Show Notes
We’re looking back at the formative books that made us the readers we are today, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week! Books and other media mentioned in this episode:Andrew Lang booksLittle House series by Laura Ingalls WilderBeauty by Robin McKinleyThe Ordinary Princess by M.M. KayeAnne of Green Gables series by L.M. MontgomeryThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan AikenThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareAnn Rinaldi booksA Break with Charity by Ann RinaldiIn a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin SchwartzFear Street series by R.L. StineChristopher Pike booksCam Jansen series by David A. AdlerEncyclopedia Brown series by Donald J. SobolMasterpiece Mystery! (TV)The Babysitters Club series by Ann M. MartinSleepover Friends series by Susan SaundersThe Westing Game by Ellen RaskinThe Search for Delicious by Natalie BabbittBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsSweet Valley High series by Francine PascalSweet Valley Twins series by Francine PascalFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsDollanganger series by V.C. AndrewsGoosebumps series by R.L. SteinRichie Tankersley Cusick booksNora Roberts booksWalden by Henry David ThoreauThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieJane Austen booksSherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan DoyleJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMary Higgins Clark booksJohn Jakes booksNorth and South series by John JakesNorth and South (TV)A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude DevereauxWhitney, My Love by Judith McNaughtGone Girl by Gillian FlynnFrances Burney booksDiane Mott Davidson booksAnne Perry booksThe Eight by Katherine NevilleComing Home by Rosamunde PilcherSarah Dessen booksBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingNine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLeanThe Water Mirror by Kai MeyerNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsBird Box by Josh MalermanThe Silent Companions by Laura PurcellThe Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyMary Kay Andrews books What We’re Reading This Week:
Ann: Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn Halle: The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O’Neill– Read with Jenna– Thousand Voices Books
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