The Community Library

6.03 Childhood Favourites: 2007


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I have been reading for about eighteen years of my life. And I’m curious about what books I loved as a kid, and how they’ve influenced my reading tastes now. Do these books hold up? How do we separate our opinions from feelings of nostalgia? Should we change outdated vocabulary in old books? All these questions and more answered in today’s episode, the first in a new series on this podcast. I hope you enjoy! A x

Visit my website www.angourieslibrary.com for more links and resources, plus a full transcription of this episode.

This podcast concept was taken from Kayla from Booksandlala on YouTube. You can watch her childhood favourites series here.


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