Required Reading

Director and actress Jenny Lester joins me to discuss the 1995 film NOW AND THEN (directed by Lesli Linka Glatter) all about four women who reunite to recount one very special summer from their childhood.

Jenny has a movie coming out soon that was directly inspired by Now and Then: check it out!

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I can't explain it but Agatha Christie is the perfect author for September. Rebecca Thandi Norman joins me to discuss Agatha Christie's THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD featuring the inimitable Hercule Poirot!

Listen to Rebecca's podcast Book Imprint (it is this show's fraternal twin, really truly, my guy) and her Agatha Christie podcast Tea & Murder!

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Zannah is back and so is Fablehaven! We return to the magical creature nature preserve with book two The Rise of the Evening Star!

Siblings Kendra and Seth must return to Fablehaven to help their grandparents stop the evil Society of the Evening Star in their quest to gather special magical artifacts.

Listen to our episode on book one of the series!

Listen to Zannah's other episodes on The Iliad and The Tail of Emily Windsnap!

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Lauren Badillo Milici returns to discuss Flowers in the Attic THE MOVIE from 1987!

Listen to Lauren's episode on the novel Flowers in the Attic!

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Jess is back for a fourth time with one of the most famous children's books of all time!

Listen to Jess' past episodes on The Tale of Desperaux, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and The Host!

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It's a movie episode! Kevin T Porter returns to discuss horrifying 80s classic Return to Oz!

Listen to Kevin's episode on Artemis Fowl!

Listen to Kevin's episode on Wayside School is Falling Down!

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Listen to Kevin's Good Christian Fun (Erin's been on a few episodes, oooo....)

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You can hear me smiling in this episode! The magical Kyle Selig (Welcome to Flatch...ever heard of it?) joins me to discuss book two in The Hardy Boys series, The House on the Cliff! Gosh, golly, this is a good one!

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Just in time for the new movie - Madeline North returns to discuss The Odyssey!

Check out The Iliad with Zannah Schorer or Madeline's past episodes covering The Princess Bride, Eragon, and Jane Eyre!

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Sam Walt Jones returns to discuss the 16th Goosebumps book ONE DAY AT HORRORLAND by RL Stine from 1994.

Listen to Sam's first episode covering The Golden Compass!

Listen to more Goosebumps episodes!

• The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
• Stay Out of the Basement
• Monster Blood
• Say Cheese and Die
• The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
• Welcome to Camp Nightmare

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Writer and podcaster Phillip Iscove joins me to discuss the 1979 vampire classic, BUNNICULA by James and Deborah Howe, a rabbit tale of mystery about a dog who can eat chocolate, a well-intentioned well-read cat, and a Snoopy-like bunny that drains vegetables of color. Today vegetables, tomorrow the world!

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