What Book Hooked You?

This week Anna Bright visits the podcast to talk about her debut YA novel THE BEHOLDER and working at an independent bookstore.

Episode Mentions:

* Rainbow Magic* Ella Enchanted* Noel Streatfeild* Jane Austen* American Girl* Twilight* Delirium* Canterbury Tales* Gertrude Stein* Virginia Woolf* The Host* NaNoWriMo* Cinderella: A Casebook* Angele McQuade* The Beholder* The Selection Series* The Remnant Chronicles* Raven Cycle* One More Page Bookstore* #OMPreads* Stephanie Kate Strohm* Stardust* Kingkiller Chronicles* The Lumatere Chronicles* The Light Betwe...

This week Anna Bright visits the podcast to talk about her debut YA novel THE BEHOLDER and working at an independent bookstore.

Episode Mentions:

* Rainbow Magic* Ella Enchanted* Noel Streatfeild* Jane Austen* American Girl* Twilight* Delirium* Canterbury Tales* Gertrude Stein* Virginia Woolf* The Host* NaNoWriMo* Cinderella: A Casebook* Angele McQuade* The Beholder* The Selection Series* The Remnant Chronicles* Raven Cycle* One More Page Bookstore* #OMPreads* Stephanie Kate Strohm* Stardust* Kingkiller Chronicles* The Lumatere Chronicles* The Light Betwe...

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Sarah Kuhn joins us this week to talk about her YA debut I LOVE YOU SO MOCHI, her Heronine Complex series, and working on graph novel projects involving well-known characters.

* The Babysitter’s Club #2* The Dragonriders of Pern* Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers* Alert Nerd* One Con Glory* I Love You So Mochi* Heroine Complex* Barbie comics* Clueless comic book* Batgirl – Cassandra Cain* Crazy Rich Asians* To All the Boys I Loved Before* The Bride Test* The Kiss Quotient

Episode Mentions:

Sarah Kuhn joins us this week to talk about her YA debut I LOVE YOU SO MOCHI, her Heronine Complex series, and working on graph novel projects involving well-known characters.

* The Babysitter's Club #2* The Dragonriders of Pern* Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers* Alert Nerd* One Con Glory* I Love You So Mochi* Heroine Complex* Barbie comics* Clueless comic book* Batgirl - Cassandra Cain* Crazy Rich Asians* To All the Boys I Loved Before* The Bride Test* The Kiss Quotient

Best selling author and Newbery Award winner Matt de la Pena is on the podcast this week to talk about his entrance into writing, life after the Newbery, and his newest project from the DC Icon series SUPERMAN: DAWNBREAKER.

Episode Mentions:

* The House on Mango Street* Larry Bird* The Color Purple* Their Eyes Were Watching God* Toni Morrison* Ruth Forman* Drown* Ball Don’t Lie* Mexican WhiteBoy* Steven Malk* Kadir Nelson* A Nation’s Hope* Christian Robinson* Last Stop On Market Street* Eminem – The Way I Am* LOVE* Superman: Dawnbreaker* DC Icons* Before Night Falls* Harry Potter* Suttree* Louisiana’s Way Home* Julian Is a Mermaid* Just Mercy

Best selling author and Newbery Award winner Matt de la Pena is on the podcast this week to talk about his entrance into writing, life after the Newbery, and his newest project from the DC Icon series SUPERMAN: DAWNBREAKER.

Episode Mentions:

* The House on Mango Street* Larry Bird* The Color Purple* Their Eyes Were Watching God* Toni Morrison* Ruth Forman* Drown* Ball Don't Lie* Mexican WhiteBoy* Steven Malk* Kadir Nelson* A Nation's Hope* Christian Robinson* Last Stop On Market Street* Eminem - The Way I Am* LOVE* Superman: Dawnbreaker* DC Icons* Before Night Falls* Harry Potter* Suttree* Louisiana's Way Home* Julian Is a Mermaid* Just Mercy

The week author Mason Deaver joins the podcast to discuss important books they’ve had in life and their debut novel I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

Episode Mentions:

* Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda* David Leviathan* Clifford the Big Red Dog* Madeline* Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secret of the Universe* Openly Straight* The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley* If I Was Your Girl* The Da Vinci Code* The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo* his agent Lauren Abramo* Jeffrey West* I Wish You All the Best* The Poppy War* George* The Backstagers* To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before* A Dance with Dragons* Girl Made of Stars

The week author Mason Deaver joins the podcast to discuss important books they've had in life and their debut novel I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

Episode Mentions:

* Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda* David Leviathan* Clifford the Big Red Dog* Madeline* Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secret of the Universe* Openly Straight* The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley* If I Was Your Girl* The Da Vinci Code* The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo* his agent Lauren Abramo* Jeffrey West* I Wish You All the Best* The Poppy War* George* The Backstagers* To All the Boys I've Loved Before* A Dance with Dragons* Girl Made of Stars

Debut author Zack Smedley talks about his drive to be a writer as a young adult, his love of screenwriting, and his book DEPOSING NATHAN out May 7th from Page Street.

Episode Mentions:

* Flowers for Algernon* Goosebumps* The Chronicles of Narnia* Percy Jackson* Deposing Nathan* Twisted* Speak* Aaron Sorkin* The Normal Heart* * The Perks of Being a Wallflower* The Lord of the Rings* More Happy Than Not

Debut author Zack Smedley talks about his drive to be a writer as a young adult, his love of screenwriting, and his book DEPOSING NATHAN out May 7th from Page Street.

Episode Mentions:

* Flowers for Algernon* Goosebumps* The Chronicles of Narnia* Percy Jackson* Deposing Nathan* Twisted* Speak* Aaron Sorkin* The Normal Heart* * The Perks of Being a Wallflower* The Lord of the Rings* More Happy Than Not