Episode 063: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connel

working on my vacation and left some files at work, so this one lacks some of the polish you may be accustomed to (ha!). Hopefully, it feels like you are in the room where it all happens.

Nate suggests Friday Night Lights 

Molly suggests My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame

Cash Money suggests Euphoria and Girl Mans Up by M.E. Girard

Episode 062: Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

We discuss Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan. Molly spends the middle of the episode embodying the character Chelsea.

 Molly suggests The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy by Kate Hattemer, Jack of Hearts (and Other Parts) by Lev AC Rosen, I Kill The Mockingbird by Paul Acampora, and How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation by Maureen Johnson.

Lindsey suggests The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart, Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu.

Cash Money suggests Can We All Be Feminists?: New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism edited by June Eric-Udorie, and the show Chambers on Netflix.

Episode 061: We Set The Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

In this episode we discuss We Set The Dark on Fire by debut author Tehlor Kay Mejia.
The panelists in the room all thought the book had potential, but we all wanted more.

We hope our discussion is substantive and constructive. We know the book got some starred reviews, so we're interested in hearing from people who really loved it.

Also beware there are Mockingjay spoilers in our readalikes section.

Molly suggests The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.

Cash Money suggests The Selection by Kiera Cass.

Nathan suggests Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.

Episode 060: Rayne & Deliliah's Midnite Matinee By Jeff Zenter

Marvel at Lindsey's book talking abilities as she seems to persuade one sighing panelist into giving Jeff Zentner's new book Rayne & Deliliah's Midnite Matinee a shot.

Episode 059: Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

This discussion gets off to a less than professional start because we were intending to talk about a different book, but the gravity of this one pulled us in at the mention of its name. We forgot to read a passage or do the other niceties we normally do to make stuff sound more like a show and less like a free for all. Please enjoy a closer glimpse into our process (light editing).

Readalikes include:

NATE
And I Darken by Kiersten White
Deadwood

KIM
Red Dead Redemption 

MOLLY
Bloody Jack by L.A. Meyer
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Etiquette and Espionage series by Gail Carriger
Firefly

AMY
Westworld 

NATHAN
Sally Lockhart series by Philip Pullman

LINDSEY
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart

CASH MONEY
That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E. K. Johnston

Episode 058: Pride by Ibi Zoboi

We chat about the Pride and Prejudice Remix PRIDE by Ibi Zoboi.
Readalikes?

MOLLY
Jake, reinvented by Gordon Korman (a Great Gatsby rewrite)
Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart (a Talented Mr. Ripley rewrite)

NATHAN
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

NATE
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

LINDSEY
In the Heights by Quiara Alegría Hudes & Lin-Manuel Miranda

Episode 057: Sadie by Courtney Summers

In this episode we discuss Sadie by Courtney Summers. The conversation bounces around to journalism and true crime writing.

We offer Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston and Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis as readalikes.