Ep.1: Books that made us fall in love with reading.
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Since this is our very first episode we thought it would be appropriate to make the theme for this one, "Books that made us fall in love with reading". We cover Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary, and Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery). We also discuss the recent trend of sensitivity editors in the publishing industry, why Josie loves to write young adult books, and somewhere along the way one of us gets drunk.
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