mom and emily read "everyone wants this" by Kelly Loy Gilbert! Spoiler, we accidentally had a 30 minute phone call where we discussed everything before recording... we discuss social media, our relationships to our own moms, and the importance of not having too many plotlines in your book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:08:07
"dairy queen"
mom and emily have made their way forward in time to the 2000s. we're reading dairy queen, a book about a teenage girl who runs a dairy farm and goes out for the football team. in this episode, we talk about the lack of social media and phones in this book, the master class on how to talk about the size and shape of someone's body (if you must) that catherine murdock puts on, and the joy of coming from a family that isn't quiet. tune in next week for a recent piece of YA fiction, everyone wants to know. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:24:49
"up a road slowly"
this month, emily and jane (mom!!!!!) are talking about ya fiction and how it has changed through time. in this episode, i reckon with the fact that i was reading ya as many as FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, among other things. this week, we read up a road slowly by irene hunt, and discuss having a village instead of a nuclear family, the importance of breaking cyclical family dynamics, and how publishing worked before amazon. next week, we'll move into the aughts and talk all things dairy queen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:29:22
netflix adaptation month conclusion
kayla and tuck discuss basically everything in the world except these three books. when we do manage to talk about the books, we talk about the importance of having an editor (a common theme), the craziest plotline, and whether or not we're too old to be reading YA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1:02:57
"to all the boys i've loved before"
kayla and tuck read the #1 netflix book to movie adaptation (in tuck's heart). we discuss what a breath of fresh air it is to read a book that clearly had an editor, as well as the stanford complex and noah centineo's innate lack of charm in anything besides this film. tune in next week for our netflix adaptation conclusion! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What's the difference between a good book and a book that makes us feel good? All My Friends are English Majors is a literature podcast that attempts to answer this question. Hosted by Emily Tucker (not an English Major) and a month-long guest host (an English Major), we'll read and discuss popular fiction. New episodes on Wednesdays! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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