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Episode 254 – Uglies

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

 

On occasion, listeners have suggested Uglies by Scott Westerfeld as a Flashback Summer title, but since we’re all Crumblies here, we were full adults when this contemporary classic YA dystopian novel was released.  Our book club hostess/cult leader Grace joined us to discuss this book that some of us think deserves Best Bestseller status. Listen to this episode while waiting for your SpagBol to cook!

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: “Laverne Cox Talks Pretty Privilege And ‘UGLIES’ Role” by Janeé Bolden

Coming up next: The Merriest Misters by Timothy Janovsky.

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Readers Advisory: Episode 254 – Uglies

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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Readers Advisory: Episode 245 – Alanna: The First Adventure

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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Readers Advisory: Episode 161 – The Wig, The Bitch, And The Meltdown

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Wig, The Bitch, And The Meltdown. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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Readers Advisory: Episode 156 – Devil’s Advocate

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The X-Files Origins: Devil’s Advocate by Jonathan Maberry. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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Readers Advisory: Episode 155 – Ground Zero

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Ground Zero by Kevin J. Anderson. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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Episode 150 – Flashback Summer Super-Special

It’s our 150th episode, and to kick off our 4th Flashback Summer, we asked to hear from you, our listeners. We loved hearing about everyone’s childhood favorite books and sharing a little bit about ours.

Thanks: to Andrew and Craig of Overdue, Alan, Red, JJ (aka S. Jae-Jones, author of Wintersong and other books), Ashley R., Liz J., Genevieve, Devin, Kathryn and Melissa of Truer Words, Madelyn, Lucy, Nora, Imogen, Joyce, Hallie, Sarah Mirk (author of Guantanamo Voices and other books), April, Megan, Ashley K., Meredith Goldstein (Love Letters columnist and author of Chemistry Lessons and other books), Danielle, Meagan, Liz H., Courtney Summers (author of Sadie and other books), Celia, Emma, Rebecca Mahoney (author of The Valley and the Flood), Jess, Josie, Payge, Laura, Ben, Kellie, and Collision & J.W. of I Don’t Even Own a Television for their contributions, and extra thanks to our editor Becca for putting all of these clips together! And thanks to all of you for listening!

Congratulations: to our Flashback Summer raffle winners: Emma, Josie, Joyce, and Madelynn!

Notes: This episode was recorded and assembled weeks ago and contains no references to current events. But we would like to take a moment here to affirm that Black Lives Matter.

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Readers Advisory: Episode 142 – Scythe

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Scythe by Neal Shusterman. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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Readers Advisory: Episode 100 – Ready Player One

Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!

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Episode 89 – Bests & Worsts of 2017 (Part 2, Adult & Graphic Novels)

Tune in to our Bests & Worsts of 2017 episodes to hear us discuss these titles and read excerpts from our favorites and least favorites! Please note:

  • We counted things that we read in 2017, regardless of publication year.
  • We didn’t count anything that we read specifically for this podcast, so our worst books are aside from those.
  • For that reason, we picked top 5 favorites and only 1 least favorite–we have this whole podcast to talk about bad books, so for these episodes we’re choosing to focus on the positive!
  • Some of our “worsts” are really just “least best.” Listen to the podcast to hear more detail!

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