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YA Book ChatThe Lies We ConjureToday I am chatting with my friend and author Victoria Koops about The Lies We Conjure by Sarah Henning. If you love magic, witches, The Inheritance Games, murder mysteries, and treasure hunts, this book is perfect for you! Take a listen as Victoria and I take a deep dive into all things magical and witchy! We chat about the characters, plot, witches, magic, scavenger hunts, murder, how our personalities relate to the lead characters, Renaissance festivals, and so much more! We had so much fun chatting about this fantastic book and I know you'll enjoy listening. 2025-01-202h 06YA Book ChatThe Renaissance of Gwen HathawayTo celebrate Valentine's Day I am chatting with my good friend Victoria Koops about the swoony YA Rom Com, The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher. This is such a fun book! If you enjoy Renaissance Festivals, Shakespearean things, Medieval Times, adorable singing bards (like Jaskier from The Witcher), a plus-sized protagonist, theatre, LGBTQ+ representation, and teen romance, this book is for you! Join Victoria and me as we chat all about Renaissance festivals, theatre kids/theatre life, the swoony romance between our two main characters, grief/grieving, relating to a plus-sized protagonist, believing...2024-02-141h 34YA Book ChatAuthor Interview: Victoria Koops (Who We Are In Real Life)Today I am interviewing a debut author who also happens to be one of my very dear friends. I am so excited for all of you to listen to today's episode, where I chat with my friend, and frequent podcast guest, Victoria Koops about her debut YA Rom Com novel, Who We Are In Real Life!Join Victoria and me as we chat all about this fantastic book and Victoria's writing process. You'll hear us dive into what it took in order to get the book published, the inspiration for the book (such a fun story!), the...2024-02-051h 29YA Book ChatFanGirlJoin my friend Victoria Koops and me as we chat about Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I absolutely adored this book! It brought back so many memories from my college days, introduced me to true fan fiction, and just brought me pure joy!Come take a listen as Victoria and I chat all about the characters, plot line, college, and more! Yes, we may veer off in a different direction and dive into the world of Marvel vs. DC movies. I promise, it does relate! Come join us for some fun! A little about...2021-05-171h 29YA Book ChatSerpent & DoveJoin my friend Victoria and me as we discuss Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin!(As always, the first 10-15 minutes are spoiler FREE, and then I'll give you a warning before we jump into our spoiler section.)Serpent & Dove is the exciting story of Louise le Blanc, a witch who fled her coven two years ago, and Reid Diggory, a man who's sole purpose in life is to rid the world of witches. An unexpected situation pushes Lou and Reid into circumstances they never planned on - Marriage - to each other!2020-08-031h 04YA Book ChatThe TollJoin Victoria and me as we discuss the final book in Neal Shusterman's Arc of A Scythe trilogy. In The Toll, we find out what happens with all of our favorite characters, and those we don't like so much; Rowan/Citra, Faraday/Munira, Goddard/Rand, and Grayson. We are also introduced to some new characters.Unlike the first two books, Victoria and I had many elements of The Toll we did not like. So, come along to hear what we liked and what we didn't, and how this story ends. Check out Victoria...2020-03-091h 38YA Book ChatThunderheadJoin Victoria and me as we dive in for a fun discussion on book two in the Arc of a Scythe trilogy, Thunderhead. In this book, we join Citra and Rowan as they continue on their separate paths. Citra is now Scythe Anastasia, a Junior Scythe who's youth and new ideas are shaking up the Scythedom. Rowan is on the run as Scythe Lucifer and taking matters into his own hands by gleaning unethical Scythes. A threat is made against the lives of Scythe Anastasia and Scythe Currie and a young boy named Greyson Tolliver steps in...2020-02-241h 35YA Book ChatScytheWhat would the world be like if there was no hunger? No disease. No war or natural disasters? What if humanity had conquered all of those things and even conquered death? If no one could die, the population would need to be controlled some way...this is the job of a Scythe. They are tasked with controlling the population.Two young teenagers, Citra and Rowan, have been chosen to be Scythe apprentices. Something neither of them wants to do. Yet, they must master the "art" of taking a life and deal with the consequences of any...2020-02-101h 22