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Serious about Cereal (and book recommendations)

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On today's episode, we're doing another round table of book recommendations with Maria and Regis. Before that, though, Maria tells us about her amazing cereal bracket she's doing with her fiance. Maria's Instagram to follow the Golden Bowl: @feszml

Books mentioned in this episode (Recommendations start at 9:00 mark)

Family Meal by Penguin Random House

Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

Blindness by Jose Saramago

The Winters by Lisa Gabriele

Mumbo Jumbo by Ishmael Reed

The Chris Farley Show Tom Farley, Jr. & Tanner Colby

The Tradition by Jericho Brown

Killing November by Adriana Mather

All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

The Ruins by Scott Smith

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Kill the Farm Boy by Kevin Hearne & Delilah S. Dawson

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

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