Love YA Like Crazy

Love YA Like Crazy

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Love YA Like Crazy episodes

  • 'Ship It' by Britta Lundin

    For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Britta Lundin's debut novel 'Ship It'. They also talk about experiences at conventions, their (fairly minor) encounters with fanfic, the weird pornographic banner that Jake's downstairs neighbors hung up on their porch, movies based on video games, and all manner of other things. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening!

    Both hosts are pretty ignorant about fanfic, so if you're interested in learning about it, or are curious about some of the things we mentioned in the episode, here are some links:

    • The OTPodcast, a podcast by fanfic writers and readers about issues in fanfic -- the episode 'RPF: When Fanfiction Gets Real' is about 'real person fanfic' and may be of particular interest
    • 'No Reservations: Narnia', in which Anthony Bourdain goes to Narnia
    • '"No Reservations: Narnia," a Triumph of Anthony Bourdain Fan Fiction', a New Yorker article about the above work of fanfic and Bourdain's own reaction to it
    • Sam Syke's 'Stages of a Toxic Fandom
    • The 2013 incident where Jensen Ackles (who plays Dean Winchester in the the TV series 'Supernatural') was asked a question by a bisexual woman at a convention Q&A
    • The woman who asked the question provided her own description and analysis of the incident
    • Britta Lundin's list of characters for 'Ship It', back when she was writing the first draft in 2015

    In the next episode, we'll be discussing 'Seventeenth Summer' by Maureen Daly, which is sometimes referred to as the first young adult novel.

    If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    57 min
  • 'The Hazel Wood' by Melissa Albert

    For this episode, Jake flew to North Carolina so that he and Carrie could discuss 'The Hazel Wood' by Melissa Albert in person. Thanks to Jody [REDACTED] for recommending it, and to Alex [REDACTED] for her recommendation as well! We really appreciate you getting in touch with your suggestions.

    Also in this episode, Carrie decides against moving to Narnia, Jake analysis morality via Dungeons & Dragons, and we embrace ambiguity -- or do we? (Yes.) Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening!

    Jake mentions an episode of the Please Don't Send Me Into Outer Space podcast. It's episode 128, 'Battle for the Stars'. Also mentioned: Lifemark and They See Me Rollin. Check 'em out!

    In the next episode, we'll be discussing Ship It by Britta Lundin.

    If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    1 hr 5 min
  • 'When You Reach Me' by Rebecca Stead

    For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Rebecca Stead's 2009 young adult novel, 'When You Reach Me'. They also experience some major high school flashbacks and talk about Carrie's new cat. We both really liked the book, and we recommend you read it before listening to the podcast, which contains our usual mix of spoilers and swearing!

    At one point in the discussion, Jake references a Mitchell and Webb comedy sketch, which you can see online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1VxaMEjRU .

    Have a suggestion for what book we should talk about on June 1, when Jake and Carrie will be recording an episode in person? Tweet at us at @loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    1 hr 3 min
  • 'Vivian Apple at the End of the World' by Katie Coyle

    For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Katie Coyle's "Vivian Apple at the End of the World". Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening!

    Jake describes this book as 'Left Behind for atheists', which seems designed to appeal to Carrie and Jake, and a lot of people clearly love it, but C&J really didn't. How can a book where the young female protagonist goes, sledgehammer in hand, to find the people responsible for the Rapture, fail to please the Love YA Like Crazy hosts? Listen to this episode to hear Carrie and Jake work their way through this question, and even find a few things they did like about the book.

    In the next episode, we'll be discussing Rebecca Stead's "When You Reach Me".

    We make a number of references to Neal Shusterman's book 'Unwind' in this episode. If you want to hear us talk about it in greater length, you can find it in episode 4 of this podcast in your favorite podcast listening app, or online at http://loveyalikecrazy.libsyn.com/unwind-by-neal-shusterman.

    If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    52 min
  • 'Hold Me Closer, Necromancer' by Lish McBride

    For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Lish McBride's "Hold Me Closer, Necromancer". How many uses do bowling bags have? What world are we going to leave for Keith Richards? What is the worst pun? How does Carrie feel about Goodreads? These questions are addressed, if not necessarily answered, in this episode. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening!

    In the next episode, we'll be discussing 'Vivian Apple at the End of the World' by Katie Coyle.

    If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    1 hr 2 min
  • Riverdale Season 1 w/Michelle Cooper of Lifemark

    Since Love YA Like Crazy's Carrie and Jake finished watching season one of Riverdale, they asked Michelle Cooper, host of Nancy Drew's Mystery Podcast and cohost of Lifemark, to come on and talk about it with them. We also answer the question: How bad is Archie in the first season of Riverdale, on a scale from Betty & Veronica's friendship to the Blossom family fortune being based on maple syrup? The answer, as well as the question, may surprise you!

    This particular episode is being released to everyone, but Ear Trumpet Audio Patreon patrons at the $5/month level or higher can also hear Carrie and Jake's discussions of the individual season 1 Riverdale episodes in the archives or as a podcast. We've really enjoyed doing this!

    The theme song is "JOSIE HAS THE UPPER HAND" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

    1 hr 14 min
  • 'The Dust of 100 Dogs' by A.S. King

    For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'The Dust of 100 Dogs' by A.S. King, along with our Saturday morning cartoon routine, 80s names, and whether being cursed to be reborn as 100 dogs would actually be pretty awesome. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening!

    The next book we'll discuss is 'Hold Me Closer, Necromancer' by Lish McBride.

    If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    This episode also contains a clip from 'Hola Hola Bossa Nova' by Juanitos, which you can get from WFMU's Free Music Archive at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Juanitos/netBloc_Vol_24_tiuqottigeloot/Hola_Hola_Bossa_Nova.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    47 min
  • 'Beauty Queens' by Libba Bray

    For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Libba Bray's 'Beauty Queens'. Jake also references James Nicoll's review of the book, and Libba Bray's essay in Entertainment Weekly about attempts to make a Beauty Queens movie. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening!

    We spend a lot of time reading jokes from the book, such as the names of hit songs from the nonexistent band Boyz Will B Boyz, and also find some points where this 2011 novel is uncomfortably close to 2017's political reality. We meditate on wild women, volcanoes, stuffed lemurs, and how Carrie wishes this book existed when she, herself, was a teen. The book is very fun and good, and we hope you enjoy our discussion of it!

    In our next episode, we plan to talk about 'The Dust of 100 Dogs' by A.S. King.

    If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    52 min
  • HOT TAKE SPECIAL: 'There's Someone Inside Your House' by Stephanie Perkins

    Carrie and Jake read the brand-new Stephanie Perkins novel, so it's time for another HOT TAKE SPECIAL in which we talk about her 'There's Someone Inside Your House', a YA horror/thriller novel!

    There's definitely a lot of spoilers, so you might want to read the book first! Jake also revels himself to be a million years old, Carrie gives a capsule review of corn pits, and we talk about authors we would like to be friends with.

    In the next episode, we'll be discussing 'Beauty Queens' by Libba Bray (for real this time) -- check it out if you want to get a jump on things!

    If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    49 min
  • 'The Selection' by Kiera Cass

    For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'The Selection' by Kiera Cass. Jake enumerates all the times he swore at the book, Carrie is intrigued to learn that there's an official Selection Coloring Book, and in general we probably spend more time dissecting the sociological underpinnings of the book than we do talking about the plot. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening!

    In the next episode, we'll be discussing 'Beauty Queens' by Libba Bray -- check it out if you want to get a jump on things!

    If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you!

    Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag.

    You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

    Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .

    53 min

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Rants about young adult books and fiction. Spoilers and swearing abound!