Kales and Alyson talk about required reading in schools and argue that YA books have educational value and should be included in the educational curriculum.
Kales and Alyson took over each other's reading lists for the ENTIRE month of January. It was fun. It was torture. Listen to hear us recap the best and worst parts of this experiment.
Kales and Alyson have an in depth discussion about their January Buddy Read,My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows. (OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS)
Kales and Alyson welcome their first special guest, Nate (aka Alyson's Husband)! Nate and Alyson go head-to-head in the "Guess That Plot Challenge", and we discover that Nate should really be writing books.
Kales and Alyson talk about how they rate books, and give examples of books for each rating. What qualities must a book have to be five stars? four stars? Listen to find out!
Kales and Alyson have a long anticipated debate. Self-published books: to read, or not to read? Listen in to hear our very strong, and very differnt opinions!
Kales and Alyson talk about the books we read during June for Pride month, what we learned, and the diffrence between LGBTQA+ characters in realistic fiction and fantasy.
Kales and Alyson play the First Line Challenge. A guessing game with YA books, only using the first line as a hint. We had a lot of fun playing this game, and we hope you enjoy listening!
Kales and Alyson discuss book to screen adaptations, the good, bad, and the ugly. What makes or breaks adaptations, the best and worst YA adaptations, and what is coming up in 2017 and beyond.