Show Notes: Episode 4

The Unanswerable Question, season 1, episode 4

What is your favorite book?

Lizz - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Lizz - The Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling

Shawna - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Shawna - Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

L - Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas

L - King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

S - Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

S - A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

L - The Giver by Lois Lowery

L - Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

L - Wink Poppy Midnight - April Genevieve Tulcholke

S - Sweet Valley High Series by Francine Pascal

S - On The Edge #40 by Francine Pascal

L - The Story Girl by L M Montgomery

L - Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery

S - Legend by Jude Deveraux

S - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

L & S - Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh

S - The Read Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease

S - Reading Aloud by Mem Fox

S - I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel

L - Alex and Eliza by Melissa de la Cruz

L - Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

L - Guess Again by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex

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