6 episodes

Listen to the YA/Lit Teenage fiction review team of Booksword on the move! Recorded in a branch of Waterstones, our great reviewers are great at knowing what's worth reading!

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Listen to the YA/Lit Teenage fiction review team of Booksword on the move! Recorded in a branch of Waterstones, our great reviewers are great at knowing what's worth reading!

    AudioBooksword - Divergent Catch up

    AudioBooksword - Divergent Catch up

    Now Insurgent is smashing into cinemas, we look back at the plot of Divergent and what makes it franchise-worthy

    • 19 min
    Booksword discuss The 100 Society by Carla Spadbery

    Booksword discuss The 100 Society by Carla Spadbery

    The mystery thriller about teenage graffiti taggers ends in tragedy! But does our review of it?

    • 10 min
    Booksword Discuss The Fault in Our Stars - The Movie - by John Green

    Booksword Discuss The Fault in Our Stars - The Movie - by John Green

    Why things aren't ok and how John Green's responsible for a C in English!

    • 10 min
    Booksword Discuss Dead Silent - A Poppy Sinclair Mystery by Sharon Jones

    Booksword Discuss Dead Silent - A Poppy Sinclair Mystery by Sharon Jones

    It's episode 3, and the Booksword team are about to discuss a teen mystery! Part crime drama, part romance, how will everyone react to this UK-based detective novel?

    • 29 min
    Booksword Discuss The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

    Booksword Discuss The Pledge by Kimberly Derting

    This time (in a discussion that actually occured in February!) the Booksworders discuss The Pledge, the first in a dystopian trilogy by Kimberly Derting. With a bit of royalty and romance, it's definitely got enough originality to stand on it's own two feet in a crowded genre. But is it an enjoyable read?

    • 15 min
    Booksword Discuss The Maze Runner by James Dashner

    Booksword Discuss The Maze Runner by James Dashner

    Our YA Lit / Teenage Fiction bookgroup extroadinaire get a chance to review 'The Maze Runner' by James Dashner, the first of a 4-book dystopian trilogy in a similar vein to 'The Hunger Games.'
    Soon to be a major movie (Fall 2014), will the book stand on it's own, or will it be stuck in the shadow of the genre's biggest player?

    • 32 min

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