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from YAK Fest to Dark Days

stacy — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:43:33 +0000

From YAK Fest in Keller, Texas to Dark Days tour stop at Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore in California, we girls breakdown it down and, coincidently, our nerdy-ness shows.

Highlights include the running hug from Tahereh Mafi, Charles Benoit’s eye poke and Kiersten White love. We also talk about the stellar line-up at TeenBookCon 2012 – we may have had a fangirl moment or two, or three…

**as always, you can find us on itunes**

ALAMW12 wrap-up

stacy — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:30:09 +0000

Want to know what happened at ALAMW12 in Dallas? Then listen up as Nancy and Stacy break it down with Shannan providing the laugh track. We talk about hot-ticket John Green, the much anticipated Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore, fangirl moments with Katherine Tegen and David Levithan*, author friend Suzanne Crowley, the fabulousness of Lauren Myracle (whom we can’t love enough!), new imprint SOHO Teen (Jan. ’13) and the parties! Yes, we were invited to parties and no, we still can’t believe we were invited either.

*David is an author AND editor

**as always, you can find us on itunes**

Ringing in 2012 with thoughts of 2011

stacy — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:00:18 +0000

The year 2011 was stellar for us STACK girls. However, before we can ring in the New Year and celebrate all the goodness to come in 2012, we chat about the special events, people and books that made 2011 a year to remember.

in which we talk Elf, Muppets and cookies…

stacy — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:11:56 +0000

It’s that time of the year, when life gets busy, you spend way too much money and you have to endure that awkward family dinner.

While we can’t help you spend less, or give you fab excuses to avoid your strange Uncle Bob, we can share our favorite must-see holiday movies, books and introduce you to a mischievous elf named Squeakers.

*as always, you can find us on itunes*

In which we discuss flesh eating horses & Maggie…

stacy — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:47:21 +0000

We all whole-heartily agree on this one – it’s her best work yet. Who knew blood loving, flesh eating horses would make a good book? Oh, wait. Maggie did!!

*SPOILERS and as always you can find us on itunes*

We talk Breaking Dawn, part 1

stacy — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:56:39 +0000

We finally discuss Breaking Dawn: Part 1. We highlight the wedding dress, the honeymoon and the imprinting. Actually, we talk about it all!

Show of hands if you think a year is too long to wait for part 2? *we wave hands crazily in air*

*SPOLIERS and as always you can find us on itunes*

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:26:45 +0000

Has Mead stuck gold again? Listen in as we *heart* all over Bloodlines, and our favs Sydney and Adrian. With special guest, Shannon from Mystical Lit Lounge.

*SPOILERS and as always you can find us on itunes*

Famous First Lines

stacy — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:01:55 +0000

Need a Turkey day game that involves books? Then look no further, because today we play “famous first lines.” Play along with us and see how many first lines you know, from classic reads to popular YA titles.

how to play: read the first line of book, the first to guess the title correctly gets the point.

*as ALWAYS you can find us on itunes*

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:00:10 +0000

Lani Taylor is the pink hair genius that we can’t say enough good things about. If you haven’t read Daughter of Smoke and Bone, you’re the one missing out. Listen in and see if you agree.

*SPOILERS abound and as always you can find us on itunes*

our ATBF 2011 shenanigans

stacy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:02:04 +0000

The Austin Teen Book Festival ’11 was a huge and impressive event and we’re sharing our experiences with some of the festivals biggest names, like Scott Westerfeld, Jackson Pearce, Simone Elkeles, Stephanie Perkins, Sophie Jordan and more! We promise, this is one you’ll not want to miss!

*as always you can find us on itunes*

top book news of the week

stacy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 12:12:45 +0000

Listen in as we breakdown some of the biggest book news of the week, from Lauren Myracle to Snooki. We chime in on the National Book Award mess, the newest books being developed for TV (Grossman and Franzen), some great fall titles and a whole lot of Maggie Stiefvater love.

10/24 update - James Frey is using a writing factory of MFA writers to write the I AM NUMBER series, read this.

*as always you can find us on itunes*

Melissa de la Cruz is in the HOUSE!!!

stacy — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:51:25 +0000

We have the wonderful and ever so talented Melissa de la Cruz on the show today!! She’s the author of many books, including the very popular Blue Bloods series.

Jen from I read Banned Books and I (Stacy) caught up with her after a recent signing and chatted about the series, her newest release Lost in Time and more…

*as always, you can find us on itunes*

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:54:54 +0000

The question of the hour (more like year) is, who is Mara Dyer? The short and long answer is we don’t know, because after reading the book we were left with more questions than answers.

(Read review here and speacial guest post by Michelle Hodkin here.)

*SPOILERS and as always you can downoad from itunes*

a discussion with Simone Elkeles

stacy — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 12:32:38 +0000

*REBROADCAST* *REBROADCAST*

Y’all, we interviewed Simone “freaking” Elkeles!!! *jumps up and down* Give me a sec, regaining my composure…

Simone is awesome. We wanted to talk to her forever and then have drinks because somehow we think it would be non-stop laughs with her if we had said drinks, but we had to let her go (sigh) so she could go work on edits for CHAIN REACTION.

We talked plenty Alex, CHAIN REACTION and maybe about a fourth book in the series. All unedited for your enjoyment.

First up are the video interviews with Simone we never posted on the blog (big oversight) and after that you can find the unedited, uncut and totally awesome audio interview.

*as always SPOILERS and you can download us from itunes*

Here’s the audio, like we said it is the unedited version and you won’t regret listening to it…we promise!

songs into to books, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 13:15:01 +0000

Have you ever listened to a song and thought that should totally be a book!! We have and today we break down the songs we feel are worthy enough to see written in prose.

*as always you can download us from itunes*

Lauren Oliver is in the HOUSE!

stacy — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:18:50 +0000

**REBROADCAST** **REBROADCAST**

This is one of our very first podcast interviews, and a favorite. Lauren (author site) was a doll and answered all of our questions about Before I Fall, her first book; and talked about her then upcoming book, Delirium.

We also asked her the hard hitting questions, but you’ll have to what until the end find out those.

*SPOILERS and as always you can find us on itunes*

Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:19:05 +0000

If you haven’t heard of Texas Gothic, well then be prepared for us to sing its praises. It’s a true YA paranormal mystery with a cast of fun characters, a la Scooby and the gang. We promise you’ll like it and the Goodnight girls just as much as we did.

*some SPOLIERS and as always, find us on iTunes*

The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:08:06 +0000

**REBRAODCAST** **REBROADCAST**

On location at one of our much loved bookstores (Borders!!) we bring you a discussion of one of our favorite reads from 2010. Yes, we liked it THAT much.

As always, these book discussion are usually heavy on the SPOILERS, so be aware. Oh, and remember you can always download our podcasts directly from iTunes, just search ‘girlsinthestacks’ or click the itunes logo on the right.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:00:58 +0000

If you haven’t seen Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 2 yet, shame on you. If you’re not listening to us, again, shame on you *wink wink*

Seriously. This one marks the end of an era. We can’t believe it’s over…(well, we are glad that we don’t have to see Harry and Ginny kiss again).

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:55:20 +0000

Maggie…it, it’s over…FOREVER! *sobs uncontrollably*

Tune in as we talk about the last book in The Wolves of Mercy Falls. We know, we know…we’re a little sad too. (Thank goodness she has The Scorpio Races coming out soon.) We have fond memories of talking about Grace and Sam and even fonder memories of Isabel and Cole.

*SPOILERS abound and as always you can download us from itunes*

Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:28:07 +0000

****REBROADCAST ** REBROADCAST****

Maggie Stiefvater’s prose is genius in Ballad (books of faerie #2), plus we like it way more than Lament. We found James enduring, we mean who wouldn’t love a cheeky musical genius, who sees and talks to faeries?

Listen as we drool over James and wave a hand of indifference to Dee.

*SPOLIERS and for listening on the go, download us from iTunes*

Take Me There by Carolee Dean, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:39:43 +0000

Why do we love this book so much? Could it be Dylan, or the fact that the book is so real it makes you want to cry, or was it the cover??

Our special guest today is Kelley Vitollo from Kelley Writes. She is one of our BFFs, and you should definitely check her out!

*this is a rebroadcast of a previous episode*
*SPOLIERS abound and as always you can find us on itunes*

in which we dish on BEA

stacy — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 12:31:15 +0000

Well, BEA has come and gone. It’s sad to think it will be a whole year before we get to behold another gathering of all things books, lovers of books and New York *sigh*

In the meantime, in true GITS (Girls in the Stacks, duh!) fashion, we have dished on BEA and New York alike. Some of our favorite highlights of the trip are “wheelchair guy,” “stupid post office,” and our favorite, “the random hugger.”

*for listening on the go download us from itunes*

Where She Went by Gayle Forman, a discussion

stacy — Sun, 29 May 2011 13:15:46 +0000

Where She Went, the follow-up to If I Stay is a riveting and an emotional read.

Is it cry worthy? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out who was crying while reading it in the bathroom.

*as always SPOLIERS abound and for listening on the go, click on our itunes button on the left*

What we’re are/not and don’t want to read

stacy — Sun, 22 May 2011 11:27:39 +0000

Well, today (as the post title suggest) is about what we’re all currently reading, what we want to be reading and definitely what we don’t want to be reading.

Get ready, cause the ride is full of laughs and titles that you may just have to run out and buy.

*as always, you can find us on itunes, just search girlsinthestacks.com*