“A Classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”--Italo Calvino. We are two moms that love the classics and we believe they are relevant and still have so much to still say to us today–perhaps even more than ever! We want to invite you to read along with us (or maybe just watch the movie) and hope that you will find our discussions fun and accessible and that you will find that there is so much to learn from and love about these transcendent books!
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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - Part 1 (Ch 1-6)
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Books mentioned in this episode: The Wrong Daughter by Danny Smith The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center
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Books mentioned in this episode: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews The Firm by John Grisham The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein Beartown by Fredrik Backman News of the World by Paulette Jiles What's Next: A Backstage Pass to the West Wing by Melissa Fitzgerald Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout The …
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 4 (Ch 22-27)
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Books mentioned in this episode: Middletide by Sarah Crouch My Couisin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Mrs. deWinter by Susan Hill Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte The Birds: And Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie …
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 3 (Ch 16-21)
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Books mentioned in this episode: Middletide by Sarah Crouch
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 2 (Ch 10-15)
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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
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - Part 1 (Ch 1-9)
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Books mentioned in this episode:Heart of the Matter by Emily GiffinGirl Waits With Gun by Amy Stewart
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Part 2
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Books 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
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway - Part 1
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Books 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
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Join 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 …
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Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 6 (Ch 22-24)
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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…
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Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 5 (Ch 20-21)
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Books mentioned in this episode:Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle CosimanoThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinThe Hold We're In by Gabrielle ZevinWeyward by Emilia Hart
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Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 4 (Ch 15-19)
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Books mentioned in this episode:Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonFinlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle CosimanoMr. Malcomn's List by Suzanne AllainThe Berry Pickers by Amanda PetersWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Storied Life of A.J. Fikry b…
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Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 3 (Ch 10-14)
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Books mentioned in this episode:The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinSeeking Persephone by Sarah EdenThe Reading List by Sarah Nisha AdamsThe False Prince by Jennifer A. NielsenGirl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart
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Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 2 (Ch 6-9)
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Books mentioned in this episode:Leading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NasifiThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigLong Bright River by Liz MooreThe Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery Novels by Lynn MessinaThe Quit List by Katie BaileyWhen Women Were Dragons by Kelly BarnhillFinlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle CosimanoThe Eddie Flynn Series by Steve Cavanagh…
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Persuasion by Jane Austen - Part 1 (Ch 1-5)
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Books Mentioned in this Episode:Pixels and Paint by Kristi Ann HunterThe False Prince by Jennifer A. NielsenThe Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mystery Novels by Lynn MessinaQueen Charlotte by Julia QuinnThe Duke and I b \y Julia Quinn
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 4 (Ch 32-43)
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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
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 3 (Ch 22-31)
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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
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 2 (Ch 13-21)
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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
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Part 1 (Ch 1-12)
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Books mentioned in this episode: The Lost Letter by Mimi Matthews Killing the Witches by Bill O'Reilly
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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…
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Books mentioned in this episode: Weyward by Emilia Hart Real Americans by Rachel Khong Forever and Ever, Amen by Randy Travis
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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
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Books mentioned in this episode: The Women by Kristin Hannah
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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
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Books mentioned in this episode: Hidden Potential by Adam Grant Grit by Angela Duckworth
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Books 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 …
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Books mentioned in this episode: The Lost Queen by Signe Pike The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
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Books 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
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Anne of Green Gables - Part 4 (Ch 31-38)
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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…
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Anne of Green Gables - Part 3 (Ch 21-30)
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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
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Anne of Green Gables - Part 2 (Ch 11-20)
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Books mentioned in this episode: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
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Anne of Green Gables - Part 1 (Ch 1-10)
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Books mentioned in this episode: The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Part 4 (Ch 22-31)
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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 Co…
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To Kill a Mockingbird Part 3 (Ch 15-21)
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We had no books to share this week. Stay tuned next week to hear what we are reading!
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Part 2 (Ch 9-14)
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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
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Part 1 (Ch 1-8)
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Books mentioned in this episode: The Orphan Keeper by Camron Wright Pocahontas by Joseph Bruchac
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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'…
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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
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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
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Books 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 Ja…
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Books 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 Ru…
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Books 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
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Books 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
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Books mentioned in this episode: Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
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Books 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
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All of a Kind Family - Part 2 (Ch 8-15)
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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…
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All of a Kind Family - Part 1 (Ch 1-7)
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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
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"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 …
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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 P…
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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
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