Episode 043: The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson

In this episode we discuss The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson, dream about Lee Pace, decide upon our favorite inanimate objects, promote Bryan Fuller, and lose any future collaboration with the Fox network (Thanks, Lindsey).

Lindsey suggests the show Wonderfalls, which prompts Cash Money to suggest Pushing Daisies and Dead Like Me.

Cash Money suggests Avengers: Infinity War.

Amy suggests They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera.

Molly suggests anything by A.S. King or Adam Silvera and Scythe by Neal Shusterman.

Kim suggests Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King.

042: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

In a content filled episode we discuss The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert.

Molly suggests Waters Luminous and Deep by Meredith Ann Pierce, anything by Carol Plum-Ucci, anything by Holly Black, Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children Series (especially Every Heart a Doorway), and the Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling edited Snow White, Blood Red.

Lindsey suggests The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black, and A Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo.

Amy suggests The Changeling by Victor Davalle, Nightingale by Amy Lukavics, Caraval by Stephanie Garber, and Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk.

Kim suggests The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly, Fairest by Marissa Mayer, 100 Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, and The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton.

Cash Money suggests Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper and anything by Angela Carter.

Nathan suggests City of Glass by Paul Auster and David Mazzucchelli, The Courtyard by Alan Moore, the 2008 Canadian horror film Pontypool, The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle, and anything by Margaret Atwood.

041: YA Trends

Some friends asked us to spend about 15 to 20 minutes talking about YA trends. So, we rambled for an hour and Nate swore a lot, so I hope it's still usable for their educational purposes (also we'd seriously love to have your whole class on the show: extra credit!?).

We'd love to hear from you about what trends we missed or what we got wrong. Email us! isistteenenoughforyounow@gmail.com

And we'll be back in two weeks (despite Nate's joke that this is our last episode) with an episode on Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood.

Episode 040: Children of Blood and Bone by Toni Adeyemi

In this episode we discuss Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.

We also talk about Ruth Graham's old essay "Against YA," which had somehow been spammed around the Facebook Group ALA Think Tank the day before recording. (So, we're sorry that we're dragging Ruth Graham again; she's got to be tired of it, too).

Watch out: the sound improves drastically at around 29 minutes and you may want to turn the volume down a bit.

Kim suggests Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor, Black Panther (the comic and the movie I presume), Afar by Leila Del Duca, and An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir.

Amy suggests Strange the Dreamer as well. She also suggests Fledgling by Octavia Butler (which prompts Kim to suggest the graphic novel version of Kindred).

Molly suggests the works of Tamora Pierce and Avatar: The Last Airbender. She also suggests books by Nnedi Okorafor, prompting us to remember Beasts Made of Night by Tochi Onyebuchi.

Nate suggests The Hate U Give.

Lindsey suggests Strange the Dreamer, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, and the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas.

Cash Money suggests Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young.

Amy also suggests (after prompting from Kim) Dread Nation by Justina Ireland.

Episode 039: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Recorded on the same day as our discussion on Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez (oh, you should check that episode out), so, like that one, featuring not your perfect audio quality, this episode centers on damn near perfect Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. Seriously, we are so into it, it's almost difficult to sustain discussion. Everytime I read a passage for us to discuss everyone just oohs and ahs.

Molly suggests Macbeth and Hamlet.

Nate suggests Monster by Walter Dean Myers, The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon, Ghost by Jason Reynolds, and also "Hit 'Em Up" by Tupac Shakur.

Kim suggests Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, and The Crossover by Kwame Alexander.

Amy suggests Bus 57 by Dashka Slater.

Cash Money suggests Boyz N The Hood.

Lindsey suggests The Godfather Part 2.
 

Episode 038: Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

In this episode, we discuss National Book Award winner Far From the Tree by Robin Benway.

Kim suggests They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera.

Amy suggests The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas.

Molly suggests Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares.

Cash Money suggests White Oleander by Janet Fitch.

Lindsey suggests the television show The Fosters (and definitely NOT The Secret Life of the American Teenager).

Nate suggests We Are Okay by Nina LaCour and Freaky Friday (w/ Jodie Foster: he specified this, but it did not make the final cut).

Also because no one will understand what is meant by Molly's statement, Kim has—on occasion—cosplayed as as Rita Skeeter.

Episode 037: The Mystery of Hollow Places by Rebecca Podos

I pulled one of our proof of concept episodes out of the vault for this week since I (Nathan) suggested this book in our discussion of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez. Here we talk about The Mystery of Hollow Places by Rebecca Podos, published in 2016.  We used to believe that brevity was the soul of wit, so we aren't as detailed here as we tend to be now, but this book deserves your attention. 

We used to only suggest a handful of books (and did so as a group), so here we suggest Paper Towns by John Green, She's Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick, and I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest.