This week, we discuss Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood. Spoilers are at 13:00-14:30, and 35:00-the end. We hope you enjoy!

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/53292100-the-hazel-wood (best Hazel Wood quotes)

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It's official the Spooky Season is upon us, join us on this new episode where we talk suspense, horror, classics in the genre and more!

Inspired by plus size appreciation day we talk about the importance of body positivity though YA lit!

https://nationaltoday.com/national-plus-size-appreciation-day/ 

(Some) of the sources that we used!

https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelstrolle/body-positive-young-adult-books 

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Tune into this amazing interview with Brigid Kemmerer, the author of Defy the Night, the Cursebreakers Series, the Elemental Series and others! If you want to avoid spoilers about Defy the Night, the question that begins at minute 7:52, and the question that begins at minute 17:00 are not your friend! 

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To learn more about great NC authors, discuss the necessity of portraying NC authentically, and sensitively to the horrors of its past and present and the South's past and present, and much more, listen in! 

https://qcnerve.com/twenty-books-from-n-c-authors-to-read-in-a-quarantine/ 

https://www.uncorkedasheville.com/books-about-north-carolina/ 

We suggested books for each other from our favorite genres and discussed our thoughts! House on the Cerulean Sea, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and The Opposite of Always are just a few of the books mentioned today!

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In the spirit of the anniversary of D-Day, T.A.B. shares a reading list for historical YA novels based on World War II along with a discussion on World War II's presence in YA literature!

*if you listened to this video before, you may have noticed that in the description of the Book the Extra, Taylor mentioned a pejorative word for Roma people: She wants to apologize for not realizing that this was an inappropriate word to use, and for not investigating further: this book is referenced in other episodes, and if you note this word used again, please know that it was unintentional, and that we do not support the meaning of it. 

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We have a sweet conversation about our individual top 10 favorite books and the story behind why we connect to them so much!

Some of the books include: 

Legendborn

Counting by 7’s

Just listen

Red White and Royal Blue

Six of crows

Smile

To All the Boys

Boy tales of childhood

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Felix Ever After

Geronimo Stilton

Sorcerer's stone

I am Malala

The Hunger Games

The Outsiders

Check Please

If we were villains

The book thief

The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Pride and Prejudice

How to Be an Antiracist

Beloved

Emily Windsnap

The Dutch House

Out of My mind

The silent patient

Black boy

Angie Thomas(author)

Celeste Ng(author)

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Listen to amazing clips from the first 50 episodes of the pod!

order of clips: 

Are Books Better than the Movie

Concrete Rose Discussion

Lyndsay Ely interview

Black History Month Reading List

Phil Stamper Interview 

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Seriously... What is a classic? We critique the genre, list overrated and underrated titles, and talk about how to critique and discard problematic "classics." We even vote on the next great modern classic at the end....

*thank you to Goodreads for jogging memories of titles! (as always)

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