Book Hype Episode #138: Book Expo America 2017

06/20/17 • 63 min

Book Hype hosts Karen, Kristen, and Brittany return to talk about BEA, summer reading plans, and the latest book news.

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What we’re reading: –Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh –Wait for It and Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata –Rookie Move and Hard Hitter by Sarina Bowen –I Knew You Were Trouble by Lauren Layne –Dating You/Hating You by Christina Lauren –When It’s Real by Erin Watt –Once and For All by Sarah Dessen –Here Lies Daniel Tate by Cristin Terrill –Unsub by Meg Gardiner

Book Expo America 2017: -Karen represented Team Hypable at this awesome booklover expo -Favorite part: meeting people! Authors, editors, publishers, fans! (AND BRUNCH) -Some things to look forward to from BEA: –Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds –Invictus by Ryan Graudin –The Hearts We Sold by Emily Lloyd-Jones –All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Katsoulis –Devils & Thieves by Jennifer Rush –Fire Blood by Elly Blake –The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton –The Fifth Doll by Charlie N. Holmberg –Lost in Arcadia by Sean Gandert –The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne –Secondborn by Amy A. Bartol –The Hundredth Queen/The Fire Queen by Emily R. King

Book News: -It’s happened. Chris Colfer’s Land of Stories is being adapted... by him! -More Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda casting news. -Want to be a founding member of Passionflix? –Books of Wonder is expanding! Have you been? –Unearthed is being adapted for the big screen ahead of its 2018 release. –Lauren Graham will adapt Windfall. –Phillip Pullman’s Book of Dust gets a title.

What’s Next: -Please get into contact with us if there are any book/adaptation/author-related episodes you would like to hear!

Book Hype hosts Karen, Kristen, and Brittany return to talk about BEA, summer reading plans, and the latest book news.

You can find Book Hype on Twitter at @BookHype.

Check us out on Facebook!!

What’s Next: -Please get into contact with us if there are any book/adaptation/author-related episodes you would like to hear!

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What we’re reading: –The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan –Salvaged by Jay Crownover –Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson –Gilt Hollow by Lorie Langdon

Deal of the Day: –This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab –The Cinderella Deal by Jennifer Crusie

Book Bites: -If we could have ONE MORE book in a completed series, what would it be and why? -SHOCKER: None of us picked Harry Potter.

Happee Birthdae, Harry!: Celebrating the 20 year anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone -How we first heard of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone -Do we feel like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has re-read value, or do we tend to skip it for the later books? -There are a few things we think we realized we missed in our younger years as we re-read the series as adults. -Quotes Quiz! Danielle and Kristen are tested and it’s not as easy as it sounds. -We take a personality quiz live on the podcast. Let us know who you get! -How and what we would like to see in the future for Harry Potter.

Book News: –Two Harry Potters? WHAT?!?! –Turtles All the Way Down is the title of John Green’s much anticipated new book and we learn what it means! -Diana Gabaldon publishes a collection of short stories from the Outlander series. –Authors for Grenfell band together to help the Grenfell Tower fire victims.

What’s Next: -Please get into contact with us if there are any book/adaptation/author-related episodes you would like to hear!