On this themed episode, I discuss dark books in honor of Halloween, including We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson and Confessions by Kanae Minato and other great, spooky books!

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Books Discussed:

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt

No Exit by Taylor Adams

Bunnicula by Deborah Howe and James Howe

Confessions by Kanae Minato

An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten

Other Books Mentioned:

Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perotta
Little Children by Tom Perotta
The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones
Caging Skies by Christine Leunens

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On this episode I discuss The Need by Helen Phillips, I Like to Watch by Emily Naussbaum and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

The Arrangement by Robyn Harding

Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum

I Like to Watch by Emily Naussbaum

The Need by Helen Phillips

Guts by Reina Telgemeier

Other books mentioned:

The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
Bunny by Mona Awad
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Smile by Reina Telgemeier
Sisters by Reina Telgemeier
Drama by Reina Telgemeier
Ghosts by Reina Telgemeier

Other things mentioned:

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On this episode I discuss Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson, Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

Red at the Bone by Jaqueline Woodson

Becoming by Michelle Obama


Other Books Mentioned:

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Deadly Olga Tokarczuk

Other things mentioned:

I will be teaching a workshop on revision and Twitter Pitch Parties in the Los Angeles area on October 5th brought to you by the Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles.

I am hosting a giveaway of the novel Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith. You can enter through my instagram account @jennifercaloyeras. The giveaway ends October 1st.

And that's it!

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On this episode I discuss The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger, Lock Every Door by Riley Sager and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger

I.M.: a Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi

To Night Owl From Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

The Vexations by Caitlin Horrock

Other things mentioned:

I will be teaching a Young Adult Novel Intensive Workshop through UCLA Extension's Writers' Program over two weekends in the fall on the UCLA campus. 

I will be teaching Young Adult Novel I online through UCLA Extension's Writers' Program in the fall. 

I will be teaching a workshop on revision and Twitter Pitch Parties in the Los Angeles area on October 5th brought to you by the Children's Book Writers of Los Angeles.

I am hosting a giveaway of the novel Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith. You can enter through my instagram account @jennifercaloyeras. The giveaway ends October 1st.

And that's it!

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On this episode I discuss The Chain by Adrian McKinty, Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy-Brodesser-Akner and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

Bunny by Mona Awad

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Other books mentioned:

Circe by Madeline Miller

Sula by Toni Morrison

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Other things mentioned:

Neon Retro Arcade in Pasadena 

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On this episode I discuss Where We Come From by Oscar Casares, Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo and other great books!

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Books Discussed:

This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes

Close to Shore by Michael Capuzzo

Where We Come From by Oscar Casares

Dig by A.S. King

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

Other books mentioned:

Made for Love by Alissa Nutting

Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel

Other things mentioned:
Aug 24th, 2019 The Young and the Reckless Writing Conference
Oct 5th, 2019 Pitch Ready: Revision Strategies to Get Your Manuscript Pitch Party Ready
The Thread Podcast
Dr. Death Podcast
 

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On this episode I host my first guest, writer, Ron Clark (he's also my dad!) We discuss Treasure Island! , Made for Love and other weird and wonderful books. 

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Books Discussed:

Treasure Island by Sara Levine

Holy Lands by Amanda Sthers

Made for Love by Alissa Nutting

Lightening Rods by Helen DeWitt

The Pisces by Melissa Broder

Other books mentioned:

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Something Wonderful: Rogers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Todd S. Purdue
The Way It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra by Eliot Weisman
Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing up Bernstein by    Jamie Berstein

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On this episode I discuss The Last Romantics, Heavy: An American Memoir and other great books. 

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Books Discussed:

Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak

The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Here Where the Sunbeams are Green by Helen Phillips

Small Admissions by Amy Poeppel 

Other books mentioned:

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Witches by Roald Dahl

The Odyssey by Gareth Hinds 

Anne of Green Gables by Mariah Marsden

Some Possible Solutions by Helen Phillips

The Beautiful Buerocrat by Helen Phillips

Hunger by Roxanne Gay

On this debut episode I discuss Women Talking, We Cast a Shadow and more great books! 

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Books Discussed:

Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman

Women Talking: A Novel by Miriam Toews

The People at Number 9 by Felicity Everett

We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Girls With Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young

Other books mentioned:

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

Winnesberg Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Girls With Razor Hearts by Suzanne Young

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