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Syndication

Sun, 25 January 2015
Tortured Souls We Want to Tame

Podcast Notes

  • Meg tells us what qualifies a hottie with a tortured soul (think Edward Cullen).
  • We talk about the tortured souls we'd like to tame:
  • The Darkling from the Grisha Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
  • Christian Prescott from the Unearthly Series by Cynthia Hand
  • Cole St. Clair from the Wolves of Mercy Falls Series by Maggie Stiefvater
  • Sawyer LeGrande from How to Love by Katie Cotugno
  • Darrow from the Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown
  • Then we talk about our hotties of the month:
  • Cade Maxwell from Caged in Winter by Brighton Walsh
  • Jason Brody from Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross
  • Charlie Hanson from Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander
  • Prince Theron from Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch
  • Dane from Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis
  • Oscar from I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
  • Listen at the end of the show for our extensive list of Honorable Mentions.

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Direct download: swoonyboyspodcast_torturedsouls.mp3
Category:Bookish Talk -- posted at: 11:38am CDT
Sun, 18 January 2015
YA Books We Fell For In Fall And Are Wishing For In Winter

Podcast Notes

  • We talk about our favorite books in Fall 2014:
The Accidental Highwayman by Ben Tripp Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel Catalyst by SJ Kincaid Falling into Place by Amy Zhang The Fine Art of Pretending by Rachel Harris I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey Love and Other Unknown Variables by Shannon Lee Alexander The Perilous Sea by Sherry Thomas Remember Me by Romily Rites of Passage by Joy Hensley Shattered by Mari Marcusi Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch Stitching Snow by RC Lewis A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray The Walled City by Ryan Graudin Whatever Life Throws at You by Julie Cross The Young Elites by Marie Lu
  • Then we flail over the books we can't wait to read in Winter 2015:
All Fall Down by Ally Carter City of Savages by Lee Kelly The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall Fairest by Marissa Meyer  For Real by Alison Cherry Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons Golden Son by Pierce Brown I Remember You by Cathleen Davitt Bell Ignite by Sara B. Larson I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios Invaded by Melissa Landers The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand Love, Lucy by April Lindner Love and Other Theories by Alexis Bass The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon No Place to Fall by Jaye Robin Brown Reborn by Jennifer Rush Rebound by Noelle August Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Save Me by Jenny Elliott The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury Stand Off by Andrew Smith This Shattered World by Amie Kaufmann & Meagan Spooner Top Ten Clues You're Clueless by Liz Czukas When Joss Met Matt by Ellie Cahill  Zodiac by Romina Russell
  • We also mentioned some other books during the podcast when talking about our picks:
Alienated by Melissa Landers The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon Boomerang by Noelle August Boundless by Cynthia Hand Catherine by April Lindner Champion by Champion Defy by Sara B. Larson Exquisite Captive by Heather Demetrios The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey Hallowed by Cynthia Hand Insignia by SJ Kincaid Jane by April Lindner Legend by Marie Lu Prodigy by Prodigy Red Rising by Pierce Brown Scorched by Mari Mancusi Something Like Normal by Trish Doller Something Real by Heather Demetrios These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufmann & Meagan Spooner Unearthly by Cynthia Hand Until Midnight by Melissa Landers  Vortex by SJ Kincaid

Here are the Honorable Mentions that We Just Couldn't Leave Out:

    • Vivian Apple At The End Of the World by Katie Coyle (Jan 2015)
    • We Should Hang Out Sometime by Josh Sundquist (Dec 2014)
    • Cut Me Free by J.R. Johansen (Jan 2015)
      • My Heart & Other Black Holes by

Jasmine Warga

    (Feb 2015)
  • The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson (Feb 2015)
  • Better Than Perfect by Melissa Kantor (Feb 2015)
  • The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark (Feb 2015)
  • The Distance Between Lost & Found by Kathryn Holmes (Feb 2015)
  • Rebellion by Stephanie Diaz (Feb 2015)
  • The Return by Jennifer Armentrout (Feb 2015)
  • Salt & Stone by Victoria Scott (Feb 2015)
  • Dove Arising by Karen Bao (Feb 2015)
  • I Was Here by Gayle Forman(Jan 2015)

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Direct download: swoonyboyspodcast_fall2014funcast.mp3
Category:Bookish Talk -- posted at: 4:27pm CDT
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