Bookmarked: A YA Book Podcast

Book-to-film adaptations. You either love them, or you hate them. You’ve got masterpieces like ‘Catching Fire’, and then you’ve got headaches like ‘The Mortal Instruments’. In this episode, we take time to share our thoughts on book-to-film adaptations. What makes a good adaptation? What makes a bad one? We share a few experiences concerning our favorite adaptations and learn that getting into a premiere screening is harder than you think... and that Saul says “adaptions” over “adaptations.”

Also discussed in this episode...

• The Last Star, the title of the third 5th Wave book was leaked! What/who is the Last Star?
• Veronica Roth shares her review of ‘Insurgent’ Everyone is worried about “the box.”

Hosts: Addie (writer at 7thPage.com), Ariana (manager of @T5W_fans), Lucy (writer at 5thWave.net), and Saul (writer at 7thPage.com).

Note: We had a sound error while recording. Because of this, there’s a noticeable echo behind some of the voices. We’ll be sure to correct this next time! Also, there are (super) minor spoilers for Allegiant and The Infinite Sea.

SPOILER WARNING: Some Go Set a Watchman, Scorch Trials, and Mockingjay book details are discussed in this episode!

We're back and more excited than ever! With all of the recent buzz surrounding Comic-Con, we sit down and talk about the newest development in The Maze Runner and Mockingjay worlds! While none of us were present for Comic-Con, we couldn't help but feel the hype surrounding our favorite book-to-film adaptations. From the awesome new posters to the brand new trailers that were screened at the convention, we're getting more and more eager to see these movies!

(Note: This episode was recorded before the actual release of the Mockingjay and Scorch Trials trailers, which are out now.)

Also in this episode...

• 7th Page is now Bookstacked! We discuss the reasons behind the name change and what we hope it'll do for the site in the future.
• Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman came out. It was met with both excitement and controversy.
• Michael has read Go Set a Watchman. He tells us what he thought about the book and he criticism it's received.
• The first 30 minutes of 'The Scorch Trials' movie was shown at Comic-Con. There will apparently be changes between the book and the movie.
• Rebeca and Saul are excited to see the cranks in 'The Scorch Trials' movie!
• The new Mockingjay posters look cheesy and cool... but we want our own versions featuring ourselves.
• Michael has internet problems.

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Book recommendations. Anyone who loves books deals with these things on a near daily basis. Whether you're recommending books or receiving book recommendations, we've all had experiences with recommendations. In this episode, we sit down and talk about where we get most of our recommendations and how things like BookTube are changing the ways we used to learn about new books. Also discussed in this episode...

• Ariana is back and she gives us her review of 'Insurgent'!
• Veronica Roth has a new book series coming out that's said to be like Star Wars! Is this the beginning of a science fiction trend in YA?
• The Death Cure movie gets a release date and it WON'T be split into two parts! We are happy.
• The first 'Mockingjay: Part 2' trailer was released.
• 'Paper Towns' trailer was released.
• J.K. Rowling's third Cormoran Strike novel was announced.

The winner of our Four: A Divergent Collection giveaway is announced at the end of the show!

SPOILER WARNING: Mortal Instruments and Allegiant spoilers are briefly discussed in this episode. Listen at your own risk!

Shadowhunters fans are abuzz with the latest casting announcements of The Mortal Instruments television show! In our fourth episode, we talk about the hype surrounding the show and our thoughts and feelings about each cast member (this was recorded before the actress for Jocelyn was announced). We also go into the controversy surrounding some of the casting choices and talk about the diversity crisis seen in YA books.

Also in this episode...

• Addie attended YALLWEST and tells us whether or not Veronica Roth had You-Know-Who's (not Voldy's) death planned from the beginning.
• J.K. Rowling is apologizing for the deaths she forced us to endure in the Harry Potter books... It might take her a while (but not as long as George R.R. Martin).
• Promotion is underway for the Scorch Trials movie!
• Eoin Colfer says that the Artemis Fowl movie is almost good to go. We're hoping this is true.
• The Mortal Instruments and Infernal Devices series got new book covers! Do we like them? And just why do publishers always republish their books with new covers anyway?
• We want Scabbers to play Simon in the first season of Shadowhunters!
• Emeraude Toubia is perfect as Isabelle because of her hair. It's all in the conditioner.
• Luke is on a horse.
• We play a round of "Who Said It: Dumbledore or Gandalf?" and Ariana drops a bomb shell on us.

7th Page features writer Michael also shows up on the panel! It's a packed episode filled with all sorts of good stuff! If you're following the Shadowhunters updates then you're definitely going to want to listen to this episode.

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Warning: This episode contains major spoilers of the 'Insurgent' movie as well as several Allegiant spoilers. We advise you watch 'Insurgent' and read Allegiant before listening. The ENTIRE EPISODE is devoted to the latest Divergent movie! It's been a week since 'Insurgent' hit theaters and we've got a lot to say about it! We sit down and talk about the book to movie differences and how they either made the story better or worse.

Discussed in this episode...

• Did we like the movie? One of us says yes, another says no, and someone's not so sure.
• We talk about the changes--and yes, the speshul box.
• Was this movie more violent than the first one, and maybe even the book?
• Where does this movie leave us for parts one and two of the 'Allegiant' movies?

Hosts: Addie (writer at 7thPage.com), Lucy (writer at 5thWave.net), and Saul (writer at 7thPage.com).