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Book Hype Podcast

Episode #87 – Not your mother’s MTV

Hosted by Jen, Karen, and Brittany

July 24, 2015

Book Hype hosts Jen, Karen, and Brittany wrap up Comic-Con, discuss what book stuff we saw, and a few random things!

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What we’re reading:
Wonder Woman, Vol 4: War by Brian Azzarello
Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy by Sam Maggs
Paper Towns by John Green
The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord
The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth Laban
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
The Land of Stories: A Grimm Warning by Chris Colfer
Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Should I read it?
-Brittany read Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
-What we think about the criticism coming out

Comic-Con, news, and more!

Non-book related fun:
Teen Wolf is coming back for season 6!
-Karen went to the Scream panel
-The show floor was insane, Funko was down right dangerous
-Artists alley is awesome, Karen got some amazing Megara art
-Karen interviewed the cast of Gotham!
-Jen took a break from books and saw Supergirl, Limitless, Containment, and Blindspot
Suicide Squad trailer!
Deadpool was a-maz-ing! Jen’s expresses her love for Ryan Reynolds

Book related Comic-Con stuff
-Jen saw The Scorch Trials trailer, looks good will do as well
-BUT Karen saw the first 30 minutes, looks better than The Maze Runner
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, first reaction: Jen loves it
-Matt Smith is Mr. Collins, enough said
Victor Frankenstein, Daniel Radcliffe and James Mcavoy have the best panel
-Karen pitches us the Shannara Chronicles coming from MTV (!?) soon
-There are a ton of books in this high-fantasy series, again coming to MTV, seriously
-Book related cosplay: Ready Player One Parzival/Art3mis dressed in their gear with their avatars floating over their heads
-Coming soon: Karen had a few author interviews: Julie Kagawa Iron Fey series, Sabaa Tahir An Ember in the Ashes series
-Others coming soon: Leigh Bardugo, Rainbow Rowell, Marie Lu, and Renee Ahdieh

For people who stayed home from Comic-Con
-The David Foster Wallace movie, The End of the Road, is coming out! Brittany saw the trailer and had some thoughts.
-Dr. Seuss has a new book coming out! What Pet Should I Get comes out later this month and Rainn Wilson will be narrating the audio book!

Reminder our July book will be When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord.

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