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Adventures in YA Episode 027: Boys of Summer/Book Boyfriends

In this episode we are joined by a special guest to help us talk about our book boyfriends.

Kristin:
The Winner’s Kiss
The Glittering Court

Sara:
Falling Kingdom

Carion:
Wink Poppy Midnight
The Last Star
Wild Reckless

Books and Authors Mentioned:
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
The Sweet Trilogy
Anna and the French Kiss
The Lux Series
The Dark Elements Series
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Hopeless
Age of Legends Series
Boy Most Likely
The Arcana Chronicles
My Life Next Door
Side Effect May Vary
Dumplin’
Saint Anything
Along for the Ride
Perfect Chemistry Series
Leaving Paradise Series
How to Ruin Series
Wild Cards
The Grisha Trilogy
Six of Crows
Jennifer Echols
Katie McGarry
Vampire Academy
The Scorpio Races
A Court of Thorn and Roses
Divergent

Adventures in YA Episode 026: The Winner’s Trilogy

Welcome to another episode of Adventures in YA and our first Friday episode! In this episode we are discussing The Winner’s Trilogy by Marie Rutkoski.

The Winner’s Trilogy:
*The Winner’s Curse
*The Winner’s Crime
*The Winner’s Kiss

The Remnant Chronicles by Mary Pearson
*The Kiss of Deception
*The Heart of Betrayal
*The Beauty of Darkness

Adventures in YA Episode 025: New Releases June – August 2016

Welcome to another episode of Adventures in YA! In this episode we talk about our most anticipated new releases for June, July, and August.

You must all watch the Korean Drama Another Oh Hae Young!! You can watch it at:
Drama Fever
Viki

What Kristin Read:
*The Raven King
*Tell Me Three Things
*Denton’s Little Death Date
*You Know Me Well

June New Releases:
*Ivory & Bone
*You Know Me Well
*Mirror in the Sky
*Geeks Guide to Unrequited Love
*Never Ever
*Gifted
*Unplugged
*And I Darken
*Summer in the Invisible City
*Run

July New Releases:
*The Season
*This Savage Song
*A World With Out You
*Shiny Broken Pieces
*Flying
*Signs of You
*P.S. I Like You

August New Releases:
*The Beauty of Darkness
*Wake the Hallow
*The Gilded Cage
*A Torch Against the Night
*The Thousandth Floor

Adventures in YA Episode 024: Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

Welcome to our second Quarterly Book Club discussion. In this episode we are talking about Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke.

What We’ve Been Reading:

Kristin:
George
Wink Poppy Midnight
Big Magic
The Darkest Part of the Forest

Sara:
Wink Poppy Midnight

Other Books Mentioned:
Coldest Girl in Coldtown
The Curse Workers Series
Spiderwick Chronicles
Always and Forever, Laura Jean
The Midnight Star
We Were Liars
Every Exquisite Thing
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

Adventures in YA Episode 023: A Bit of a Chit Chat

Adventures in YA Episode 022: World Building

Announcement: We are taking the month of May off and will be back with new Episodes in June.

Welcome to another episode of Adventures in YA. This week we discuss world building and talk about some of our favorite book worlds.

Kristin:
Esperanza Rising
Birthmarked
The Siren
Devoted
Truthwitch

Sara:
Fated to Love You
My Love From Another Star
Cheese In The Trap
Cheese In The Trap Webtoon

Adventures in YA Episode 021: North Texas Teen Book Festival

Adventures in YA Episode 020: New Releases for April and May

Hello and welcome to another episode of Adventures in Ya. This week we are talking about our most anticipated new releases for April and May.

March Additions:
Exit Pursued by Bear
Hot Pterodactyl Boyfriend

April
The Glittering Court
Don’t Get Caught
Essential Maps for the Lost
Girl About Town
The Last Boy and Girl in the World
Tell the Wind and Fire
Lady Renegades
Flamecaster
A Fierce and Subtle Poison
Love, Lies, and Spies
The Star Touched Queen
Soldier
The Raven King

May
Ruined
The Unexpected Everything
The Queen of Hearts
The Crown
The Rose and the Dagger
Love and Gelato
The Last Time We Were Us
Highly Illogical Behavior
Every Exquisite Thing
Places No One Knows
Tone Deaf
Summer Days and Summer Nights

Adventures in YA Episode 019: Quarterly Book Club: When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds

Adventures in YA Episode 018: Stand Alones

In this episode of Adventures in YA we are talking about Stand Alone books. We also get a little off topic and talk about Korean Dramas.

Kristin:
Ready Player One
Where You’ll Find Me
Eighth Grade Bites
Speak
Some Kind of Happiness

Sara:
An Ember in the Ashes

Stand Alone Books:
Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Soundless
Dumplin’
You’re Voice is All I Hear
The Accident Season
Darkest Part of the Forest
Saint Anything
Openly Straight
Winger
Stand Off
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
Scorpio Races
Elanor & Park
Fangirl
Side Effects May Vary
Meant to Be
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour
The Duff
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
The Realm of Possibility
The Book Thief
On the Jellicoe Road
Out of the Easy
Firsts
The Last Boy and Girl in the World
Mosquitoland
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
The Uninvited
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
I’ll Give You the Sun
Stolen
What I Thought was True
Highly Illogical Behavior
The Unexpected Everything
You Know Me Well
Everything Leads to You
The Disenchantments

Korean Dramas Mentioned:
Coffee Prince
Playfull Kiss
Boys Over Flowers
Secret Garden
Princess Hours
Noble My Love
My Tutor Friend