Year: 2018


Sep
2018

Adventures in YA Episode 056: New Releases January – March 2018

categories: New Releases, Podcast, Uncategorized

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Recorded in Januay

Time for a new episode! Join us as we talk about our most anticipated new releases of January, February and March.

Kristin:
A Girl Like That
Everless
Heartless
First Frost
Exile
Reality Boy
Boy 21
Saints and Misfits

Sara:
Dear Martin
Devil’s Within
Saints and Misfits

January
The Cruel Prince
Meet Cute
Batman: Nightwalker
Before I Let Go
Busted
Love, Hate and Other Filters
You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone
The Hazel Wood
Unearthed
Reign of the Fallen

February
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza
The Belles
Sightwitch
Immortal Reign
Blood of a Thousand Stars
American Panda
A Girl Like That
Pitch Dark
Cadaver & Queen
Hearts of Iron

March
Restore Me
The Children of Bone and Blood
The Beauty That Remains
Tyler Johnson Was Here
The Midnights
The Astonishing Color of After
The Poet X
Lost Crow Conspiracy
Obsidio
In Her Skin
The Radical Element
I Have Lost My Way
Emergency Contact
Not If I Save You First


Aug
2018

Adventures in YA Episode 055: 2017 Year End Wrap Up

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It’s time for the 2017 year end wrap up! In this episode, we answer our annual questions about our favorite books of the year. We also talk about some of our reading goals and how to make more time in your day to read.

Episode recorded in January.

What We’ve Been Reading:
Sara:
*Warcross
*The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
*Starfish
Kristin:
*Garden Spells
*The Afterlife of Holly Chase
*Frostbite
*Three Sides of a Heart
*Jackaby
*Devils and Theives

Favorite New to You Author in 2017
Kristin:
*Shawn David Hutchinson
*Shivaun Plozza
Sara:
*Angie Thomas
*Maureen Goo

Favorite Character
Sara:
*Desi – I Believe in a Thing Called Love
*Starr – The Hate You Give
Kristin:
*Rishi – When Dimple Met Rishi
*A.J. – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
*Peter K – Always and Forever Laura Jean

Best World Building/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year
Kristin:
*Three Dark Crowns
*Marina
Sara:
*Warcross

Favorite Cover of 2017
Sara:
*The Midnight Star
Kristin:
*Words in Deep Blue
*The Hate You U Give
*Mirror Mirror

Hidden Gem of 2017
Kristin:
*Hearts and Other Body Parts
Sara:
*Exit, Pursued by Bear

Best Series Started in 2017
Sara:
*Truthwitch
Kristin:
*Hunter Series
*Three Dark Crowns

A Book You didn’t Get to in 2017 but will Read in 2018
Kristin:
*There’s Someone in Your House
Sara:
*Crooked Kingdom

Most Surprising Read:
Kristin:
*When It’s Real
*Razorhurst
*Dimple
Sara:
*Carve the Mark

Series We Finished in 2017
Sara:
*The Young Elites
*Age of Legends Trilogy
*Queen of Hearts
Kristin:
*The Witch Hunter Series
*The Hunter Series
*Thunder Road
*To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Best Book of 2017
Sara: The Hate U Give
Kristin:
*The Hate U Give
*I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
*Words in Deep Blue
*Far From the Tree

Most Anticipated Book of 2018
Sara:
*Puddin’
*On the Come Up
Kristin:
*Puddin’
*Black Wings Beating
*Leah on the Off Beat

Booktubers mentioned:
Lauren and the Books
SavidgeReads

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Feb
2018

Adventures in YA Episode 054: The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry

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It’s the last book club of 2017! Join us as we discuss The Love That Split the World by Emily Henry.

Episode recorded in December

Kristin
Long Way Down
Far From the Tree
Now I Rise
Sam and Ilsa’s Last Hurrah
Fairest of All
Want
What Girls are Made Of
Frankie
Warcross
Hunter
Elite
Apex
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic
This One Summer

Sara
The Blood of Wonderland
The Love That Split the World
We Should All Be Feminist
War of Cards
Ruin

Next Quarterly Book Club book is A Line in the Dark by Melinda Lo

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Jan
2018

Adventures in YA Episode 053: National Book Award 2017

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Welcome to another Episode of Adventures in YA. In this episode we talk about what we’ve been reading and the National Book Award for 2017.

Episode recorded in November

Melissa Albert will be at South Irving Library February 8th.

Kristin:
Devils Unto Dust
Once and for All
The Hazel Wood
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
The Female of the Species
Mirror Mirror
We Are the Ants
Dreamland
Obsidian
The Sidekicks
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Sara:
These Broken Stars
A Shadow Bright and Burning
Blood Rose Rebillion
One of Us is Lying
Forest of Ruin
Truthwitch
Carve the Mark
American Streets
When Dimple Met Rishi
Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist
The Girl in the Well

The National Book Awards Longlist: Young People’s Literature
All The Wind in the World
You Bring the Distance Near
Long Way Down
Orphan Island
The Hate U Give
What Girls are Made Of
Far From the Tree
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
American Street

Shortlist:
What Girls are Made Of
Far From the Tree
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
American Street

Winner:
Far From the Tree

Other Literature Awards:
Michael L. Printz Award
Margaret A. Edwards Award
William C. Morris Award
Westchester Fiction Award
Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
Cybils Award
Canadian Library Association Young Adult Canadian Book Award
The Bookseller YA Book Prize

Awards with a Young Adult Category:
National Book Award for Young People’s Literature
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel
Royal Society Prize for Junior Science Book

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