The Ponytails and Paperbacks hosts welcome Ashley back while noting Brookie is absent, discuss how youth softball/baseball and potential travel ball dominate their schedules, and recommend leagues (favoring Trenholm/Trentham over Blythewood/Sandhill). They dive into Shield of Sparrows (slow-burn payoff, Odessa/Ransom dynamic, dual POV in book two, and anticipation for later reveals), then recommend Taylor Jenkins Reid titles—especially The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six (plus its Apple TV series)—and talk about Sarah J. Maas reading order (ACOTAR before Crescent City) and struggles with Throne of Glass and Zodiac Academy. A storm causes a power outage and Ashley’s daughter Lennon briefly joins. They share parenting/discipline stories about kids saying “I hate this family,” discuss sibling kindness, health screenings ( ...