The Big Boo Cast, Episode 193
The Big Boo Cast
Melanie Shankle & Sophie Hudson
5 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 July 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
The credit for this whole episode goes to Melanie, who suggested that we have a conversation about the books that have shaped us over the course of our lives. So what we have here in Ye Olde Episode 193 is a discussion of Books We Have Loved - from childhood to adulthood. And it's not just that we love these books; it's also that, in big ways and small ways, these books have shaped us in some significant ways.
I swore and declared that I was absolutely not going to do links for all of these books - I even say that in the episode intro - but lo and behold I ended up adding links for almost everything that's currently in print. Click at will, my friends.
And just FYI: we are not condoning every situation in every book, we are not endorsing every author of every book, we are not subscribing to every philosophy in every book. We're just saying, HEY, THIS MEANT SOMETHING TO US, and by the way, that may have happened despite the fact that the author really enjoys the F word.
Enjoy, y'all!
p.s. We also talk about Hamilton again. :-)
Show Notes:
- Lin Manuel Miranda on writing "My Shot"
- I'll Have What Phil's Having
- Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter
- The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
- Ramona series by Beverly Clearly
- Judy Blume books (SO MANY)
- Sweet Valley High series by Francine Pascal
- Hail, Hail Camp Timberwood by Ellen Conford
- Just Like Ice Cream
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
- If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, Then What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck
- Jacob, Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
- No Wonder They Call Him the Savior by Max Lucado
- Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris
- Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
- Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
- The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan
- The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
- Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
- The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
- Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor
- The Heir Affair by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Looking for ways to use less fuel. |
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| 0:11.6 | and even finding alternatives to using it in the first place. |
| 0:15.1 | We call this Thoughtful Driving. |
| 0:17.5 | The journey won't be easy, |
| 0:18.9 | but we want to start it with you. |
| 0:20.9 | Not what you're expecting to hear from a fuel company. |
| 0:23.6 | Well, at SO, we think it's time that changed. |
| 0:26.3 | Search SO Thoughtful Driving for changes we can all start to make today. |
| 0:47.5 | Hey everybody, this is Sophie and welcome to episode 193 of The Big Big Cast. |
| 0:53.2 | On this episode, Melanie and I, |
| 0:55.4 | well, first we're going to talk about Hamilton a little bit more. |
| 0:58.5 | And then we're going to talk about books. |
| 1:01.7 | Specifically, we are going to talk about the books that have shaped us over the years, |
| 1:06.6 | the books that mark the different phases of our lives. |
| 1:10.5 | And listen, I could have continued to talk about this topic |
| 1:14.8 | for a really long time, but we kept it as succinct as we could. |
| 1:20.3 | So if you are looking for something to read this summer, |
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