What Book Hooked You?

This week we are joined by not one but two terrific authors as Cori McCathy & Amy Rose Capetta come on the podcast to talk about their newest gender flipping/space epic/King Arthur retelling, ONCE & FUTURE.

Episode Mentions:

* The Fellowship of the Rings* The Neverending Story* Leaves of Grass* Kurt Vonnegut* Billy Collins* Wes Anderson* Once & Future* Serial Box* Once & Future King* The Sword in the Stars* Boomerang of ARC* The Lost Coast* The Hunger Games* Howl’s Moving Castle* Percy Jackson* Twilight* Death Prefers Blondes* Caleb Roehrig’s episode* The Witch Boy

This week we are joined by not one but two terrific authors as Cori McCathy & Amy Rose Capetta come on the podcast to talk about their newest gender flipping/space epic/King Arthur retelling, ONCE & FUTURE.

Episode Mentions:

* The Fellowship of the Rings* The Neverending Story* Leaves of Grass* Kurt Vonnegut* Billy Collins* Wes Anderson* Once & Future* Serial Box* Once & Future King* The Sword in the Stars* Boomerang of ARC* The Lost Coast* The Hunger Games* Howl's Moving Castle* Percy Jackson* Twilight* Death Prefers Blondes* Caleb Roehrig's episode* The Witch Boy

K. Ancrum‘s newest book, THE WEIGHT OF THE STARS comes out on March 19th from Imprint books. Ancrum joins the podcast to discuss how she became an author, her unique approach to writing, and why she reads her Goodreads reviews.

Episode Mentions:

* Holes* The Baby-Sitters Club* Harry Potter* Frankenstein* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* Outlander* The Wicker King* The Weight of the Stars* Interstellar* Shrek!* The Hunger Games*

K. Ancrum's newest book, THE WEIGHT OF THE STARS comes out on March 19th from Imprint books. Ancrum joins the podcast to discuss how she became an author, her unique approach to writing, and why she reads her Goodreads reviews.

Episode Mentions:

* Holes* The Baby-Sitters Club* Harry Potter* Frankenstein* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea* Outlander* The Wicker King* The Weight of the Stars* Interstellar* Shrek!* The Hunger Games*

Debut author Alyssa Wees joins the podcast to discuss her love of fairy tales, writing, and her book THE WAKING FOREST coming out on March 12th.

Episode Mentions:

* A Great and Terrible Beauty* Beanie Babies* The Princess Diaries* The Hunger Games* Twilight* Columbia College of Chicago* Deathless* The Baron in the Trees* The Waking Forest* The Brothers Grim* Pride & Prejudice* Lord of the Rings* The Hobbit* The Winter of the Witch

Debut author Alyssa Wees joins the podcast to discuss her love of fairy tales, writing, and her book THE WAKING FOREST coming out on March 12th.

Episode Mentions:

* A Great and Terrible Beauty* Beanie Babies* The Princess Diaries* The Hunger Games* Twilight* Columbia College of Chicago* Deathless* The Baron in the Trees* The Waking Forest* The Brothers Grim* Pride & Prejudice* Lord of the Rings* The Hobbit* The Winter of the Witch

Author Justin A. Reynold‘s highly anticipated debut, OPPOSITE OF ALWAYS, coming out on March 5th from KATHERINE TEGEN. Justin discusses the important books in his life and what brought him to write his debut.

Episode Mentions:

* White Teeth* A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius* A History of Love* A Man Walks Into a Room* The Hardy Boys* Nancy Drew* The Baby-Sitters Club* A Bridge to Terbithia* Julio Cortazar* Never Let Me Go* Me and Earl and the Dying Girl* I’ll Give You the Sun* Everything Everything* Opposite of Always* Jurassic Park* Harry Potter* Play Their Heart Out

Author Justin A. Reynold's highly anticipated debut, OPPOSITE OF ALWAYS, coming out on March 5th from KATHERINE TEGEN. Justin discusses the important books in his life and what brought him to write his debut.

Episode Mentions:

* White Teeth* A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius* A History of Love* A Man Walks Into a Room* The Hardy Boys* Nancy Drew* The Baby-Sitters Club* A Bridge to Terbithia* Julio Cortazar* Never Let Me Go* Me and Earl and the Dying Girl* I'll Give You the Sun* Everything Everything* Opposite of Always* Jurassic Park* Harry Potter* Play Their Heart Out

Author Jeff Zentner is back with his third book, RAYNE & DELIAH’S MIDNITE MATINEE. Jeff talks about what inspired this book as well as the stories that have hooked him.

Episode Mentions:

* The House with a Clock in its Walls* the recent movie* Eli Roth* Child of the Owl* S.E. Hinton* Stephen King* John Grisham* Cormac McCarthy* Child of God* Blood Meridian* Outer Dark* Charles Fraser* Flannery O’Connor* Tennessee Teen Rock Camp* Southern Girls Rock Camp* Toni Morrison* Donna Tartt* On Writing* Bird By Bird* The Kick-Ass Writer* Save the Cat* The Serpent King* Stephanie Perkins* Rayne & Delilah’s Midnite Matinee* Goodbye Days* Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things* A Christmas Story*

Author Jeff Zentner is back with his third book, RAYNE & DELIAH'S MIDNITE MATINEE. Jeff talks about what inspired this book as well as the stories that have hooked him.

Episode Mentions:

* The House with a Clock in its Walls* the recent movie* Eli Roth* Child of the Owl* S.E. Hinton* Stephen King* John Grisham* Cormac McCarthy* Child of God* Blood Meridian* Outer Dark* Charles Fraser* Flannery O'Connor* Tennessee Teen Rock Camp* Southern Girls Rock Camp* Toni Morrison* Donna Tartt* On Writing* Bird By Bird* The Kick-Ass Writer* Save the Cat* The Serpent King* Stephanie Perkins* Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee* Goodbye Days* Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things* A Christmas Story*