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by renata | March 26, 2018 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 94 – Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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by renata | December 18, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Episode 88 – Bests & Worsts of 2017 (Part 1, Children’s & YA)

Tune in to our Bests & Worsts of 2017 episodes to hear us discuss these titles and read excerpts from our favorites and least favorites! Please note:

We counted things that we read in 2017, regardless of publication year.
We didn’t count anything that we read specifically for this podcast, so our worst books are aside from those.
For that reason, we picked top 5 favorites and only 1 least favorite–we have this whole podcast to talk about bad books, so for these episodes we’re choosing to focus on the positive!
Some of our “worsts” are really just “least best.” Listen to the podcast to hear more detail!

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by renata | April 10, 2017 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 70 – The Notebook

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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by Kait | July 18, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 53 – The Baby-sitters Club

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Baby-sitters Club by Ann M. Martin. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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by renata | December 28, 2015 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 38 – Hamilton

Here’s what we suggest in addition to reading Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow and listening to Hamilton the musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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by renata | January 3, 2015 · 2:47 pm

Episode 10 – Bests & Worsts of 2014 (Part 1, Children’s and YA)

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Tune in to our Bests & Worsts of 2014 episodes to hear us discuss these titles and read excerpts from our favorites and least favorites! Please note:

We counted things that we read in 2014, regardless of publication year.
We didn’t count anything that we read specifically for this podcast, so our worst books are aside from those.
For that reason, we picked top 5 favorites and only 1 least favorite–we have this whole podcast to talk about bad books, so for these episodes we’re choosing to focus on the positive!
Some of our “worsts” are really just “least best.” Listen to the podcast to hear more detail!

Continue reading →

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