Required Reading

By Erin Bowles

Required Reading revisits the most impactful books from our childhood with a new guest every week.

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The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.

Required Reading episodes:

May 22, 2024 A Series of Unfortunate Events with Justin Crosby
Flop Soup's Justin Crosby joins me to discuss Lemony Snicket's first Unfortunate Event: The Bad Beginning! Why is Erin's audio so bad? We don't know but hopefully she'll figure it out. Or else!
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1h 1min
May 01, 2024 Lock and Key with Cassandra Kyriazis
Sarah Dessen has LANDED. Cassandra Kyriazis of Flop Soup joins me to discuss Sarah Dessen's novel LOCK AND KEY, 2008s jewelry, and the power of having 2-3 friends.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassandraKy
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1h 2min
April 24, 2024 The Tail of Emily Windsnap with Zannah Schorer
MERMAIDS, ARE YOU READY? Zannah Schorer joins me for episode 26 to discuss Liz Kessler's tale of a girl probing the mysteries of her absent father, the weird lighthouse operator, and why her legs are becoming a tail!
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57min
April 17, 2024 Holes with Corryn Diemer
ITS EPISODE 25!!! And one of the best books in American literature in my opinion. Corryn Diemer joins us to read Louis Sachar's 1998 classic - its both twinkling fairytale and sweaty gritty story about the juvenile penal system. And of course, the movie.
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1h 36min
April 10, 2024 Dragonology with Ashley Westover
Grab your gear, we're looking for dragons. Ashley Westover joins me to discuss Dugald Steer's interactive DRAGONOLOGY and his OLOGIES series!
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1h 13min
April 03, 2024 The Grapes of Wrath with Hua Chen
Its a Required Reading first - childhood friend Hua Chen joins Erin to discuss a book they read together in Mr Swift's 10th grade English class: THE GRAPES OF WRATH, a book which both love, but could not remember. Spoiler: it's really good!
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1h 4min
March 20, 2024 All of a Kind Family with Emily Caulfield
This week writer and artist Emily Caulfield joins me to discuss Sydney Taylor's ALL OF A KIND FAMILY! I can't believe we recorded the whole episode and I forgot to ask what a Whatnot is!
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1h 15min
March 13, 2024 The Bell Jar with Zoë Dennis
Trigger warnings abound but its a goodie all the same - Zoë Dennis joins me to discuss Sylvia Plath's 1963 novel The Bell Jar!
The Bell Jar is the story of 19-year-old Esther Greenwood, the breakdown she experiences, and the beginnings of her recovery. The year is 1953 and Esther Greenwood, having finished college for the academic year, has won a one-month paid internship at Ladies Day magazine in New York City. (Summary from CliffsNotes)
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58min
February 28, 2024 The Golden Compass with Sam Walt Jones
ITS OUR TWENTIETH EPISODE!!!! A classic among classics, book one of the His Dark Materials series, The Golden Compass
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1h 14min
February 14, 2024 The Care and Keeping of You with Amanda Yuan
ITS THE BODY EPISODE, MOM AND DAD DON"T LISTEN. Dive in to Valorie Lee Schaefer's THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU from American Girl Magazine in 1998.
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1h 37min

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The podcast currently has 90 episodes available.

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