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Adventures in YA Episode 017: Book Series

In this episode of Adventures in YA we are talking about book series.

Sara:
The Truth About Alice
Anna & the French Kiss
An Ember in the Ashes

Kristin:
A Study in Charlotte
Everything Everything
Highly Illogical Behavior

Book Series:
The Caster Chronicles
Miss Peregrine
The Parasol Protectorate
The Uglies
Leviathan
Delirium
Raiders of the Apocalypse
The Forsaken
His Fair Assassins
Pretty Little Liars
The Raven Cycle
I’m Not A Serial Killer
Graceling Series
Talon
The Iron Fey
The Shades of London
Nightshade Prequels
Burn for Burn
The Heist Society
I Hunt Killers
The Precious Stone Series
Darkest Minds
Vision Series
The Luxe
Bright Young Things
Flavia de Luce Series
The Remnant Series
The Young Elites
The Winner’s Trilogy
Six of Crows
Sea of Shadows
The Gallagher Girls
Dark Days Club
Shades of Magic
The Alchemist
The Birthright Series
The Glittering Court
Of Metal and Wishes
Starbound
The Wrath and the Dawn
Magonia
Mara Dyer

Adventures in YA Episode 016: Favorite YA Couples

Welcome to another episode of Adventures in YA. In this episode we talk about our favorite YA couples.

What we’ve read:

Kristin:
Unravel Me
Ignite Me
Crenshaw
Underwater
A Study in Charlotte
Highly Illogical Behavior

Sara:
Magnificent Devices
Brilliant Devices
A Lady of Resources
A Lady of Spirit
Dark Days Club
An Ember in the Ashes

Favorite YA Couples:
Eleanor & Park
Fangirl
Scorpio Races
The Lux Series
Hex Hall
Rebel Belle
Anna the French Kiss
Isla and the Happily Ever After
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
The Program
The Treatment
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Cress
The Finishing School Series
Sea of Shadows
Prudence
Pride and Prejudice

Adventures in YA Episode 015: Graphic Novels & Comic Books

Welcome to another episode of Adventures in YA. In this episode we are joined by author Jeramey Kraatz to discuss graphic novels and comic books.

Jeramey Kraatz:
Website
Goodreads Page

Kristin:
Uninvited
Illuminae
All American Girl
Fariest
Mrs Marvel
The Wicked + The Divine
The Amazing Book is Not On Fire
March: Book One

Sara:
Her Own Devices
Magnificent Devices
This One Summer
In Real Life
Manners and Mutiny

YouTubers Mentioned:
Dan
Phil
Sprinkle of Glitter
Fun For Luis
Jack’s Gap

2016 ALA Awards Winners
2016 Morris Award
YAK Fest

Graphic Novels and Comic Books Mentioned:
Lumberjanes
Bitch Planet
Captain Marvel
Thor
Runaways
Princeless
Silk
Gotham Academy
Bat Girl
Umbrella Academy
Nimona
Watchmen
The Sandman
Understanding Comics
American Born Chinese
Boxers & Saints
Oz: The Most Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I Hate Fairyland
Star Wars
Star Wars: Princess Leia
Blankets
The Complet Essex County
Locke & Key
Southern Bastards
Morning Glories
Deadly Class
Lady Killer
Jem and the Holograms
The Undertaking of Lily Chen
Through the Woods
Giant Days
Batman: The Killing Joke

Adventures in YA Episode 014: 2015 Wrap Up

Hello and welcome to another episode of Adventures in YA. In this episode we are wrapping up 2015 and talking about some of our favorite reads of the year. We also look ahead to 2016 with a challenge to each other and announce the first book for our Quarterly Bookclub.

Books Read:

Sara:
Ink and Bone
The Rose Society
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
Soundless
Behemoth

Kristin:
A Tyranny of Petticoats
The Trouble With Destiny
Ten Thousand Skies Above You
The Nest

2015 Wrap Up

Best Book in 2015
*Dumplin
Most Surprising Read of 2015
*Krisitn: Saint Anything
*Sara: Your Voice is All I Hear
Best Series Started in 2016
*Kristin: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
*Sara: The Red Queen and Stoker & Holmes
New Authors Discovered in 2015
*Sara: Jessie Burton
*Kristin: Huntley Fitzpatrick
Favorite Character
*Kristin: Lord Akeldama
*Sara: Tim Mason and Sophronia
Favorite Cover
*Sara: Finishing School Series
*Kristin: The Nest
Best Book Debut You Read in 2016
*Kristin: Simon and the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Best World Building/Most Vivid Setting You Read This Year
*Sara: Six of Crows
*Kristin: Gail Carriger Books
Hidden Gems of 2015
*Kristin: Aristotle & Dante and Princes of Thrones
*Sara: The Darkest Part of the Forest
A Book You Didn’t Get To in 2015 but will Read in 2016
*Kristin: Devoted
*Sara: Winter
Most Anticipated Book in 2016
*Sara: Crooked Kingdom
*Kristin: Dark Days Club

Six Book Challenge

Kristin’s Picks for Sara:
*Stolen
*The Realm of Possibility
*All These Things I’ve Done
*Please Ignore Vera Dietz
*Nightshade
*The Truth About Alice

Sara’s Picks for Kristin
*Sea of Shadows
*Vampire Academy
*Falling Kingdom
*Openly Straight
*The Darkest Part of the Forest
*Ms. Marvel Vol. 1
*March: Book One
*The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 1

Quarterly Book Club:
*When I Was The Greatest

Adventures in YA Episode 013: Pushing Yourself As A Reader

Adventures in YA Episode 012: First Quarter 2016 New Releases

In this episode we talked about our most anticipated new releases for January, February and March of 2016. We also talk about book news and share what we’ve been reading.

January:

This Is Where It Ends
Passenger
Truthwitch
The Love That Split the World
The Dark Days Club

February:

Starts Above
Unhooked
The Glass Sword
Blackheart
Calamity
Reign of Shadows
Ascending the Boneyard
The Shadow Queen

March:

A Study in Charlotte
The Winner’s Kiss
Wink Poppy Midnight
Yellow Brick War
Half Lost
The Great Hunt

Book News

Morris Awards 2016 Finalist
Goodreads Choice Awards 2015

What We Reads:

Sara

The Sin Eaters Daughter
Waistcoats and Weaponry

Kristin

What I Thought Was True
Blameless
I Am Her Revenge
The Rose Society

Adventures in YA Episode 011: Winter Reading

On this episode of Adventures in YA we are talking about winter reading. Stay tuned to the end to hear out big giveaway announcement!

Kristin:
The Disenchantments
The Boy Next Door
Nimona
Changless
Talon
A Fierce and Subtle Poison
The Inventor’s Secret

Sara:
Saga Vol. 2
Chew Vol. 2
Deadly Class Vol. 3
March Vol. 1
March Vol. 2
Wayward Vol. 1
Laviathan

National Book Award Winner: Challenger Deep
Adventures in YA Goodreads Group

Winter Reading:
Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares
My True Love Gave To Me
Let It Snow
Bittersweet
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
The Book Thief
The Coldest Girl in Cold Town
The Night Circus
Snow Like Ashes
Winterspell
Cold Spell
Winters Child
Stork
Nightshade
Delirium
Mara Dyer Trilogy
The Name of the Star
Odd Thomas
Stolen
Graceling Series

Other Books Mentioned:
Lumberjanes
Summer Days & Summer Nights
Shades of Gray
Thursday Next Series

You can find the first day of the Twelve Days of Giveaway here

Adventures in YA Episode 010: Book To Movie Adaptations

Join us as we talk about book to movie adaptations

Sara:
The Clockwork Scarab
Curtsies and Conspiracies
Since You’ve Been Gone
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour
Dumplin
A Madness So Discreet
Sweet Temptation
Prudence
Everything Leads To You
The Spiritglass Charade

Krisitn
The Thing About Jellyfish
Snow Like Ashes
First and Then
Waistcoats and Weaponry
The Summer of Chasing Mermaids
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Challenger Deep

Movies and Televisions Shows Mentioned
Mockingjay Part 2
Harry Potter
Twilight
Beautiful Creatures
Beastly
The Mortal Instruments
Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist
If I Stay
The Maze Runner
Divergent
Insurgent
Me Earl and the Dying Girl
Paper Towns
The Book Thief
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Hunger Games
The Duff

Movies and Television Shows Coming out in 2016
The Mortal Instruments
Shatter Me
Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them
The Fifth Wave
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Allegiant
A Monster Calls
Let it Snow

Other Books Mentioned
The Red Queen
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Looking for Alaska
Legend
Ready Player One
Artemis Fowl
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
Fallen
Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
The Remnant Chronicles
Dorothy Must Die
The Wicked + The Divine
The Young Elites
Leviathan

Adventures in YA Episode 009: YA Tropes

In this episode of Adventures in YA we talk about tropes in YA literature. Sara also loses her mind and issues a reading challenge to herself for the last two months of the year.

Websites Mentioned:
National Book Awards Shortlist
Brooding YA Hero Twitter

Kristin:
The Winner’s Crime
Soulless
Snow Like Ashes

Sara:
Americanah
The Clockwork Scarab

Books Mentioned:
Divergent
Hunger Games
The Forsaken
Anna and the French Kiss
You’re Voice Is All I Hear
My Life Next Door
Saint Anything
Eleanor and Park
The Selection
Twilight
Delirium
Shatter Me
Nightshade Series
My True Love Gave To Me
Slasher Girls and Monster Boys
A Tyranny of Petticoats
Triangles: The Points of Love Anthology
Shadow and Bone
The Girl of Fire and Thornes
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
Lux Series
Gasp
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
Ready Player One

Adventures in YA Episode 008: Audiobooks

Grab a snack and something to drink today’s podcast is a long one. In this episode we talk about the things we love and don’t love about audiobooks.

Sara:
The Golden Lily
Since You’ve Been Gone
Dumplin’
Sweet Temptation
Walk on Earth a Stranger
Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour
Curtsies & Conspiracies
Prudence
Lair of Dreams

Kristin:
Saint Anything
Red Queen
The Diviners
This Is Where It Ends
The Winner’s Crime

Books Mentioned:
The Maze Runner
Anne Perry William Monk Series
Flavia de Luce Series
The Song of Achilles
The Scorpio Races
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Graffiti Moon
The Night Guest
Americanah
The Lunar Chronicles
The Blackcoat Rebellion Series
All These Things I’ve Done
The Rose Society
Six of Crows

Scary Books:
The Walking Dark
Daughters Unto Devils
Bleeding Violet
Slice of Cherry
The Monstrumologist