Throwback Bookstack

It's time to talk about favorite saints, 13th century hygeine, and weather definitions as Kelly and Emily sit down to talk about (...or wildly flail about) Karen Cushman's 1994 book, "Catherine, Called Birdy". Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

Are your children sneaking into strangers' backyards and setting fires? Are they developing a cultlike secret society? Do they have a psychic taxidermy owl? If so, they definitely need to listen to Kelly and Emily talk about Zilpha Keatley Snyder's 1967 novel, "The Egpyt Game".   Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod   Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

It's time to bring some magic to the holiday season with Gail Carson Levine's 1997 book, 'Ella Enchanted'! Emily and Kelly discuss terrible faeries, sketchy consent, relationship considerations for cursed women, and how to measure pants.   Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod   Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)  

It's a dive into the world of high school hijinx this week - MURDER hijinx! Kelly and Emily read Lois Duncan's 1978 suspense novel, 'Killing Mr. Griffin', and try to figure out where these terrible teens went wrong in their plan (spoiler alert: everywhere).   Twitter: @ThrowbackBSPod Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

Are you looking for a book with adventures on the high seas, a plucky heroine surrounded by intrigue and murder, and a fascinating dive into historical fiction? Kelly and Emily were too, but unfortunately, they ended up with something else. Come join them as they examine the worst mutiny ever and discuss how knives work after reading 'The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle'.   Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com)

The pilot episode! Kelly and Emily start their journey of childhood literary nostalgia by discussing Patricia C. Wrede's "Dealing With Dragons". Music: "Heartbreaker" by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA