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Out of the Best BooksLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott - Part 5 (Ch 43-47)Books mentioned in this episode:Hello Beautiful by Ann NapolitanoDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoThe Unsolicited Journals of Emma M. Lion by Beth BrowerLittle House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls WilderUnderstood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield FisherThe Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick HillMy Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles GannettFive Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret SidneyA Time to Kill by John GrishamSecrets of a Charmed Life by...2025-04-1852 min

Out of the Best BooksBook Talk with Isabella MickelsonBooks mentioned in this episode:The Nightingale by Kristin HarmelThe Book of Lost Names by Kristin HarmelThe Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin HarmelThe Room on Rue Amelie by Kristin HarmelSecrets of a Charmed Life by Susan MeissnerThe Things We Cannot Say by Kelly RimmerThe Warsaw Orphan by Kelly RimmerThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Lifegiving Home by Sally ClarksonMemory-Making Mom by Jessica SmarttAnne of Green...2025-03-1450 min

Out of the Best BooksA Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park - Part 2 (Ch 11-18)Books mentioned in this episode: Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong Refugee by Alan Gratz Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham And So I Roar by Abi Dare The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill 2025-01-1759 min

Out of the Best BooksRebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 2 (Ch 10-15)Books mentioned in this episode: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See 2024-10-1153 min

Out of the Best BooksRebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 1 (Ch 1-9)Books mentioned in this episode: Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin Girl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart 2024-10-041h 37

Out of the Best BooksThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Part 2Books mentioned in this episode: Life of Pi byYann Martel Moby Dick by Herman Melville In the Heart of the Sea by Nathanial Philbrick Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart 2024-09-271h 00

Out of the Best BooksThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Part 1Books mentioned in this episode: Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Proximity Principle by Ken Coleman Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Garlic & Sapphires by Ruth Reichl Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl James by Percival Everett 2024-09-201h 00

Out of the Best BooksBook Talk with CarlinaJoin Laura and Carlina as we talk all things books! Note: This conversation was recorded in July of 2023. If some of our talk about new book releases, this is why! Books mentioned in this episode: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis The Lord the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong Les Miserables by Victor Hugo The Count of Monte Cristo by...2024-09-1331 min

Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 6 (Ch 22-24)Books mentioned in this episode: 1001 Arabian Nights by Sir Richard Burton The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh Jane in Love by Rachel Givney Where the Rhythm Takes You by Sarah Dass The Yellow Wood by Minnie Darke Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare The Rule Book by Sarah Adams Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price Ladies Rewrite the Rules by Suzanne Allain One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid It Ends With Us by...2024-09-061h 21

Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 5 (Ch 20-21)Books mentioned in this episode: Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The Hold We're In by Gabrielle Zevin Weyward by Emilia Hart 2024-08-301h 05

Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 4 (Ch 15-19)Books mentioned in this episode: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano Mr. Malcomn's List by Suzanne Allain The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin 2024-08-231h 42

Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 3 (Ch 10-14)Books mentioned in this episode: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Seeking Persephone by Sarah Eden The Reading List by Sarah Nisha Adams The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart 2024-08-161h 24

Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 2 (Ch 6-9)Books mentioned in this episode: Leading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nasifi The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Long Bright River by Liz Moore The Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery Novels by Lynn Messina The Quit List by Katie Bailey When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano The Eddie Flynn Series by Steve Cavanagh 2024-08-091h 15

Out of the Best BooksPersuasion by Jane Austen - Part 1 (Ch 1-5)Books Mentioned in this Episode: Pixels and Paint by Kristi Ann Hunter The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen The Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery Novels by Lynn Messina Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn The Duke and I b \y Julia Quinn 2024-08-021h 22

Out of the Best BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 4 (Ch 32-43)Books mentioned in this episode: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe James by Percival Everett There Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift Stolen Focus by Johann Hari 2024-07-261h 03

Out of the Best BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 3 (Ch 22-31)Books mentioned in this episode: The Magic Treehouse Series by Mary Pope Osborne Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly Up Next (in 2 Weeks): Persuasion by Jane Austen 2024-07-191h 02

Out of the Best BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 2 (Ch 13-21)Books mentioned in this episode: I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time by Laura Vanderkam The Little Village of Book Lovers by Nina George Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmin 2024-07-121h 09

Out of the Best BooksThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 1 (Ch 1-12)Books mentioned in this episode: The Lost Letter by Mimi Matthews Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly 2024-07-051h 06

Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 6 (Ch 34-38)Books mentioned in this episode: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde John Eyre by Mimi Matthews Me Before You by Jojo Moyes Villette by Charlotte Bronte The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Weyward by Emilia Hart Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Heartwood Hotel Series by Kallie George How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix 2024-05-3155 min

Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 5 (Ch 28-33)Books mentioned in this episode: Weyward by Emilia Hart Real Americans by Rachel Khong Forever and Ever, Amen by Randy Travis 2024-05-2459 min

Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 4 (Ch 22-27)Books mentioned in this episode: Transforming the Difficult Child by Jennfer Easley Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline by Becky A. Bailey The Wild Robot by Peter Brown The Millie Molly Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley 2024-05-171h 08

Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 3 (Ch 17-21)Books mentioned in this episode: The Women by Kristin Hannah 2024-05-1051 min

Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 2 (Ch 10-16)Books mentioned in this episode: The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 2024-05-041h 18

Out of the Best BooksJane Eyre - Part 1 (Ch 1-9)Books mentioned in this episode: Hidden Potential by Adam Grant Grit by Angela Duckworth 2024-04-261h 02

Out of the Best BooksMuch Ado About Nothing - Part 3Books mentioned in this episode: How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare by Ken Ludwig The Shakespeare Stories by Andrew Matthews Shakespeare Can Be Fun! Series by Lois Burdett The Usborne Complete Shakespeare: Sotries From All The Plays by Anna Milbourne A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories by Angela McAllister Shakespeare's Stories by Khoa Lee The Frozen Riverby Airel Lawhon The Lost Queen by Signe Pike 2024-04-1959 min

Out of the Best BooksMuch Ado About Nothing - Part 2Books mentioned in this episode: The Lost Queen by Signe Pike The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 2024-04-1254 min

Out of the Best BooksMuch Ado About Nothing - Part 1Books mentioned in this episode: William Shakespeare: Playwright and Poet by Pamela Hill Nettleton The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware The Affair by Gill Paul 2024-04-0552 min

Out of the Best BooksAnne of Green Gables - Part 4 (Ch 31-38)Books mentioned in this episode: Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy The Grace of Wild Things of Heather Fawcett Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty The Millie Molly Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley Jane in Love by Rachel Givney 2024-03-221h 14

Out of the Best BooksAnne of Green Gables - Part 3 (Ch 21-30)Books mentioned in this episode: The Land I Lost: Adventures of a Boy in Vietnam by Quang Nhuong Huynh The Lost Ticket by Freya Sampson 2024-03-151h 13

Out of the Best BooksAnne of Green Gables - Part 2 (Ch 11-20)Books mentioned in this episode: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 2024-03-081h 13

Out of the Best BooksAnne of Green Gables - Part 1 (Ch 1-10)Books mentioned in this episode: The Last Love Note by Emma Grey 2024-03-011h 25

Out of the Best BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird - Part 4 (Ch 22-31)Books mentioned in this episode: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Kindred by Octavia Butler Mudbound by Hilary Jordan The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe The Art of War by Sun Tzu The Book of Five Rings of Miyamoto Musashi The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James 2024-02-231h 23

Out of the Best BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird Part 3 (Ch 15-21)We had no books to share this week. Stay tuned next week to hear what we are reading!2024-02-161h 02

Out of the Best BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird - Part 2 (Ch 9-14)Books mentioned in this episode: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young The Rent Collector by Camron Wright The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright https://therefinedschoolhouse.org/blog/f/out-of-the-best-books 2024-02-091h 06

Out of the Best BooksTo Kill a Mockingbird - Part 1 (Ch 1-8)Books mentioned in this episode: The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac 2024-02-021h 06

Out of the Best BooksThe Moffats - Part 3 (Ch 9-12)Books Mentioned in this Episode: All of a Kind Family of Sidney Taylor The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood The Vanderbeeker's of 141st St of Karina Yan Glaser Pippi Longstocking by Inger Nilsson Amelia Bedelia Books by Peggy Parish Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier Red Rising...2024-01-2658 min

Out of the Best BooksThe Moffats - Part 2 (Ch 5-8)Books mentioned in this episode: The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon 2024-01-191h 03

Out of the Best BooksThe Moffats - Part 1 (Ch 1-4)Books mentioned in this episode: The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes Pinky Pye by Eleanor Estes The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn Later on We'll Conspire by Kortney Keisel Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel 2024-01-121h 13

Out of the Best BooksAnnouncing Our 2024 Book ListBooks mentioned in this episode: The Moffats (January) by Elearnor Estes All of a Kind Family by Sidney Taylor To Kill a Mocking Bird (Feb) by Harper Lee Ann of Green Gables (March) by L.M. Montgomery Much Ado About Nothing (April) by William Shakespear Jane Eyre (May) by Charlotte Bronte Huckleberry Finn (July) by Mark Twain Persuasion (Aug) by Jane Austen The Old Man and the Sea (September) by Ernest Hemmingway Rebecca (Oct) by aphne DuMaurier ...2024-01-0537 min

Out of the Best BooksOur top 10 Books of 2023Books mentioned in this episode: The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba Go As a River by Shelley Read Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepytys The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepytys Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman Deamon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver David...2023-12-2959 min

Out of the Best BooksMere Christianity - Book 4Books mentioned in this episode: Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad \The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin 2023-12-221h 13

Out of the Best BooksMere Christianity - Book 3Books mentioned in this episode: Hello Stranger by Katherine Center Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca 2023-12-151h 21

Out of the Best BooksMere Christianity - Book 2Books mentioned in this episode: Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese 2023-12-0855 min

Out of the Best BooksMere Christianity Book 1Books mentioned in this episode: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Children of the Longhouse by Joseph Bruchac The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba Hello Stranger by Katherine Center 2023-12-011h 01

Out of the Best BooksAll of a Kind Family - Part 2 (Ch 8-15)Books mentioned in this episode: The Chosen by Chaim Potock Little House on the Prarie Series by Laura ingalls Wilder Cheaper By the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey The Moffits by Eleanor Estes Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall Little Britches by Ralph Moody The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen Doss Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 2023-11-171h 10

Out of the Best BooksAll of a Kind Family - Part 1 (Ch 1-7)Books mentioned in this episode: The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz Finders Keepers by Natalie Barelli Tom Lake by Ann Patchet The Dutch House by Ann Patchet 2023-11-101h 13

Out of the Best BooksOne Year Anniversary of the Podcast"Some" of the books mentioned in this episode: Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Secret Garden by Fances Hodgson Burnett Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Wheel on...2023-11-0346 min

Out of the Best BooksFrankenstein - Part 4 (Ch 19-24)Books mentioned in this episode: Dracula by Bram Stoker Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte It by Stephen King 11-22-63 by Stephen King Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Marier The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson We Captured the Castle by Dodie Smith The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Lewis Stevenson Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Hour of...2023-10-271h 11

Out of the Best BooksFrankenstein - Part 3 (Ch 11-18)Book mentioned in this episode: The Paris Daughter by Kristen Harmel The Book of Lost Names by Kristen Harmel The Sand Castle Girls by Chris Bojahlian Hour of the Witch by Christ Bojahlian 2023-10-201h 00

Out of the Best BooksFrankenstein - Part 2 (Ch 5-10)Books mentioned in this episode: The Sand Castle Girls by Chris Bojahlian Hour of the Witch by Chris Bojahlian The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 2023-10-1351 min

Out of the Best BooksFrankenstein - Part 1 (Preface - Ch 4)Books mentioned in this episode: Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar The Red Tent by Anita Diamant Next Week: Frankenstein Ch 5-10 2023-10-061h 00

Out of the Best BooksThe Wheel on the School - Part 2 (Ch 9-15)Books Mentioned in the Episode: The House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert Dejong The Singing Hill by Meindert Dejong Journey from Peppermint Street by Meindert Dejong Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson The Jewels of Halstead Manor by Kasey Stockton Up Next: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 2023-09-291h 09

Out of the Best BooksThe Wheel on the School - Part 1 (Ch1-8)Books mentioned in this episdoe: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry The Body Keeps the Score by Sean Pratt 2023-09-221h 13

Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 6 (Ch 53-61)Books mentioned in this episode: Longbourn by Jo Baker Lord of the Flies by William Golding Sylvester by Georgette Heyer North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Death Comes to Pemberley by Rosalyn Landor Austenland by Shannon Hale Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin The Murder of Mr. Whickham by Claudia Gray Miss Elizabeth Bennet by A. A. Milne Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson Books by Nancy Campbell Allen Middlemarch...2023-09-151h 39

Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 5 (Ch 43-52)Books mentioned in this episode: What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon Room by Emma Donoghue The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland Night by Elie Wiesel 2023-09-081h 37

Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 4 (Ch 34-42)Books Mentioned in this episode: Killing England by Bill O'Reilley Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman Someday, Maybe by Onyi Nwabineli The Second Ending by Michelle Hoffman 2023-09-011h 11

Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 3 (Ch 24-33)Books Mentioned in this Episode: Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise by Colleen Oakley Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 2023-08-251h 16

Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 2 (Ch 13-23)Books mentioned in this episode: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros The Bodyguard by Katherine Center The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Rembarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood 2023-08-181h 33

Out of the Best BooksPride and Prejudice - Part 1 ( Ch 1-12) Book Mentioned in this Episode: Longbourn by Jo Baker An American Beauty by Shana Abe Beecoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan Henry The Rose Code by Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn Own Your Past Change Your Future by Dr. John Deloney Love Comes Softly by Janette Oke 2023-08-111h 29

Out of the Best BooksJane Austen and Introduction to Pride and PrejudiceBooks mentioned in this episode: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder To Kill a Mcking Bird by Harper Lee The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Austenland by Shannon Hale Lord of the Flies by William Golding Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Mansfield Park by Jane Austen To Con a Gentleman by Sarah Adams The Hunger Games Series...2023-08-041h 08

Out of the Best BooksIsland of the Blue Dolphins - Part 3 (Ch 19-29)Books mentioned in this episode: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George Hatchet by Gary Paulsen A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Two Against the North by Farley Mowat Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee The...2023-07-2858 min

Out of the Best BooksIsland of the Blue Dolphins - Part 2 (Ch 10-18)Book mentioned in this episode: My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Two Against the North by Farley Mowat Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The Life We Bury by Allen Eskins What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon Up next: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 2023-07-2158 min

Out of the Best BooksIsland of the Blue Dolphins - Part 1 (Ch 1-9) Books mentioned in this episode: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi Maame by Jessica George Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano The Dutch House by Ann Patchet Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 2023-07-141h 01

Out of the Best BooksOur Summer 2023 Special EpisodeBooks mentioned in this episode: Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls The Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss Half Magic by Edward Eager Five Children and It by E Nesbit Sweep: The Story of A Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier The Sunshine Girls by Molly Fader The Seven Sisters by...2023-07-0754 min

Out of the Best BooksCharlotte's Web - Part 2 (Ch 12-22)Books mentioned in this episode: The Little House Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O'Brien The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary The Borrowers by Mary Norton Divine Quietness by Emily Robison Adams The Perfect Marriage by Geneva Rose 2023-05-261h 07

Out of the Best BooksCharlotte's Web - Part 1 (Ch 1-11)Books mentioned in this episode: A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi Honor by Thrity Umrigar The Girl in His Shadow by Audrey Blake Domina by Barbara Wood The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey Blake Up Next (in July): Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 2023-05-1955 min

Out of the Best BooksThe Great Gatsby - Part 3 (Ch 7-9)Book Mentioned in this Episode: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespear Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 1984 by George Orwell The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Rebecca by Daphne Du Marier The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys Up Next: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Island of the...2023-05-121h 02

Out of the Best BooksThe Great Gatsby - Part 2 (Ch 4-6)Books mentioned in this episode: Code Name Edelweiss by Stephanie Landsem A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella Refugee by Alan Gratz Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan Our next book: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 2023-05-0547 min

Out of the Best BooksThe Great Gatsby - Part 1 (Ch 1-3)Books mentioned in this episode: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee Our next book: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White 2023-04-281h 07

Out of the Best BooksOur Interview on the Seeking Light PodcastIn the very beginning of our podcasting journey, we were asked to go on our friend Beth's podcast. This interview came out on the same day that our first four episodes were released. We thought it would be fun to revisit our very beginning! Enjoy!2023-04-2158 min

Out of the Best BooksSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrBooks mentioned in this episode: The Fault in Our Stars by John Greene A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaoad Hanna's Suitcase by Karen Levine Wonder by R. J. Palacio Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman 2023-04-1450 min

Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 6 (Book 3 Ch 9-15)Books mentioned in this episode: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy In the Reign of Terror: A Story of the French Revolution by G. A. Henty Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson The 13-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths Our next book: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr 2023-04-071h 40

Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 5 (Book 3 Ch 1-8)Books mentioned in this episode: The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron Unspeakable by Jessica Willis Fisher The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab Our next Book: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (episode will release 4/14/23) 2023-03-311h 43

Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 4 (Book 2 Ch 17-24)Books mentioned in this podcast: One's Company by Ashley Hutson The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine 2023-03-241h 15

Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 3 (Book 2 Ch 9-16)Books mentioned in this episode: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Go as a River by Shelley Read 2023-03-171h 17

Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 2 (Book 2 Ch 1-8)Books mentioned in this episode: The Kommandant's Girl by Pam Jenoff Solito by Javier Zamora American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins 2023-03-101h 15

Out of the Best BooksA Tale of Two Cities - Part 1 (Book 1 Chapters 1-6)Books mentioned in this episode: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Never Lie by Freida McFadden The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Next Week: A Tale of Two Cities - Book 2 Chapters 1-8 2023-03-031h 09

Out of the Best BooksThe Wind in the Willows - Part 3 (Ch 9-12)Books mentioned in this episode: The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame Winnie the Pooh Series by A.A. Milne The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Watership Down by Richard Adams The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis The Wind in the Willows: The River Bank by Laura Driscoll The Wind in...2023-02-171h 48

Out of the Best BooksThe Wind in the Willows - Part 2 (Chapters 5-8)Books mentioned in this episode: This Boy We Made by Taylor Harris Running for My Life by Lopez Lomong Our next book: A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 2023-02-101h 11

Out of the Best BooksThe Wind in the Willows - Part 1 (Chapters 1-4)Books mentioned in this episode: Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne The Green Ember by S. D. Smith Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel Peter Rabbit Series by Beatrix Potter Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The All of a Kind Family by Sidney Taylor The Maid by Kimberly Cutter 2023-02-031h 09

Out of the Best BooksOur Favorite PodcastsPodcasts Mentioned in this Episode: 48 Hours 20/20 The Naturally Thin for Life Podcast The Yummy Mummy The Joe Rogan Experience The Jordan B. Petersen Podcast Seeking Light All In The Dr. John Delony Show Achieve Your Goals The Read Aloud Revival Currently Reading Sarah's Bookshelves Live From the Front Porch Book Gang What Should I Read Next? Follow Him Don't Miss This 100...2023-01-2747 min

Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 6 (Chapters 50-57)Today we discuss the ending of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, a little bit about some similar books, and some interesting facts about the author. Books Mentioned in This Episode: Silas Marner by George Eliot Adam Bede by George Eliot Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy Our Next Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 2023-01-201h 18

Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 5 (Chapters 41-49)Books Mentioned in this Podcast: Inheritance by Dani Shapiro Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean Next book we are covering: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 2023-01-131h 14

Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 4 (Chapters 31-40)Books mentioned in this episode: The Nightingale by Kristen Hannah The Four Winds by Kristen Hannah Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park Next Week: Far From the Madding Crowd Chapters 41-50 2023-01-061h 14

Out of the Best BooksOur Top 10 Books of 2022 and Reading Goals for 2023Books Mentioned in this Episode: The Forgotten Finca by Christine Von Hagen The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Show Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher The Maid by Nita Prose The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo The Things We Cannot Say by...2022-12-3050 min

Out of the Best BooksA Quiet Little Woman - Christmas EpisodeBooks Mentioned in this Podcast: A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott A Grandma for Christmas by Alta Halverson Seymour (Amity) A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (Laura) Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry (Amity) The Autobiography of Santa Claus by Jeff Guinn (Laura) How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas by Jeff Guinn (Laura) Christmas Oranges by Linda Bethers (Amity) The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Laura) Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost (Laura) A...2022-12-2341 min

Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 3 (Chapters 21-30)Books Mentioned in this Episode: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Calahan (Laura) The Merchant and the Rogue by Sarah M. Eden (Amity) An Immense World by Ed Yong A Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott (Next Week)2022-12-171h 09

Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 2 (Chapters 11-20)We will continue our discussion of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy, and then we will discuss the books we have read recently. Books mentioned in this episode: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocum (Laura) The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green (Amity) Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo Beatrix Potter Books 2022-12-091h 06

Out of the Best BooksFar From the Madding Crowd - Part 1 (Chapters 1-10)Join us as we begin our discussion of Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. We will discuss the setting, main characters and chapters 1-10 in this episode. Read along with us, or just listen for a synopsis of this amazing story! Books Mentioned in this Podcast: Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Amity) A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Laura) Wh...2022-12-021h 23

Out of the Best BooksWhat Do Our Families Read?Meet our family members and find out what they like to read! We talk to all of our kids, and even our husbands about what usually gravitate towards in their reading. We even give some suggestions to at least one that doesn't enjoy reading as a hobby! Listen to the end as we will also announce the book we will be starting next week! The list of books mentioned in this podcast: Verity by Colleen Hoover Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli The...2022-11-251h 26

Out of the Best BooksThe Secret Garden - Part 4 (Chapter 27)"When you tend a rose, thistles cannot grow!" - Chapter 27 of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett In this final episode for the Secret Garden we will wrap it up by discussing Chapter 27, talk about the author (Frances Hodgson Burnett), give tons of recommendations for other books to read if you enjoyed The Secret Garden, and finish up with what we have been reading lately. Books mentioned in this episode: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie Books by Frances Hodgson Burnett: The One I Knew Be...2022-11-1838 min

Out of the Best BooksThe Secret Garden - Part 3 (Chapters 19-26)Come join us as we continue our discussion of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We will see Colin introduced to the garden, try new things, and watch the children bond with each other, Mrs. Sowerby and Ben Weatherstaff. Will they be able to keep their little secret? Is everything that is happening because of a little magic? Books mentioned in this episode: His Needs, Her Needs: Building a Marriage That Lasts by Willard F. Harley, Jr (Amity) Take Back Your Marriage by William J. Doherty The Reading List by Sa...2022-11-1157 min

Out of the Best BooksThe Secret Garden - Part 2 (Chapters 10-18)In this episode we are discussing Chapters 10-18 of the Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Mary has found the secret garden that she was looking for, she is becoming friends with the gardener, Ben Weatherstaff, as he answers her many questions about plants and things. Finally, she gets to meet Dickon, with whom she is fascinated by. They work together, tending the garden as they continue to try and keep it a secret. Mary is still hearing strange sounds in the night and eventually happens upon the sickly boy, Colin, and they soon realize that they are related. As th...2022-11-0456 min

Out of the Best BooksThe Secret Garden - Part 1 (Chapters 1-9)Join us as we discuss chapters 1-9 of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. We will meet Mary, the novel's 10 year-old protoganist, who is not wanted by her mother, her father is too busy for her, and who has been living in India for her whole 10 years of life, being raised by an Ayah. What happens when she finds herself forgotten, with nearly everyone around her dead from an outbreak of Cholera? We will follow her as she travels to London to live with her Uncle, whom she has never met, in the grand mansion of Misselthwaite. 2022-10-2849 min

Out of the Best BooksOur Overall Top 10 Classic Books (So Far)In this episode we count down our top 10 classic books we have read to date. Will our list change a couple of years down the road? We wanted to document where we are with our favorites right now. How many of our favorites have you read? What should we add to our TBR?2022-10-2147 min

Out of the Best BooksWhere the Red Fern Grows Part 2/2Join us as we discuss the second half of Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. “As I skipped along, it was hard for me to realize all the wonderful things that had happened to me in such a few short years. I had two of the finest little hounds that had ever bawled on the trail of a ringtail coon. I had a wonderful mother and father and three little sisters. I had the best grandpa a boy ever had, and to top it all, I was going on a championship coon hunt. It was no...2022-10-2154 min

Out of the Best BooksWhere the Red Fern Grows Part 1/2Join us as we discuss the first half of Where the Red Fern Grows. “I suppose there’s a time in every young boy’s life when he’s affected by that wonderful disease of puppy love. I don’t mean the kind a boy has for the pretty little girl that lives down the road. I mean the real kind, the kind that has four small feet and a wiggly tail, and sharp little teeth that can gnaw on a boy’s finger; the kind a boy can romp and play with, even eat and sleep with.” -Chapt...2022-10-2147 min

Out of the Best BooksOur First Ever Podcast!In this episode, you will get to know your hosts! Who are we? Why do we love reading? And why are we doing a podcast? All of your questions...answered!2022-10-2137 min

Out of the Best BooksTrailerListen to find out what our podcast is all about!2022-10-2102 min