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In Memorium: Beverly Cleary & Jean Little
Season 3
To celebrate the contributions of two women who helped elevate stories about girlhood, Brenna walks Joe through a few notable titles from both Cleary…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Vampire Diaries
Season 3 Episode 29
Whose ready for boys, fangs and a surprising amount of gory bits? We're checking into the lurid, sultry pages of L.J. Smith's vampire love triangle (…
5 years, 1 month ago
Ten: Murder Island feat. Jessica Scott
Season 3 Episode 28
With Brenna gone, Joe and Jessica head to a secluded island party, but isn't it just our luck that the guests begin mysteriously dying? In Gretchen M…
5 years, 2 months ago
Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry feat. Jenny Nulf
Season 3 Episode 27
In an unorthodox pick, this week's minisode is on Apple TV's music documentary of singer Billie Eilish. Along for the ride is returning guest Jenny …
5 years, 2 months ago
March Holds & Homework
Season 3 Episode 26
Brenna:
Concrete Rose by Angie ThomasGiant Days by John AllisonJoe:
Ragnorak S1 (Netflix)Fate: The Winx Saga S1 (Netflix)March Hold List:
Once Upon A Qu…5 years, 2 months ago
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Season 3 Episode 25
At the behest of listeners Andrew and Max, Brenna and Joe discuss the Groundhog's Day-inspired story about two teens stuck in a temporal anomaly. Th…
5 years, 2 months ago
Placelessness in YA
Season 3 Episode 24
What is important about "setting" a narrative in a specific location and why does it seem somehow less important to white writers? We dig into how pl…
5 years, 3 months ago
To All The Boys: Always and Forever
Season 3 Episode 23
It's time to close the rom-com fairy tale book on Lara Jean and Peter!
Up for discussion: Joe's struggle to connect with Covey, the appropriate size …
5 years, 3 months ago
Brown Girl Dreaming (Book Club #2)
Season 3 Episode 22
With a sprawling inter-generational tale of displacement, poverty and racism, Jacqueline Woodson has written an evocative, lyrical novel about her ti…
5 years, 3 months ago
Words on Bathroom Walls
Season 3 Episode 21
We're unintentionally tackling another text with accusations of ableism this week. After a brief lament about the lack of reviews from disabled reade…
5 years, 3 months ago