Beth Rockefeller 3/27/23 Beth Rockefeller 3/27/23

S2E24: A Trauma Off

In this chapter, Mare and Cameron are just generally being teen girls, kinking the planning of the Corros prison break. Cal gets followed by kids everywhere he goes, and it’s totally adorable. Mare comes across Shade and Farley sneaking away, but it goes totally over her head as to why. Everyone in the Notch is on edge and the drama is JUICY. Things are really ramping up before all hell breaks loose at the prison.

Our references are all over the place and include Bring It On, How I Met Your Mother, Jurassic Park, Game of Throne, Taylor Swift, The Hunger Games. This is a FANTASTIC discussion about the relationships in this book and how secrets and miscommunication can have disastrous consequences.

As always, you can send fan art and fan casting ideas to readingwiththerockefellers@gmail.com, connect with us on Instagram @readingwiththerockefellers, or visit our website for pictures and our blog at www.readingwiththerockefellers. See you next time!

Beth Rockefeller 3/21/23 Beth Rockefeller 3/21/23

S2 E23: But Then, You Are Pretty Stupid

This week, in Chapter 23, the “adults” have gathered for a very important meeting that definitely couldn’t have been an email. There’s a plan to put together and Mare needs all the bodies and abilities that she can get. Kilorn might even be able to go this time! Cameron “meets” the group and we debate the value of Wikipedia as a source.

The references are BANANAS! Frozen, John Calipari in a living room, Harry Potter, Christmas Vacation, Star Wars, Wednesday, and more. You won’t want to miss a moment!

Beth Rockefeller 3/11/23 Beth Rockefeller 3/11/23

S2E22: She’s Gonna Poo All Over Your Party

This week, we meet the Ultimate Party Pooper, Cameron, a character with an awesome power that just so happens to be attached to her crappy personality. We discuss the history of Norta and try to figure out where all these strange accents come from while we also marvel at Shade’s expert military hold. If you thought Mare was a party pooper, you haven’t seen anything yet!

The references include the obvious Taylor Swift( this time it’s Mia’s B-day tickets), Phineas and Ferb, our boys’ black belt martial arts background, Stranger Things (of course), Real Housewives, Cocaine Bear, The Walking Dead, and Major League Baseball managers arguing with umpires. And that’s not all! Listen today!

As always, we love engaging with our audience! You can email us at readingwiththerockefellers@gmail.com, engage with us on Instagram @readingwiththerockefellers, or directly through our website www.readingwiththerockefellers.com. We’ll see you again soon!

Beth Rockefeller 2/22/23 Beth Rockefeller 2/22/23

S2 E21: There’s Something Wrong With This Dude

This week, this new gray man gives our group interesting information, but what will they do with it? We try and get WAY too logical about reading the future and Mare, who never trusts anyone, instantly trusts this new gray man. What happened to anyone can betray anyone?

The references are HILARIOUS this week. Twilight, Encanto, The Dead Zone, tons of other stuff where people have visions, Glee, Poltergeist 2, Star Wars, AND MORE. Check it out today!

As always, email us fan art or fan casting ideas to readingwiththerockefellers@gmail.com, check out season 1 on YouTube at Reading with the Rockefellers, and follow us on Instagram @readingwiththerockefellers. See you next time!

Beth Rockefeller 2/13/23 Beth Rockefeller 2/13/23

S2 E20: What’s Grayer Than Gray?

In Part 2 of our discussion on Chapter 20 of Glass Sword, we see Mare being extra stubborn. It’s just a taste of things to come. Our gang is landing for a mission and Mare is tired of people telling her things. I think she is just plain tired. Let’s just say that communication isn’t her strong suit. There’s also a very elaborate plan involving Gareth and Nanny that you have to hear to believe. All of this culminates in a burnt out city and a brand new, very unusual stranger.

Our references are all over the place from Wednesday to Armageddon and Phineas and Ferb to Independence Day, Christmas Vacation, My Name is Earl, Birdemic, and Honeymoon in Vegas. You won’t want to miss a minute. Check it out today!

Beth Rockefeller 2/8/23 Beth Rockefeller 2/8/23

Bonus Episode #1: Life Comes At You Swiftly: 1989 vs Midnights This or That Pt 1

In our first bonus episode, Mia and Beth discuss Taylor Swift’s 1989 and Midnights albums as we put them against each other, track by track, this or that style. We get all the way to Wildest Dreams vs Bejewled. It’s a great conversation that Swifties won’t want to miss! Stay tuned for pt 2, coming soon.

Beth Rockefeller 2/5/23 Beth Rockefeller 2/5/23

S2 E19: The Most Toxic, Codependent Thing Ever

Mare and Cal have began sharing a bed chamber. It is all the hot goss at the Notch. Maven is always one step ahead but never sets anything to snare Mare for long. Maven is playing heavy games and Mare can’t tell anyone about what she really knows. Kilorn is giving Mare the major cold shoulder when Mare catches him taking reading lessons with Ketha. Mare finds out about a new military strategy that Maven is enacting and it is very, very dark.

Not a ton of references but they are good ones! Maraven shippers, An American Tail, Taylor Swift, the Star Wars prequels, The Hunger Games, True Crime Obsessed, and The Revenant.

As always, please send your fan art or fan casting ideas to readingwiththerockefellers@gmail.com, find and follow us on Instagram for behind the scenes glimpses and episode drops @readingwiththerockefellers, and subscribe to our YouTube channel Reading With The Rockefellers. Thanks for listening!

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S2 E18: she Just Can’t Not Touch It

3 days of hunting have gone by with finding nothing but dead Newbloods and Mare is a super bummer about it. What else is new, right? We meet some of the Newbloods that were recruited while Mare was unconscious or plot devices as I call them. Everything leads up to several of our group making a very harrowing trip in to a town only to be met with a waking nightmare.

The references are great! We touch on our trip to Disney World, Airplane, Heroes, and Top Gun. Listen today!

Beth Rockefeller 1/21/23 Beth Rockefeller 1/21/23

S2 E17: Marry Me But Give Me Space

Mare is coming back to her senses after waking up from her “coma” and kissing Cal. Good ole Kilorn is there to help her pick up the pieces like no one else can. Truth bombs abound! Plus, we get a montage of newblood saving and Maven dodging. They know he’s out there and hunting them and they can’t hide anymore. We wrap up with some adorable moments back at home base. This episode runs the gamut of emotions and “mutant” franchises (just check out the references list!)

We hit Cobra Kai, The Wedding Singer, Homestar Runner, X-Men, Heroes, Frozen, The Haunting of Hill House, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Twilight, Survivor, The Hunger Games, and of course, Taylor Swift. It’s a fascinating conversation that you won’t want to miss a moment of. Listen today!

Beth Rockefeller 1/8/23 Beth Rockefeller 1/8/23

S2 E16: Your Meat Shoulder To Cry On and Your Beefy Boyfriend

Mare wakes up after being ambushed by Maven and is super confused and wants answers. So much has happened and Mare has been through the ringer. How will they proceed from here and what was that machine?? Mare is coming completely unglued. Will she come back from the edge or did Maven push her too far?

Lots of references today including Harry Potter, Hamilton, Letterkenny, NCAA basketball, Stranger Things, Big Hero 6, Inside Out, and of course, Taylor Swift. It’s a GREAT discussion this week. Listen today!

Beth Rockefeller 12/7/22 Beth Rockefeller 12/7/22

S2 E15: There You Go, Mare. Are You Happy?

This week, our group has just found Wolliver dead and everyone is playing the blame game. Especially Mare, who of course blames herself. Cal is the only cooler head, which is good because stuff is about to go REAL sideways, REAL fast. Lots of chapters in this series are gamechangers but this one is takes everything for Mare and turns it upside down.

Also, we break down Mare and Maven’s relationship up until this point and discuss some new fancasting ideas. Our references include Star Wars, Swifties, Timothee Chalamet, Psych, The Godfather, Ted, Stranger Things, Locke and Key, and Survivor. It’s a great discussion. Check it out today and stay tuned to the end for a little thank you note!

Beth Rockefeller 11/16/22 Beth Rockefeller 11/16/22

S2 E14: Slicin’ And Dicin’

In part 2, we’re continuing our discussion of chapter 15. Mare, Cal, and Farley break into the Security Center to try and get to the newblood records. It’s time to go big or go home. This chapter is literally on fire.

The references this week are all over the map. They include Into The Badlands, Harry Potter, Spongebob, Dancing With The Stars, shopping with me at the mall, Homestar Runner, Super Mario World, Angry Birds, and Psych. We might get a little distracted but it’s ok. This chapter could use a little laughter.

Beth Rockefeller 11/11/22 Beth Rockefeller 11/11/22

S2 E13: Hang In There, It Gets Worse

Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulties with episode 12 and ultimately the file got corrupted and we weren’t able to publish it. I really appreciate everyone’s patience while we tried to get it worked out.

BUT

This week we are giving you chapter 15 in 2 parts. Our conversation was so great that we got halfway through the chapter and realized we were an hour in so we decided to split it in to 2 episodes so we don’t have to truncate our discussion.

In part 1, our gang has to sneak through Harbor Bay to the Security Center where they SHOULD rendezvous with Shade and get to the information center where they can get addresses and information on the newbloods. They are, once again, completely reliant on Cal. But Cal is fighting his own demons in his old stomping ground. Then it’s time to go scorched earth.

Our hilarious references include Maraven shippers, 90’s boy bands, the obligatory Taylor Swift, our stanning Timothee Chalamet as Maven, The game, The Little Mermaid, my second favorite TikTok that features an adorable toddler, The Goldbergs, Shazam, the incredible tabletop game Nemesis, Grimm, Fantastic Beasts, Cocaine Bear, My Favorite Murder, and more! It really is great stuff.

Beth Rockefeller 10/13/22 Beth Rockefeller 10/13/22

S2 E11: This Is No Joyous Reunion

In episode 11, our gang heads into Harbor Bay on their most dangerous mission yet. Mare can apparently feel batteries and what type they are now?? Interesting… We meet some new Guard members but as usual, not all is as it seems. Who is Egan and can they all trust Crance?

Our references include Taylor Swift (of course), Eminem, The Little Mermaid, Scrubs, Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, Cobra Kai, Jurassic World, Kevin Can F Himself, RiffTrax, and more. Plus, Mia cracks herself up to the point of tears at one time. It’s definitely one for the record books!

Beth Rockefeller 9/29/22 Beth Rockefeller 9/29/22

S2 E10 Obsess Much?!

This week, Mare is literally obsessing over Maven and seeing him everywhere she goes in this “new world” where she and Cal are terrorists. Cal and Nix square up and Cal has to face the truth. Mare cannot stop with the “what-ifs” and distracting herself from their mission. Nix and Kilorn bond, and Mare finds it “fishy.” We find out that Farley sleeps with not one, but two guns on her. Things are serious in this world at war.

The Taylor Swift and Grimm references abound this week and we have lots of laughs. There’s also Game of Thrones, Obsessed with Disappeared lexicon, Scrubs, the Hunger Games, Masterchef, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Twilight! It’s great conversation to help get through this trip as we see Nix fly for the first time. You won’t want to miss a minute!

Beth Rockefeller 9/22/22 Beth Rockefeller 9/22/22

S2 E9: He’s Basically Just An Albatross Around My Neck

In episode 11, our group lands near Coraunt and sets off to find Nix Marsten, whom we are all too eager to just call “him.” Cal’s privilege is showing during a trek through the woods and what is up Shade and Farley? Then, once we find Nix, things take a turn quickly. Very quickly. Plus, we have the debate about past Red and Silver blood mixing again.

Our conversation is so great that we don’t get many references in but we do have a lot to the movie Unbreakable (you’ll find out why) and also some for Survivor, The Lost World, and The Boys. This is an action packed chapter and you won’t want to miss a minute! Check it out today!

Beth Rockefeller 9/8/22 Beth Rockefeller 9/8/22

S2 E8: Teen Girl Logic

In this week’s episode, our rebels are flying through the air with the greatest of ease and Mare is finding out so much about how the world underneath everything she has known is nothing she could have imagined.

The conversation this week is awesome! So many references: : Star Wars (obviously), Taylor Swift, Into the Badlands, Brooklyn 99, My Favorite Murder lexicon (again), Nature Valley granola bars, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, Zootopia, Obsessed with Disappeared lexicon, Heroes, AND MORE! We are hitting a groove and you won’t want to miss a single minute. Listen today!

Beth Rockefeller 8/28/22 Beth Rockefeller 8/28/22

She’s Good At Obfuscating

In this week’s episode, we catch up with our group of rebels as they are escaping from Tuck to search for newbloods and Cal is the only hope they have. Good thing he knows how to pilot a Blackrun. Will they make it out and on to their first destination on the list? What will be there if they do?

This week is CHOCKFUL of references and great discussion. We tell Mia about Heroes (which she is watching now) and discuss internet shippers again. There’s also mention of Wings, The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window, Scooby Doo, Dr. Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, Stranger Things (of course), Hercules, The Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, The Twilight series, and Once Upon a Time. WHEW! You are not going to want to miss this. Check it out today!

Beth Rockefeller 8/17/22 Beth Rockefeller 8/17/22

S2 E6: From One Cliffhanger To Another

This week, the hits just keep coming for Mare. The Little Lightning Girl clearly likes prisons and has the worst taste in men. She and Captain Beefcake (Cal) find themselves in a yet another no-win situation. Plus, we add 2 more to the flinch count!

In the discussion this week, we finally touch on the shippers. MareCal vs MarAven! The references go from Brooklyn 99, Firefly, and Star Wars to Glee and Encanto. Don’t forget Stranger Things! It’s summer of 2022, the whole world is obsessed. Don’t miss a single minute of the fun!

Beth Rockefeller 8/2/22 Beth Rockefeller 8/2/22

S2 E5: Why is Mare So Attracted to Hot Dummies?

Mare and Kilorn have a mission to carry out and Mare is chomping at the bit to check on Cal. It’s a simple in and out mission, right? Right?? We find out A LOT about the Colonel but it also brings up so many more questions.

References this week include My Favorite Murder lexicon, Deep Blue Sea, Harry Potter, Encanto, Cobra Kai, Spongebob, Jaws, Stranger Things, The X-Files, Barenaked Ladies, Bohemian Rhapsody, and more. Strangely, no Taylor Swift this week. But we do add to the flinch count A BUNCH! You won't want to miss a minute! Listen today!