Episode 33: Ida Early Comes over the Mountain by Robert Burch
This week we take on a "heartwarming tale about the Great Depression" called Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain. The cover calls it a "Mountain Mary Po...
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Just two friends rereading our favorite books from our youth to see if they still hold up or if they should be forgotten
Episode 32: Dark Visions: The Strange Power by LJ Smith
Psychics, romance, bad boys, an evil plan... this series has it all! We take on another of LJ Smith's famous paranormal romance trilogies: Dark Vision...
Episode 31: The Worst Witch (1986)
It's Halloween at last! We're ending this spooky month with a movie centered around the wizarding school that started it all - The Worst Witch! This w...
Episode 30: The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
What child of the 80s didn't have the crap scared out of them with this movie? But is it as scary as we remember? And what the heck actually happened ...
Episode 29: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
It's Halloween and we're taking on the classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. This book is iconic! Everyone we knew was reading it in the 90s and ...
Episode 28: The Carnival Ghost (Sweet Valley Twins Super Chillers #3) by Francine Pascal
It's Halloween and we've returned to the world of Sweet Valley Twins with one of the Super Chillers! The Carnival Ghost was Allison's favorite of the ...
Episode 27: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
Emma has chosen this classic from Roald Dahl for this week's discussion! As the sequel, how does it stand up to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,...
Episode 26: Stranger in the Mirror (Phantom Valley #4) by Lynn Beach
This week we take on the spooky world of Phantom Valley - specifically the 4th entry in the series: Stranger in the Mirror! There's time travel, blood...
Episode 25: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
Another entry in the Magic Shoppe series, this one stars a young boy who is unwittingly tasked with the raising of a dragon! Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon H...
Episode 24: Punky Brewster at Camp Chipmunk by Ann Matthews
Another camp book? MORE HORSES?! Somehow we always end up here! And did you know there were Punky Brewster books? We both watched this show as kids, b...