Check This Out

Join Danae, Allie, and Emily as they discuss the very first Nancy Drew mystery by Carolyn Keene and give their adult mystery recommendations.

Titles mentioned in this episode:

The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke

The Trespasser by Tana French

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

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Join Danae, Allie, and Emily as they discuss the first book in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket and try to find adult recommendations with dark humor and absurdist plotlines! Also, how serendipitous that we are publishing this on the 13th of the month!

Titles mentioned:

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston

Fool Series by Christopher Moore

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Join Danae, Allie, and Emily as they discuss the first book in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder and talk about adult pioneer stories that are engrossing reads!

Titles mentioned:

Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser

Caroline: Little House, revisited by Sarah Miller

A Wilder Rose by Susan Wittig Albert

Giants in the Earth: a saga of the prairie by O.E. Rolvaag

Proving Her Claim: on the Dakota Frontier by CK Van Dam

A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich

Anything by Willa Cather

Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish

Lone Women by Victor LaValle

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Join Danae, Allie, and Emily as they sit down and discuss "The Boxcar Children" by Gertrude Chandler Warner and recommend adult read alikes.

Titles mentioned in this episode:

The Dutch House Ann Patchett

Fun For the Whole Family Jennifer E. Smith

The Turner House Angela Flournoy

The Orphan Collector Ellen Marie Wiseman

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers

When in Rome Series Sarah Adams:

When in Rome

Practice Makes Perfect

Beg, Borrow, or Steal

In Your Dreams

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Join Danae, Allie, and Emily H. as they sit down and discuss "Beezus and Ramona" by Beverly Cleary and talk about adult read alikes that feature sister relationships.

Titles mentioned in this episode:

Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen

The Princess of Thornwood Drive Khalia Moreau

Sisters First Jenna Bush Hager

The Bookbinder Pip Williams

My Sister's Keeper Jodi Picoult

Home is Where the Bodies Are Jeneva Rose

Summer Sisters Judy Blume

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Join Danae, Allie, and Emily H. as they re-read or read the first book in The Babysitters Club series by Ann M Martin. Emily and Danae recommend six novels for adult read-alikes if you loved The Babysitters Club.

Titles Mentioned in this Episode:

The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes

The Guncle Steven Rowley

The Confession Club Elizabeth Berg

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Island of Sea Women Lisa See

The Bookshop Sisterhood Michelle Lindo-Rice

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Welcome to Season Five of Check This Out where we will be reading nostalgic grade school classics and pairing them with grownup read alikes. Join Danae, Allie, Emily H., and Andy as they sit down to discuss one of the American Girl books: "Meet Molly" by Valerie Tripp.

Titles mentioned in this episode:

The Kitchen Front Jennifer Ryan

The Call of the Wrens Jenni L Walsh

The Last Year of the War Susan Meissner

The Diamond Eye Kate Quinn

Dear Mrs. Bird AJ Pierce

The Woman with No Name Audrey Blake

(Danae was incorrect about the Dear Mrs. Bird series. That book is the third in the series and the fourth book, Dear Miss Lake, just came out)

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Join Danae, Emily H., and Allie as they sit down and discuss the books that they have loved reading this summer. This is the last episode for the summer and Check This Out will be back in September with a whole new season!

Books mentioned in this episode:

The Heartbeat Library

The Four Loves

The Correspondent

The Nickel Boys

In the Likely Event

What Kind of Paradise

James

Wicked

Before Dorothy

Theo of Golden

The All-American

Lost You

The Road to Tender Hearts

Acts of Violet

None of This is True

The Compound

Nineteen Minutes

Problematic Summer Romance

Walking Across Egypt

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Join Danae and Allie as they "unbox" Teagan Debban who works part-time in our circulation department.

Books mentioned in this episode:

A Tale of Two Cities

The Wedding Planner's Daughter

The Housemaid series

The Chronicles of Narnia

Do Not Disturb

The Soul of Shame

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Join Danae, Emily H., and Allie as they discuss "My Friends" by Fredrik Backman and discover why Allie says, "This book made me feel things."

Other books mentioned in this episode:

A Man Called Ove

Anxious People

Beartown

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