Smart Girls in the YA Stacks: Recent Episodes

Smart Girls in the YA Stacks

Tearing down the YA genre, one book at a time.

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With very little plan and even less chill.  Like negative chill. The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh.

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Your tax dollars at work. Tangled Webs by Lee Bross. https://ia801505.us.archive.org/21/items/TangledWebs/Tangled%20Webs%20(Final).mp3

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If you want to be more than mildly entertained, watch TV. The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore.

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Little Red Riding Slayer. Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge. https://ia801504.us.archive.org/3/items/CrimsonBound/Crimson%20Bound.mp3

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Several books have personally harmed me. The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi. https://ia801508.us.archive.org/2/items/TheStarTouchedQueen/TheStar-touchedQueen.mp3

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We only need five seconds to think of at least six different ways to kill someone. Wake the Hollow by Gaby Triana. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/19/items/WakeTheHollow/Wake%20the%20Hollow.mp3

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Drunk Podcasting: A Series of Incredible Coincidences. Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke. https://ia601505.us.archive.org/3/items/WinkPoppyMidnight/Wink%20Poppy%20Midnight.mp3

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Perpetually sunny San Francisco. The Ruining by Anna Collomore. https://ia801506.us.archive.org/32/items/TheRuining/The%20Ruining.mp3

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While we’re telling stories about the stuff we screwed up this morning… Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella. https://ia601504.us.archive.org/15/items/FindingAudrey/Finding%20Audrey.mp3

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Welcome to Book Camp 2016. The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye. https://ia601502.us.archive.org/9/items/TheCrownsGame/The%20Crown's%20Game.mp3

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What we got out of our four-year degree was the word “problematic”. House of Purple Cedar by Tim Tingle. https://ia601502.us.archive.org/20/items/HouseOfPurpleCedar/House%20of%20Purple%20Cedar.mp3

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Only the most beautiful girl in the book gets violet eyes. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray. https://ia801500.us.archive.org/6/items/AGreatAndTerribleBeauty/A%20Great%20and%20Terrible%20Beauty.mp3

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The liability in this book is off the charts. City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende. https://ia801507.us.archive.org/22/items/CityOfTheBeasts/City%20of%20the%20Beasts.mp3

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Knocking back whiskeys and smoking two packs a day, like all teen girls. Scarlett Undercover by Jennifer Latham. https://ia601508.us.archive.org/23/items/ScarlettUndercover/Scarlett%20Undercover.mp3

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Our responsibilities are self-defined, and this isn’t one of them. The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough. https://ia601502.us.archive.org/2/items/TheGameOfLoveAndDeath/The%20Game%20of%20Love%20and%20Death.mp3

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Equal parts tragic and more tragic. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys. https://ia801504.us.archive.org/19/items/SaltToTheSea/Salt%20to%20the%20Sea.mp3

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The social satire is so thinly veiled, you guys. “It’s All Your Fault” by Paul Rudnick. https://ia601504.us.archive.org/0/items/ItsAllYourFault/It's%20All%20Your%20Fault.mp3  

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Is this magic or witchcraft? These Vicious Masks by Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas. https://ia801503.us.archive.org/19/items/TheseViciousMasks/These%20Vicious%20Masks.mp3

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This is why utilitarianism is bullshit. “A Fierce and Subtle Poison” by Samantha Mabry. https://ia801506.us.archive.org/14/items/AFierceAndSubtlePoison/A%20Fierce%20and%20Subtle%20Poison.mp3

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What the hell book is this?!? Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson https://ia601509.us.archive.org/0/items/Blackmoore/Blackmoore.mp3

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We call it not as it is, but as we remember it. The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. https://ia601509.us.archive.org/12/items/TheFixer/The%20Fixer.mp3

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Drunk Podcasting: This was a little more lit than we intended it to be. The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/12/items/TheGreatHunt/The%20Great%20Hunt-%20edited.mp3

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I would fight the cricket team if I lived in England. Unspoken by Sarah Rees Brennan. https://ia801503.us.archive.org/23/items/Unspoken_201605/Unspoken.mp3

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Finally, a school that does coke. A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro. https://ia801509.us.archive.org/18/items/AStudyInCharlotte/A%20Study%20in%20Charlotte.mp3

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“A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.”- Aristotle Red Girl, Blue Boy by Lauren Baratz-Logsted https://ia801509.us.archive.org/18/items/AStudyInCharlotte/A%20Study%20in%20Charlotte.mp3

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There are like three guys and they’re all being slept with by five or six girls. The Girls by Tucker Shaw. https://ia801501.us.archive.org/1/items/TheGirls_201605/The%20Girls.mp3

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A lighthearted take on matricide. All Fall Down by Ally Carter. https://ia601501.us.archive.org/34/items/AllFallDown_201605/All%20Fall%20Down.mp3

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In which we fight viciously over things which we essentially agree on. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. https://ia801506.us.archive.org/27/items/ToAllTheBoysIveLovedBefore/To%20All%20the%20Boys%20I've%20Loved%20Before.mp3

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These kids have the IQ of a bag of rocks. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. https://ia801509.us.archive.org/20/items/WeWereLiars/We%20Were%20Liars.mp3

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Never mix an upper and a downer. Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/19/items/TinyPrettyThings/Tiny%20Pretty%20Things.mp3

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Best case scenario: they both die. A Million  Miles Away by Lara Avery. http://ia801501.us.archive.org/17/items/AMillionMilesAway/A%20Million%20Miles%20Away.mp3