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ZERNA SHARP, 91, DIES IN INDIANA; ORIGINATED 'DICK AND JANE' TEXTS (Published 1981)

''There's nothing these book children do that a child couldn't remember having done themselves,'' Miss Sharp once told an interviewer. ''They made the books part of themselves. We made reading easy for them and encouraged them to read more.'' - From Zerna Sharp's 1981 obituary

Ep 739 - Fun with Dick and Jane, and Other Stories by Zerna Sharp and William S. Gray — Overdue See Andrew and Craig. See Andrew and Craig read. Read, Andrew and Craig, read! The Dick and Jane characters are still widely known, even though their heyday as The Main Way American Kids Learn How To...

Ep 739 - Fun with Dick and Jane, and Other Stories

His exploits *are* glorious!

Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 07 - Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-sitters Club #16) — Overdue Another month, another new member of the BSC! This time it's Jessi, ballerina extraordinaire, who also happens to be adept at learning languages. And her first big job involves learning sign language ...

Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 07 - Jessi's Secret Language (The Baby-sitters Club #16)

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Ferdia Lennon: ‘I was tired of Merchant Ivory accents’ The recent winner of the Waterstones debut fiction prize on literary friendships, the lucidity of Georges Simenon and Irish writing’s debt to the financial crash

"I was tired of ancient Greek characters sounding as if they’ve stepped out of a Merchant Ivory production...The Greek world wasn’t a monoculture: you’ve got different dialects, different classes, immigration, a massive slave trade. The language was a way to try to capture some of that difference."

(this thought brought to you by a B&N display in the western suburbs of Phila, but also by the good guys at @overduepod.bsky.social and their dedication to lifting up works newly in the public domain)

Ep 738 - Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon — Overdue Sometimes you just want to get together with your friend and enlist prisoners of war into putting on a production of Euripides in the quarry, am I right? This is a broadly relatable thing that lots of...

Ep 738 - Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon

Ep 487 - Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie — Overdue Everyone! There's been a MURDER! And the person who committed it is still listening to THIS VERY PODCAST!! While we try to figure this out you should definitely listen to us talk about Hercule Poirot...

And again 421 episodes later:

Ep 066 - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie — Overdue Agatha Christie is the owner of numerous superlatives: best-selling novelist, influential mystery writer, criminally  successful playwright. Also, did we mention she's a dame? Her novel,&n...

Agatha (Christie) all along — starting way back at episode 66.
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YouTube video by StudiocanalUK THE MIRROR CRACK'D - Interview With Angela Lansbury

"Bit of a bore, but you don't kill someone for that. If you did, there'd be no one left in the village!"
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a man in a blue jumpsuit is standing in a room and saying good morning . Alt: Hannibal Lecter stands in his cell, smiles, and says "Good morning."

When you know the vicar will need your help every 3-5 chapters via your powers of observation and cryptic bon mots

ahem

🎶Agatha Christie
Made up a neat cozy murder that no one could guess.
Who would confess?

Vicar Len Clement
Works with Miss Marple to find out the killer's ID
Who could it be?

All the Christie mysteries
Whodun all of these crimes?
All the Christie mysteries
Who will get killed this time?🎶

Ep 737 - The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1), by Agatha Christie — Overdue The public domain comes for us all and today it's come for Miss Marple, the elderly busybody and amateur sleuth that Agatha Christie created in the 1920s. In her first proper novel, Marple assists a v...

Ep 737 - The Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1) by Agatha Christie

Consider the Consequences by geetheriot The first ever Choose Your Own Adventure (style) book from 1930 is back! In Interactive Fiction form!

Want to know the other endings? Choose Your Own Consequences with this online version:
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Overdue's schedule for January: 1.5 - Consider the Consequences by Doris Webster and Mary Alden Hopkins | 1/12 - The murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple #1) by Agatha Christie | 1.19 - Glorious Exploits by Ferdia Lennon | 1.26 - Dick and Jane by Zerna Sharp and William S. Gray | New Longread series - Tokyo Drifters: Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo

Consider the consequences....of not knowing the reading schedule for January

Ep 736 - Consider the Consequences!, by Doris Webster and Mary Alden Hopkins — Overdue We’ve been known to choose an adventure for ourselves every now and again, but rarely have we delved into the history of the “gamebook” genre. Until now! Join us for an abbreviated run through Consid...

Ep 736 - Consider the Consequences! by Doris Webster and Mary Alden Hopkins

Sit Me Baby One More Time Ep 06 - Hello, Mallory (The Baby-Sitters Club #14) — Overdue We jump forward in the series a little bit this month, past the “we’re still setting up each of the core Club members” phase. This episode is all about Mallory, a younger aspiring BSC member whose mem...

ICYMI: An episode about some different American girls also hit our main feed

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Why Are Millennials Still Attached to American Girl? From the beginning, Pleasant Rowland’s invention wasn’t just a doll but a brand.

"The American Girl doll was invented in the 1980s by [a] former grade-school teacher and news anchor in her mid-40s named Pleasant Rowland, during a visit to Colonial Williamsburg...Missing from the Barbie-and-baby-doll eighties play landscape was a doll for little girls who was herself a child."

Ep 735 - American Girl: Meet Samantha, by Susan S. Adler and Meet Addy, by Connie Porter — Overdue It's time to meet Samantha and Addy, two American Girls from the toy brand of the same name. Their time periods and journeys are rather different, but they are united by one thing: American Girl found...

Ep 735 - American Girl: Meet Samantha, by Susan S. Adler, and Meet Addy, by Connie Porter

The Best Classic Eggnog Stirring up a batch of classic eggnog is an annual tradition in many households. A review of recipes reveals five secrets to great homemade eggnog.

More like a daily thing in one particular household

Aged Eggnog Recipe | Classic Eggnog Recipe | Alton Brown A winter holiday classic eggnog recipe, Alton Brown's aged eggnog blends rum, bourbon, and cognac with dairy and nutmeg for a complex Christmas cocktail.

I mean Krampus is immortal so

Egg nog jelly beans

Merry merry

A reindeer headband package on a hook, with the title Santa’s Secrets

Happy Hornydays messaging at the dollar store. It’s just that this year, his secrets are undead revenants and evil intentions.

Thanks so much for listening!

This made me scream-laugh multiple times. It may be the best hornydays episode yet (don't listen around children or your parents, obviously).

Martha's Classic Eggnog Recipe Is the Holiday Drink You’ll Crave Every Year Martha's eggnog recipe calls for plenty of eggs, milk, and heavy cream, plus dark rum, bourbon, and cognac. She makes this rich beverage every year.

Classic

My favorite episode of the year! It’s like letting the animaniacs out of the tower for one night only

Illustrators are great!