Showing posts with label Young Adult. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Young Adult. Show all posts

Monday, March 4, 2019

Ep 7 - Barry Lyga & The Girl with the Silver Eyes

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THE GIRL WITH THE SILVER EYES
by Willo Davis Roberts

The Girl with the Silver Eyes
by Willo Davis Roberts


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BARRY LYGA

Barry Lyga
Called a “YA rebel-author” by Kirkus Reviews, Barry Lyga has published more than seventeen novels in various genres in his eleven-year career, including the New York Times bestselling I Hunt Killers. His books have been published in more than a dozen different languages in North America, Australia, Europe, and Asia.

After graduating from Yale with a degree in English, Lyga worked in the comic book industry before quitting to pursue his lifelong love of writing. In 2006, his first young adult novel, The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, was published to rave reviews, including starred reviews from Booklist and School Library Journal. Publishers Weekly named Lyga a “Flying Start” in December 2006 on the strength of the debut.

His second young adult novel, Boy Toy, received starred reviews in SLJ, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus. VOYA gave it its highest critical rating, and the Chicago Tribune called it “…an astounding portrayal of what it is like to be the young male victim.”

Since then, he has written the Archvillain series for middle-grade readers and the graphic novel Mangaman (with art by Colleen Doran). And recently he has written a trilogy of books based on the DC superhero and the CW TV series, The Flash. And he also wrote a Marvel Avengers prequel, an origin story about Thanos, called Thanos: Titan Consumed.

Lyga lives and podcasts near New York City with his wife, Morgan Baden, their nigh-omnipotent daughter, and their preternaturally chill son. His comic book collection is a lot smaller than it used to be, but is still way too big. www.barrylyga.com   Twitter: @barrylyga





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BOOKS
PODCASTS

MISC
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Monday, February 18, 2019

Ep 6 - Karen Odden & The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND
by Elizabeth George Speare
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare



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KAREN ODDEN
Karen Odden

Karen Odden received her Ph.D. in English literature from New York University and has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She formerly served as the assistant editor for the academic journal Victorian Literature and Culture, and her essays of literary criticism have appeared in numerous other journals as well as in Barnes and Noble editions of books by Dickens and Trollope. Her first novel, A LADY IN THE SMOKE, was a USA Today bestseller and won the 2017 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for ebook fiction. Her second book, A DANGEROUS DUET, also set in 1870s England, is available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook from HarperCollins; and her next book, A TRACE OF DECEIT, about a young woman painter at the Slade Art School in 1875 London, will be out later this year. KarenOdden.com

Twitter @Karen_Odden
Instagram @Karen_M_Odden


A DANGEROUS DUET
by Karen Odden
A Dangerous Duet
by Karen Odden



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A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery

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BOOKS
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Becoming a Reader (Experience of Fiction from Childhood to Adulthood) by J.A. Appleyard
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
The Old Buzzard Had It Coming (An Alafair Tucker Mystery) by Donis Casey
The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships by Michael P. Nichols
The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen
Mr. Churchill's Secretary: A Maggie Hope Mystery by Susan Elia MacNeal
These is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner
A Vision of Light (A Margaret of Ashbury Novel) by Judith Merkle Riley


PODCASTS
Authors Stories with Hank Garner
Karen's Episode of Author Stories


MISC
Tucson Festival of Books


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Saturday, February 2, 2019

Ep 5 - Katy Grant & To Kill a Mockingbird

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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 
by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee



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Katy Grant

Storyteller

KATY GRANT

Katy is the author of seven novels for middle readers, ages 8 to 12. Her series SUMMER CAMP SECRETS, published by Aladdin, Simon & Schuster features six novels set during one summer at a girls’ camp, each with a different protagonist. HIDE AND SEEK, published by Peachtree Publishers, has been on many state reading lists, including a Grand Canyon Reader Award nomination, 2012-13; Sunshine State Young Readers’ Award master list, 2012-13; and Society of School Librarians International Book Awards honor book, 2011. She and her husband Eric live in Flagstaff with their dog Murphy and their cat Scout. Since she never really grew up, Flagstaff’s outdoor lifestyle suits her just fine, and she spends a lot of time wandering in the woods. She travels as often as she can, having checked England, Ireland, Italy, and Vietnam off her bucket list. Next stop: Peru. www.katygrant.com 



Summer Camp Secrets:
Friends Fornever by
Katy Grant

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Hide & Seek
Summer Camp Secrets: Rumors
Summer Camp Secrets: Tug-of-War
Summer Camp Secets: Pranked
Summer Camp Secrets: Fearless
Summer Camp Sectets: Acting Out 


Mentions

BOOKS
Beneath the Wheel by Herman Hesse
The Brothers Karamozov by Feodor Dostoevsky
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Trixie Belden: The Secret of the Mansion by Julie Campbell
Nancy Drew: The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
Agatha Christie
Judy Blume
Sweet Valley High: Double Love by Francine Pascal
Beautiful Boy by David Sheff
Tweak: Growing Up on Amphetamines by Nic Sheff
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson
A Dangerous Duet by Karen Odden
Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (aka Love, Simon)


MISC
PBS Special - American Masters: Harper Lee
Truman Capote reading Breakfast at Tiffany's

Young Mark Twain (via Tweet from Saladin Ahmed)



















Young Ernest Hemingway



















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Monday, December 31, 2018

Ep 2 - Bill Konigsberg & Tales of the City

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TALES OF THE CITY
by Armistead Maupin
Tales of the City 
by Armistead Maupin



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Storyteller

BILL KONIGSBERG


Bill Konigsberg is an award-winning author who lives just outside of Phoenix. He lives with his husband, Chuck, and their two Australian Labradoodles, Mabel and Buford, who complete them. Bill has four published books and has a fifth on the way: Out of the Pocket, his 2008 debut, won the Lambda Literary Award. Openly Straight won the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor. The Porcupine of Truth won the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the Stonewall Book Award. Honestly Ben, the sequel to Openly Straight, was released in 2017 and received three starred reviews. In January of 2019, The Music of What Happens will be released. He can be found at billkonigsberg.com.
Instagram: @bkonigsberg Twitter: @BillKonigsberg

The Music of What Happens
by Bill Konigsberg


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Mentions

Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop
Wikipedia: Armistead Maupin (Zodiac Reference
Video: Armistead Maupin on Inspector Dave Toschi & Zodiac Case

FILM
Tales of the City Miniseries

BOOKS
Story Genius by Lisa Cron
Rabbit & Robot Andrew Smith
You Asked For Perfect by Laura Silverman
Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer


Plus the early book cover from when Bill found the book.
Tales of the City (Early Cover)
by Armistead Maupin





















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