With New Reads November 2023 behind us, we’re back to throwbacks, starting with Roald Dahl’s <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9780142410349" target="_blank">Fantastic Mr. Fox</a>. Alli’s guest recently read the 1970 novel with her own children… and she has thoughts. Episode 272 features conversations about gender representation, fatphobia, the power of illustrations, violence, and the glorification of stealing.Bestselling author <a href="https://jesseqsutantoauthor.com" target="_blank">Jesse Q. Sutanto</a> is known for a number of books, including <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9780593549223" target="_blank">Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9780593333037" target="_blank">Dial A for Aunties</a>, and <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9781728215167" target="_blank">The Obsession</a>. Her latest YA novel is called <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/20867/9780593434017" target="_blank">Didn’t See That Coming</a>. Follow her on Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jesseqsutanto/?hl=en" target="_blank">@jesseqsutanto</a>) and Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/thewritinghippo" target="_blank">@thewritinghippo</a>).

Episode 273: Among the Hidden

Each week, freelance writer and lifelong bookworm Alli Hoff Kosik will challenge a guest to reread a literary throwback or to experience for the first time ever a book they may have missed as a kid. After that, they'll be asked to spill all the feels and all the opinions about that book on the air for your podcast-listening pleasure. Every Tuesday, you can find us breaking down an old school read from our tween and teen days on a new episode of the show. We'll cover everything from The Baby-Sitters Club to Holes, Nancy Drew to Harry Potter. This time around, we're a little wiser (yay!), a lot older (ugh.), and of legal age to drink wine... so we'll have a lot to say. Happy Reading!