Episode 029: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Our 18th century scholar operated as self-avowed "fun police," but didn't dampen our enthusiasm for Mackenzi Lee's Gentelman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. And we're awaiting her sequel with bated breath.

Kim suggests Libba Bray's Great and Terrible Beauty (which kicks off a brief love-fest for Libba Bray), Gail Carriger's Etiquette and Espionage, and Bloodly Jack by L.A. Meyer.

Nate suggests Libba Bray's The Diviners and also offhandedly Beauty Queens.

Amy suggests Alexandra Bracken's Passenger.

Nathan suggests The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Tobias Smollett's The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, and "The Last of the Famous International Playboy" by Morrissey.

Margaret suggests Roxana by Daniel Defoe and Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe.

If you want to see what we've read and what we plan to read check out our Goodreads group. www.goodreads.com/group/show/41564…ough-for-you-now

Episode 028: Tara Altebrando

Tara Altebrando was kind enough to join us to talk about The Leaving. She talks about how the story originated, about her fascination with memory, and about the time she interviewed Tom Morello while walking around Dublin. Along the way she mentions the books Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay and Chariot of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken; we took them as tacit book recommendations. Nathan already checked out Motel of the Mysteries (and he says it is amazing!)

Episode 027: The Nerdy and the Dirty by BT Gottfred

Check out our group page on Goodreads for a listing of upcoming books we'll be discussing: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/415645-is-it-teen-enough-for-you-now

We discuss The Nerdy and the Dirty by B.T. Gottfred in our first episode of 2018.

Nathan suggests that if Forever by Judy Blume didn't work for you, The Nerdy and the Dirty might be a better choice. He also suggests The Kidney Hypothetical by Lisa Yee if you want a similarly zany read.

Nate suggests Firsts by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn and When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon.

Kim suggests The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.

Cash Money suggests The Guide to Getting It On by Paul Joannides.

 Lindsey suggests Big Bang Theory as a watch-alike.

Episode 026.3: Books that got us through 2017 part 2

One last episode for 2017. We finish recapping our favorite reading experiences of the year. We'll be back in 2018 with more in-depth discussions and author interviews.
Byeee

Episode: 026.2 Recapping the Books that Got us Through 2017

Join us as we say "Bye Felicia" to 2017 and ring in 2018. We decided to recount the books that got us through 2017. So the gang discusses their faves whether they were published this year or not.

Too long didn't listen? Well:

Amy in her Is It Teen Enough debut discusses Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson. (That new Archie Amy talks aobut is by Mark Waid—who did an awesome Daredevil Run—and Fiona Staples).

Katie discusses Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Molly sent a recording and suggested a barrage of titles: Scythe by Neil Shusterman, The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Real Friends by Shannon Hale, Tell Me How it Ends by Valeria Luiselli, The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (which we totally did NOT discuss on the podcast; what were we thinking missing out on that one?), and Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard!

Kim's favorite of the year was The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (she also mentions The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, which we'll discuss in a future episode, The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (which I think she accidentally calls The Color of Magic because of her love of Terry Pratchett. R.I.P.), and Turtles all the Way Down by John Green.

Cash Money discusses the Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry.

Nate discusses You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie.

Lindsey discusses Far From the Tree by Robin Benway.

Nathan discusses All's Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson

Episode 026.1: Unbecoming by Jenny Downham

In one of our first recorded conversations, Lindsey and Nathan are joined by Angela and Karen to discuss Unbecoming by Jenny Downham. Back then we thought we'd be recording 5 to 15 minute episodes to serve as a companion to an unrealized local book award.

We suggest On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchett

Episode 025: Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

In this episode we discuss the latest from Jeff Zentner and start praying for a sequel featuring Jesmyn playing keyboards for Dearly (Dillard, of The Serpent King).

Molly suggests 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher and Looking for Alaska by (some author named) John Green.

Nate suggests Sherman Alexie's You Don't Have to Say You Love Me and When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon.

Kim suggests The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner and Final Fantasy XV.

Katie suggests Stranger Things the Netflix series for the relationships, and two books by Caitlin Doughty: The Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death.