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78.5: Extra Credit: Book Clubbing SLOPPY FIRSTS with Kristina Forest Oct 07, 2020

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Kelly and YA author Kristina Forest talk about Megan McCafferty’s Sloppy Firsts, digging into suburban angst, finding yourself, and Marcus Flutie.

This episode is sponsored by How to Do It Now by Leslie Josel from Lerner Books.

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I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest

Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest

Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty

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I Put A Spell On You Sep 30, 2020

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Vanessa and Liberty are sitting in this week, talking about recent YA releases and which witchy YA reads they love, witch, er, which makes for a spellbinding new episode!

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; Oni Lion Forge Publishing Group; and Macmillan Audio.

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SHOW NOTES

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro

Crush (Crave 2) by Tracy Wolff

Dear Justyce by Nic Stone

Shine by Jessica Jung

When They Call You a Terrorist (Young Adult Edition): A Story of Black Lives Matter and the Power to Change the World by Benee Knauer, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

Thoughts & Prayers: A Novel in Three Parts by Bryan Bliss

The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves, 2) by Roshani Chokshi

Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker

How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi

Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh

Smash It! by Francina Simone

I Hope You’re Listening by Tom Ryan

Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

The Witches by Roald Dahl

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Witch by Christopher Pike

Black Body by H.C. Turk

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor

Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas) by Zoraida Córdova

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood

The Babysitters Coven by Kate M. Williams

These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson

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77.5: Extra Credit: Extolling The Virtues of Darius The Great Is Not OK Sep 23, 2020

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Special guest Jessica Pryde, of our When In Romance podcast, dives into Darius The Great Is Not OK by Adib Khorram.

This episode is sponsored by Tor Teen.

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The Live Experience Sep 16, 2020

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Eric and Kelly come to you LIVE from YA-Hoo Fest!, talking great books for new YA readers and what they can’t wait to read this fall.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life, My Riot by Rick Spears (Author) Emmett Helen (Illustrator) from Oni Lion Forge Publishing Group, and Dead Dudes by Christopher Sebela (Author) Ben Sears (Illustrator) from Oni Lion Forge Publishing Group.

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SHOW NOTES

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch

Nobody Knows But You by Anica Mrose Rissi

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

We Are The Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

Want by Cindy Pon

13 Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All by Laura Ruby

Hero by Perry Moore

Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert

Ash by Malinda Lo

Among the Beasts & Briars by Ashley Poston

Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

Charming As a Verb by Ben Philippe

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez

Rent a Boyfriend by Gloria Chao

Thoughts and Prayers by Bryan Bliss

White Fox by Sara Faring

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Extra Credit: Retellings Sep 09, 2020

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Special guest Jessica Pryde, of our When In Romance podcast, talks about her favorite YA retellings!

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Books Discussed:

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Heart of Iron and Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston

The Only Thing Worse than Me is You by Lily Anderson

Stone Field by Christy Lenzi

The Wrath and the Dawn and The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh

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Your Heart Still Has Feeling Sep 02, 2020

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Eric and Kelly talk about YA where fandoms clash, followed by a recommendationpalooza of recent YA horror.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life., Ever After by Olivia Vieweg, from Lerner Books, and Like Spilled Water by Jennie Liu from Lerner Books.

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SHOW NOTES

Everything, Everything by Nicole Yoon

More Than Maybe by Erin Hahn

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch

Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan

Geekerella by Ashley Poston

Starworld by Audrey Coulthurst and Paula Garner

The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash

How To Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford

Guy in Real Life by Steve Breznoff

Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson

The Improbable Theory of Ana and Zak by Brian Katcher

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

Don’t Read The Comments by Eric Smith

I Believe In a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo

How To Repair a Mechanical Heart by JC Lillis

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

A Werewolf in Riverdale by Caleb Roehrig

Interview with the Vixen by Rebecca Barrow

Wayward Witch by Zoraida Corvoda

Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

Category 5 by Ann Dávila Cardinal

Blood Countess by Lana Popović

Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus

Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

Vampires Never Get Old edited by Natalie C. Parker and Zoraida Cordova

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Extra Credit: Cemetery Boys and Bad Choices with Aiden Thomas Aug 26, 2020

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Eric is joined by Aiden Thomas, author of the highly anticipated debut novel Cemetery Boys, to talk favorite backlist titles and bad reading location decisions.

This episode is sponsored by Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest, with Fierce Reads.

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SHOW NOTES

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

Give the Dark My Love by Beth Revis

When the Moon Was Ours by Anna Marie-McClemore

Relativity by Cristin Bishara

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The Real Deal On IP Aug 19, 2020

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Eric and Kelly talk YA romance you may have missed this year and take a deep dive into what IP work is and why it’s likely you love it.

This episode is sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; Amulet Books and Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko; and Skyhunter by Marie Lu.

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SHOW NOTES

Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti

Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy edited by Kelly Jensen

Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim

Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams

Love Creekwood by Becky Albertalli

I Kissed Alice by Anna Birch

I’ll Be The One by Lyla Lee

The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood

Four Days of You and Me by Miranda Kenneally

Late To The Party by Kelly Quindlin

Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey

Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas

The Geek’s Guide to Dating by Eric Smith by Eric Smith

Geekerella by Ashley Poston

Avatar: Kyoshi by FC Yee

Sarah Enni’s “First Draft” podcast episode on her IP work.

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Extra Credit: Latinx YA Extravaganza Aug 12, 2020

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Kelly and guest host Carmen of @TomesandTextiles offer up a pile of incredible Latinx backlist YA books for your reading needs.

This episode is sponsored by Random House Books for Young Readers and GetUnderlined.com.

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SHOW NOTES

Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno

The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova (“Brooklyn Brujas” series)

When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez

When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

Fifteen Candles by Veronica Chambers (“Amigas” series, book one)

The Go-Between by Veronica Chambers

The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves

The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina

Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

The Devil and Winnie Flynn by Micol Ostow

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez

A Fierce and Subtle Poison by Samantha Mabry

The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Rivera

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore

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Teens Who Raise Their Voices Aug 05, 2020

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Eric and Kelly take a deep dive into YA books that feature protests, as well as YA books with extensive casts.

This episode is sponsored by Read or Dead, Book Riot’s mystery/thriller podcast; TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; and Flatiron Books, publishers of Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud.

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SHOW NOTES

Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

For The Win by Cory Doctorow

Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina

Running by Natalia Sylvester

Audacity by Melanie Crowder

This Side of Home by Renée Watson