Rainie Toll explains why "The Giver" and "The Catcher in the Rye" are more similar than you might think. We also talk about mushrooms, OCD, John Green, and why it's okay to not finish a book.

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"Fantastic Fungi Community Cookbook" by Eugenia Bone https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781647222956

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780316769488

"The Giver" by Lois Lowry https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780544336261

"Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780525555377

"CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" by George Saunders https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9780812987683

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