Fangirl Happy Hour, Episode #32 – “No Fucks 2016”

Welcome to 2016! In this episode, we celebrate the new year and our first anniversary (!) by catching up with what we have been up to since the end of 2015, launching the the first round of Genre Starter Packs, and delving into The Wicked + The Divine Volume 2: Fandemonium. Happy New Year! Discussion […]

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Welcome to 2016! In this episode, we celebrate the new year and our first anniversary (!) by catching up with what we have been up to since the end of 2015, launching the the first round of Genre Starter Packs, and delving into The Wicked + The Divine Volume 2: Fandemonium. Happy New Year!

Discussion References

Intro and Catch Up: 00:15

The Book Smugglers Present 2016 and a new Anthology
Eight Years of Book Smuggling
The Airing of Grievances
Ana and Thea’s Most Excellent Books of 2015
An October Daye Primer
Short Business: Short Fiction Survey
Renay’s birthday books: Flutter, The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck, The Invisible Library, Skip Beat, Star Wars: Before the Awakening, Glorious Angels, Alexander Hamilton

Genre Starter Pack; 29:52

Ana — YA Fantasy

The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner — The Thief, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings
The Demon’s Lexicon series by Sarah Rees Brennan — The Demon’s Lexicon, The Demon’s Covenant, The Demon’s Surrender
Ash by Malinda Lo
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Ever After
Avatar The Last Airbender
Ms. Marvel by G. Willow Wilson
A History of Glitter and Blood by Hannah Moscowitz
Metamorphosis series by Sarah McCarry — All Our Pretty Songs, Dirty Wings, About a Girl
Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

Renay – Space Adventure

Firefly
Stargate — action Stargate, forever Stargate, space vampire Stargate, grimdark Stargate
The Fifth Element
Event Horizon
Galaxy Quest
Lost in Space
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Fortune’s Pawn by Rachel Bach
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Larklight by Philip Reeve

The Wicked + The Divine Volume 2: Fandemonium; 52:45

The Wicked + The Divine

Read Renay’s review of Fandemonium at Lady Business. Add Fandemonium to your reading list on Goodreads.

Recommendations; 01:04:08

Ana: HBO’s Show Me a Hero / BBC’s And Then There Were None

Renay: Note to Self:

Listen to Your Voicemail
Why You Should Care About LEGO and Creativity
5 Links We Would GChat You If We Were Friends
How to Shake Up Your Echo Chamber

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