Episode 77: Listenersode #1!
/Listenersode #1!
For the first time ever, we’re inviting SSR listeners on to the show to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences about the books they loved most as kids… and maybe even some of the books the podcast has ruined for them. (Sorry!)
Enjoy this special episode — and happy new year!
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?
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (Episode 37)
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, Book 1) by Carolyn Keene (Episode 5)
Kristy’s Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club #1) by Ann M. Martin (Episode 7 | Episode 29 | Episode 66)
Welcome to Dead House (Classic Goosebumps) by R.L. Stine (Episode 11)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Episode 33)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Daphne’s Book by Mary Downing Hahn
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (Episode 60)
Wise Child by Monica Furlong
Have you had any surprising or interesting experiences rereading a book from your childhood?
The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg
The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs
Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
Kristy’s Great Idea (The Baby-Sitters Club #1) by Ann M. Martin (Episode 7 | Episode 29 | Episode 66)
What book are you scared to reread from your childhood?
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Episode 9)
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (Episode 15)
The Magic Christmas (Sweet Valley Twins) by Francine Pascal
Which book were you most excited to hear held up on the podcast? Which were you most bummed to hear didn’t hold up?
The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew, Book 1) by Carolyn Keene (Episode 5)
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (Episode 1)
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (Episode 9)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (Episode 33)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (Episode 4)
Homecoming (The Tillerman Cycle) by Cynthia Voigt (Episode 63)
What do you think we need more of in kid lit or YA?
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) by Philip Pullman (Episode 41)
Just As Long As We’re Together by Judy Blume (Episode 68)
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!