Growing Up Bookish

Allison & Emma: Book Lovers and Giant Nerds
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Growing Up Bookish Podcast

Growing Up Bookish is a podcast where friends Emma & Allison reread our favorite books from our childhood and teen years. Are these books as good as we remember? Do they hold up to our discerning grown-up tastes? We are on a mission to find out! We'll read books of all genres from fantasy, thrillers, to general young adult fiction.

  1. 03/12/2019

    Episode 33: Ida Early Comes over the Mountain by Robert Burch

    This week we take on a "heartwarming tale about the Great Depression" called Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain. The cover calls it a "Mountain Mary Poppins" but is that REALLY how it is?

    1h 2m

  2. 12/11/2019

    Episode 32: Dark Visions: The Strange Power by LJ Smith

    Psychics, romance, bad boys, an evil plan... this series has it all! We take on another of LJ Smith's famous paranormal romance trilogies: Dark Visions!

    1h 36m

  3. 29/10/2019

    Episode 31: The Worst Witch (1986)

    It's Halloween at last! We're ending this spooky month with a movie centered around the wizarding school that started it all - The Worst Witch! This was a favorite childhood movie for both of us and started our life long crush of Tim Curry. Did YOU watch this movie?

    56 min

  4. 23/10/2019

    Episode 30: The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

    What child of the 80s didn't have the crap scared out of them with this movie? But is it as scary as we remember? And what the heck actually happened at the end anyways? This week, we dive into this 1980 Disney classic film: The Watcher in the Woods!

    1h 12m

  5. 15/10/2019

    Episode 29: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

    It's Halloween and we're taking on the classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. This book is iconic! Everyone we knew was reading it in the 90s and we all have fond memories of it scaring the pants off of us. Are the stories as scary as we remember?

    1h 5m

  6. 01/10/2019

    Episode 28: The Carnival Ghost (Sweet Valley Twins Super Chillers #3) by Francine Pascal

    It's Halloween and we've returned to the world of Sweet Valley Twins with one of the Super Chillers! The Carnival Ghost was Allison's favorite of the Super Chillers, but will Emma like it as much as she liked Magic Christmas?

    1h 19m

  7. 18/09/2019

    Episode 27: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

    Emma has chosen this classic from Roald Dahl for this week's discussion! As the sequel, how does it stand up to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the story we know and love?

    1h 12m

  8. 03/09/2019

    Episode 26: Stranger in the Mirror (Phantom Valley #4) by Lynn Beach

    This week we take on the spooky world of Phantom Valley - specifically the 4th entry in the series: Stranger in the Mirror! There's time travel, bloody axes, pioneer life, spooky mirrors, and twin swapping hi-jinks. This book has it all!

    1h 21m
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Growing Up Bookish is a podcast where friends Emma & Allison reread our favorite books from our childhood and teen years. Are these books as good as we remember? Do they hold up to our discerning grown-up tastes? We are on a mission to find out! We'll read books of all genres from fantasy, thrillers, to general young adult fiction.

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  • Creator
    Allison & Emma: Book Lovers and Giant Nerds
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2019
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Growing Up Bookish

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