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Required Reading

Required Reading

by Erin Bowles

Books Comedy Interviews

Season 1

The Hardy Boys: The House on the Cliff with Kyle Selig

You can hear me smiling in this episode! The magical Kyle Selig (Welcome to Flatch...ever heard of it?) joins me to discuss book two in The Hardy Boys series, The House on the Cliff! Gosh, golly, this is a good one! Follow Kyle! Watch Welcome to Flatch! Follow Erin!

The Odyssey with Madeline North

Just in time for the new movie - Madeline North returns to discuss The Odyssey! Check out The Iliad with Zannah Schorer or Madeline's past episodes covering The Princess Bride, Eragon, and Jane Eyre! Follow Madeline! Follow Erin!

Goosebumps: One Day at Horrorland!

Sam Walt Jones returns to discuss the 16th Goosebumps book ONE DAY AT HORRORLAND by RL Stine from 1994. Listen to Sam's first episode covering The Golden Compass! Listen to more Goosebumps episodes! The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb Stay Out of the Basement Monster Blood Say Cheese and Die The Horror at Camp Jellyjam Welcome to Camp Nightmare Follow Sam! Follow Erin!

Bunnicula! with Phillip Iscove

Writer and podcaster Phillip Iscove joins me to discuss the 1979 vampire classic, BUNNICULA by James and Deborah Howe, a rabbit tale of mystery about a dog who can eat chocolate, a well-intentioned well-read cat, and a Snoopy-like bunny that drains vegetables of color. Today vegetables, tomorrow the world! Listen to Phillip's podcast! Follow Phillip! Follow Erin!

The Island of Blue Dolphins with Lizzie Logan!

Lizzie Logan returns to discuss Scott O'Dell's Newbery Award winning book THE ISLAND OF BLUE DOLPHINS. Based on a true story, when Karana's entire village leaves their island to escape raiders, she is left to fend for herself for over a decade. Listen to Lizzie's podcast Hoax! Listen to Lizzie's first episode of the podcast about Rachel Cohn's POP PRINCESS! Follow Erin!

Goosebumps: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb

It's RL Stine's world and we're just living it. I'm back on another solo Goosebumps episode covering book 5 of the original series. Check out some of our previous Goosebumps episodes: The Horror of Camp JellyJam Stay Out of the Basement Welcome to the Dead House Monster Blood

The Iliad with Zannah Schorer

Zannah Schorer returns to discuss one of the oldest stories ever told: THE ILIAD! And yes, there will be an episode about the Odyssey soon. Follow Zannah! Listen to their episodes about The Tail of Emily Windsnap and Fablehaven! Follow Erin!

The Mouse and the Motorcycle with Josh Corey

Writer and podcaster Josh Corey (Welcome to Flatch) joins me to discuss literary legend Beverly Cleary and her novel THE MOUSE AND THE MOTORCYCLE. The story? Well, it's really very simple: boy meets mouse, and they both love motorcycle. Check out Josh's new podcast FROM WRITER TO FIGHTER!! Follow Josh on Instagram! Follow Erin!

Vampire Academy 2: Frostbite with Liz Wiest

It's winter break at the Vampire Academy and Liz Wiest and I are sinking our TEETH into the sequel Frostbite. From Richelle Mead and the pivotal year of 2008, Frostbite follows the increasingly treacherous world of St Vladimir's Academy and the broader Pacific Northwest as royal vampire families are being eliminated by the bad guy vampires. Listen to our episode on book one! Follow Liz! Follow Erin! I'm not going to include our buymeacoffee link because YouTube seemed to throw a fit this week about the link on our Lord of the Flies episode from almost a year ago? Absolutely no clue why but I don't think anyone reads the episode notes, let me know!

Carrie with Kate Hagen!

Kate Hagen (SVP, The Black List) joins me to discuss Stephen King's classic novel of teen girl rage: CARRIE! High school outcast Carrie gets her period for the first time, and also telekineses. It ends poorly. Follow Kate! Listen to Kate talk BABY BOOM on Ticklish Business! Check out our previous Stephen King episode: Misery with Enor Bishop! Follow Erin! Support the show!

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