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by | December 20, 2021 · 12:00 pm

Episode 187 – Bests of 2021

Another year has come and gone, and Kait and Renata are here to make lemonade out of the lemons of 2021. We each picked our top 6 books of the year and discussed some other highlights of the year.

Footnotes: The Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2021, featuring Renata’s picks for best middle grade and young adult novels

Taylor Swift

Legends of Tomorrow

Ted Lasso

The West Wing

Fast & Furious: Highway Heist Game

Wingspan

 

Screenshot of a TikTok featuring a young Black woman with a stack of books, captioned Book that I love & recommend but I do not remember anything about the plot

Coming up next: A January hiatus. Happy New Year! We’ll see you in February!

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by | November 19, 2018 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 111 – Stranger than Fanfiction

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Stranger than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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by | 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 | August 29, 2016 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 56 – Angels Watching Over Me

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Angels Watching Over Me by Lurlene McDaniel. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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by | December 8, 2014 · 12:00 pm

Readers Advisory: Episode 08 – The Christmas Shoes

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

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