Booked All Night

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There is an implicit understanding in Western culture that a good story involves the focal character learning something that forces change in their life. But what happens if that character arc ends in the same place that it started? Can that still make for a good story?

It's our final examination of Suzanne Collins's A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Jess, Julia, and Maggie all have strong opinions on the definition of self-defense, the nature of character evolution, whether or not word people can be math people, and where they'd like to see Collins take the franchise next. 

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

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Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

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IT'S THE LAST INTERVIEW OF THE SEASON! This week we're joined by Libby Tanner, author of Bigger Than Versace. We talked about how the British spelling of some words is just better, the best sweats to wear while writing, played some games, and did a lot of talking about the writing life.

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
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Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

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Why is popular fiction so full of obsessive men who jealously stake their claim over women? What is it about this possessive streak that so many people find entrancing when it's so clearly a sign of self-fixation? 
AND WHY ARE ALL THE POV CHARACTERS IN THE HUNGER GAMES SO BAD AT ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR FRIENDSHIPS??? 

Julia and Maggie tackle the continuing... continuation? solidification? definition? of Coriolanus Snow into the villain we love in this exploration of chapters 11-20 of Suzanne Collins's A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. 

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Threads

Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

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What makes a good villain? More importantly, do the elements that make for a good villain translate into the elements that make for a compelling POV character? 

While we're at it, how do you pronounce all of these names? Corio-what? Se-Jonas Brothers? Can we get away with calling Clem-whatever-who-turns-into-a-lizard "Clizzard?" ("Yer a clizzard, Harry!")

Join Jess, Katy, Julia, and Maggie as they tackle Part 1 of Suzanne Collins's A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and its exploration of the world that would make the Hunger Games relevant.

(And also what happens when recording gets rescheduled for a night in which Producer Rob has a volunteering commitment. Jeez, you miss one night, guys...)

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Threads

Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

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Have you ever wanted to learn the dark secrets of your favorite podcasters? 
Why is it that Julia has never read any of the books on her shelves at home? How many degrees does Jess really have? Why is Katy compelled to make constant Titanic references? How deep does Maggie's noodle obsession go? How do you pronounce "Schenectady"?

Join us for the first half of a special Self-Interview session in which Jess, Julia, and Maggie tackle several of these questions, discuss horrific injuries, wait for Chinese Take-Out, and get a dose of their own medicine with a host-tailored Never Have I Ever.

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Threads

Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

📚Send us Fan Mail! 💖

The wait is over!

Okay, it's only been a week, but still, the Mockingjay, Part 2 watchalong has arrived! Join Jess, Katy, Julia, and Maggie as they let their hearts get broken again and again and again, discuss the power (and acceptability) of storytelling tropes, blame cows, and generally have a good, tired time while they bring this chapter of our Hunger Games series to a close. 

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Threads

Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

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Get your pillow forts set up, Booklettes, it's time to hunker down for the first half of our marathon through the Mockingjay films! 

Join Jess, Julia, and Maggie as they sing their hearts out, swap stories about pets and phobias, jeer at Gale, and examine the pros and cons of a good book-to-film adaptation during this watchalong episode. 

And if you feel like waiting 'til next week so that you can do both parts back-to-back, we don't blame you. Just, y'know, make sure you've got that four hours open. 

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Threads

Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

📚Send us Fan Mail! 💖

Can you believe this is one of the final interviews of the season? Because that's insane. This week, Sarah Everett stopped by to talk about THE ROMANCE REWIND. Jess and Sarah both have a love of The Flashlight Method, a writing craft tool to work in smaller segments of your work, some weird internet research history (as all writers do), and of course, their hatred for group projects.

They played BRING YOUR OWN BOOK and SPACE 'EM OR EMBRACE 'EM.

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Threads

Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

📚Send us Fan Mail! 💖

As we bring our time with the original Hunger Games trilogy to a close (the books, at least; join us for the remaining movies over the next two weeks), we have the chance to retrospect on Suzanne Collins's Mockingjay, its fit with the other books, and its place in history. So naturally, Jess and Katy skim over this this in favor of discussing the significance of pacing as communication, the importance of fanfiction, what makes for a good sacrificial lamb character, and the bad habit of stretching an IP too far.

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Threads

Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann

📚Send us Fan Mail! 💖

Here comes Kit Gray! And also a trio of kittens. And also a "constellation of disabilities." And also a lot of sidetracks because when 2 talkers get together a lot of talking happens. 

We volunteer as tribute--repeatedly. We're diving into the world of The Hunger Games: all 5 books, all 6 movies breaking down the world, the characters, the feelings, that weird thing with the pearl, our hatred for Gale, our love for Haymitch, & more. All leading up to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping this November. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

Support the show

• Booked All Night+
• Support the pod with bookish merch from our Redbubble!
• Buy the book on BOOKSHOP.ORG
• Join THE PILLOW FORT, our FREE TO JOIN discord server where you can ask any of our upcoming guests a question:
• Take a look at BookedAllNight.CO to see a list of our upcoming guests and reading schedule. (This season we're doing a deep dive on The Hunger Games that will take us all the way to the theatrical release of Sunrise On The Reaping)
• Follow us on Instagram
• Follow us on Threads

Booked All Night is produced by Rob Cook.

Edited by Jessica Mary and Rob Cook.

Hosted by Jessica Mary, K. Leigh, Julia Johnston, and Magdalyn Ann