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Booked All Night

78 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

A semi-weekly podcast about YA lit and our intense feelings, hosted by Jessica Tuckerman, Magdalyn Ann, and Daniel Stanton.
The long version: three super dorky friends and their feelings about YA lit. Jess, the sci-fi devotee; Maggie, the fantasy cultist; Daniel, the contemporary boi. With our powers combined, we read across the genre spectrums to bring you amazing book talks, interviews with fantastic authors, and general silliness that is all our own.

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Writing Spaces and Retreats

June 24, 2021 04:00 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MB

We write and read kidlit and YA here, but let's talk a little less about craft and a little more about comfort and community. How do you set up your writing space? Do you like special lights? Did your writing route get altered by COVID-19? Make sure to connect with us on our socials. Find them on LinkTr.ee BECOME A PATRON ask our guests a question get excerpts when we get them access full author interviews choose the games we play BECOME A PATRON --- This episode is sponsored by ·...

An Interview with Molly E Lee

May 27, 2021 04:00 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MB

Ember of Night published on May 4, 2021. You can order your copy here, from BookShop.  Want to listen to the FULL interview? Visit our Patreon and become a patron today.  Connect with Booked All Night. You can connect with Molly at mollyelee.com or on Facebook Twitter Instagram --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

An Interview with James Sie

April 29, 2021 04:00 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MB

Connect with James Sie SieWorld.com Twitter . Facebook . Instagram . Tumblr . GoodReads ORDER SOME KIND OF OTHER FROM BOOKED ALL NIGHT JAMES SIE (pronouns he/him) is the author of Still Life Las Vegas, his debut novel, which was a Lambda Literary Award nominee for Best Gay Fiction. An award- winning playwright, he has had productions performed in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York (Lincoln Center Institute) and across the country. He has contributed essays to The Rumpus, The Advocate, Pen Am...

Mental Health in YA Publishing and Writing

April 15, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

This week Jess, Maggie, and Dan talk about the portrayal of mental health in YA and MG lit and also discuss their own concerns about its effects on their own writing journey.  Connect With Booked All Night BECOME A PATRON --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

Chasing The Dragon: Let's Talk About Genre

April 01, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 72.6 MB

*No one actually chased any dragons during the making of this episode. What do you think about genre fiction? Does it get the reputation it deserves, for better or worse?  BECOME A PATRON TODAY FOR AS LITTLE AS $1, to get timely access to our shows and full access to our author interviews, plus the opportunity to ask them a question. And visit BookedAllNight.blog --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice...

An Interview with Tracy Wolff

March 18, 2021 04:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

You can hear the whole interview on our Patreon at patreon.com/bookedallnight. I may have reached my breaking point. As if trying to graduate from a school for supernaturals isn't stressful enough, my relationship status has gone from complicated to a straight-up dumpster fire. Oh, and the Bloodletter has decided to drop a bomb of epic proportions on us all... Then again, when has anything at Katmere Academy not been intense? And the hits just keep coming. Jaxon's turned colder than an A...

Katharyn Blair Plays Never Have I Ever Spoiled My Own Book

March 04, 2021 05:00 - 19 minutes - 18.4 MB

We play all sorts of games with our interviewees. See how Katharyn Blair holds up in this round of Never Have I Ever Spoiled My Own Book. And then, maybe hear a spoiler. Purchase UNCHOSEN in the Booked All Night BookShop. Become a Patron today for as little as $5 and get access to full interviews, like this one with Katharyn Blair, plus some awesome book nerd merch and access to our growing discord community. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast....

An Interview with Katharyn Blair

February 18, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MB

TRIGGER WARNINGS: This episode discusses:: miscarriage, mental illness, self-harm Don’t poke the Blair. What would pirate Jesus do? Eyeliner is human decency. These are just a few topics discussed on tonight's episode with author Katharyn Blair. Purchase UNCHOSEN through Booked All Night's bookshop. Become a patron today for as little as $5 a month and get access to full author interviews, like this one, plus some totally awesome book nerd merch and access to our growing discord community...

Trends We'd Like To Maybe Not See Ever Again

February 04, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB

Jess, Maggie, and Dan are back in action and they've seen a few things. Like creepy vampire boyfriends, incest, and some weird uses of YEET, that they'd prefer never to see again. BECOME A PATRON --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

An Interview with Cady Hammer

February 01, 2021 23:33 - 1 hour - 66.5 MB

Cady Hammer stopped by to talk about her debut book Chasing Fae. As well as how she wrote it IN HER FIRST SEMESTER OF COLLEGE! Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram . Tumblr ⭐ Sign Up for the Newsletter ⭐ Visit Our TeeSpring ⭐ Visit BookedAllNight.blog ⭐ Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook  ⭐  Follow Maggie: Twitter  ⭐  Follow Dan: Twitter  ⭐ Connect with Cady Hammer: FluffAboutFantasy.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

An Interview with Somaiya Daud

February 01, 2021 23:33 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB

Tonight, we're joined by amazingly nerdy author Somaiya Daud, author of Mirage and Court of Lions. We talk about Tolkein, The Mass Effect Trilogy, Worldbuilding, and so much more.  Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram . Tumblr Sign Up for the Newsletter    Visit Our TeeSpring    Visit BookedAllNight.blog      Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook  Follow Maggie: Twitter  Follow Dan: Twitter    Connect with Somaiya Daud: SomaiyaBooks.com . Instagram . Facebook . Twitter . Tumblr...

An Interview with Kit Frick

February 01, 2021 23:33 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

Tonight! We're joined by author, Kit Frick. WIll she spoil her book? Will she burn books in a metaphorical sense? Only one fun way to find out. Give a listen now! What happened to Zoe won't stay buried... When Anna Cicconi arrives to the small Hamptons village of Herron Mills for a summer nanny gig, she has high hopes for a fresh start. What she finds instead is a community on edge after the disappearance of Zoe Spanos, a local girl who has been missing since New Year's Eve. Anna bears an ...

An Interview with Swati Teerdhala

February 01, 2021 23:32 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MB

This week we're joined by author, Swati Teerdhala, author of The Tiger at Midnight and The Archer at Dawn. We played a bookish version of Would You Rather...?  and our favorite spoiler getting game Never Have I Ever Spoiled My Own Book (we got a little info on book 3). Long live the naked mole-rat! Let's get started! Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram  Sign Up for the Newsletter  Visit Our TeeSpring   Visit BookedAllNight.blog    Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Mag...

An Interview with Melissa de la Cruz and Margaret Stohl

February 01, 2021 23:32 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB

BECOME A PATRON TODAY VISIT BOOKEDALLNIGHT.BLOG TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM SHOP OUR TEESPRING SHOP OUR BOOKSHOP  On tonight’s episode, we’re joined by two authors, both of whom are New York Times bestsellers. You may know them from such titles as Alex & Eliza, Disney’s Descendants, and Blue Bloods as well as Cats VRS Robots, The Life of Captain Marvel, and Royce Rolls, here to talk about their upcoming title Jo & Laurie it’s Melissa de la Cruz and Margaret Stohl!  In between questio...

An Interview with Rob Rufus

February 01, 2021 23:32 - 54 minutes - 50.4 MB

BECOME A PATRON TODAY VISIT BOOKEDALLNIGHT.BLOG TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM SHOP OUR TEESPRING SHOP OUR BOOKSHOP It's Dan's first solo interview! He is joined by Rob Rufus, author of THE VINYL UNDERGROUND.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

An Interview with Dallas Woodburn

February 01, 2021 23:31 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MB

Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to join us so you can ask your own questions.   Visit Our TeeSpring  Visit BookedAllNight.blog   Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter Follow Dan: Twitter Follow Dallas Woodburn: http://dallaswoodburnpr.com/ We're joined by Dallas Woodburn, author of the recently released THE BEST WEEK THAT NEVER HAPPENED. After her parents’ bitter divorce, family vacation...

An Interview with Claire Swinarski

February 01, 2021 23:31 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MB

We're joined by Claire Swinarski, author of the upcoming middle-grade novel WHAT HAPPENS NEXT, which comes out on May 19th (no push backs here according to her editor). We discuss her work, just how many lakes Wisconsin and Minnesota have, and Claire's disturbing lack of authored fanfiction. Connect with Claire at ClaireSwinarski.com Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to join us so you can ask your ow...

An Interview with Sarah Jean Horwitz

February 01, 2021 23:31 - 41 minutes - 38 MB

This episode we're joined by Sarah Jean Horwitz to talk about her new book The Dark Lord Clementine.  The new face of big evil is a little . . . small. Dastardly deeds aren’t exactly the first things that come to mind when one hears the name “Clementine,” but as the sole heir of the infamous Dark Lord Elithor, twelve-year-old Clementine Morcerous has been groomed since birth to be the best (worst?) Evil Overlord she can be. But everything changes the day the Dark Lord Elithor is cursed by ...

An Interview with Emma Steinkellner

February 01, 2021 23:31 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MB

This week we talked with Emma Steinkellner, author and illustrator for the graphic novel The Okay Witch,  coming to you September 3rd.  The Okay Witch Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets Roller Girl in this hilarious, one-of-a-kind graphic novel about a half-witch who has just discovered the truth about herself, her family, and her town and is doing her best to survive middle school now that she knows everything! Magic is harder than it looks. Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things wit...

An Interview with Rebecca Donnelly

February 01, 2021 23:30 - 36 minutes - 66.4 MB

 Join us this week for an interview with the author of The Friendship Lie, Rebecca Donnely. We talk about the hard-hitting stuff here: garbage games, Lulu VanRobot, book recs. Just how many sad questions can Maggie ask in a single episode? Get ready to sing some baby shark and laugh your little garbologist butts off.  ENTER THE GIVEAWAY HERE Connect with Rebecca Donnelly: Website . Twitter Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: T...

An Interview with Pablo Cartaya

February 01, 2021 23:30 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

This week, Jess and Maggie interview Pablo Cartaya, author of The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora. Follow Magdalyn AnnBlog . Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Follow Jessica M TuckermanBlog . Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Follow Pablo CartayaWebsite . Twitter . Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

An Interview with MarcyKate Connolly

February 01, 2021 23:30 - 32 minutes - 60 MB

This super special (totes late but you’ll love it) episode we were joined by none other than MarcyKate Connolly, author of Shadow Weaver, Monstrous, Ravenous, and more! If you’re unfamiliar with her work we highly recommend Shadow Weaver. You can, of course, listen to us gush over it in Episode #25 (which we also recommend). Join us as we talk about middle grade literature, writing, Shadow Weaver, and play a little game of Burn, Re-write, Re-Read.----more---- Shadow Weaver Fans of Serafina ...

Swati Teerdhala - Never Have I Ever Spoiled My Own Book

January 21, 2021 05:00 - 9 minutes - 8.35 MB

BECOME A PATRON TODAY While we recover from 2020 we're posting all our favorite games from our interviews last year. VISIT BOOKEDALLNIGHT.BLOG TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM SHOP OUR TEESPRING SHOP OUR BOOKSHOP  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

Melissa de la Cruz and Margaret Stohl - Burn, Rewrite, Reread

January 07, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB

BECOME A PATRON TODAY While we recover from 2020 we're posting all our favorite games from our interviews last year. VISIT BOOKEDALLNIGHT.BLOG TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM SHOP OUR TEESPRING SHOP OUR BOOKSHOP --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

Choose Your Own Scare: A Night in Werewolf Woods

October 22, 2020 04:00 - 53 minutes - 44.1 MB

Reader beware--you choose the scare! GIVE YOURSELF GOOSEBUMPS! Get out your bathing suit! You and your family are off on a summer vacation to a place called WoodsWorld. You can't wait to mess around down at the lake. Then at the Kids only Campfire, you hear the rumor about WoodsWorld. Legend has it, werewolves roam the woods at night. But you're not scared. You're ready for adventure. Will you explore the deepest, darkest part of the woods? Brave the Tunnel of Waves, home of the terrifying l...

The Henna Wars

July 30, 2020 04:00 - 52 minutes - 48.7 MB

ENTER THE COURT OF LIONS GIVEAWAY! Entries end August 1, 2020. When Dimple Met Rishi meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this rom com about two teen girls with rival henna businesses. When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants—as long as she isn’t herself. Because Muslim girls aren’t lesbians. Nishat doesn’t want to hide who she is, but she also doesn’t want to lose her relationship with her family. And her life only gets harder once a childhood friend ...

Incendiary

May 21, 2020 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MB

It's time to talk about Zoraida Cordova's latest title: INCENDIARY. Dan wasn't a fan, Maggie is a stan, and Jess didn't get far enough to have an opinion. Let's get started! Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram  Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to join us so you can ask your own questions.    Visit Our TeeSpring  Visit BookedAllNight.blog    Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter Follow Dan: Twitter I am Renata Convida. I have l...

Aurora Rising

April 24, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 75.8 MB

Jess is a gearhead with both eyebrows, Dan is a stunningly attractive Ace, and Maggie finds herself with newfound responsibilities on this episode of Booked All Night when we discuss Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to join us so you can ask your own questions.  Visit Our TeeSpring Visit BookedAllNight.blog  Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter...

The Vinyl Underground

March 27, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

This week we discuss The Vinyl Underground by Rob Rufus and Maggie's strange phobia of all things quadrilateral. Also, Jess has a meltdown about the music and Dan spoils the third act. Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to join us so you can ask your own questions. Visit Our TeeSpring Visit BookedAllNight.blog Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter Follow Dan: Twitter Dig it. Duri...

The Fire Never Goes Out

March 13, 2020 03:00 - 57 minutes - 53.3 MB

Join us this week for a discussion on Noelle Stevenson's The Fire Never Goes Out.  Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to join us so you can ask your own questions. Visit Our TeeSpring Visit BookedAllNight.blog Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter Follow Dan: Twitter From Noelle Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest il...

Upright Women Wanted

February 27, 2020 05:00 - 46 minutes - 43.3 MB

Join us this week as we discuss Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey.  Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to join us so you can ask your own questions. Visit Our Store Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter Follow Dan: Twitter In Upright Women Wanted, award-winning author Sarah Gailey reinvents the pulp Western with an explicitly antifascist, near-future story of queer identity. “...

The Queen's Assassin

February 14, 2020 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

Caledon Holt is the Kingdom of Renovia's deadliest weapon. No one alive can best him in brawn or brains, which is why he's the Guild's most dangerous member and the Queen's one and only assassin. He's also bound to the Queen by an impossible vow--to find the missing Deian Scrolls, the fount of all magical history and knowledge, stolen years ago by a nefarious sect called the Aphrasians. Shadow has been training all her life to follow in the footsteps of her mother and aunts--to become skille...

Does Katniss Everdeen Sh*t In the Woods?

January 31, 2020 04:00 - 53 minutes - 49.9 MB

Well? Does she? And other questions you're just dying to answer. This week, we jump back into the podcast scene. Welcome to Booked All Night 2020, a season with no direction but hopefully a lot of guests.  Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook . Instagram Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to join us so you can ask your own questions. Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter Follow Dan: Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by · A...

Very Merry Christmas... Tentacles?

December 13, 2019 14:49 - 50 minutes - 47 MB

Jess and Dan were left without supervision for this quintessential holiday episode to talk about why you don't give book nerds books for Christmas... and also the oddity of Sick Kid Romance and its likeness to Tentacle Porn... In any case, like, share, and rate your favorite episodes. It's the best gift you can give this holiday season (cause it costs you literally nothing). Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook Sign Up for the Newsletter and get a heads up on who's coming to j...

Hunger Games Movie Marathon

June 27, 2019 16:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB

  Welcome to the 75th HUNGA GAMES! Even before  Suzanne Collins announced her prequel we were itching to go back to Panem. To kick off our Summer Movie Marathon discussions we watched all four Hunger Games movies... and about 7 hours worth of special features. Join us for an in-depth discussion on Panem and fandom interaction. Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter Follow Dan: Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by ...

Testimony From Your Perfect Girl

May 25, 2019 17:09 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB

Jess, Maggie, and now Dan, all talk about Kaui Hart Hemmings' TESTIMONY FROM YOUR PERFECT GIRL. Listen and enjoy as we discuss blow jobs in the woods, body positivity, and how beating up your friends is the best way to make a point.   Annie Tripp has everything she needs--Italian sweaters, vintage chandelier earrings, and elite ice skating lessons--but all that changes when her father is accused of scamming hundreds of people out of their investments. Annie knows her dad wasn't at fault, but ...

George Lucas As A Genre OR Circumstance Is Not Magical Realism

April 27, 2019 18:17 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MB

This week we talk about George Lucas as a genre of fiction and genres in general. Join us next time for an INTERVIEW (we do love doing those around here) with Rebecca Donnelly.    Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

Welcome Back & The Hate U Give

February 08, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

We're back, book nerds! After a lengthy and well-earned break, we have finally recorded a new episode! We relive the nitty and gritty details about finishing a grueling MFA program, talk parenting tips for some strange reason (it's totally logical and prompted, we swear), and then finally remember that we watched an AMAZING adaptation of Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give.    Connect with Booked All Night: Twitter . Facebook Follow Jess: Twitter . Facebook Follow Maggie: Twitter --- This episo...

An Interview with Helen Scheuerer

September 06, 2018 23:00 - 18 minutes - 33 MB

This week Helen Schuerer stopped by on her blog tour for Reign of Mist and had a quiet little one on one with Maggie (since Jess's voice is still out of comission). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

An Interview with Linsey Miller

August 24, 2018 23:00 - 17 minutes - 32.2 MB

This week Maggie interviewed Linsey Miller, author of Mask of Shadows and the upcoming Ruin of Stars. Make sure to visit BookedAllNight.blog to check out the blog tour which includes: this amazing exclusive interview, the full first chapter, and a publisher run giveaway! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

An Interview with Kara Thomas

July 26, 2018 23:00 - 22 minutes - 40.5 MB

Kara Thomas stops by to talk writing YA horror and how murder makes everything better. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

Reaper at the Gates

June 29, 2018 13:37 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MB

This week we discuss Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir! The highly anticipated third book in Sabaa Tahir's New York Times bestselling EMBER QUARTET.Beyond the Empire and within it, the threat of war looms ever larger.The Blood Shrike, Helene Aquilla, is assailed on all sides. Emperor Marcus, haunted by his past, grows increasingly unstable, while the Commandant capitalizes on his madness to bolster her own power. As Helene searches for a way to hold back the approaching darkness, her sister'...

The Illuminae Files UNCUT

June 17, 2018 03:00 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MB

Viruses... IN SPACE! War... IN SPACE! Psychotic AIs... IN SPACE! You know Jess loves this series and now we're finally talking about The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. The uncut discussion of the Illuminae Files. Originally published as part of our patron only content, enjoy this uncut discussion on The Illuminae Files. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/b...

Bruja Born

June 16, 2018 15:00 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MB

Three sisters. One spell. Countless dead. Lula Mortiz feels like an outsider. Her sister's newfound Encantrix powers have wounded her in ways that Lula's bruja healing powers can't fix, and she longs for the comfort her family once brought her. Thank the Deos for Maks, her sweet, steady boyfriend who sees the beauty within her and brings light to her life. Then a bus crash turns Lula's world upside down. Her classmates are all dead, including Maks. But Lula was born to heal, to fix. She can b...

Bruja Born

June 01, 2018 03:00 - 34 minutes - 63.6 MB

Three sisters. One spell. Countless dead. Lula Mortiz feels like an outsider. Her sister's newfound Encantrix powers have wounded her in ways that Lula's bruja healing powers can't fix, and she longs for the comfort her family once brought her. Thank the Deos for Maks, her sweet, steady boyfriend who sees the beauty within her and brings light to her life. Then a bus crash turns Lula's world upside down. Her classmates are all dead, including Maks. But Lula was born to heal, to fix. She can b...

The Illuminae Files

May 18, 2018 03:00 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Viruses... IN SPACE! War... IN SPACE! Psychotic AIs... IN SPACE! You know Jess loves this series and now we're finally talking about The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookedallnight/message

An Interview with Ava Dellaira

May 03, 2018 23:00 - 24 minutes - 44.6 MB

Bet you thought the interviews were over AND YOU WERE WRONG! We're back this week with Ava Dellaira, author of Love Letters to the Dead and her newest book In Search of Us. We talked about her book, we talked about the 90s, we talked about how Jessica is going to burn any proof that she was ever photographed in the 90s ever.----more---- In Search of Us The author of the beloved Love Letters to the Dead returns with a parallel story of a mother and daughter each at age seventeen. Marilyn's t...

An Interview with Chelsea Sedoti

April 19, 2018 23:00 - 19 minutes - 34.9 MB

It’s interview central around here this month! Joining us this week is Chelsea Sedoti, author of The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett and the recently released As You Wish. We had a wonderful discussion about anxiety and writing and how we all handle the pressure.----more----   As You Wish What if you could ask for anything- and get it?  In the sandy Mojave Desert, Madison is a small town on the road between nothing and nowhere. But Eldon wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, because in Madison,...

Double Feature

March 23, 2018 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MB

This week we saw a double feature of Love, Simon and A Wrinkle in Time. Do you like to read the book first? Have you ever watched the movie and then read the book? Well that’s what we did for this episode.----more---- Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed...

Children of Blood and Bone

March 09, 2018 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

This week’s adventure is in Orïsha! A magical world… without magic? Jess and Maggie have plenty of thoughts on Tomi Adeyemi’s debut fantasy!----more---- Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir. Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed...

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