Episode 007: The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry

In this episode we discuss The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry.

Molly suggests A Northern Light or Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly.

Nathan suggests Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood.

And Kim suggests books by Elizabeth Wein (Rose Under Fire, Codename Verity, or Black Dove, White Raven.

Episode 006: Away We Go by Emil Ostrovski

In this episode we discuss Away We Go by Emil Ostrovski.

Cash Money suggests the Lars von Trier film Melancholia and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Nate suggests More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera.

Kim suggests Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

Nathan suggests Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis and Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block.

Lindsey suggests The Stranger by Camus.

Molly suggests John Green and Andrew Smith.

Episode 005: Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard

In this episode we discuss M-E Girard's great debut novel Girl Mans Up.

Ca$h Money drops a bombshell of a theory about Pen's parentage.

Molly suggests Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan, anything by Brent Hartinger, Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour, and You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan.
Nate suggests Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli.

Kim suggests Exit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. Johnston (after you read it, go back and listen to episode 001!).

Amanda suggests Xena Warrior Princess and Urban Fiction (as a genre).

Nathan mentions, but forgets to suggest, Unbecoming by Jenny Downham.

Lindsey suggests None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio and Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin (Nathan concurs).

Also we'd love to hear from you: agree with us, disagree with us, suggest a book, or anything else at isitteenenoughforyounow@gmail.com or @isitteenenough on Twitter

Episode 004.5 And I Darken: A Reconsideration by Nathan

I feel as though our discussion of And I Darken by Kiersten White may have missed something important: that while the novel is forcing us to reexamine Vlad the Impaler, it's also forcing us to reconsider Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

Full disclosure: if you follow us on Twitter, you'll know that Nate and I have never actually read Twilight.  This leaves me open to completely valid criticism, so if you disagree, please tell me.  On the other hand, Twilight was also an inescapable cultural phenomenon, so I think I have the basics down.

Again, correct me if I'm wrong, but Bella falls for a vampire who continually protects her.  She falls into a kind of love triangle with Jacob and Edward.  She frequently seems to have less agency than those around her (she's saved by Edward, saved by Jacob, told that she must become a vampire, and eventually turned by Edward).

And I Darken performs a pretty elegant subterfuge.  It alludes to dragons and vampires, but also shows us that those things aren't real.  Vlad the Impaler was not a vampire.  The west's transformation of him into one can be read as a means of discrediting him.  Readers of And I Darken are likely to want a vampire.  But we don't get one.

Granted this trilogy isn't over, but here are some pretty sharp contrasts to the land of sparkly vampires.

1) Lada rejects love and the potential of a love triangle (or quadrangle or octagon: Mehmed has many concubines).
2) Lada's agency is never in question: she is the one doing and acting.  And it's always on her own terms.
3) Lada avoids sex with Mehmed (no chance of a potentially immortal baby here).
4) Lada is not a vampire and presumably never will be.  She becomes Dracul at the story's end, but that's a position that feels even more powerful than a vampire.

There's probably a lot more, and I'd love to hear details you have that corroborate my theory or that completely reject it.

Also get reading: Episode 005: Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard is due out on February 27th.

Episode 004: And I Darken by Kiersten White

In this episode we discuss And I Darken by Kiersten White (the first book in the Conqueror's Saga).  We talk a lot about The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry (read ahead; it'll be featured in a future episode).

Molly suggests the Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry and anything by Donna Jo Napoli.

Nathan suggests Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman.

Nate suggests the Gilmore Girls: A Year In the Life.

Kim totally does not suggest Twilight by Stephenie Meyer or A Song of Fire and Ice by George R. R. Martin (*wink*), but does suggest Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.

Amanda aka Ca$h Money suggests Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and The Winter's Curse by April L. Wood.

Episode 003: Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

In this episode, which we recorded before the National Book Award Winners were announced (we were all on board Ms. Medina!), we discuss Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina.

Nate reveals his crush on super librarian Nancy Pearl.

Molly suggests books by Walter Dean Myers and The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart. Nate suggests Full Cicada Moon by Marilyn Hilton and If I Ever Get Out Of Here by Eric Gansworth. Lindsey suggests Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds, More Happy than Not by Adam Silvera, and American Girls by Alison Umminger. Kim highly (!) suggests Gabi A Girl In Pieces by Isabel Quintero.  Nathan mentions, but forgets to suggest Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older, but you should go read it!

Episode 002: Highly Illogical Behavior

In this episode we discuss John Corey Whaley's Highly Illogical Behavior.

We also learn that Amanda's real name is Ca$h Money.

Ca$h Money (aka Amanda Money) suggests Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.
Molly suggests Ann Brashares' books (in particular the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) and Lauren Myracle's Internet Girls Series (start with ttyl).
Lindsey suggests Fans of the Impossible Life by Kate Scelsa and Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan.
Nate and Kim suggest 100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith.
Nate suggests Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsberg, Scarboys by Len Vlahos, and Marcello and the Real World by Francisco X. Stork.