In this episode of The Read Moore Podcast, Anne and Emily discuss Emily's personal journey as a bilingual reader of English and Spanish, and ways that listeners can begin and enjoy their own journey to bilingual reading!

What Anne's Reading: https://juliaquinn.com/books/the-duke-and-i/

What Emily's Reading: https://www.brandonsanderson.com/the-stormlight-archive-series/

Lucky episode number thirteen! In this week's episode, Emily is on her own again as she reviews her first fantasy read of 2021, "The Rage of Dragons" by Evan Winter. Find out what she liked, what she didn't, and decide if this is a fantasy novel you'd like to pick up for yourself!

Anne and Emily are back (and together!) to discuss some of the books they just had to put down. They also talk about why the dreaded "DNF" is not a defeat, and how readers can tell if a book is just not for them vs when they should push through to the finish.

A quick nod in honor of Sharon Kay Penman, Anne's favorite author, who passed away just last week (https://sharonkaypenman.com/)

What Emily's Reading: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003EH18SE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

In this episode, Emily strikes out on her own to provide the first full book(s) review of the podcast, reviewing Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy. 

In this episode of the podcast, Anne and Emily go back in time to discuss how they became such tremendous readers at a young age. Anne recalls how her mother raised her to love reading, and how she in turn raised Emily to love literature and books! The discussion includes tips on how parents can encourage reading and a love of books in their Littles!

What Anne's reading: http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/outlander-series/written_in_my_own_hearts_blood/

https://jemartisby.com/books/the-color-of-compromise

What Emily's reading: https://www.minasamuels.com/books/run-like-a-girl/

Characters living with mental health challenges or mental illnesses have had a place in fiction for a long time, but the portrayal of these characters has not always been compassionate or de-stigmatizing. In this episode, Emily and Anne talk about how mental health challenges have been written in a disrespectful and ignorant way in the past, and how many contemporary YA novels are now portraying these characters in a respectful, helpful way.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion of suicidal ideation and self-harm in fiction.

What Anne's reading: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005Y0N198/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

What Emily's reading: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JE1KLU/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

In this episode, we go over some of our favorite nonfiction books and authors, and talk about why reading nonfiction is important, even for die hard fiction fans.

What Anne's reading: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079Z661B7/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

What Emily's reading: https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Just-Stop-Investigation-Compulsions-ebook/dp/B01HMXV0VU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YG2CA1Q89XMY&dchild=1&keywords=can%27t+just+stop&qid=1606155374&s=digital-text&sprefix=can%27t+jus%2Cdigital-text%2C189&sr=1-1

In this episode of The Read Moore Podcast, we discuss a few more of our favorite books, all of which have something in common: they've all been either challenged or completely banned in the United States at some point in time! CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains mention and/or discussion of sensitive subject matter, including domestic abuse and sexual assault. 

What Anne's reading: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/6399/persuasion-by-jane-austen/

What Emily's reading: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/royal-assassin-robin-hobb/1100623210

In the sixth episode of the podcast, Anne and Emily discuss their favorite book series, and their tastes couldn't be more different! Enjoy!

What Anne's reading: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622081/a-long-petal-of-the-sea-by-isabel-allende/

What Emily's reading: http://juliekagawa.com/?page_id=345

Try to find these reads on the author's site or at your local bookstore!

Some people love a good Halloween horror movie, but others prefer to take in their spooks in the form of books! In this special edition of The Read Moore Podcast, Emily and Anne talk about the classic and contemporary books and short stories that are perfect for feeling creeped out on Halloween. Readers beware!

What Emily's reading: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/207428/the-wolf-gift-by-anne-rice/

What Anne's reading: YOU listen and decide!

13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey: https://www.alabamabooksmith.com/signed-copies/13-alabama-ghosts-and-jeffrey