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Book Picks - Odyssey Bookshop

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This week's Book Picks come to us from Jesse Hassinger of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

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The Talk by Darrin Bell
Promise by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Trinity by Zelda Lockhart
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor
Constellations by Kate Glasheen

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Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.
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