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Book Hype Podcast

Episode #32 – Bulldozers and Elephants

Hosted by Jen, Karen, Marama, and Michal

February 11, 2014


Book Hype hosts Jen, Karen, Marama, and Michal talk about Young Adult books and gender issues.

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What are we reading?
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Cress by Marissa Meyer
Avalon by Mindee Arnett
Bird by Crystal Chan
This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl
Faking Normal by Courtney Stevens

Book Bites: What makes us angry?
-What books make us angry?
-It’s frustrating when the potential is there, but it just falls short.
-But we also get angry when books have really a good villain!
-Overtly political books also make our blood boil.
-Not to mention characters that are idiotic beyond the suspension of disbelief.

YA, Dystopian Books, and Writing
-Was this article biased?
-What was the point of the article?
-Why is there a romanticization of the starving artist?
-Bringing in Veronica Roth’s personal struggles is a low blow.
-What does age have to do with being a good writer?
-Shouldn’t we be celebrating the fact that writers are leading a “charmed life”?
-The NYT Bestsellers list is a little biased…

Boys and Reading
-It’s a golden age for YA, and that’s something that should be celebrated.
-Gender-specific books aren’t a bad thing.
-But, then again, we shouldn’t classify things as being gender-specific.
-In the end, a good book is a good book.
-Oh, and there is no shortage of books with male protagonists.

Writing as a business?
-The publishing industry is a business, for better or for worse.
-But should that influence creative decisions?
-Can we begrudge publishers for marketing books a certain way?
-Is there a right or wrong answer here?

Jen reviews The Vampire Academy movie
-She really liked it!
-And, no, her review was not paid for.
-She thinks it has something for everyone.
-But will the fandom show up?

Next on Book Hype
-We’ll be taking next week off.
-Talk to you again on February 25.
-We’ll discuss the book Vampire Academy.
-And Karen will give her opinion on the movie.

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