Booked All Night

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Our Heartbreak Speedrun continues... until Katy's research uncovers the hallucinogenic properties of the Colorado River Toad and the late-night giggles take over. (It's relevant, we swear!)

Join Jess, Katy, and Maggie as they discuss the difference between flat characters and unidimensional characters, the amount of worldbuilding depth necessary to build a multi-author IP, the tragedy of the Idiot Ball, and ideal emotional pacing for YA lit.

It's our second session of Suzanne Collins's Sunrise on the Reaping, and we're still sobbing the whole way. (Though that could be a side effect of the frogs.)

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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The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

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• 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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48 teenagers, an overwhelming number of cameos, and four hosts (who are adults, we swear) enter the world of the Arena one last time. One may win, but none will ever leave.

Jess and Maggie have read Suzanne Collins's Sunrise on the Reaping already, but Julia and Katy are fresh into our famed Heartbreak Speedrun, and they've brought plenty of new perspective. Join us for a deep dive into fan theories, bad pronunciations, tropes galore, and an examination of how to balance the exposition of new context for a story we thought we already knew. 

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.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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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It's here! The (month-)long-awaited second half of our Interview With Ourselves brings Jess, Julia, and Maggie back to tackle difficult topics like "Which Muppet would play each host?", and, "How are you reading 'golden retriever guy' energy from this dark erotic fiction that you keep recommending?". 

Along the way, they respond to questions from our Discord community, discuss favorite and least favorite tropes, finally reveal the full, official lore behind Jess's many degrees, recap the podcast's history, play a few rounds of Bring Your Own Book, and not-so-patiently wait for Julia's take-out. It's late-night energy and honest breakdowns, and we had a great time sharing it with you. 

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.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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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Are you coming to the tree?

The #Butt2Butt nonsense only grows more ridiculous as the night grows long in our last special watch-along episode of our deep dive into The Hunger Games series. Join Jess, Katy, Julia, and Maggie as they discuss important changes to make in adaptations, sanitized shipping labels, how the Hunger Games themselves might reflect (or be reflected in) other sports, and the significant tools in the arsenal of character development. It's the capstone on A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and you don't want to miss it!

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.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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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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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. 

Visit BookedAllNight.CO for more info.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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! 💖

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.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

BookShop
Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores.

RedBubble
Bringing more creativity into the world.

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

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! 💖

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.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

BookShop
Every purchase on the site financially supports independent bookstores.

RedBubble
Bringing more creativity into the world.

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

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! 💖

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.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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! 💖

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.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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.

The Starter | Music, Memory & the Songs We Keep
You hear a song, and a memory opens up. Personal audio essays by Stephen Hollowell.

Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

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