TBNT ep8 | YA Special with Shemah Sham Two Book Nerds Talking

In this special YA edition of TBNT, Diana and Honey chats with Shemah Sham, moderator of the YA Discussion Group in KLBAC on what makes a Young Adult novel, the rise of YA fantasy books and what are our pet peeves for this genre of books. Are you a YA fan? Then give us your thoughts at booknerdstalking@gmail.com.


Excerpts are from YA Books


The Rest of Us just Live Here- Patrick Ness

Shadow of the Fox- Julie Kagawa

My Heart and Other Black Holes- Jasmine Warga


Some Books mentioned and to check out


The Harry Potter Series- J.K. Rowling

The Hunger Games Trilogy- Suzanne Collins

The Hobbit- JRR Tolkien

The Red Rising Trilogy- Pierce Brown

All The Bright Places- Jennifer Niven


Book Recommendations


Sky in the Deep- Adrienne Young

The Cruel Prince- Holly Black

Strange the Dreamer & Muse of Nightmares- Laini Taylor

Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom- Leith Bardugo

They Both Die at the End- Adam Silvera

My Lady Jane- Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton, Jodie Meadows

Iron Gold- Pierce Brown

His Dark Materials Trilogy- Phillip Pullman


Bookstagram Accounts

Shemah Sham's - @bookooville

Avery Kuan's - @bforbookslut

Sarah Lou’s- @thisdreamofmine

Tomi Adeyemi’s- @tadeyemibooks

Music Credits
Wind Marching For Rain - Puddle of Infinity - Youtube Audio Library
Epilog - Ghostpocalypse and Eastminster by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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