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Hairspray, here to have a good time or musical with a message? Are bright colors and upbeat songs enough to make a good musical, or does there need to be a message, too? Should musicals that mainly focus on having fun bother with getting a point across?

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BONUS! Episode featuring author Syd Blue!

Syd talks about writing, flying, writing about flying, adaptations, and more!

Find out more about Syd Blue at https://sydblue.com

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The World Between Blinks is a middle grade adventure which lands well on our pearl scales, and gets extra points for bringing in historical fiction. However, a sense of rushed pacing, among some other things, left us with a few questions.

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BONUS! Episode featuring voice actor Ray Buffer!

Ray talks about voice acting, recording bears, collecting golden age comic books, and more!

Find out more about Ray Buffer at https://raybuffer.wixsite.com/raybuffer.

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Game of Thrones is a highly lauded TV adaptation of a book series of the same name, which developed a very rapt, devoted fan base. Somehow, this international hit wasn't satisfied with complex world building, realistic characters, and a compelling story, but generously packed episodes with unnecessary "mature" content, too. Pearls clutching scales demolished.

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BONUS! Episode featuring author Natalie Mae!

Natalie shares about becoming an author, her YA fantasy debut series, creating complex characters, and more!

Find out more about Natalie Mae at https://nataliemaebooks.com

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Many people have a general idea of what happened on the western front during World War II, but what about the atrocities of the eastern front? Between Shades of Gray and its film adaptation Ashes in the Snow prove the need for more historical fiction as they pull away the (iron) curtain to show the horrors of Stalin's rule and their varying effects on regular people.

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BONUS! Episode featuring editorial cartoonist Phil Hands!

Phil shares about how he got into cartooning, how he thinks up ideas, the aim of editorial cartooning, and more!

Find out more about Phil Hands at https://madison.com/users/profile/phil%20hands.

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The Phantom Tollbooth is a wonderful example of a middle grade book with a perfect pearl clutching score, delightful wordplay, and a place on the shelf of classic children's literature. All considered, it goes without saying that we highly recommend this book! 

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BONUS! Episode featuring literary agent Ameerah Holliday!

Ameerah talks about getting into reading, what sort of stories she's drawn to, the job of a literary agent, and more!

Find out more about Ameerah Holliday at https://www.serendipitylit.com/agents.

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