This week, Kelly and JJ recommend ALL THE BOOKS. This is our year-end reading round-up, so be prepared for A LOT OF BOOKS to be thrown your way. (Also Hamilton. Again.)
Kelly's Recommended Reads
The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
The Magicians trilogy by Lev Grossman
JJ's Recommended Reads
Another vote for The Lunar Chronicles!
The Study (apparently also known as the Soulfinders) series by Maria V. Snyder
The Original Sinners (The Red Years) series by Tiffany Reisz
The Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J. K. Rowling)
Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman (companion to Serafina)
Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray (companion to The Diviners)
Red Rising and Golden Son by Pierce Brown
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Books Discussed/What We're Currently Reading
The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge by Eleanor Herman
The entire Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Martian by Andy Weir
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Shadow Study by Maria V. Snyder
The Glass series by Maria V. Snyder
The Queen by Tiffany Reisz
The Winner's Curse and The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Reasons We Did Not Finish Books
Not in the mood at the time
Just not for us
Didn't care enough to finish
Couldn't read them quickly enough before they went back to the library
Books We're Looking Forward To:
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones (hey-o!)
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski
The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh
The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Ivory and Bone by Julie Eshbaugh
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda
The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
Heartless by Marissa Meyer
The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
The Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor
Off Menu Recommendations
In what makes her third musical recommendation since she started the podcast, JJ recommends Deaf West's production/Broadway revival of Spring Awakening. The cast performed "Touch Me" on Late Night with Seth Meyers, so please watch and tell me this isn't the most amazing thing you've ever seen.
Those of you who can make it, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GO. PLEASE GO AND LET ME LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU.
That's all for this year! In 2016, we will return with a podcast about REVISIONS to help those of you who have won NaNoWriMo (congrats!). We also have more Publishing 101 episodes, as well as some other topics we hope you guys will find useful. As always, if you have a question, feel free to ask us!
11. Recommended Reads Of 2015