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Dolls of Our Lives

The series you loved, book by book. Join Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney as they explore the wild world of American Girl fandom. In each episode, Allison and Mary will dive into an American Girl boo... Read more

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3: A Surprise Party in the (Not Yet) U.S.A.

3: A Surprise Party in the (Not Yet) U.S.A.

There’s a governor’s ball and Felicity WILL dance (and cry along the way) if she wants to in Felicity’s Surprise. In unp... Read more

18 Mar 2019

1hr 5mins

Ranked #2

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19: Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie: Kirsten Learns a Lesson

19: Little Schoolhouse on the Prairie: Kirsten Learns a Lesson

During this episode, Mary and Allison channel a young Kirsten Larson and immediately hit the books. Diving right into Ki... Read more

28 Oct 2019

1hr 7mins

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4: Felicity, Sweet Birthday Babyyy

4: Felicity, Sweet Birthday Babyyy

Typically the magazines we talk about are Us Weekly and People but in this episode, Mary and Allison get into the Willia... Read more

1 Apr 2019

1hr 6mins

Ranked #4

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18: She's on a Boat: Meet Kirsten

18: She's on a Boat: Meet Kirsten

In this episode, we talk about the misadventures of not one, but three American girls who have found themselves in the B... Read more

14 Oct 2019

1hr 7mins

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5: Looking for a Hero: Felicity Saves the Day

5: Looking for a Hero: Felicity Saves the Day

In book five, it’s the summer of 1775 but the spirit of 1776 is heating up along with the temperatures in colonial Virgi... Read more

15 Apr 2019

1hr 2mins

Ranked #6

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9: Meet Josefina, Mourn for Selena

9: Meet Josefina, Mourn for Selena

In episode nine, we turn our gaze to the American Southwest & the youthful, plucky Josefina Montoya. Our analysis of... Read more

10 Jun 2019

1hr 10mins

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6: You Say You Want a Revolution-Changes for Felicity

6: You Say You Want a Revolution-Changes for Felicity

If times are a changin, why does so little happen in this book? During this final Felicity saga, friendships are tested,... Read more

29 Apr 2019

1hr 8mins

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10: Josefina Learns a Lesson . . .or Did She?

10: Josefina Learns a Lesson . . .or Did She?

In Episode 10, we explore Josefina Learns a Lesson, the second book in the Josefina series. One lesson we learn right aw... Read more

24 Jun 2019

1hr 8mins

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12: Cake, Rattle (snake), and Roll - Happy Birthday, Josefina!

12: Cake, Rattle (snake), and Roll - Happy Birthday, Josefina!

Josefina: you know her, you love her, and at this point, you wish she could just catch a break. In book four, we find Jo... Read more

22 Jul 2019

1hr 9mins

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14: Do You Know the Way to Santa Fe?

14: Do You Know the Way to Santa Fe?

In Josefina Saves the Day, the Americans have arrived and things get (el Camino) Real for the Montoyas and everyone’s fa... Read more

19 Aug 2019

1hr 13mins

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15: Winter of their Discontent: (Nothing) Changes for Josefina

15: Winter of their Discontent: (Nothing) Changes for Josefina

In the last book in the Josefina canon, we find that it is not just comedies that end in weddings--sometimes tragedies d... Read more

2 Sep 2019

1hr 14mins

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8: Felicity Futures Part II- The Film

8: Felicity Futures Part II- The Film

If we've said it once, we've said it at least a dozen times: if Felicity was good enough to launch Shailene Woodley’s ca... Read more

27 May 2019

1hr 2mins

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13: Mailbag!

13: Mailbag!

Why do fools fall in love? Why is the earth round? What is the meaning of life? Does Mary have a seltzer preference? We ... Read more

5 Aug 2019

57mins

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16: Josefina Journeys Part 1

16: Josefina Journeys Part 1

In this episode, the hosts examine fan fiction about Josefina Montoya. After quickly realizing that there was a comparat... Read more

16 Sep 2019

1hr 7mins

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7: Felicity Futures Part I - Fan Fiction

7: Felicity Futures Part I - Fan Fiction

Upon completing the six canon Felicity books, Mary and Allison turn to fan fiction. In addition to reading some fans’ st... Read more

13 May 2019

51mins

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17: Josefina's Journeys II: The Care & Keeping of Grief

17: Josefina's Journeys II: The Care & Keeping of Grief

On this very special episode, Allison and Mary talk with Allison Marek, a psychotherapist specializing in working with p... Read more

30 Sep 2019

1hr 1min

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11: Christmas in July & Other Surprises for Josefina

11: Christmas in July & Other Surprises for Josefina

Surprise! We are three books into the Josefina series and everyone in the Montoya household is still super sad. As Mary ... Read more

8 Jul 2019

1hr 7mins

Ranked #18

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41: To Grandmary's House We Go ... for Samantha's Surprise

41: To Grandmary's House We Go ... for Samantha's Surprise

Ah, to be a young Victorian beauty awaiting Christmas in December 1904. Such is the life of young Samantha, who is afrai... Read more

20 Jul 2020

1hr 7mins

Ranked #19

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40: Classy, Bougie, Ringlets: Samantha Learns a Lesson

40: Classy, Bougie, Ringlets: Samantha Learns a Lesson

In the second Samantha book, we find her well established in a private academy, and just learning about class. Tasked wi... Read more

6 Jul 2020

1hr 11mins

Ranked #20

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37: Addy Add On: The Syllabus

37: Addy Add On: The Syllabus

A lot has changed since the "Peek into the Past" chapters were written in the Addy books more than twenty years ago. In ... Read more

29 May 2020

41mins

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