Pilot Episode. Falling in love with reading.

Since this is our very first episode we thought it would be appropriate to make the theme for this one, "Books that made us fall in love with reading".

We cover Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary, and Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (published as L. M. Montgomery).

We also discuss the recent trend of sensitivity editors in the publishing industry, why Josie loves to write young adult books, and somewhere along the way one of us gets drunk.

To be fair, our producer encouraged us to have a drink in order to loosen up, which is understandable because we were all super nervous about recording our very first episode. It's funny how sticking a microphone in front of you just changes things. It's just so awkward!

Anyway, nobody slurred. Nobody said anything embarrassing. Although, we did record an hour and a half worth of material and only 49 minutes made the cut. Hmmm...

Some of the other things we cover are the naming of flowers, re-reading books we read as children now as adults, the mirrors and windows curriculum in libraries, and if you're a fan of Josie, there's some really lovely insight into what it was like to live in the Angelini household.