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PodX Episode 5: Carrie Poppy & Ross Blocher on 'Harriet the Spy' and 'Maniac Magee'
Love YA Like Crazy - July 17, 2019 12:45 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Ross Blocher and Carrie Poppy of 'Oh No Ross and Carrie' about some books that were important to them when th...
'Everybody Sees The Ants' by A.S. King
Love YA Like Crazy - July 12, 2019 08:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake talk about one of Carrie's favorite books: A.S. King's 'Everybody Sees The Ants'. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! We also talk about being taken to see the Vagina Monologues by your knitting group, plus the nostril size of h...
PodX Episode 4: Hal Lublin on Piers Anthony's 'Xanth' series
Love YA Like Crazy - July 10, 2019 08:30 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Hal Lublin of 'We Got This with Mark and Hal' talking about Piers Anthony's 'Xanth' books, among other things...
PodX Episode 3: Julie Shapiro on Louise Fitzhugh's 'Harriet the Spy'
Love YA Like Crazy - July 03, 2019 12:35 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Julie Shapiro, executive director of Radiotopia, about Louise Fitzhugh's 'Harriet the Spy'. In addition to ...
PodX Episode 2: Jeffrey Cranor on 'Spare and Found Parts' and 'Alice in Wonderland'
Love YA Like Crazy - June 26, 2019 08:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Jeffrey Cranor about Sarah Maria Griffin's 'Spare and Found Parts' and Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland'....
PodX Episode 1: Lee LeBreton on Madeleine L'Engle's 'Many Waters'
Love YA Like Crazy - June 19, 2019 08:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWelcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Lee LeBreton of 'Within the Wires' about Madeleine L'Engle's 'Many Waters'. Lee LeBreton is the voice of M...
PodX Episode 0: Teaser
Love YA Like Crazy - June 18, 2019 08:30 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsJake recently went to the PodX podcasting conference in Nashville, and talked to some of the podcasters there about YA books, or books that were important to them when they were young. Starting tomorrow, and continuing every week until we run out of interviews, we'll be posting these in the feed...
"The Owl Service" by Alan Garner
Love YA Like Crazy - March 07, 2019 10:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss The Owl Service by Alan Garner. Along the way, Jake sings a tribute to a listener named RobertTheBruceWayne, Carrie reveals whether she would rather be an owl or flowers, and we struggle with Welsh names (sorry). In the next episode, we'll be discussin...
'Rabbit & Robot' by Andrew Smith - HOT TAKE SPECIAL!
Love YA Like Crazy - December 25, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn this special surprise Christmas episode, Carrie and Jake talk about (among other things) Little Rabbit Foo Foo, horny robot giraffes with French accents, and how being a gasket builds character. We also explore the Eden Five Needs You 4 extended universe. From all of this, you may deduce that...
'Akata Witch' by Nnedi Okorafor
Love YA Like Crazy - December 20, 2018 15:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn this episode, Carrie, Jake, and special guest Hayden of the They See Me Rollin and That Gay Sh*t podcasts discuss 'Akata Witch' by Nnedi Okorafor. We also talk about forcing friends to read your screenplay (or listen to your podcast), try and fail to avoid talking about Harry Potter, and an...
Patreon announcement!
Love YA Like Crazy - December 19, 2018 14:45 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA quick announcement: Carrie and Jake have set up their own Patreon! There will be more information in the next episode, and you can also find some at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy . Tomorrow we'll be releasing a new episode in which we talk about 'Akata Witch' by Nnedi Okorafor with...
'Seventeenth Summer' by Maureen Daly
Love YA Like Crazy - October 30, 2018 23:06 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'Seventeenth Summer' by Maureen Daly, a 1942 novel considered by some the first YA novel. The protagonist of the book is fairly innocent and chaste, but our discussion of the book is neither. (I don't know, that's just how it turned out!) We also talk ab...
'Hole in the Middle' by Kendra Fortmeyer - HOT TAKE SPECIAL!
Love YA Like Crazy - September 04, 2018 08:30 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake talk about 'Hole in the Middle' by Kendra Fortmeyer, which was released in hardcover and ebook editions today! As always, spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening. Also, note that there's a fair amount of swearing. In the course of ou...
'Ship It' by Britta Lundin
Love YA Like Crazy - August 10, 2018 15:45 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Britta Lundin's debut novel 'Ship It'. They also talk about experiences at conventions, their (fairly minor) encounters with fanfic, the weird pornographic banner that Jake's downstairs neighbors hung up on their porch, movies based on video games, and a...
'The Hazel Wood' by Melissa Albert
Love YA Like Crazy - June 12, 2018 02:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Jake flew to North Carolina so that he and Carrie could discuss 'The Hazel Wood' by Melissa Albert in person. Thanks to Jody [REDACTED] for recommending it, and to Alex [REDACTED] for her recommendation as well! We really appreciate you getting in touch with your suggestions. ...
'When You Reach Me' by Rebecca Stead
Love YA Like Crazy - May 02, 2018 23:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Rebecca Stead's 2009 young adult novel, 'When You Reach Me'. They also experience some major high school flashbacks and talk about Carrie's new cat. We both really liked the book, and we recommend you read it before listening to the podcast, which contai...
'Vivian Apple at the End of the World' by Katie Coyle
Love YA Like Crazy - April 10, 2018 20:03 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Katie Coyle's "Vivian Apple at the End of the World". Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! Jake describes this book as 'Left Behind for atheists', which seems designed to appeal to Carrie and Jake, and a lot of people cle...
'Hold Me Closer, Necromancer' by Lish McBride
Love YA Like Crazy - March 16, 2018 13:13 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Lish McBride's "Hold Me Closer, Necromancer". How many uses do bowling bags have? What world are we going to leave for Keith Richards? What is the worst pun? How does Carrie feel about Goodreads? These questions are addressed, if not necessarily answered...
Riverdale Season 1 w/Michelle Cooper of Lifemark
Love YA Like Crazy - February 14, 2018 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSince Love YA Like Crazy's Carrie and Jake finished watching season one of Riverdale, they asked Michelle Cooper, host of Nancy Drew's Mystery Podcast and cohost of Lifemark, to come on and talk about it with them. We also answer the question: How bad is Archie in the first season of Riverdale, ...
'The Dust of 100 Dogs' by A.S. King
Love YA Like Crazy - February 04, 2018 21:41 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'The Dust of 100 Dogs' by A.S. King, along with our Saturday morning cartoon routine, 80s names, and whether being cursed to be reborn as 100 dogs would actually be pretty awesome. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! The...
'Beauty Queens' by Libba Bray
Love YA Like Crazy - December 26, 2017 22:46 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Libba Bray's 'Beauty Queens'. Jake also references James Nicoll's review of the book, and Libba Bray's essay in Entertainment Weekly about attempts to make a Beauty Queens movie. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! We s...
HOT TAKE SPECIAL: 'There's Someone Inside Your House' by Stephanie Perkins
Love YA Like Crazy - September 28, 2017 12:50 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsCarrie and Jake read the brand-new Stephanie Perkins novel, so it's time for another HOT TAKE SPECIAL in which we talk about her 'There's Someone Inside Your House', a YA horror/thriller novel! There's definitely a lot of spoilers, so you might want to read the book first! Jake also revels him...
'The Selection' by Kiera Cass
Love YA Like Crazy - August 31, 2017 20:44 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'The Selection' by Kiera Cass. Jake enumerates all the times he swore at the book, Carrie is intrigued to learn that there's an official Selection Coloring Book, and in general we probably spend more time dissecting the sociological underpinnings of the ...
'Anne of Green Gables' by L.M. Montgomery
Love YA Like Crazy - August 09, 2017 00:15 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'Anne of Green Gables' by L.M. Montgomery. There is much reciting of favorite characters and incidents, and a certain amount of discussion of how Josie Pye is the worst. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! In the next ep...
Riverdale Chapter 1: The River's Edge
Love YA Like Crazy - July 19, 2017 20:30 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsLike a double-chocolate milkshake at Pop's, Riverdale seems sweet at first but leaves you wishing for death. Jake and Carrie love trashy YA fiction, and would love to have you join them in their new series, "Cry Me a Riverdale", where they will spoil the infamous CW show, swear a lot, and wonder...
'The Boy in the Black Suit' by Jason Reynolds
Love YA Like Crazy - July 06, 2017 21:14 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe most excellent Death Prattle podcast asked Carrie and Jake to come on and talk about a young adult novel, which we were happy to do! The book is The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening. 'Death Prattle' is a podcast in ...
'The Shunning' Hallmark movie, and other announcements!
Love YA Like Crazy - June 30, 2017 04:50 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt's been quite a busy time at Love YA Like Crazy manor! There are a few things that we wanted to let you know about: We recorded a guest episode of the Lifemark podcast, on which we talked about the Hallmark movie 'Beverly Lewis's "The Shunning"'. We recommend you check our episode out! (And o...
'That Thing We Call A Heart' by Sheba Karim
Love YA Like Crazy - May 28, 2017 18:11 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'That Thing We Call A Heart' by Sheba Karim. Carrie provides some useful analysis of YA fiction, while Jake talks about pie and declares his love for the dad in this book. We also note that thinking genocide is cool is a bit of a red flag in a relationsh...
Contest winners announced!
Love YA Like Crazy - May 22, 2017 20:41 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIn this episode, Carrie and Jake announce the winners of their songwriting contest! Congratulations to our winners, Katy [REDACTED] and Jody [REDACTED], and thanks to everyone who entered the contest -- you all did a great job! After you hear them here, you can stream and download the winning ...
'Anna Dressed in Blood' by Kendare Blake
Love YA Like Crazy - May 01, 2017 22:13 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFor this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'Anna Dressed in Blood' by Kendare Blake, a sweet, yet gory, horror YA book that they both really enjoyed. They also record two introductions to the episode, talk about the importance of spelling out in advance what you want people to do if you get kil...
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