Russell, Rachel, and Rachael discuss our March challenge, first book in a series, with surprise guest Colton. Consequently there are a lot of dad jokes in this one. Listener beware.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Dark Is Rising” series by Susan Cooper
• “Dragon Masters” series by Tracey West
• “Goosebumps” graphic novel series by R.L. Stine
• “Ghost on Haunted Street” by Colton Carter
• “Done and Dusted” by Lyla Sage
• “The Mysterious Benedict Society” by Trenton Lee Stewart
• “Leave No Trace” by A.J. Landau
• “Joe Pickett” series by C.J. Box
• “Finlay Donovan Is Killing It” by Elle Cosimano
• “Impossible Creatures” by Katherine Rundell
• “Mummies in the Morning” by Mary Pope Osborne
• “The Emerald Atlas” by John Stephens
• “Wildwood” by Colin Meloy
• “Every Heart a Doorway” by Seanan McGuire
• “Middle Earth” series by J.R.R. Tolkien
• “Spy School” series by Stuart Gibbs
• “The Cricket in Times Square” by George Selden
• “The Mouse and the Motorcycle” by Beverly Cleary
• “Redwall” by Brian Jacques
• “The Green Ember” by S.D. Smith
• “The Great Library” series by Rachel Caine
• “A Death in Door County” by Annelise Ryan

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael chat with our guest, Honorable Doctor Corey Williams about his long title, and many other titles that shaped his love for reading.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Word Bird” by Nicola Davies, Abbie Cameron (illustrator)
• “Darius the Great Is Not Okay” by Adib Khorram
• “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway
• “Moby-Dick or, The Whale” by Herman Melville
• “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
• “The Trumpet of the Swan” by E.B. White
• “Watership Down” by Richard Adams
• “Bridge to Terabithia” by Katherine Paterson
• “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck
• “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
• “Congo” by Michael Crichton
• “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” by Gregory Maguire
• “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum
• “The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids” series by Debbie Dadey
• “The Boxcar Children” series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• “The Great Library” series by Rachel Caine
• “Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky
• “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” by Ned Vizzini

Russell, Rachel, and Rachael discuss our next challenge, love stories and go on an important tangent about 90's teen movies.

Books we discuss include:

• “The Princess Bride” by William Goldman
• “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare
• “The House in the Cerulean Sea” by TJ Klune
• “The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife” by Anna Johnston
• “The Weight of the Stars” by K. Ancrum
• “A Novel Love Story” by Ashley Poston
• “The List” by Robert Whitlow
• “The Girl Behind the Red Rope” Ted Dekker, Rachelle Dekker
• “Voyage of the Damned” by Frances White
• “All Stories Are Love Stories” by Elizabeth Percer
• “Book of Days” by James L. Rubart
• “Monster” by Frank Peretti
• “The One” by John Marrs