Katy and Matt are joined by Kay White and Jovita Scrogin, who fill us in on reading while parenting, parenting while reading, the joys of audiobooks and fantasy, and so much more!

Episode image: Amy Carter and Jimmy Carter participate in a speed reading course at the White House, 1977 (cropped). Public domain image courtesy National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia Commons.

Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay

Want to learn more about the books, authors, shows, and films we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay!

Hanif Abdurraqib

Sherman Alexie

Isabel Allende

V. C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic

Fredrik Backman

James Baldwin Giovanni's Room

Judy Blume Blubber

Judy Blume Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great

Judy Blume Superfudge

Angeline Boulley Firekeeper's Daughter

Angeline Boulley Warrior Girl Unearthed

Carl B. Boyer A History of Mathematics

Betsy Byars The Pinballs

Emily Chase The Girls of Canby Hall

David Crane & Marta Kauffman Friends

Franklin W. Dixon The Hardy Boys series

Fyodor Dostoevsky The Brothers Karamazov

Driven Lifestyle duPont REGISTRY

Louise Erdrich

Walter Farley The Black Stallion

William Faulkner The Sound and the Fury

Louise Fitzhugh Harriet the Spy

David Foster Wallace Infinite Jest

Bette Greene Summer of My German Soldier

Marguerite Henry Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Robin Hobb Assassin's Apprentice

Heinrich Hoffmann Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures (English translation)

James Howe Bunnicula

John Irving

James Joyce Ulysses

Tony Judt Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century

Carolyn Keene Nancy Drew series

Stephen King The Dark Tower series

Stephen King The Eyes of the Dragon

Stephen King Holly

Stephen King Misery

Barbara Kingsolver Demon Copperhead

Jon Krakauer

Harper Lee Go Set a Watchman

C. S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia

Laurie Lico Albanese Hester

Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses series

Christopher Maclehose, ed. Leopard II: Turning the Page

Gemma Marino Das wasserscheue Krokodil

George R. R. Martin A Game of Thrones

Ramón Menéndez & Tom Musca Stand and Deliver

Daniel Nayeri Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story)

Celeste Ng Little Fires Everywhere

Sigrid Nunez A Feather on the Breath of God

Sigrid Nunez The Friend

Christopher Paolini The Inheritance Cycle

Francine Pascal Sweet Valley High

Solveig Paulson Russell Jan und sein Zahn

Dav Pilkey Dogman series

The Princeton Review Princeton Grammar Smart

Annie Proulx Fen, Bog and Swamp

Rick Riordan Percy Jackson and the Olympians series

J. K. Rowling Harry Potter series

J. D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye

Philippe Sands The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage

Cilly Schmitt Teichmann Die Struwelliese

Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are

A. F. Steadman Skandar and the Unicorn Thief series

Bernie Taupin Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton and Me

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

Sybille von Flüe Pingu e un bisogno urgente

Margery Williams The Velvetine Rabbit

Margaret Wise-Brown & Clement Hurd Goodnight Moon