Episode 047: To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (part 2)

Here's the second half of our conversation.

We also get into book recommendations.

Nate (accidentally) suggests Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson (he'd intended to suggest it for Poet X) and Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli.

Lindsey suggests The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon.

Cat mentions that students at her school read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz and Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.

Cash Money suggests American Panda by Gloria Chao.

Episode 046: To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (part 1)

In this episode we discuss To All The Boys I Loved Before by Jenny Han with Catherine and Marguerite—who have both done scholarly work and taught classes on Asian American Literature. Thank you both again for joining us and helping demonstrate how worthy teen literature is of scholarly discussion. Our conversation here is wide ranging, fruitful, and—frankly—a little long. So, to make it digestible and also not deprive anyone of the full conversation, we'll be releasing it as two episodes. Here is part one; look for part two in two weeks.

Episode 045: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Our smallest panel in a long time discusses The Poet X (a National Book Award Long List nominee at the time of our recording; best of luck Elizabeth Acevedo).

Nathan suggests Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez.

Nate suggests Yaqui Delgado Wants To Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina and Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson.

Lindsey suggests Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero

Cash Money suggests the show Insecure.

Episode 044: Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

We discuss the sequel to Scythe and cannot maintain our cool. It's a total geek out. Neal Shusterman, you are our hero.

Amy suggests Renegades by Marissa Meyer.

Molly suggests The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow.

Kim suggests Illuminae by Amie Kauffman and Jay Kristoff.

Nathan mentions Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith.

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.