Book Hype hosts Jen, Karen, and Marama are here to discuss some book news!

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What we’ve been reading:
–Ashes to Ashes by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian
–Queen of Hearts: The Wonder by Colleen Oakes
-Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle
–The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey
–All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
–For Real by Alison Cherry
–Salt and Storm by Kendall Kulper

Book Bites
-Marama and Jen discuss the books that have influenced them the most.
-Marama’s books: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta, and the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
-Oh, and Marama has honorable mentions: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, Roald Dahl’s collected works, and John Keats’ poems
-Jen’s books: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay, Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, and The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Book news:
-Segue! Let’s talk about banned books.
–The Fault in Our Stars gets banned at a California middle school.
–The Maze Runner is in theatres!!! (In the U.S. anyway.)
-There’s going to be a sequel, too!
-And a prequel novel!
-Rick Riordan will be writing a new series.
-There’s also going to be a Darkest Minds and Let It Snow adaptation.
-And we can’t forget about the Mockingjay trailer!
-We also fill you in on some adaptations we’ve seen recently and what we’re looking forward to.

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