What Book Hooked You?

Debut author Adib Khorram joins the podcast to talk to Brock about the books that got him into writing and his new book DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY coming out on August 28th from Dial.

Episode Mentions:

* Animorphs

* Star Trek: The Next Generation

* Babylon 5

* Battlestar Galactica

* Farscape

* Mechwarrior BattleTech

* Magic the Gathering

* Darius the Great is Not Okay

* NaNoWriMo

* The Fault in Our Stars

* Ready Player One

* Grasshopper Jungle

* Winger

* The Hunger Games

* Divergent

* Doctor Strangelove

* Atlas Shrugged

* All Systems Red

Debut author Adib Khorram joins the podcast to talk to Brock about the books that got him into writing and his new book DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY coming out on August 28th from Dial.

Episode Mentions:

* Animorphs

* Star Trek: The Next Generation

* Babylon 5

* Battlestar Galactica

* Farscape

* Mechwarrior BattleTech

* Magic the Gathering

* Darius the Great is Not Okay

* NaNoWriMo

* The Fault in Our Stars

* Ready Player One

* Grasshopper Jungle

* Winger

* The Hunger Games

* Divergent

* Doctor Strangelove

* Atlas Shrugged

* All Systems Red

Maggie Ann Martin joins the podcast to talk about her newest book TO BE HONEST, the unique journey into publishing, and the books that inspire her.

Episode Mentions:

* Junie B. Jones

* Harry Potter

* Twilight

* The Hunger Games

* vlogbrothers

* John Green

* Rainbow Rowell

* Becky Albertalli

* The City of Bones

* The Big F

* Swoon Reads

* Figment

* To Be Honest

* The Biggest Loser

* My Mad Fat Diary

* Dumplin’

* Puddin’

* The Upside of Unrequited

* Leah on the Offbeat

* The Summer of Jordi Perez

* Fat Girl on a Plane

* Kelly deVos’s Episode

* Pride & Prejudice

* Far From the Maddening Crowd

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Maggie Ann Martin joins the podcast to talk about her newest book TO BE HONEST, the unique journey into publishing, and the books that inspire her.

Episode Mentions:

* Junie B. Jones

* Harry Potter

* Twilight

* The Hunger Games

* vlogbrothers

* John Green

* Rainbow Rowell

* Becky Albertalli

* The City of Bones

* The Big F

* Swoon Reads

* Figment

* To Be Honest

* The Biggest Loser

* My Mad Fat Diary

* Dumplin'

* Puddin'

* The Upside of Unrequited

* Leah on the Offbeat

* The Summer of Jordi Perez

* Fat Girl on a Plane

* Kelly deVos's Episode

* Pride & Prejudice

* Far From the Madden...

Debut author Kit Frick comes on the podcast to talk about her book SEE ALL THE STARS. Kit also shares with us how she came to be a writer and how poetry plays into her fiction writing.

Episode Mentions:

* Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library

* Baby Sitters Club

* Interstellar Pig

* House of Stairs

* The Face on the Milk Carton

* RL Stine

* Christopher Pike

* Sarah Lawrence College

* Girl, Interrupted

* The Virgin Suicides

* Jesus’ Son

* The Hunger Games

* Divergent

* The Giver

* See All the Stars

* Echo, Echo, Light

* Kill You Darlings, Clementine

* A Small Rising Up in the Lungs

* Carrie

* The Shining

* Moby Dick

Debut author Kit Frick comes on the podcast to talk about her book SEE ALL THE STARS. Kit also shares with us how she came to be a writer and how poetry plays into her fiction writing.

Episode Mentions:

* Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library

* Baby Sitters Club

* Interstellar Pig

* House of Stairs

* The Face on the Milk Carton

* RL Stine

* Christopher Pike

* Sarah Lawrence College

* Girl, Interrupted

* The Virgin Suicides

* Jesus' Son

* The Hunger Games

* Divergent

* The Giver

* See All the Stars

* Echo, Echo, Light

* Kill You Darlings, Clementine

* A Small Rising Up in the Lungs

* Carrie

* The Shining

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Jessi Kirby‘s 6th book THE OTHER SIDE OF LOST comes out on August 7th from HarperTeen. In this episode Jessi talks about how she got into writing and the inspiration behind her latest release.

Episode Mentions:

* The Alchemist

* Moonglass

* Sarah Dessen

* Deb Caletti

* Jenny Han

* Justina Ireland

* Roald Dahl

* Judy Blume

* Christopher Pike

* Siddhartha

* In Honor

* The Other Side of Lost

* John Muir trail

* Instagram Star Quit

* Wild

* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

* The Lord of the Rings

* Save the Date

Jessi Kirby's 6th book THE OTHER SIDE OF LOST comes out on August 7th from HarperTeen. In this episode Jessi talks about how she got into writing and the inspiration behind her latest release.

Episode Mentions:

* The Alchemist

* Moonglass

* Sarah Dessen

* Deb Caletti

* Jenny Han

* Justina Ireland

* Roald Dahl

* Judy Blume

* Christopher Pike

* Siddhartha

* In Honor

* The Other Side of Lost

* John Muir trail

* Instagram Star Quit

* Wild

* Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

* The Lord of the Rings

* Save the Date

Author Jennifer Gilmore‘s second YA novel IF ONLY comes out on July 31st from HarperCollins. In this episode Jennifer talks to Brock about balancing her reading & writing life and creating books in both the adult & YA spaces.

Episode Mentions:

* Jane Eyre

* The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

* The Summer of the Swans

* The Outsiders

* I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

* Jayne Anne Phillips

* Geoffrey Wolff

* Black Tickets

* The Bell Jar

* Philip Roth

* Goodbye, Columbus

* Portnoy’s Complaint

* Something Red

* We Were Never Here

* Jen Klonsky

* If Only 

* A. S. King

* Jandy Nelson

* The Hate U Give

* Laurie Halse Anderson

* The Mothers

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Author Jennifer Gilmore's second YA novel IF ONLY comes out on July 31st from HarperCollins. In this episode Jennifer talks to Brock about balancing her reading & writing life and creating books in both the adult & YA spaces.

Episode Mentions:

* Jane Eyre

* The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

* The Summer of the Swans

* The Outsiders

* I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

* Jayne Anne Phillips

* Geoffrey Wolff

* Black Tickets

* The Bell Jar

* Philip Roth

* Goodbye, Columbus

* Portnoy's Complaint

* Something Red

* We Were Never Here

* Jen Klonsky

* If Only 

* A. S. King

* Jandy Nelson

* The Hate U Give

* Laurie Halse Anderson

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