Russell, Rachael, and Rachel discuss the November Reading Challenge, ‘Hungry for Reading”, books involving or featuring food. Make sure you’ve had a good meal before you take a bite out of this episode!

Books/Authors we discuss include:

• “Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story” by Kevin Noble Maillard, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
• “Bad Kitty” by Nick Bruel
• “Strega Nona” by Tomie dePaola
• “Popcorn” by Frank Asch
• “Gregory, the Terrible Eater” by Mitchell Sharmat, Illustrated by José Aruego, Ariane Dewey
• “Turkey’s Fall Fumble” by Wendi Silvano, Illustrated by Lee Harper
• “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle
• “Ramón and Julieta” by Alana Albertson
• “Let's Make Ramen!: A Comic Book Cookbook” by Hugh Amano, Sarah Becan
• “Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook” by Fannie Flagg
• “The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop” by Fannie Flagg
• “The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook” by ConcernedApe
• “Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love” by Samin Nosrat
• “Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder” by Joanna Fluke
• “Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes” by Sandra Jackson-Opoku
• “Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook” Alice Waters
• “Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches from a White Mountain Apache Chef” by Nephi Craig

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with A THIRD RACHEL🎉! Our guest Rachel Holden, Youth Services Librarian for Rockingham County Public Library system, shares with us her great love of all types of literature from children’s to YA, graphic novels, celebrity memoir, the classic canon, and beyond.

Books/Authors we discuss include:

• “Little Critter” series by Mercer Meyer
• “American Girl” series by Susan Adler, Valerie Tripp, Connie Rose Porter, and various others
• Dr. Suess
• “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien
• “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams
• “Little House” series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
• “Ranma ½” manga series by Rumiko Takahashi
• “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke
• “A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy” by Tia Levings
• “A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail” by Bill Bryson
• “Have a Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks” by Mick Foley
• “Hollywood, Ending” by John Green
• David Sedaris
• “Pete the Cat” series by Eric Litwin
• Jory John
• “I’m Sorry You Got Mad” by Kyle Lukoff, illustrator Julie Kwon
• “I Hate Everything” by Sophy Henn
• “Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town” by Richard Scarry
• “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee
• “Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes” by Edith Hamilton
• “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas
• “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles
• “Manga Classics: Pride and Prejudice” adapted by Stacy King, illustrator Po Tse
• “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” by Seth Grahame-Smith
• “The Twilight Saga” series by Stephenie Meyer
• “The Hunger Games” series by Suzanne Collins
• “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” series by Ann Brashares
• “Pretty Little Liars” series by Sara Shepard
• “Gossip Girl” by Cecily von Ziegesar
• “Divergent” series by Veronica Roth
• “The Maze Runner” series by James Dashner
• “Curious George Original Adventures” by H.A. Rey, Margret Rey
• “Corduroy” by Don Freeman
• “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum
• “Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters” by Ben H. Winters
• “Animorphs” series by K.A. Applegate
• “The Saga of Pecos Bill” by Tex O’Reilly

Russell, Rachael, and Rachel discuss the October Reading Challenge, books with a surprising or thrilling twist. No spoilers!

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Books/Authors we discuss include:

• “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart
• “The Wife Between Us” by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
• “Verity” by Coleen Hoover
• “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke
• “Remain” by Nicholas Sparks, M. Night Shyamalan
• “Goosebumps” series by R.L. Stine
• “Monsterstreet” series by J.H. Reynolds
• “The Everlasting” by Alix E.Harrow
• “Japanese Gothic” by Kylie Lee Baker
• “Monster in the Moonlight” by Annelise Ryan
• “House of Danger: A Choose Your Own Adventure Book” by R.A. Montgomery
• “The Mousetrap: A Play” by Agatha Christie
• “If Something Happens To Me” by Alex Finlay
• “Zoo” by James Patterson
• “The Girl Behind the Red Rope” by Ted Dekker, Rachelle Dekker