Book Hype hosts Jen, Karen, Marama, and Brittany discuss Book Expo America and Reading Matters.

Thanks to Audible for supporting our podcast!

You can find Book Hype on Twitter at @BookHype.

What we’re reading:
–The Land of Stories 2: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer
–The First Third by Will Kostakis
–Nona and Me by Clare Atkins
–So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
–The Sidekicks by Will Kostakis
–Feeling Sorry For Celia by Jaclyn Moriarty
–The Death Code by Lindsay Cummings
–Undertow by Michael Buckley

Book Bites
-What are our summer (or winter!) picks?
-Brittany has a couple picks for the beach.
-Marama likes reading non-fiction.
-Karen’s into standalone romance.
-And Jen loves thrillers and mysteries.

BEA and Reading Matters:
-Marama talks about attending Reading Matters in Australia.
-She even got to moderate a panel!
-Marama also tells her story about meeting Jaclyn Moriarty.
-Karen tells her story about meeting Jesse Eisenberg.
-And how she fangirled over Emeril Lagasse.
-We’re also trying to get Michael Buckley on the podcast!
-We’re not above holding books ransom for what we want.
-Some crazy stuff went down over Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
-Jen met R.L. Stine!
-We also talk about some books we’re looking forward to (check our list at the end).
-Karen talks about waiting in line for the Magnus Chase foam shield.
-Brittany is still here! She talks about what she did that was BEA related.

Books we’re excited about:
–George by Alex Gino
–Soundless by Richelle Meade
–Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
–The Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman
–The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
–Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray
–Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Our June book will be Undertow by Michael Buckley.

If there are any issues downloading this episode from iTunes, please refer to this guide.

If there are any further technical issues, feel free to contact Hypable’s podcast manager at [email protected] or tweet @HypablePodcast.