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Kelly and Erica share their picks for the best YA books coming out in March and get into a little adaptation news and horror. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS [https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RNMG7239660458], Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-ya/id1281701749?mt=2], or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/2EJuE0QcU5qcJTZdfWXGfQ?si=tXHBcU6EQb6Y4NukLzKJnw]. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter [https://bookriot.com/newsletter/whats-up-in-ya/]! Trust your reading list to the experts at Tailored Book Recommendations! The professional book nerds (aka bibliologists) at TBR have recommended over 160,000 books to readers of all kinds. Let TBR match you with your next favorite read! Simply fill out a quick survey about what you want more of in your reading life, and your bibliologist will scour their bookish knowledge to find three reads they think you’ll love. 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NEWS Summer Scares 2025 [https://bookriot.com/summer-scares-2025/]!  Forever [https://thegrio.com/2025/03/05/netflix-sets-premiere-date-for-teen-rom-com-series-from-mara-brock-akil-forever/]...the adaptation will hit Netflix in May and it looks amazing BOOKS DISCUSSED They Bloom at Night [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1547611111/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1547611111] by Trang Thanh Tran Movie mentioned: Beasts of the Southern Wild A Catalog of Burnt Objects [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059340551X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=059340551X] by Shana Youngdahl Lovely Dark and Deep [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250888573/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1250888573] by Elisa A. Bonnin Red Car to Hollywood [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1728493218/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1728493218] by Jennie Liu Kill Her Twice [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059353204X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=059353204X] by Stacey Lee The Scorpion and the Night Blossom [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593813847/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0593813847] by Amélie Wen Zhao Say a Little Prayer [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593692748/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0593692748] by Jenna Voris Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D7SNNR2L/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B0D7SNNR2L] by Cara Meredith The House No One Sees [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250337194/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1250337194] by Adina King Messy Roots: A Graphic Novel of a Wuhanese American [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063067765/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0063067765] by Laura Gao Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (In Love) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006306779X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=006306779X] by Laura Gao Heartstopper [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1338890565/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1338890565] by Alice Oseman Oathbound (The Legendborn Cycle) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1665951907/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1665951907]by Tracy Deonn Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1546171460/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1546171460]by Suzanne Collins Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers’ Rights [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082345830X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=082345830X] edited by Ashley Hope Pérez, illustrated by Debbie Fong Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1517901731/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1517901731] by C. Riley Snorton Wake the Wild Creatures [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616206721/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1616206721] by Nova Ren Suma Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Kelly and Erica discuss the first book of the super-popular 1980s/1990s series Sweet Valley High. We also find out who is more of a Jessica/Elizabeth. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS [https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RNMG7239660458], Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-ya/id1281701749?mt=2], or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/2EJuE0QcU5qcJTZdfWXGfQ?si=tXHBcU6EQb6Y4NukLzKJnw]. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter [https://bookriot.com/newsletter/whats-up-in-ya/]! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder [https://bookriot.com/readharder]. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Graphic novels are booming in popularity. It’s changing children’s relationship with books [https://www.fastcompany.com/91268554/graphic-novels-youth-reading-books] LA Book Prize finalists announced [https://bookriot.com/l-a-times-book-prize-finalists-announced-andrew-garfield-and-cynthia-erivo-among-them/] BOOKS DISCUSSED Double Love (Sweet Valley High No. 1) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553267418/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0553267418] by Francine Pascal From the ghostwriter [https://kenyonreview.org/kr-online-issue/2013-winter/selections/amy-boesky-656342/] On Again, Awkward Again [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419775634/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1419775634] by Erin Entrada Kelly and Kwame Mbalia The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 11 [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/164609252X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=164609252X] by Natsu Hyuuga, illustrated by Nekokurage, translated by Julie Goniwich Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Kelly talks with New York Times bestselling author Gayle Forman about her new book, about the afterlife, and about the growth and evolution of YA as a category. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS [https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RNMG7239660458], Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-ya/id1281701749?mt=2], or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/2EJuE0QcU5qcJTZdfWXGfQ?si=tXHBcU6EQb6Y4NukLzKJnw]. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter [https://bookriot.com/newsletter/whats-up-in-ya/]! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder [https://bookriot.com/readharder]. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED After Life [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063346141/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0063346141] by Gayle Forman Our Town [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063003996/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0063003996] by Thornton Wilder Elsewhere [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312367465/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0312367465] by Gabrielle Zevin The Everafter [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061776815/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0061776815] by Amy Huntley The Lovely Bones [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316168815/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0316168815] by Alice Sebold Not Nothing [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1665943270/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1665943270] by Gayle Forman How to Read a Book [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063243679/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0063243679] by Monica Wood Lamar Giles on Hey YA [https://bookriot.com/listen/nypl-launches-teen-banned-book-club-and-lamar-guiles-talks-about-new-book-ruin-road/] When The World Tips Over [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525429093/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0525429093] by Jandy Nelson On a Wing and a Tear [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062870009/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0062870009] by Cynthia Leitich Smith One Day [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307474712/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0307474712] by David Nicholls Wicked [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FC14JY/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B000FC14JY] by Gregory Maguire We Need Diverse Books [https://diversebooks.org/] Shoutouts to Lexapro and Zoloft Gayle emailed the following additional recommendations from our segment on books about/related to the afterlife: The In Between [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059349993X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=059349993X] by Hadley Vlahos, Briefly Perfectly Human [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063240033/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0063240033] by Alua Arthur, When Breath Becomes Air [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081298840X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=081298840X] by Paul Kalinthi, and Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250076226/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1250076226]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Kelly and Erica talk about the YA books out in February they're most excited about...and maybe a demon or two. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS [https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RNMG7239660458], Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-ya/id1281701749?mt=2], or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/2EJuE0QcU5qcJTZdfWXGfQ?si=tXHBcU6EQb6Y4NukLzKJnw]. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter [https://bookriot.com/newsletter/whats-up-in-ya/]! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder [https://bookriot.com/readharder]. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS Our Book Club Pick for our February 26th episode: Double Love [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LRWGIC/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B009LRWGIC] by Francine Pascal (Sweet Valley High #1) Award-Winning YA Books from the ALA Youth Media Awards [https://bookriot.com/youth-media-awards-2025/] Adult novels in verse [https://www.spl.org/books-and-media/books-and-ebooks/staff-picks-for-adults-50-plus/novels-in-verse-for-grown-ups] The Rainbow List  [https://bookriot.com/rainbow-book-list-2025/] Malinda Lo's queer YA book counts [https://www.malindalo.com/blog/2020/12/9/lgbtq-ya-by-the-numbers] BOOKS DISCUSSED Needy Little Things [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250334810/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1250334810] by Channelle Desamours Under the Same Stars [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374388946/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0374388946] by Libba Bray (S)Kin [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062888870/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0062888870] by Ibi Zoboi Dropping Beats [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316581518/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0316581518] by Nathanael Lessore The Forest King’s Daughter [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316395722/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0316395722] by Elly Blake The Girl You Know [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1547616032/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1547616032] by Elle Gonzalez Rose The History of Everything [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063268892/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0063268892] by Victoria Evans Hakutaku [https://www.viz.com/shonenjump/chapters/hakutaku] by Kouki Ishikawa Pumpkinheads [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1626721629/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1626721629] by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Nimona [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062278223/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0062278223] by ND Stevenson Emily the Strange [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1506722016/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1506722016] by Rob Reger, Jessica Gruner, and Buzz Parker Lunar New Year Love Story [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250908264/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1250908264] by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham A Fable for the End of the World [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063211556/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0063211556] by Ava Reid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Kelly and Erica discuss a mega list of the best YA books of 2024, the romance bookstore boom of the last few years, and our current book club pick. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS [https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RNMG7239660458], Apple Podcasts [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hey-ya/id1281701749?mt=2], or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/2EJuE0QcU5qcJTZdfWXGfQ?si=tXHBcU6EQb6Y4NukLzKJnw]. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter [https://bookriot.com/newsletter/whats-up-in-ya/]! A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder [https://bookriot.com/readharder]. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. NEWS The best of the best YA books for 2024 [https://calibrary.edublogs.org/2025/01/07/best-ya-books-of-2024/] From The New York Times: Romance Bookstores Are Booming [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/books/romance-bookstores.html] **Book Club Alert**: Make sure to pick up Double Love [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009LRWGIC/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=B009LRWGIC] by Francine Pascal, the first book in the Sweet Valley High series, for our discussion of it on February 25. BOOKS DISCUSSED Build a Girlfriend [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1665942517/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1665942517] by Elba Luz The Queen’s Spade [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063344386/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0063344386] by Sarah Raughley Love on Paper [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593565312/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0593565312] by Danielle Parker Dreamover [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1603095462/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1603095462] by Dani Diaz Breath of the Dragon [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250902673/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1250902673] by Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee The Last Bookstore on Earth [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593899482/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0593899482] by Lily Braun-Arnold A Catalog of Burnt Objects [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/059340551X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=059340551X] by Shana Youngdahl Truth, Lies, and The Questions in Between [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1643752820/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1643752820] by L. M. Elliott The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/153623009X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=153623009X] by Natalie C. Parker No Rules Tonight [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593521307/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=0593521307] by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada, Banned Book Club Devour [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419763067/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&tag=boorio-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399349&creativeASIN=1419763067] by Jazmine Joyner, illustrated by Anthony Pugh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]