Russell, Rachel, and Rachael welcome Riley, the first guest star, to the show to discuss some of her favorite books and tell a few fun stories.

Books we discussed include:

• “Starling House” by Alix E. Harrow
• “Ten Thousand Doors of January” by Alix E. Harrow
• “Midnight Library” by Matt Haig
• “Weyward” by Emilia Hart
• “Storm Front” by Jim Butcher - Dresden Files Book 1
• “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros
• “Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell
• “Because of Winn-Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo
• “We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart
• “A River Enchanted” by Rebbecca Ross
• “Dungeons and Drama” by Kristy Boyce
• “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by Victoria Schwab
• “Claus: Legend of the Fat Man” by Tony Bertauski

Rachael, Rachel, and Russell explore the world of poetry. The Rach(a)els share very moving poems while Russell opts for pirates.

Books we discussed include:

• “The Crossover” by Kwame Alexander
• “Good Different” by Meg Eden Kuyatt
• “The World’s Wife” by Carol Ann Duffy
• “You Better Be Lightning” by Andrea Gibson
• “Where the Sidewalk Ends” by Shel Silverstein
• Nick George the Poet
• “The Rose that Grew from Concrete” by Tupac Shakur
• “For Everyone” by Jason Reynolds
• The Collected Works of Nikki Giovanni
• “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” by Amanda Gorman (read at President Biden’s 2021 inauguration)

Rachel, Rachael, and Russell discuss the library reading challenge and reading literature written by female authors.

Books discussed in this episode include:

• “She Gets the Girl” by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
• “The American Queen” by Vanessa Miller
• “The Which Way Tree” by Elizabeth Crook
• “Legend” by Marie Lu
• “The Other Black Girl” by Zakiya Dalila Harris
• “Arsenic and Adobo” by Mia P. Manansala
• “The Wishing Game” by Meg Shaffer
• “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” by Kelly Barnhill