Act YA Age

In a slight change this week, we do a deep dive into a New Adult book - Casey McQuiston's queer romance RED, WHITE, AND ROYAL BLUE. We talk bisexual representation, political parallels, and so much more! This is one of our favorite books of all time, y'all, so buckle in. And stay tuned for the end, where we talk about potential movie casting, our 2020 year-end book wrap-up, and announce the BIG project we're taking on next year!

We mention friend of the pod Martha's Etsy shop, which sells beautiful "History, Huh?" stickers in this episode. You can find those stickers and more here.

As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing!

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We continue our deep dive into Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse with part one of her planned Nikolai duology, KING OF SCARS. We talk Ravkan politics, inner demons, antagonists that just won't go away, and so much more! Stay tuned for our RULE OF WOLVES predictions at the end, and of course our announcement of the last book we'll cover this year!

As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing!

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We are joined once again by our friend (and fellow dark book boyfriend lover) Jessie to dig into part two of Leigh Bardugo's wider Grishaverse - the duology made up of SIX OF CROWS and CROOKED KINGDOM! We talk all things Ketterdam and Kaz Brekker, deep character analysis, and more! Keep an ear out for the spoiler section at the end for upcoming adaptation and new book predictions! Fair warning: we're a little unhinged in this one. Kaz just has that effect.

As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art and Djempirical for our music. And a very special thank you to Jessie for coming back to talk more books with us!

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We are joined by our friend and book club organizing queen Aubrey to talk about the SHADOW AND BONE trilogy - the first trilogy that makes up Leigh Bardugo's expansive GRISHAVERSE books. We talk Mal vs the Darkling, the upcoming Netflix adaptation, and so much more! Keep an ear out for the spoiler section at the end where we talk predictions for the newest book in the GRISHAVERSE!

As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art and Djempirical for our music. And a very special thank you to Aubrey for being a great guest!

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We are joined by Sam and Tessa of Popcultruristhub.com and the Monkey Off My Backlog Podcast to talk about their experience attending this year's virtual YALL Fest!

As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art and Djempirical for our music. And a very special thank you to Sam and Tessa for being wonderful guests!

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We are joined by our wonderful friend Jessie to talk THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater! We try very very hard to not just scream about Sean Kendrick in this one. We are somewhat successful.

As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing. And thank you to Jessie for being a great guest!

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We are joined by podcaster extraordinaire Ian Carlos Crawford to talk CEMETERY BOYS by Aiden Thomas! We talk queer latinx representation, found family, and, of course, ghost boyfriends.

As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing. And a huge thank you to Ian for being a wonderful and insightful guest!

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We are joined by our friend Martha to discuss AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren - a YA romance novel that explores themes of queer and religious identity. Stick around to hear what we're going to tackle next!

As always, a big thanks to Martha Riley for our art (and for being our guest this week!), Djempirical for our music, and Tim for editing.

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We are joined by our friend Melissa to discuss the first two books from one of our favorite series, CARRY ON and WAYWARD SON by Rainbow Rowell - with plenty of theorizing as to where the final book, ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, might take us.

As always, a big thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Corinne's husband Tim for editing. And an extra special thanks to Melissa for being a fabulous first guest!

Let's get metatextual with our first book choice: FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell! Come for the critical analysis, stay for Levi. Or vice versa, we don't know your business.

Check out a sneak peek of the FANGIRL manga we mention here

As always, thanks to Martha Riley for our art, Djempirical for our music, and Corinne's husband Tim for being a good sport and editing for us!