It has been a wild, amazing ride and I couldn't be more grateful for all of your support over the years. Please enjoy this reflective last episode, which includes some of my thoughts on podcasting more broadly, a bit of housekeeping, and a whole lot of Q&A.

Thank you for every little thing.

Love,

Alli

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Remember: All 318 episodes of SSR will still be available wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. Please continue to recommend the show to your loved ones... and never stop listening to the conversations from the archives that make you feel warm and fuzzy :)

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For the last-ever guest episode of SSR, Alli is thrilled to revisit a book by one of her personal favorites, Sharon Creech. The book is Absolutely Normal Chaos, a diary-style read from the '90s that serves as a fascinating entry point to grief and loss for young readers. Tune in for a discussion about the emotional roller coaster of the book, but also for some comparing and contrasting with Creech's other work, reflections on friendship and early relationships, and more.

Rebecca Fishbein is the author of Good Things Happen to People You Hate and Floral Estrangements. Follow her on Instagram @bfishbfish.

CHECK OUT REBECCA'S PREVIOUS APPEARANCE ON SSR HERE!

CHECK OUT REBECCA'S BOOKS:

Floral Estrangements

Good Things Happen to People You Hate

CHECK OUT REBECCA'S BOOK RECOMMENDATION:

Good Material by Dolly Alderton

MORE READING:

"Absolutely Normal Chaos" (Kirkus, 1995)

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Add this to the list of Alli's favorite SSR reads of all-time—and just in time for the show to say goodbye in a couple of weeks! Nearly 20 years after it was published and won a Newbery Honor, Shannon Hale's Princess Academy was a delight to read and discuss. The book inspires conversations on Episode 316 about everything from hometown pride and tropes about female bodies to the value of education and lame princes. Alli's guest also blows her mind with some facts about 2025 slang.

London Sperry's debut novel Passion Project hits shelves on 4/8/25. Follow her on Instagram @londonsperrywrites.

CHECK OUT LONDON'S BOOK HERE!

CHECK OUT LONDON'S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

Wedding Dashers by Heather McBreen

Let's Call a Truce by Amy Buchanan

Unromance by Erin Connor

You Between the Lines by Katie Naymon

But How Are You, Really by Ella Dawson

MORE READING:

"Book Review: Princess Academy by Shannon Hale" (Books: A True Story, 2013)

"Review: Princess Academy" (The Princess Blog, 2018)

"Book Review: Princess Academy by Shannon Hale" (Turn the Page, 2012)

"Shannon Hale Says Her Novels Are Not 'Girl Books'" (Bustle, 2015)

"Q&A with Shannon Hale" (Publishers Weekly, 2015)

"One Things Leads to Another: An Interview with Shannon Hale" (The Hub, 2014)

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