The People of Sparks - City of Ember Sees the Light

Episode 183 -The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrauWhat happens when the book you remember loving as a kid has to live up to the original?Sam and Keira are heading back to the world of City of Ember with The People of Sparks, the second book in Jeanne DuPrau's series.Both of them read City of Ember as kids, but their journeys stopped in very different places. Sam went on to read the first three books, while Keira stopped after Book 1.So this isn't quite a reread for either of them.For Sam, it's a return to a series she hasn't touched since childhood. For Keira, it's discovering what happened after the story she remembers.And there's one major problem:The first book was REALLY good.We talk about:Revisiting The City of Ember series as adultsHow The People of Sparks compares to the first bookThe differences between reading the sequel as a longtime reader versus someone who stopped after Book 1Whether the series successfully expands beyond its original premiseAnd whether this sequel lives up to the childhood favorite that came before itSometimes the hardest book for a sequel to compete with is the book you loved when you were a kid.New episodes every Monday at 8 AM EST ✨Next week: Divergent by Veronica Roth⏱️ Time Stamps00:00 Intro01:18 Background06:28 Age Level & Content Warning09:08 Judge a Book by Its Cover12:10 Discussion01:02:31 General Thoughts01:07:14 One Question for the Author01:09:23 Rating01:10:53 Read Again?01:11:40 Favorite of the Series so Far01:12:29 Outro📖 Follow the Author - Jeanne DuPrauWebsite: https://www.jeanneduprau.com/🔗 Connect with Us on SocialsFacebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575460276754⁠Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/lunar_skulk/⁠TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/lunar_skulk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Podcasts