Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Ghost in the Third Row by Bruce Coville. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 100 – Ready Player One
It’s our 100th episode! Kait, Renata, and their editor Becca have been studying up on our bad book trivia for years to be able to process Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. This has been one of our most-requested books over the years, so we weren’t surprised when it won our listener poll for the 100th episode. We were surprised by how it was almost exactly like all the parodies of it we saw on Twitter. Thanks to all our listeners for helping us make it to 100 episodes! We love you all so much we want to stand in your yards and play this episode on a boombox.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: John Mulaney explains Back to the Future
The 6 Most Absurd Product Placements in Video Game History
Monster Factory: The Boy Mayor of Second Life
Monster Factory: Second Life, Second Chances
Candy pairing: Becca says Skittles, Kait says Airheads, Renata says the description of a sugar molecule.
Coming up next: The Ghost in the Third Row by Bruce Coville.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 100 – Ready Player One
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 99 – A Court of Wings and Ruin
Y’all know TFW you’re an extremely powerful faerie who has an important role to play in a war to save all of magic-kind, but you’re also extremely DTF? Meredith Goldstein (@MeredithGoldste), author and advice columnist for The Boston Globe’s Love Letters column and podcast, knows all about that feel, so we invited her to discuss A Court of Wings and Ruin, as well as the rest of Sarah J. Maas’s Court of Thorns and Roses YA fantasy series. If you take a drink every time we mix up the titles of these books, then you probably won’t notice all the times we mess up the characters’ names!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: What Happened in A Court of Thorns and Roses?
What Happened in A Court of Mist and Fury?
“The Mate Rules” in Sarah J. Maas’s series
Candy pairing: Kait says a bag of trail mix with gummy penises, Meredith says cotton candy, Renata says edible underwear.
Coming up next: Our 100th Episode – book TBD!
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Episode 98 – Unmasked
Kait and Renata decided that this podcast didn’t have enough musical theater references, so they invited their Jellicle friends Ashley and Stacey to read Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s memoir Unmasked. Join us to learn more than we ever wanted to know about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s child bride, and not as much as Duarte wanted to know about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s cats. We apologize in advance for all the earworms.
Special note: Our 100th episode is coming up! Please vote on what we should read for the occasion.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Renata’s Highly Subjective Audio-Visual Guide to the World of Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber to quit House of Lords due to Brexit making his schedule ‘impossibly’ busy
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Andrew Lloyd Webber Rap
Comedy Bang! Bang!: John C. Reilly, Ice-T, & Andrew Lloyd Webber Call in from a Hot Air Balloon
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “MUSICAL; THEATRE” with guests THE BOTH (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo)
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Episode 1
Candy pairing: Ashley says Trolli Sour Brite Blasts, Kait says a themed Broadway cocktail in a souvenir sippy cup, Stacey says Riesens, Renata says sherbet lemons.
Coming up next: A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas.
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Episode 97 – Wonder
Renata, Kait, and their returning guest Angie decided to #ChooseKind and experience the wonder of Wonder by R. J. Palacio, a saccharine story of what some abled people could learn from spending time with a boy with craniofacial differences. It’s also the story of a boy’s inexplicable love of the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Tune in now to get your recommended daily allowance of Inspirational Quotes!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Review of Wonder, written by Mike Moody for Disability in KidLit
What “Wonder” Gets Wrong About Disfigurement and Craniofacial Disorders by Ariel Henley
“I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much” by Stella Young
Children’s Craniofacial Association: About Treacher Collins Syndrome
Critics Question the Representation of Disability in ‘Wonder’ by Lauren Barack
Worst Bestsellers #2 – Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
Candy pairing: Angie says Werther’s Originals, Kait says McDonald’s apple slices, Renata says sketchy charity candy.
Coming up next: Unmasked by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Episode 96 – A Princess in Theory
In honor of the upcoming royal wedding, we read Alyssa Cole’s first Reluctant Royals romance, A Princess in Theory, with the 2016 Romance Writers Association librarian of the year, Robin Bradford. Although this book has a slightly silly premise–namely, what if spam emails insisting that you’re betrothed to the prince of a small African nation were real–we loved it, just as much as Prince Thabiso loves his lost love Naledi. Join us to be reminded that love is real, even if neither Thesolo nor Wakanda are.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Fanfiction 101
Library Journal Movers & Shakers: Robin Bradford
Candy pairing: Kait says homemade macarons, Renata says King Size Skittles, Robin says a 100 Grand Bar.
Coming up next: Wonder by R. J. Palacio.
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