Book Hype is back with another week of book discussion. Marama, Karen and Michal get excited over The Book Thief trailer, give mini-reviews of some of the latest book-to-film adaptations to hit the silver screen, and share some of their most anticipated September releases. Plus, we have two special giveaways for Book Hype listeners!

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Show Notes
– Who is our special British guest? Find out later in the show!
– We have Book Hype giveaways of Every Breath and Two Boys Kissing
– What else are we reading?
– Insert awkward transition here
– Karen and Marama share their defining moments as readers
– Karen is a cartoon character, and Marama was scared of riddles

The Book Thief trailer:
– Marama has corrupted her search engine with The Book Thief
– To read the book before or after watching movie?
– How is the narrator going to work?
– John Williams!

The Divergent trailer preview:
– Karen’s first impressions
– Marama and Michal are SDCC spoiled
– From Divergent to The Fault in Our Stars
– Do we picture characters when we are reading books?

– Marama gives her City of Bones predictions (spoiler: not good)
– Karen mini-reviews Sea of Monsters and City of Bones
– …And she loves everything (big surprise)
– 3/3 people on this podcast are Firefly fangirls
– Don’t set people on fire
– We share our most anticipated upcoming books
– Which authors would YOU like to hear on Book Hype?
– Michal has suggestions
– Which books do we think are underhyped? Overhyped?
– Shailene Woodley for The Book Thief narrator

Books we mentioned this episode:
– Every Breath by Ellie Marney
– Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
– This Is How I Find Her by Sara Polsky
– The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare
– The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson
– The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
– The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black
– Atlantis Rising by T. A. Barron
– Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
– The 100 by Kass Morgan
– The Queen’s Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
– The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider
– The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
– Divergent by Veronica Roth
– On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

The next book in our Book Hype book club is: The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling).

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Book Hype giveaways:
Ready to enter? Just participate using the forms below. The more ways you enter, the higher chance you have of winning! Both contests close on September 3 at 12am ET.

Note: The Two Boys Kissing contest is open to United States residents only.

Note: The Every Breath contest is open to Australian residents only.