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Mentioned in this episode:

The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Silmarillion

Warwick Davis

The Song of Albion trilogy by Stephen R. Lawhead

Braveheart

The Christian Writers Guild

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

Nancy Drew created by Edward L. Stratemeyer

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Dear America Book Series

Star Trek

ONE MORE RIVER by Lynne Reid Banks

MANDY by Julie Andrews

Jane Austen

Mark Twain

Garth Nix

Tamora Pierce

DEALING WITH DRAGONS by Patricia C. Wrede

THE METAMORPHOSIS by Franz Kafka

Edgar Allan Poe

The Babysitters Club Series by Ann M. Martin

American Girl books

THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER by Chick Donohue and J. T. Molloy

French Kiss (movie)

When Harry met Sally (movie)

Meg Ryan

GIVE THE DARK MY LOVE by Beth Revis