Episode 31: Bras and Broomsticks by Sarah Mlynowski

November 07, 2018 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Bras and Broomsticks: Goodreads, Worldcat, Indiebound, Author Website

Sarah Mlynowski: Website, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Wattpad, Facebook

Content Notes

Our first (and sadly not last) appearance of the Unfortunate Transphobia Bear—it’s a couple lines, but a couple lines that would do well to be edited out in 2018.

This is a book that gets REAL about relationships with step-parents, conflict between adults and kids, and kids seeing their parents as human for the first time. We appreciate it, good to know going in.

Forward March is here!

Love, loss, and the surprising aphrodisiacs of the band locker room. That’s what the Dulaney High marching band has in store for Meghan Riggins. Like her Gram, who’s been her biggest fan since that first trombone lesson, Meghan’s always loved making music. So marching band should be easy, right? Wrong. It’s hard enough staying upright during the halftime show, avoiding the worst of the upperclassmen, or remembering the difference between a cummerbund and a dickie. But then she falls for Jonah, an adorkable fellow trombone nerd who just happens to be her best friend’s brother. Meghan may need to rethink everything she knows about herself, in and out of band, with and without her family and friends, and in and out of love. Both witty and poignant, Forward March will have you laughing, swooning, and cheering from the stands.

Find Forward March by Carey Farrell at your favorite online bookseller!

The very spookiest bat

Per our query in the podcast: Sarah Mlynowski has two sisters—she’s in between the two!—and Bras and Broomsticks takes a lot of inspiration from real life.

Betsy Bird comes up a lot in this episode. She’s our hero.

Wendy Mass

Cynthia Rylant

Read When the Letter Comes by Sarah Fox online for free!

All the Halloween Episodes of Bob’s Burgers

The Infamous Vibrating Nimbus 2000

Sex Kittens and Horn Dawgs Fall in Love by MaryRose Wood

The 11:11 Wish by Kim Tomsic

The Holy Wild: A Heathen Bible for the Untamed Woman by Danielle Dulsky

What if This Were Enough? and How to Be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky

Carey talked Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret on Unspoiled! Book Club

Thanks Podscure for always shouting us out!

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Episode 30: The Pigman by Paul Zindel

September 05, 2018 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Happy 30th Episode everybody! Our scrappy little episode enters the decade of wine, Netflix, and cats/dogs with a Hometown Read from Host Rie. Take the Staten Island Ferry and actually disembark for a tale of two ungrateful teenagers and the sweetest old man in the world. We talk high school shenanigans, kids these days, and assigned reading while lamenting the fate of the Pigman. Oops. Unless you had it as assigned reading.

The Pigman: Goodreads

Paul Zindel: Website

Content Notes

Oh boy. Terrible parents, elder abuse, grief, horrible 1960s zoos, casual and not-so-casual homophobia. Host Rie also rags on her hometown a bunch. It deserves it.

Show Notes

Tiger after getting mama back from the evil recording studio

The Pigman's Legacy by Paul Zindel

The Pigman and Me by Paul Zindel

Cheaper by the Dozen and Belles on their Toes by Ernestine Gilbreth

Lizabeth Zindel

The Vanderbilt Tomb

Turn your cremains into a sparkly orb or a puppet but maybe not a pie

Rie's 8th grade curriculum: Zlata's Diary, Letters from Rivka, Behind Rebel Lines, Farewell to Manzanar

Shelf Discovery by Lizzie Skurnick

Chemistry by C.L. Lynch

The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg

We love you Podscure!

Readalikes

Scarlet Epstein Hates it Here by Anna Breslaw

We Won't Feel a Thing by J.C. Lillis

Current Reads

Sitting on Saturn by Joe Beine

Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert

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Episode 10: The Matthue Roth Appreciation Extravaganza

November 21, 2017 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Carey and Marie discuss the myriad works of Matthue Roth! From teen punk sitcom stars, slam poets in San Francisco, and boys trying to find their way from Hebrew school to Rocky Horror, Matthue Roth writes music, faith and friendship in an unimitatable style.

Never Mind the Goldbergs: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Better World Books

Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, IndieBound, Better World Books

Rules of My Best Friend's Body: It's free! Go download it here

Matthue Roth: Website

Content Warnings

Never Mind the Goldbergs: Creepy predatory older man creeping on a teen girl. Lots of confusions around identity and general punk anger.

Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Matthue uses some words that are really only used intra-communally nowadays when talking about his very loved friends. There is also a theme of confusion around feelings about girls in conflict with his faith.

Rules of My Best Friend's Body: This book is about the best friend's character surviving rape. It is from the viewpoint of a teen boy, and the experience is based on the experience of the author. It is realistic, heartfelt, and also had some moments that made me, a thirtysomething woman and assault survivor, go WHAT THE HELL. It is an important viewpoint, but if sexual violence is in your past, proceed with caution.

What happened to Never Mind the Goldbergs? It has more to do with The Goldbergs than we thought. :

http://www.matthue.com/2013/10/goldbergs-meet-goldbergs.html

Fault Line by Christa Desir

Matthue Roth's writing on Hevria

Hevria’s mission is to become the go-to community for Jewish and spiritual people who are “creators”.

Lizard People podcast

The Toast, may it rest in peace

7-Up: The Up Series of Documentaries

Readalikes:

Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn

Sister Mischief by Laura Goode

Current Reads:

The Weight of Sound by Peter McDade

Rocket Romance by Sophia Chester

Find us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! Send us an email! We love our Readers and Listeners.

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Episode 8: Let's Have a Flash Mob: Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn

November 07, 2017 by Marie Macula in Episodes

Girls Kiss! Flashmobs Happen! Adults Hate This One Hilarious Book About Addiction, The Internet, and Finding Yourself! Carey and Marie talk about Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn, seeing Very through her career as social media star, ESCAPE artist, and soul-searcher. Also, the girls get together in the end.

Very LeFreak: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, IndieBound, Better World Books

Rachel Cohn: Website

Content Warnings:

General white girl exoticizing her POC classmates nonsense, slut-shaming, internalized homophobia, sexual molestation of a minor (not graphic, mentioned in passing), hospitalization, addiction treatment. Cohost Rie also talks about her inpatient experience a bunch!

Movies Referenced: Meatballs, The Apple, Wet Hot American Summer, But I'm a Cheerleader

The "David" video mentioned in-episode.

Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole. Host Rie reviewed it with Danika of the Lesbrary a long time ago!

Art Metrano

Actually, it was Improv Everywhere that did The MP3 Experiment, not Newmindspace

The Danzinger Award for Hilarious Kids Books

A Black Woman Created the “Me Too” Campaign Against Sexual Assault 10 Years Ago

We call back to our episodes on Chicks with Sticks and Born Confused! Catch up if you'd like!

Doll theory? Bees? Listen to Babysitter's Club Club if you dare to learn the secrets of the New (Babysitter's) World Order. Wake up, Sheeple are IN.

Readalikes

Marie: Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis

Carey: Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes

What We're Reading

Marie: Pie in the Sky by Wendy Mass

Carey: You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

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