Booked All Night
Welcome to Booked All Night, the podcast where hot takes meet craft notes and nobody gets enough sleep. Join us as we deep dive into great books and share our excessive knowledge of writing with the vibes of a bunch of kids at a sleepover who have far too much sugar. You can contact us at BLOG.BOOKEDALLNIGHT @ GMAIL.COM or visit LNK.BIO/BOOKEDALLNIGHT
Episodes
We've established that underwear does exist in Panem, so why isn't anyone wearing it?
Our ongoing discussion of Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games series continues with even more of Catching Fire. Amidst continuing angst over Katniss's "friend" problem, Jess and Julia discuss communication tropes, how flat characters can be used to effectively portray thematic elements, some speculation on how things might have pla...
Whose bright idea was it to make a teenage girl the symbol of an uprising against tyranny?
Our deep dive into Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games series continues, with Jess and Julia tackling the literary path of Katniss's mid-Catching Fire character development, the sheer illogic of many tropes that YA fiction takes for granted, sooo many sad emojis over Haymitch, even more of that ongoing "just friends" fru...
Another great interview in the books. Gabriel Garcia stopped by to talk about MICHAEL: LAST ANGEL ON EARTH. We played Space 'Em or Embrace 'Em and Never Have I Ever Spoiled My Own Book, spoiler alert, Gabriel had to spoil something.
We love our games here.
MICHAEL: LAST ANGEL ON EARTH
In a world torn apart by darkness and despair, one fallen warrior must find his way back to redemption. Barjon, once known a...
Everything is fine! Can't you see that everything is fine?
Our deep dive into Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games Series continues as we jump into Catching Fire. Join Jess, Katy, and Julia as they discuss worldbuilding, characterization through action, whether or not Katniss is a complete idiot, the fact that Gale sucks, just how much they'd love to see how a rebellion came together, and much more.
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It's an extra-special Watch-Along Episode of Booked All Night! Join the entire BAN team as they hold their discussion live along the first Hunger Games film (film supplied separately), touching on the practicalities of adaptation, the opportunities provided by change in medium, whether or not it actually looks like a cornucopia, and much, much more!
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Our dive into The Hunger Games continues with that age-old debate: which boy is the right boy? Is there a right boy? Is our hatred of the one boy due to his behavior now, or our knowledge of his later behavior? If there are teenage boys, then why is there none of the hormonally-driven physiology and behavior that we all know comes with being a teenage boy? Or girl, for that matter?
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It's her first kill, of course it's going to change her... (but what about all of the kills before this one?)
Jess and Julia continue our dive into Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, touching on emotion and emotionality in YA fiction, the significance of kissing without a hygiene regimen, real-life experience with concussion and illness, whether or not tributes... get intimate... in the arena, and much mo...
This week we're joined by Brittany Ranew, author of Lion of Fire, to talk about the nature of destiny, magical subway systems, and how enraged we all become when someone interrupts our writing time.
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The Games have begun in our reread of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games, and we're still absolutely stuck on Peeta's amazing cake decorating skills. As they make their way through the second third of the book, Jess and Julia discuss the potential for less than savory motives among the folks in the Games' support staff, whether or not the first half of the book would be better told through flashbacks, the impo...
We volunteer!
It's the first episode of our official reread of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and there's so much we're picking out now that we know where the series goes. Jess, Katy, and Julia discuss catalysts of revolution, whether or not Katniss is on the spectrum, the potential state of elder care in District 12, the evolution of teen lit, and much more.
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Two ramblers enter a podcast recording and NO ONE CAN STOP THEM. This week, Jess and special guest Olivia Danson talk about THE DARKEST GLASS, gothic horror, young adult literature conventions, why it's all Florida's fault, and more.
We even had questions from the members of The Pillow Fort (our free-to-join Discord server).
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Ready your cannons, tributes: We're officially starting our countdown to the Sunrise on the Reaping film with a complete reread of The Hunger Games Seriesby Suzanne Collins. And what better way to start than to forget characters' names, discuss traumatic memories, and start a counter for every time someone says "Katna and Penis" instead of "Katniss and Peeta"?
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Henry's been here before so this interview is pure chaos. How much chaos you ask? Well, the book is about some Eldritch prom night horrors having their own nightly fun, the questions are about snacks, disco balls, and flamingos, and it's a little over an hour long.
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You want context for the title? TOO BAD! You're going to have to listen to our interview with Julee Balko. We talked about Square Hearts, the importance of seeing yourself in media, and who the best Muppet is.
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Hot takes? More like hot wings. Carmela Dutra stopped by to talked about HOT WINGS AND HOMICIDE the sequel to A MURDER MOST FOWL, a cozy murder mystery series centered around twins who run a hot wings food truck. We played SPACE EM OR EMBRACE EM and BRING YOUR OWN BOOK.
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April 11th was the 3rd annual South Jersey Children's Book Festival. We don't read much kidlit here at the pod anymore but it's all still Jess's favorite. Check the links below and show these authors and illustrators some love!
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We finished Katabasis. Tears were shed. Screams were uttered. Angsty text messages were exchanged. One could say that we had strong feelings about it.
Along the road to discussing a well-crafted ending, Jess and Maggie examine what it means to tackle the writing of grief and frustration, the normalization of immigrant culture, Jess's obsession with floppy hats, and just who R. F. Kuang might have intended her a...
Disaster strikes when Katy's bookmark gets put back in the wrong place, so Jess has to hardcore recap Part 2 of R. F. Kuang's Katabasis (with a snooty "ahhh" sound, we've learned). But in the process, they still discuss a ton of crafting notes, realistic communication of abuse and suicidal ideation, the lies we tell ourselves to get through bad situations, and the greatest paradox of all: whether or not academ...
It's official. Hell is a college campus.
Join Jess and Maggie on a descent to the underworld that keeps calling them out personally. Along the way, they visit the measure of unreliable narrators (or is it unreliable perception?), far too much Mellville, the benefit of writing friends over lovers, an incredible amount of philosophy, and our love of the Only One Bed trope. It's Katabasis by R. F. Kuang, and we're...
What an amazing interview we had complete with technical issues and games that tortured our guest, Anastasia Arellano. BETWEEN THE SHADOWS doesn't come out until 2027 but you can pre-order it here.
Camp Wildflower is a summer camp for delinquent teens run by renowned psychologist Alistair Monk. And something is very amiss here.
Skylar Murphy and Olympia “Ollie” Hamilton are paired as reluctant bunkma...
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