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Carroll County’s fantastic Marshmallow Peep Show, cast your vote here

Good Book Hunting at:

The Readers Cafe Hanover PA

REK Books, located inside of Emporium Antiques in Frederick, MD

We will be interviewing John Waters in April, check out his incredible career here

For inquiring minds that want to know, this is where Lory gets her hair done - Alter Image Salon in Westminster, MD

Learn more about Ira Marcks here

Get the Battle of the Books dates on your calendar

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Write to us about your book dominoes, pay it forward stories and send us photos of your favorites bookstores at the Two Sides email

Register here to attend the Battle of the Books Kickoff event, meet Ira Marcks as he talks about his graphic novel, Shark Summer, and is interviewed by Lory and Ted from the Two Sides to the Story podcast.

Get a peek at Ira’s book Shark Summer

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Get your copy of Shark Summer from A Likely Story Bookstore

Community partners and book people worth checking out!

Battle of the Books

After Hours - Battle of the Books

Pipe the Side Brewing Company

Carroll Arts Council

1623 Brewing Co

Maryland Print House

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The Little Blue Cottage, Kelly Jordan; illustrated by Jessica Courtney-Tickle

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The Book Shelf Irvington, VA

The Book Nook, Kilmarnock, VA

Ye Olde Book Shoppe, Heathsville, VA

Visit our website to see the details on book destinations we’ve visited so far.

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Some of the books and authors that have inspired Patti, mentioned during the episode:

David Downing Into the Wardrobe

Mary Oliver

Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way

Rick Rubin The Creative Act

Elizabeth Strout My Name is Lucy Barton

Pat Conroy

John O’Donohue To Bless the Space Between Us, Annam Cara

Mary Kay Andrews

Kristin Hannah

Oliver Burkeman Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Maggie O’Farrell Hamnet

Lincoln Frederick See Like an Artist

Madeline L’Engle Walking on Water

Kevin Wilson Now is Not the Time to Panic

Harper Lee

Anne Rivers Siddons

William Faulkner

J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye

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Wanna know what a pantser is? Here’s one way to learn…check out the book Storytelling for Pantsers: How to Write and Revise Your Novel Without an Outline

Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper - a great book about relationships and going on a Quest. One of the first books Ted and Lory read together, long before Two Sides to the Story started. Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper

Get these great reads at bookstores like:

A Likely Story

Rudolph Girls

The Last Word

Or the Carroll County Public Library

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