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More Amenable to His Wooing: 25 Years of 10 Things I Hate About You
Vanessa and Erica discuss the treasure trove of late '90s nostalgia and hilarity that is the Shakespearean retelling 10 Things I Hate About You.
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Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today!
News:
The High Cost of Ebooks Has Libraries Struggling and Seeking Legal Action
Here are the Finalists for the 59th Nebula Awards
Works Discussed:
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
10 Things I Hate About You
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Hey YA Extra Credit: 25-Year YA Anniversaries
Kelly is back to talk about 1999 YA—titles that are celebrating 25-year anniversaries this year.
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Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today!
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Links
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Turns 25
The Most Studied YA Books in Colleges and Universities
Walter Dean Myers Talks Book Banning, Writing for Troubled Kids
8 YA Authors on Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
15 years of Speak: An Interview with Laurie Halse Anderson
Books Discussed
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Restless Spirit: The Life and Work of Dorthea Lange by Elizabeth Partridge
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
Who Are You?: Voices of Mixed Race Young People edited by Pearl Fuyo Gaskins (Note that this appears out of print, but there are still copies available to purchase—it was a groundbreaking title)
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
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Our Favorite Queer YA Books
Danika and Erica talk about their favorite queer YA books.
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Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today!
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News
‘Twilight’ Animated Series Being Shopped by Lionsgate Television
Reading Rainbow Documentary Trailer Drops
The Creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama, Has Died
The Lesbrary
Books Discussed
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by emily m. danforth
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin by Kip Wilson
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Into the Light by Mark Oshiro
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
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Hey YA Extra Credit: The Magic of Teen Writers
Erica explores some YA books that center teen girls who find their voices through writing, just in time for Women's History Month.
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Want to make your book club the best club? Sign up for our In the Club newsletter. In the Club will deliver recommendations for the best books to discuss in your book clubs. From buzzy new releases to brilliant throwbacks, the books highlighted in this newsletter will drive your book club discussions. We’ll also share some book club-friendly recipes and interesting bookish updates from all over. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features. In other words, we’ll keep you well-met, well-read, and well-fed. Sign up today!
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Books Discussed
We Are the Scribes by Randi Pink
Off the Record by Camryn Garrett
We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
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Hotties, Hauntings, and Heists: Black YA Books to Get Into
Vanessa and Erica discuss the latest YA book news and some great books they've read by Black authors.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.
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News
Florida Residents Can Receive a Free Ripley’s Book
Ben & Jerry's Article: In a Month Meant to Celebrate Black History, Some Are Trying to Erase It
Libby Announces Their New Book Awards — Along With the Finalists
Our past Buddy Read of The Weight of Blood by Tiffany Jackson
Books Discussed
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
Seven Minutes in Candyland by Brian Wasson
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
Out of Body by Nia Davenport
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Shoutouts
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Wild Tongues Can’t be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora, edited by Saraciea J. Fennell
Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney
The Making of Yolanda la Bruja by Lorraine Avila
Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin Jr.
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Hey YA Extra Credit: Queer YA Classics Retellings
This week, Tirzah talks about two great queer YA classics retellings!
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. We’ll also keep you informed about other cool reading challenges, readathons, and more across the bookish internet. If you become a paid subscriber, you get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with a community of passionate, like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. Visit bookriot.com/readharder to sign up.
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Books Discussed
Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa
Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney
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