What Book Hooked You?

Kristi Wientge grew up loving books, especially those by her favorite author Beverly Cleary. Cleary’s book’s and Kristi’s own experiences as a child inspired Wientge to write her debut MG release Karma Khullar’s Mustache.

Episode Mentions:

* Beverly Cleary

* Ramona

* Ellen Tebbits

* The Mouse and the Motorcycle

* Scholastic Book Orders

* Fifteen

* Babysitter Club

* Judy Blume

* Karma Khullar’s Mustache

* WriteOnCon

* Labyrinth

* Dear Mr. Henshaw

* One of Us Is Lying

host: Brock Shelley

Kristi Wientge grew up loving books, especially those by her favorite author Beverly Cleary. Cleary's book's and Kristi's own experiences as a child inspired Wientge to write her debut MG release Karma Khullar's Mustache.

Episode Mentions:

* Beverly Cleary

* Ramona

* Ellen Tebbits

* The Mouse and the Motorcycle

* Scholastic Book Orders

* Fifteen

* Babysitter Club

* Judy Blume

* Karma Khullar's Mustache

* WriteOnCon

* Labyrinth

* Dear Mr. Henshaw

* One of Us Is Lying

host: Brock Shelley

Matthew Landis was a middle school social studies teacher looking for ways to share his love of history to his students. This brought him to write his debut novel LEAGUE OF AMERICAN TRAITORS, a modern story about the descendants of the American Revolution.

Episode Mentions:

* Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

* The Hobbit

* Hardy Boys

* Chronicles of Narnia

* Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal

* Penn State

* Ethan Frome

* Villanova

* League of American Traitors

* Benedict Arnold

* Agent Lauren Galit

* The Not-So-Boring Letters of Private Nobody

* A Monster Calls

* Moby Dick

* Feed

host: Brock Shelley

Matthew Landis was a middle school social studies teacher looking for ways to share his love of history to his students. This brought him to write his debut novel LEAGUE OF AMERICAN TRAITORS, a modern story about the descendants of the American Revolution.

Episode Mentions:

* Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

* The Hobbit

* Hardy Boys

* Chronicles of Narnia

* Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal

* Penn State

* Ethan Frome

* Villanova

* League of American Traitors

* Benedict Arnold

* Agent Lauren Galit

* The Not-So-Boring Letters of Private Nobody

* A Monster Calls

* Moby Dick

* Feed

host: Brock Shelley

Author Stephanie Kuehn‘s 5th novel WHEN I AM THROUGH WITH YOU comes out on August 1st from Dutton. Hear how the unsettling books Stephanie enjoyed growing up molded her into the author she has become.

Episode Mentions:

* Black Stallion

* Albert Payson Terhune

* Night Shift

* San Francisco Chronicle

* Goosebumps

* Dean Koontz

* Secret History

* Wasp Factory

* Charm & Strange

* Complicit

* The Smaller Evil

* Delicate Monsters

* When I Am Through With You

* The Postman Always Rings Twice

* They Shoot Horses Don’t They

* Deliverance

* Dannie Martin

* The Chocolate War

* The Conformist

* Citrus County

host: Brock Shelley

 

Author Stephanie Kuehn's 5th novel WHEN I AM THROUGH WITH YOU comes out on August 1st from Dutton. Hear how the unsettling books Stephanie enjoyed growing up molded her into the author she has become.

Episode Mentions:

* Black Stallion

* Albert Payson Terhune

* Night Shift

* San Francisco Chronicle

* Goosebumps

* Dean Koontz

* Secret History

* Wasp Factory

* Charm & Strange

* Complicit

* The Smaller Evil

* Delicate Monsters

* When I Am Through With You

* The Postman Always Rings Twice

* They Shoot Horses Don't They

* Deliverance

* Dannie Martin

* The Chocolate War

* The Conformist

* Citrus County

host: Brock Shelley

Emma joins the podcast to talk about and things books, how reading pulled her into the booktube community, and all the positive things that have come out of that decision.

Episode Mentions:

* Harry Potter

* Moral Instruments Series

* The Bailey School Kids

* The Tail of Emily Windsnap

* City of Bones

* Hunger Games

* BookTube

* Twilight

* The Infernal Devices

* emmmabooks

* Goodreads

* A Monster Calls

* Ethan Frome

* Lord of the Flies

* Throne of Glass

* What I Lost

* Moxie

host: Brock Shelley

Emma joins the podcast to talk about and things books, how reading pulled her into the booktube community, and all the positive things that have come out of that decision.

Episode Mentions:

* Harry Potter

* Moral Instruments Series

* The Bailey School Kids

* The Tail of Emily Windsnap

* City of Bones

* Hunger Games

* BookTube

* Twilight

* The Infernal Devices

* emmmabooks

* Goodreads

* A Monster Calls

* Ethan Frome

* Lord of the Flies

* Throne of Glass

* What I Lost

* Moxie

host: Brock Shelley

For over a decade Alan Gratz has been writing YA & MG novels. This summer he releases his 13th, Refugee (July 25th) & 14th, Ban This Book (Aug 29th). In this episode Alan takes us through his journey as a writer.

Episode Mentions:

* Tuck Everlasting

* The Hobbit

* The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

* Animal Farm

* University of Tennessee

* Samurai Shortstop

* Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game

* 10,000 Hour Rule

* Refugee

* MS Saint Louis

* Projekt 1065

* Prisoner B-3087

* Ban This Book

* Twilight

* James Patterson

* The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

* Banned Books Week

* Brooklyn 9

* Blade Runner

* Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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For over a decade Alan Gratz has been writing YA & MG novels. This summer he releases his 13th, Refugee (July 25th) & 14th, Ban This Book (Aug 29th). In this episode Alan takes us through his journey as a writer.

Episode Mentions:

* Tuck Everlasting

* The Hobbit

* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

* Animal Farm

* University of Tennessee

* Samurai Shortstop

* Starfleet Academy: The Assassination Game

* 10,000 Hour Rule

* Refugee

* MS Saint Louis

* Projekt 1065

* Prisoner B-3087

* Ban This Book

* Twilight

* James Patterson

* The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

* Banned Books Week

* Brooklyn 9

* Blade Runner

* Do Androids...