Mind Full of Marbles by Amy A. Cowan Podcast

Mind Full of Marbles by Amy A. Cowan Podcast

Home for Amy A. Cowan's essays and podcasts, including her book reviews, stories, and Rereading My Childhood, a series in which she rereads The Baby-Sitters Club, Goosebumps, and Fear Street. amyacowan.substack.com

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June 9, 2025 12 mins

Originally released 2022/03/31.

This week’s book summary and review features The Baby-Sitters Club #3: The Truth About Stacey by Ann M. Martin, in which quack medicine makes an appearance, couch cushions are burned, and we get vaccines.

Get the Book: https://bookshop.org/a/80100/9781338642223

00:00 - Intro Song

00:19 - Introduction

01:04 - Part One

06:51 - Part Two

11:17 - Conclusion

12:19 - Outro Song

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I’m a bookish nerd on a missio...

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This episode features three issues of The Baby-Sitters Club by Ann M. Martin:

-#1: Kristy’s Great Idea, in which I learn how addresses work, heat takes over, and parents make questionable decisions. Originally published on 2022/03/03. Get the book here: https://bookshop.org/a/80100/9781338642209

-#2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls, in which everyone receives terrible life advice, annoying boys stalk girls with impunity, and we a...

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Originally released 2022/03/24.

This week’s book summary and review features Fear Street: Bad Dreams by R. L Stine, in which sisters mend their relationship, old neighbors creep on the previously mentioned sisters, and boyfriends play football and only football and only exist within football.

Get the Book: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/bad-dreams_rl-stine/493299/#isbn=0671785699

00:00 - Intro Song

00:19 - Introduction

01:56 - Part One

08...

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Get the Book: https://bookshop.org/a/80100/9781546110262

I’m Amy A. Cowan and this is the Mind Full of Marbles Podcast - every audio for Rereading My Childhood as well as my book reviews and short stories. Thank you for listening.

Mind Full of Marbles is written by me - Amy A. Cowan. For more information, go to MindFullof Marbles.com. For more information about me, visitAmyACowan.com

The Music is “Neon Laser Horizon” by Kevin MacLeod

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I’m Amy A. Cowan and this is the Mind Full of Marbles Podcast - every audio for Rereading My Childhood as well as my book reviews and short stories. Thank you for listening.

Mind Full of Marbles is written by me - Amy A. Cowan. For more information, go to MindFullof Marbles.com. For more information about me, visitAmyACowan.com

The Music is “Neon Laser Horizon” by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7015-neon-las...

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