Welcome to a special episode of Listen Now, Read Later, the podcast that brings you to your next favorite book by reading you short stories— except this time, we're doing a recap episode to let you in on how this podcast came to be, getting permission from authors so you can Listen Now and picking which books we think you should Read Later. Plus, hear what books we're reading on the side for even more great recommendations!

Highlighted themes: memories, friendship and the reading habits of middle schoolers.

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Music for this episode:

"That's One Sly Cat" by Artifical.Music, licensed under a Creative Commons license. Listen on ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠YouTub