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Book Hype Podcast

Episode #41 – Shocking Turn of Events

Hosted by Marama, Michal, and Karen

April 29, 2014

Book Hype hosts Marama, Michal, and Karen join together to discuss April’s book of the month, Half Bad by Sally Green.

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What are we reading?
-“The Red-Headed League” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
-“A Scandal in Bohemia” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Graduation Day by Joelle Charbonneau
Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkowski
Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor
The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn Moriarty
-The Ashbury Brookfield series by Jaclyn Moriarty

Book Bites
-“Have you ever had to read a book or series twice before you decided how you felt about it?”
-Karen says Mockingjay/The Hunger Games series
-Michal says The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
-Marama says The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
-Let us know what books you’ve had to read a second time!

Half Bad Discussion
-We love the cover.
-Though Marama prefers the Australian version, obvs.
-How would we rate it?
-Karen is now cynical. Michal is shocked. Marama is pleased.
-Why did the book switch perspectives?
-How was the writing?
-What about the world building?
-Should the author have been more explicit about some of the terms?
-Is it appropriate to ask if we liked Nathan?
-What characters did we actually like?
-What are some of the overarching themes?
-Was the writing just too blunt?
-Was the story just too ambiguous?
-Will we read the sequel?

Feedback
-Some of you guys sorted us into Divergent factions.
-There’s some debate about Karen and Jen.
-There’s no debate about Marama or Michal.
-Poor, poor Kyle has to be factionless. But it’s kind of a good thing?
-Feel free to place us in more groups, and we’ll read them on air!

Our May Book Club Book is We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

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