Goodreads The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat: and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks - Amazon - Goodreads The Midnight Library by Matt Haig…
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57 - Contemporary Romances
“Room Maid” by Sariah Wilson - Amazon - Goodreads “Meet Me There” by Judy Corry - Amazon - Goodreads Shadow Mountain Publishing - Proper Romances
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56 - Fun and Games of the Heart
“Once Upon a Broken Heart” by Stephanie Garber - Amazon - Goodreads “Miss Lattimore’s Letter” by Suzanne Allain - Amazon - Goodreads “Games in a Ballroom” by Jentry Flint - Amazon - Goodreads
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55 - A Little Bit of Love for Jane Austen Fans
“The Austen Escape” by Katherine Reay - Amazon - Goodreads “Austenland” by Shannon Hale - Amazon - Goodreads - movie on Amazon “Three Words for Goodbye” by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb - Amazon - Goodreads
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54 - Book Club Week: “The Fixer” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
"The Fixer" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Amazon - Goodreads "The Long Game" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (book 2) - Amazon - Goodreads "The Coddling of the American Mind" by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff - Amazon - Goodreads
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53 - More Thrillers For Young and Old
"Miss Nelson is Missing!" by Harry Allard - Amazon - Goodreads “Secret Pizza Party” by Adam Rubin - Amazon - Goodreads “Masterminds” by Gordon Korman - Amazon - Goodreads “The Girl in the Picture” by Alexandra Monir - Amazon - Goodreads
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52 - Action Packed (and a giveaway!)
“Wolf by Wolf” by Ryan Graudin - Amazon - Goodreads “Warcross” by Marie Lu - Amazon - Goodreads “Wildcard” by Marie Lu - Amazon - Goodreads
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51 - Contemporary Teen Thrillers
“Even If We Break” by Marieke Nijkamp - Amazon - Goodreads “Dead Girls Can’t Tell Secrets” by Chelsea Ichaso - Amazon - Goodreads
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50 - Book Club Week: "Stepsister" by Jennifer Donnelly
"Stepsister" by Jennifer Donnelly - Goodreads - Amazon "The Book of Lost Friends" by Lisa Wingate - Goodreads - Amazon50
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49 - More Twisted Fairy Tales and Next Month’s Book Club Book
“The Real Boy” by Anne Ursu - Amazon - Goodreads “Sea Witch” by Sarah Henning - Amazon - Goodreads “The Fixer” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Amazon - Goodreads
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48 - Classic Tales Reimagined
“The Other Bennett Sister” by Janice Hadlow - Amazon - Goodreads “Jeeves and the King of Clubs” by Ben Schott - Amazon - Goodreads “My Fine Fellow” by Jennieke Cohen - Amazon - Goodreads “The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle” by Timothy Miller - Amazon - Goodreads "Carry On, Jeeves" by P.G....
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47 - Fairy Tales Retold
“Hunted” by Meagan Spooner - Amazon - Goodreads “Grump” by Liesl Shurtliff - Amazon - Goodreads “Rump” by Liesl Shurtliff - Amazon - Goodreads “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales… When I examine...
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46 - Award-Winning Essay Collection to Love and Next Month’s Book Club Book
“Sidecountry” by John Branch - Amazon - Goodreads “Stepsister” by Jennifer Donnelly - Amazon - Goodreads
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45 - Awesome Short Story Fiction Collections
"Guys Read: Funny Business" edited by Jon Scieszka - Amazon - Goodreads "Miss Marple Complete Short Stories" by Agatha Christie - Amazon - Goodreads
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44 - Book Club Week: Short Story Edition
“The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs - PDF - Goodreads “The Fall of Edward Barnard” by William Somerset Maugham - PDF - Goodreads “The Minority Report” by Phillip K. Dick - PDF - Goodreads “Charles” by Shirley Jackson - PDF - Goodreads
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43 - Short Classics You Can Finish Today
“The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka - Goodreads - Amazon “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck - Goodreads - Amazon “Animal Farm” by George Orwell - Goodreads - Amazon For next week's book club episode: “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs, “The Fall of Edward Barnard” by William Somerset Maugham, “The...
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42 - Any Star Wars Fans in the House?
“Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View” edited by Elizabeth Schaefer - Amazon - Goodreads "Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View, The Empire Strikes Back" edited by Elizabeth Schaefer - Amazon - Goodreads “The Anthropocene Reviewed” by John Green - Amazon - Goodreads
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41 - Book Club Week: "Senlin Ascends" by Josiah Bancroft
In this episode, I talk all about "Senlin Ascends" by Josiah Bancroft with my aunt Susie. Unless you don't mind spoilers, don't listen to this one until you've read the book! Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft - Amazon - Goodreads
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40 - More Fun Fantasy and Next Month’s Book Club Book
“The Scorpio Races” by Maggie Stiefvater - Amazon - Goodreads “Heartless” by Marissa Meyer - Amazon - Goodreads “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs - PDF - Goodreads “The Fall of Edward Barnard” by William Somerset Maugham - PDF - Goodreads “The Minority Report” by Phillip K. Dick - PDF…
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39 - Which Fantasy Series to Read Next
"The Lightning Thief" (Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series book 1) by Rick Riordan - Amazon - Goodreads "The Iron Trial" (Magisterium series book 1) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare - Amazon - Goodreads "Fablehaven" (Fablehaven series book 1) by Brandon Mull - Amazon - Goodreads
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38 - Quite an Imagination
“A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking” by T. Kingfisher - Amazon - Goodreads “Romanov” by Nadine Brandes - Amazon - Goodreads “And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe…
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37 - Book Club Week: "The Coffeehouse Investor" by Bill Schultheis
"The Coffeehouse Investor" by Bill Schultheis - Amazon - Goodreads The White Coat Investor blog Dave Ramsey website "The Millionaire Next Door" by Thomas J. Stanley - Amazon - Goodreads "The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need" by Andrew Tobias - Amazon - Goodreads JLCollins blog "Senlin...
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36 - Eclectic Spring
“The Lost Family” by Libby Copeland - Amazon - Goodreads “Absent in the Spring” by Agatha Christie/Mary Westmacott - Amazon - Goodreads “Endymion Spring” by Matthew Skelton - Amazon - Goodreads
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35 - Deadly Storms of Spring
“Storm Kings” by Lee Sandlin - Goodreads - Amazon “Night of the Twisters” by Ivy Ruckman - Goodreads - Amazon “I Survived: The Joplin Tornado 2011” by Lauren Tarshis - Goodreads - Amazon “H2O” by Virginia Bergin (Book 1) - Goodreads - Amazon “The Storm” by Virginia Bergin (Book 2) - Goodreads -...
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34 - How My Journey Began...
"The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Goodreads - Amazon "Flowers and Foul Play" by Amanda Flower - Goodreads - Amazon
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33 - Next month’s book club pick and a couple more for fun
“The Therapist” by B. A. Paris - Goodreads - Amazon “The Inheritance Games” by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Goodreads - Amazon "The Coffeehouse Investor: How To Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get On With Your Life", second edition by Bill Schultheis - Goodreads - Amazon
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32 - Is It Real If It’s Cleanish?
“Last One Home” by Debbie Macomber - Goodreads - Amazon “Since You’ve Been Gone” by Morgan Matson - Goodreads - Amazon Aimee's Running Playlist: - "Remember the Name" by Fort Minor and Styles of Beyond (clean edit) - "Bad Blood" by Taylor Swift (I don't have the rap version, but I'm sure both are...
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31 - Book Club Week: "Kind of a Big Deal" by Shannon Hale
"Kind of a Big Deal" by Shannon Halen - Goodreads - Amazon Interview with the author that I reference (scroll down to "The Writer's Life")
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30 - A Literary Playground (Middle-grade worth your time)
“Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper - Goodreads - Amazon “The Wednesday Wars” by Gary Schmidt - Goodreads - Amazon “Before We Were Free” by Julia Alvarez - Goodreads - Amazon “Concealed” by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - Goodreads - Amazon
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29 - Literary Fiction, Popular Fiction, Contemporary Fiction
“Redhead by the Side of the Road” by Anne Tyler - Amazon - Goodreads “American Royals” by Katherine McGee - Amazon - Goodreads “Take Me Home Tonight” by Morgan Matson - Amazon - Goodreads
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Are you on the hunt for your next great read? Are you tired of bad or inappropriate recommendations from friends? I’ll do my best to preview books for you, commenting on their language, violence, and spiciness level, to give you a good idea if you would love them or not. I also recommend titles for all age ranges in a variety of genres. This is the perfect place to find the best uplifting books from which to learn and grow! - Aimee Hall (Host)
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