Clear Eyes, Full Shelves - Podcast

It's just Sarah and Laura in this episode of the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves podcast. In this episode, we discuss the intersetion of technology, introversion and the way as a society we embrace certain types of social interactions over others--and the notion of "nostalia lit."

Part two of the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves Podcast featuring special guest author Mindi Scott (FREEFALL, LIVE THROUGH THIS). In this half of our discussion, we continue talking about the concept of personal agency in fiction and also delve into the subjects of Vince Howard & zombies!

We chat with author Mindi Scott (FREEFALL, LIVE THROUGH THIS) about personal agency narratives in fiction. This is part one of our conversation. Part 2 will be posted soon!

We chat with author Amy Spalding about writing for teens, our expectations of characters, the challenges of teen girls, and Zooey Deschanel. Among other things.

​Something Like Normal and Where the Stars Still Shine author Trish Doller joins us to discuss the complicated issue of the influence of adult readers on teen fiction. How do the two audiences read differently? Do adults see teen characters through a different lens than teen readers? We also talk about some of our favorite misunderstood YA characters and why their stories resonate with teens.

We're joined by guests Racquel and Sharon from The Book Barbies to discuss our favorite portrayals of family in fiction.

I'm talking to three smart ladies with first-hand experience with the publishing side of New Adult: Suzie Townsend, agent with New Leaf Literary & Media; Cora Carmack, author; and Lisa Desrochers, author (scroll down for their complete bios). We discuss the breakneck pace of NA's emergence, the future for NA, common criticisms of the genre/category and recommendations for readers wanting to test the New Adult waters. 

My post about the depiction of best-friendships resulted in a some really great conversation, so Laura and I decided to continue it in the next episode of the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves podcast.  

Laura and Sarah discuss retellings: the nuance in the spectrum of retellings, iconic/foundational texts, where fan fiction fits into all this and even the notion of character homages we see a lot in fiction, particularly YA. In this edition of the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves Podcast, we layout some of these big questions, and what we really hope will come of the episode is further discussion of the complexities of the notion of originality and works inspired by other works.

On this episode of the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves podcast, Sarah & Laura kickoff Novel in Verse Week with a discussion of what makes verse novels special, the best verse novels for newbies and the verse novels on their must-read lists.

In this episode, Sarah and Laura discuss the "new adult" trend, what it is, what we'd like it to be, ask what the audience is and make recommendations for some "New Adult" books.

In this episode of the podcast, Sarah and Laura discuss Gayle Forman's Just One Day and the diverging reactions of readers as related to the depiction of class and privilege. We also talk about a handful of other books--both YA and Adult--which tackle this subject with varying degrees of success. Don't forget to visit ClearEyesFullShelves.com for links to all the books we discuss!

Welcome to the first episode of the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves podcast! In this episode, Sarah and Laura discuss young adult fiction's approach to diversity and the immigrant experience. Two books in particular caught our eyes: Sarah Ockler's upcoming The Book of Broken Hearts and Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor and Park.