<p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><em>Happy Thanksgiving! I’m taking the week to relax with family. Please enjoy the re-airing of this recording, which originally aired December 17, 2024.</em></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Hello Libration Nation! This week we are discussing the classic series <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/40442-animorphs"><strong><em>Animorphs</em></strong></a>by K.A. Applegate. <em>Animorphs</em> is a collection of 54 middle-grade books in which five young adults are gifted the power to morph into animals. It was a bit of a cult phenomenon when it was originally published in the late '90s and has recently seen a resurgence online.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">My guest is <strong>Fiona Fenn</strong>. Fiona is an author of fantasy novels that put complicated “heroes” front and center. A fan of villains, redemption arcs, and intense explorations of healing in all its forms, her debut novel, <a href="https://books2read.com/TCATHOE"><strong><em>The Crack at the Heart of Everything,</em></strong></a> is a love letter to every villain who wanted to do better but never got the chance.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">I so enjoyed this conversation with Fiona, talking about the <em>Animorphs</em> series and her love for it, as well as her experience writing and publishing her first novel and everything that goes into this process.</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Our drink this week is a Flying Saucer, as the <em>Animorphs</em> series begins with the kids meeting an alien who has flown to Earth</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://bevvy.co/cocktail/flying-saucer/vhca"><strong>Flying Saucer Recipe (from Bevvy.com)</strong></a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>INGREDIENTS</strong></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1 oz Amaretto Di Saronno liqueur</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">1 oz Kahlua coffee liqueur</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3 oz cream</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3 oz ice</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Combine in blender until smooth and creamy, serve with cinnamon stick for garnish!</p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>In this Episode</strong></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://fionafennwrites.com/">Fiona Fenn’s Website</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://books2read.com/TCATHOE">Buy The Crack at the Heart of Everything by Fiona Fenn</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/45284-gone">Michael Grant Gone series</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://tinyfoxpress.com/">Tiny Fox Press</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.animorphspodcasts.com/podcast/animorphs-aloud/">Animorphs Aloud</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.queerliberationlibrary.org/libby">Queer Liberation Library</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://katherineapplegate.com/">KA Applegate Website</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/animorphs-books-now-free-read-about-kids-shapeshifting-into-rats-and-cats/">Free Animorphs PDFs</a></p><p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"><a href="https://fionafenn.substack.com">Fiona Fenn’s Substack</a></p>