Reading While Parenting: Jovita Scrogin and Kay White

Katy and Matt are joined by Kay White and Jovita Scrogin, who fill us in on reading while parenting, parenting while reading, the joys of audiobooks and fantasy, and so much more! Episode image: Amy Carter and Jimmy Carter participate in a speed reading course at the White House, 1977 (cropped). Public domain image courtesy National Archives and Records Administration and Wikimedia Commons. Intro and outro music: "Your Love Hip Hop" courtesy Music_Unlimited on Pixabay Want to learn more about the books, authors, shows, and films we talked about on this episode? Check out the list below. You can also find us on LibraryThing, Goodreads, and Mastodon—and show your support at Liberapay!   Hanif Abdurraqib Sherman Alexie Isabel Allende V. C. Andrews                                    Flowers in the Attic Fredrik Backman James Baldwin                                   Giovanni's Room Judy Blume                                        Blubber Judy Blume                                        Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great Judy Blume                                        Superfudge Angeline Boulley                                Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley                                Warrior Girl Unearthed Carl B. Boyer                                     A History of Mathematics Betsy Byars                                       The Pinballs Emily Chase                                      The Girls of Canby Hall David Crane & Marta Kauffman         Friends Franklin W. Dixon                              The Hardy Boys series Fyodor Dostoevsky                           The Brothers Karamazov Driven Lifestyle                                  duPont REGISTRY Louise Erdrich Walter Farley                                     The Black Stallion William Faulkner                                The Sound and the Fury Louise Fitzhugh                                  Harriet the Spy David Foster Wallace                         Infinite Jest Bette Greene                                      Summer of My German Soldier Marguerite Henry                               Brighty of the Grand Canyon Robin Hobb                                        Assassin's Apprentice Heinrich Hoffmann                             Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures (English translation) James Howe                                      Bunnicula John Irving James Joyce                                      Ulysses Tony Judt                                            Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century Carolyn Keene                                    Nancy Drew series Stephen King                                      The Dark Tower series Stephen King                                      The Eyes of the Dragon Stephen King                                      Holly Stephen King                                      Misery Barbara Kingsolver                             Demon Copperhead Jon Krakauer Harper Lee                                          Go Set a Watchman C. S. Lewis                                          The Chronicles of Narnia Laurie Lico Albanese                           Hester Sarah J. Maas                                     A Court of Thorns and Roses series Christopher Maclehose, ed.                Leopard II: Turning the Page Gemma Marino                                   Das wasserscheue Krokodil George R. R. Martin                            A Game of Thrones Ramón Menéndez & Tom Musca        Stand and Deliver Daniel Nayeri                                      Everything Sad Is Untrue (A True Story) Celeste Ng                                          Little Fires Everywhere Sigrid Nunez                                       A Feather on the Breath of God Sigrid Nunez                                       The Friend Christopher Paolini                             The Inheritance Cycle Francine Pascal                                  Sweet Valley High Solveig Paulson Russell                     Jan und sein Zahn Dav Pilkey                                           Dogman series The Princeton Review                         Princeton Grammar Smart Annie Proulx                                        Fen, Bog and Swamp Rick Riordan                                        Percy Jackson and the Olympians series J. K. Rowling                                       Harry Potter series J. D. Salinger                                      The Catcher in the Rye Philippe Sands                                    The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice, and Courage Cilly Schmitt Teichmann                      Die Struwelliese Maurice Sendak                                  Where the Wild Things Are A. F. Steadman                                   Skandar and the Unicorn Thief series Bernie Taupin                                      Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton and Me J. R. R. Tolkien                                    The Lord of the Rings series Sybille von Flüe                                   Pingu e un bisogno urgente Margery Williams                                 The Velvetine Rabbit Margaret Wise-Brown & Clement Hurd Goodnight Moon