What Book Hooked You?

As a young girl Christina Soontornvat‘s love of reading was fed as she spend many hours in her parents restaurant, consuming books. Her inspiration for her own book, The Changelings came from stories she wrote for her little nieces. See in on Christina’s journey as both a reader and writer.

Episode Mentions

* Les Miserables

* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

* The Witches

* The Secret Garden

* Little Women

* Little House on the Prairie

* The Hobbit

* The Book Whisper

* Deep Thoughts

* Deeper Thoughts

* Austin Children’s Museum

* The Changelings

* In a Dark Land

* Labyrinth

* Outside Over There

* Catcher in the Rye

* Hoodoo

host: Brock Shelley

As a young girl Christina Soontornvat's love of reading was fed as she spend many hours in her parents restaurant, consuming books. Her inspiration for her own book, The Changelings came from stories she wrote for her little nieces. See in on Christina's journey as both a reader and writer.

Episode Mentions

* Les Miserables

* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

* The Witches

* The Secret Garden

* Little Women

* Little House on the Prairie

* The Hobbit

* The Book Whisper

* Deep Thoughts

* Deeper Thoughts

* Austin Children's Museum

* The Changelings

* In a Dark Land

* Labyrinth

* Outside Over There

* Catcher in the Rye

* Hoodoo

host: Brock Shelley

Jilly Gagnon, writer of the YA novel #famous and co-writer of the Choose Your Own Misery series, took time out to talk with Brock about her book habits growing up and what led her to become a writer.

Episode Mentions

* Lord of the Rings

* The Hobbit

* Harry Potter

* John Bellairs

* Amy’s Eyes

* Roald Dahl

* Deadeye Dick

* Stones From the River

* Fall on Your Knees

* Jane Austen

* Emily Bronte

* The Fountainhead

* Amitav Ghosh

* Jesse Andrews

* Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

* #famous

* Alex from Target

* Choose Your Own Misery

* Last of the Mochicans

* Anna Karenina

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Jilly Gagnon, writer of the YA novel #famous and co-writer of the Choose Your Own Misery series, took time out to talk with Brock about her book habits growing up and what led her to become a writer.

Episode Mentions

* Lord of the Rings

* The Hobbit

* Harry Potter

* John Bellairs

* Amy's Eyes

* Roald Dahl

* Deadeye Dick

* Stones From the River

* Fall on Your Knees

* Jane Austen

* Emily Bronte

* The Fountainhead

* Amitav Ghosh

* Jesse Andrews

* Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

* #famous

* Alex from Target

* Choose Your Own Misery

* Last of the Mochicans

* Anna Karenina

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In this episode writer Lamar Giles discusses the book that would influence his reading preferences and writing style. We also discuss how Lamar’s role in founding the We Need Diverse Books organization.

Episode Mentions

* It

* The Celery Stalks at Midnight

* The Monster Squad

* Dean Knootz

* F Paul Wilson

* Steven Barnes

* Tananarive Due

* Brandon Massey

* Dark Dreams

* Unwind

* Twilight

* Harry Potter

* Hunger Games

* Fake ID

* Endangered

* Overturned

* NYT Review

* On Writing

* We Need Diverse Books

* Ellen Oh

* BookCon

* NPR article

* Shawshank Redemption

* Catcher in the Rye

* The Hate U Give

In this episode writer Lamar Giles discusses the book that would influence his reading preferences and writing style. We also discuss how Lamar's role in founding the We Need Diverse Books organization.

Episode Mentions

* It

* The Celery Stalks at Midnight

* The Monster Squad

* Dean Knootz

* F Paul Wilson

* Steven Barnes

* Tananarive Due

* Brandon Massey

* Dark Dreams

* Unwind

* Twilight

* Harry Potter

* Hunger Games

* Fake ID

* Endangered

* Overturned

* NYT Review

* On Writing

* We Need Diverse Books

* Ellen Oh

* BookCon

* NPR article

* Shawshank Redemption

* Catcher in the Rye

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In this episode author Kate Scelsa tells how the book that hooked her was an inspiration to her debut release Fans of the Impossible Life and how her performance in an 8 hour play base on The Great Gatsby helps get her book finished.

Episode Mentions

* Brideshead Revisited

* BBC miniseries of Brideshead Revisited

* Fans of the Impossible Life

* Elevator Repair Service

* Dangerous Angels series

* Angels In America

* The Great Gatsby

* Gatz

* Orlando

* Secret History

* The Goldfinch

host: Brock Shelley

In this episode author Kate Scelsa tells how the book that hooked her was an inspiration to her debut release Fans of the Impossible Life and how her performance in an 8 hour play base on The Great Gatsby helps get her book finished.

Episode Mentions

* Brideshead Revisited

* BBC miniseries of Brideshead Revisited

* Fans of the Impossible Life

* Elevator Repair Service

* Dangerous Angels series

* Angels In America

* The Great Gatsby

* Gatz

* Orlando

* Secret History

* The Goldfinch

host: Brock Shelley

In this episode Leah Henderson shares how the community of people around her encouraged and pushed her to write what became her recently released MG debut, One Shadow on the Wall.

Episode Mentions

* The People Could Fly

* Corduroy

* Pippi Longstocking

* The Berenstain Bears

* Sula

* Zora Neale Hurston

* One Shadow on the Wall

* Hidden Figures

* Odyssey

* Beyond on the Bright Sea

* Fish in a Tree

 

In this episode Leah Henderson shares how the community of people around her encouraged and pushed her to write what became her recently released MG debut, One Shadow on the Wall.

Episode Mentions

* The People Could Fly

* Corduroy

* Pippi Longstocking

* The Berenstain Bears

* Sula

* Zora Neale Hurston

* One Shadow on the Wall

* Hidden Figures

* Odyssey

* Beyond on the Bright Sea

* Fish in a Tree