Age Inappropriate: A Podcast for Book Nerds

Age Inappropriate: A Podcast for Book Nerds

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  • S2 Ep 13: Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon PART 2

    We're back, good listeners, but don't worry we are shorter this time around.

    We're wrapping up Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon and it's ... well we make our own fun.

    Next up: Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley High #10 Wrong Kind of Girl

    Content Note:

    Incest, rape, godbothering

    1 hr 45 min
  • S2 Ep 11: Tamora Pierce's In the hand of the Goddess

    Friends! It's time to enjoy a rousing discussion of basically anything BUT Tamora Pierce's In the Hand of the Goddess. Enjoy how Karen is entirely wrong about GoT, thrill to a conversation about furniture, wait for us to get to the book. Where we learn that there are entirely too many lesbians running around in fantasy and SF. Sure.

    Next up: MISTS OF AVALON DOUBLEHEADER WHAT WHAT

    CN: Sexual assault, nonsense.

    1 hr 18 min
  • S2 Ep 10: Michael Crichton's Sphere

    Let's revisit a book from 1987! About the deep sea! And codes! And shrimp! It's Michael Crichton's Sphere, and we might even identify a few plot holes. Enjoy!

    Next up: Tamora Pierce's In the Hand of the Goddess

    CN:Racism, sexism, probably some pretty bad science.

    1 hr 39 min
  • S2 Ep 9: Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone

    Once again we gather, huddled around our phones for a wild ride with Kristin and Karen!

    We're reading Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone (#1 in the Dark Is Rising Sequence) and talking about research, pemmican, Arthurian legend, and world lake depths. Thrilling. We also tease you about some upcoming projects!

    Next episode: Michael Crichton's Sphere !!

    CN

    Whitewashing of indigenous peoples' histories

    1 hr 19 min
  • S2 Ep 8: Barthe DeClements' Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

    Hello good listeners! We're back with a classic! Barthe DeClements' Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade. A book that has a Library of Congress description that includes "serious home problems." We discuss fat phobia, the feral children of the 70s, and Karen advocates for a full hex on the patriarchy. GET YOUR OWN DAMN COOKIES!

    Next up: Susan Cooper's Over Sea, Under Stone (Book 1 in the Dark is Rising sequence).

    CN

    Abuse, fatphobia, neglect, ranting

    1 hr 10 min
  • S2 Ep 7: Caroline Cooney's The Face on the Milk Carton

    At last, Caroline Cooney's The Face on the Milk Carton. The classic feel-good tale about kidnapping, lying, and naming your children Denim and Lace.

    We talk cryogenics, babies Jessica, and appropriate tailgate foods.

    Next up: Barthe DeClements' Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

    Content Note:

    Child abduction, cults

    1 hr 19 min
  • S2 Ep 6: Lois Duncan's Stranger with my Face

    Here it is, friends: Lois Duncan's Stranger with my Face. We talk adoption, therapy, astral projection, reproductive rights. And this podcast takes a bold stance against drugs for teenagers.

    Kristin was talking about a Decoder Ring podcast and this Family Fun Pack.

    Next up: Caroline Cooney's The Face on the Milk Carton.

    CN:

    Adoption barriers,

    1 hr 34 min
  • Se 2 SPECIAL!!! Carolyn Keene's The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew #2)

    We were surprised to find out there was a Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase movie coming out (this Friday, what?) and so we're surprising you with a quick special!

    What. Is. This. Book. Who. Are. These. People.

    Keep your eyes out for our regular episode this week, STRANGER WITH MY FACE by Lois Duncan. (Where's our teen movie version of that!)

    54 min

About Age Inappropriate: A Podcast for Book Nerds

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Kristin and Karen revisit the books that shaped our childhood. Possibly proving you can't go home again, and that someone should have been paying attention to what we were reading. Authors range from…