Episode 225: Listenersode 2022!

Listenersode 2022!

It’s the FOURTH annual SSR Listenersode, featuring bookish and nostalgic insights from our friends Tracey, Rachel, Margaret, and Julia. What a way to wrap up another year of the show!

Thanks to each and every listener for another fantastic year. Wishing you all the health and happiness in 2023 : )

CHECK OUT THE BOOKS + SSR EPISODES REFERENCED ON THE EPISODE:

What was your favorite book as a tween or teen? Why did you love it so much?
Episode 60: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (with Gemma Hartley)
Episode 194: The Truth About Forever (with Martha Waters)
Episode 200: Just Listen (with Leah Johnson)
Episode 110: This Lullaby (with Sarah Coquillat)
Episode 145: Keeping the Moon (with Lily Herman)
Episode 2: The Princess Diaries (with Haley Davis)
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Episode 6: Sloppy Firsts (with Maddie Boardman)
Sloppy Firsts: A Jessica Darling Novel by Megan McCafferty

Which book were you most excited to hear held up on the podcast? Which were you most bummed to hear didn’t hold up?
Episode 191: Hoot (with Rachael Lippincott + Alyson Derrick)
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Episode 204: Meet Addy (American Girl) (with Ebony LaDelle)
Episode 213: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (with S.K. Ali)
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
Episode 195: Ready or Not (with Shauna Robinson)
Ready or Not: An All-American Girl Novel by Meg Cabot
Episode 194: The Truth About Forever (with Martha Waters)
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Episode 196: Voyage on the Great Titanic (Dear America) (with Kelsey McKinney)
Episode 96: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie (Dear America) (with Jimalion Perry)

Share your dissenting opinions! What do you think I’ve gotten wrong on the pod?
Episode 33: Anne of Green Gables (with Julie Vadnal)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Episode 220: Anne of West Philly (with Erin Entrada Kelly)
Anne of West Philly: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables by Ivy Noelle Weir, illus. by Myisha Haynes
Episode 180: Anna and the French Kiss (with Alana Quintana Albertson)
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Who is your all-time favorite character in kid lit or YA?
Episode 2: The Princess Diaries (with Haley Davis)
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Episode 6: Sloppy Firsts (with Maddie Boardman)
Sloppy Firsts: A Jessica Darling Novel by Megan McCafferty

What middle grade or YA book would you most like to see adapted or re-adapted for film or TV?
Episode 180: Anna and the French Kiss (with Alana Quintana Albertson)
Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Episode 6: Sloppy Firsts (with Maddie Boardman)
Sloppy Firsts: A Jessica Darling Novel by Megan McCafferty

What’s one book you hope SSR covers in the future?
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

What book(s) have you discovered through the pod that you didn’t read when you were younger?
Episode 4: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (with Hannah Howard)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Episode 168: You Have a Match (with Emma Benshoff)
You Have a Match by Emma Lord
Tweet Cute by Emma Lord
Begin Again by Emma Lord

What books would you recommend to the rest of the SSR community?
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

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