Love Ya Like Crazy

Like a double-chocolate milkshake at Pop's, Riverdale seems sweet at first but leaves you wishing for death. Jake and Carrie love trashy YA fiction, and in 2017 started reviewing the CW series in their own Patreon series of episodes, "Cry Me a Riverdale", where they spoiled the infamous CW show, swore a lot, and wondered if anyone in Riverdale is lactose intolerant. We hope you enjoy our discussion of Riverdale Chapter 1: The River's Edge, and we thank you for listening! The theme song is "JOSIE HAS THE UPPER HAND" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/

For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Chapter 1: October Country', available on Netflix. Jake makes some dad jokes, references Murder She Wrote, and schemes about what he would do if he were a teen witch. Carrie translates Latin, keeps an eye out for crucifixes, and gives tips on avoiding jump scares. We're both a little punchy! Spoilers abound, so we recommend watching the episode before listening! We're going to alternate releasing discussions of Sabrina with our episodes (previously only available to Patreon patrons) in which we talked about the first season of Riverdale, for those who haven't heard those yet. If you have any comments or suggestions, tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. Y

For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss the first season of HBO's 'His Dark Materials', focussing on episode 8. Should Lord Asriel go to therapy? Is the Toy Story 3 game the worst video game in history? What's the science behind stairways to heaven? Find out all of this in more in this very informative episode, in which spoilers abound! Love YA Like Crazy has also previously taken on the books that 'His Dark Materials' is based on -- look for the The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass episodes to hear what we had to say. We also have an episode about the first episode of 'His Dark Materials', if you want to check that out! If you have any comments or suggestions, you can tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' t

We're dipping into the vaults for a guest episode that we recorded for the Lifemark podcast back in 2017! Lifemark is a podcast that reviews Lifetime and Hallmark movies, and in this guest episode we talked about the Hallmark movie 'The Shunning'. How much shunning is enough shunning? What flavor of jello is this movie? These and other important issues of the day are discussed, along with a bunch of spoilers and whatnot. If you have any comments or suggestions, tweet to us at @LoveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, and to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There'. You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss Stephanie Perkins's 'Isla and the Happily Ever After'. Jake is out to destroy all relationships in this one, and the question of whether he's actually shy is raised. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! In the next episode, we'll be discussing the entire first season of HBO's 'His Dark Materials', with a focus on the final episode. This episode includes short clips of previous episodes about 'The Selection' by Kiera Cass and 'When You Reach Me' by Rebecca Stead, plus a short excerpt from 'The Heist' by the Lonely Island, not to mention the theme to 'The Facts of Life', for reasons. If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorit

For this episode, Carrie and Jake take a little break to discuss the first episode of HBO's 'His Dark Materials'. We talk about the cast, the infodumps, the soundtrack, whether Taggle is a character, and what Lord Asriel's whole deal is. Spoilers abound! Love YA Like Crazy has also previously taken on the books that 'His Dark Materials' is based on -- look for the The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass episodes to hear what we had to say. In the next episode, we'll get back to our roots and discuss Ray Bradbury's 'Something Wicked This Way Comes'. If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA L

For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss 'Plain Kate' by Erin Bow. Specifically, we talk about

Welcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. This is the last episode in the series, which I think goes out on a high note! For this one, Jake talked to Vox Media's Allegra Frank, who is also a cohost of 'The Polygon Show', about Andrew Clements's 'Things Not Seen', and we were also joined by past guest Simone de Rochefort, which was very excellent! Note that the discussion includes spoilers for 'Things Not Seen', as well as Clements's 'Frindle' and Libba Bray's 'Beauty Queens', and the final episode of Game of Thrones. As mentioned in this discussion, Libba Bray wrote an article about the experience of trying to bring 'Beauty Queens' to the big screen. You can find it on ew.com. The episode contains a brief clip from The Polygon Show's bonus episode about the Game of Thrones finale, in which a couple of the podcast's cohosts, Ashley Oh and Simone de Rochefort, improvise a missing scene from the show. I

Welcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Simone de Rochefort of 'The Polygon Show' about Libba Bray's 'A Great and Terrible Beauty'. Note that the discussion includes spoilers for A Great and Terrible Beauty. A video of Simone's interview with Aisha Tyler can be found at https://youtu.be/mOwnt8wbe4w. This discussion was recorded in a space provided by Netflix, for which we thank them. This episode has post-credits MCU-style foreshadowing for next week's episode! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

Welcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Ross Blocher and Carrie Poppy of 'Oh No Ross and Carrie' about some books that were important to them when they were young. Note that the discussion includes spoilers for Louise Fitzhugh's 'Harriet the Spy' and its sequel 'The Long Secret', and 'Maniac Magee' by Jerry Spinelli. This discussion was recorded on Jake's phone in a semi-secluded corner by an elevator at PodX, and we apologize for the resulting sound quality. Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

For this episode, Carrie and Jake talk about one of Carrie's favorite books: A.S. King's 'Everybody Sees The Ants'. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! We also talk about being taken to see the Vagina Monologues by your knitting group, plus the nostril size of horses, and one weird screenwriting trick that is guaranteed to get Jake to cry during the first five minutes of a movie. There's also some discussion of bullying, sexual assault, and suicide, which may be a bit intense in parts, so be aware of that. In the next episode, we'll be discussing 'Plain Kate' by Erin Bow. If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Cha

Welcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Hal Lublin of 'We Got This with Mark and Hal' talking about Piers Anthony's 'Xanth' books, among other things. Also in this episode, Jake confesses some things that he isn't proud of. In addition to cohosting 'We Got This' and 'Tights and Fights', Hal is a voice actor on Welcome to Night Vale, The Thrilling Adventure Hour, among other things. To get the full lowdown, check out HalLublin.com! Note that the discussion includes spoilers for Piers Anthony's 'A Spell for Chameleon', plus the 'Bart's Friend Falls in Love' episode of the Simpsons, plus, I guess, the comic strip Garfield. Plus, a correction: I said at one point in this discussion that Carrie had forbidden us from ever covering a Piers Anthony book, but I think I was actually thinking of a different author -- I don't think Xanth has ever come up before, in the context o

Welcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Julie Shapiro, executive director of Radiotopia, about Louise Fitzhugh's 'Harriet the Spy'. In addition to being the executive director of PRX, Julie Shapiro is a producer of the Ear Hustle podcast, and publisher of the zine Anodyne. If you want to participate in the zine, PM her on twitter! Note that the discussion includes spoilers for 'Harriet the Spy', 'The Crumb' by Jean Slaughter Doty, and Rebecca Stead's 'When You Reach Me' (which there is also a separate episode of 'Love YA Like Crazy' for). This discussion was recorded in a space provided by Netflix, for which we thank them! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. You can help support production of this podcast,

Welcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Jeffrey Cranor about Sarah Maria Griffin's 'Spare and Found Parts' and Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland'. Jeffrey Cranor co-writes the podcasts Welcome to Night Vale and Within the Wires, and is a New York Neo-Futurists alumnus. Note that the discussion includes spoilers for 'Spare and Found Parts' and 'Alice in Wonderland'. This discussion was recorded in a space provided by Netflix, for which we thank them! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy .

Welcome to Love YA Like Crazy! You're listening to a special episode recorded by one of the two hosts, Jacob Haller, while he was at PodX in Nashville. For this episode, Jake talked to Lee LeBreton of 'Within the Wires' about Madeleine L'Engle's 'Many Waters'. Lee LeBreton is the voice of Michael Witten in Season 3 of Within the Wires, and performs throughout the year in the New York Neo-Futurists's weekly show, The Infinite Wrench. They also perform regularly with The Williams Project in Seattle. For more information, check out their website! Note that the discussion includes major spoilers for 'Many Waters', and some minor spoilers for 'A Wrinkle in Time'. This discussion was recorded in a space provided by Netflix, for which we thank them! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in ret

Jake recently went to the PodX podcasting conference in Nashville, and talked to some of the podcasters there about YA books, or books that were important to them when they were young. Starting tomorrow, and continuing every week until we run out of interviews, we'll be posting these in the feed. This episode gives you a little sneak peek at these discussions. Here's what you can look forward to: Lee LeBreton of 'Within the Wires' discussing Madeleine L'Engle's 'Many Waters' Jeffrey Cranor, also of 'Within the Wires', on Sarah Maria Griffin's 'Spare and Found Parts' and Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' Julie Shapiro, executive director of Radiotopia, and Carrie Poppy of 'Oh No Ross and Carrie', each talking about Louise Fitzhugh's 'Harriet the Spy' Hal Lublin of 'We Got This with Mark and Hal' talking about Piers Anthony's 'Xanth' books, among other things Ross Blocher of 'Oh No Ross and Carrie' discussing Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Simone de Rochefort of 'The Polygon Show' talking about Libba Bra

For this episode, Carrie and Jake discuss The Owl Service by Alan Garner. Along the way, Jake sings a tribute to a listener named RobertTheBruceWayne, Carrie reveals whether she would rather be an owl or flowers, and we struggle with Welsh names (sorry). In the next episode, we'll be discussing American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. You can see one of the plates that inspired Alan Garner at https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/online/magical-books/the-owl-service , and you can see Tamar Williams tell the story of Blodeuwedd at https://youtu.be/Oysj9gIYqEY (this episode contains some short excerpts from this video). If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their son

In this special surprise Christmas episode, Carrie and Jake talk about (among other things) Little Rabbit Foo Foo, horny robot giraffes with French accents, and how being a gasket builds character. We also explore the Eden Five Needs You 4 extended universe. From all of this, you may deduce that we read Andrew Smith's latest YA novel, Rabbit & Robot. Spoilers abound, so we recommend reading the book before listening! In the next episode, we'll be discussing The Owl Service by Alan Garner. If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. This episode contains some clips from a recording of the Empire R

In this episode, Carrie, Jake, and special guest Hayden of the They See Me Rollin and That Gay Sh*t podcasts discuss 'Akata Witch' by Nnedi Okorafor. We also talk about forcing friends to read your screenplay (or listen to your podcast), try and fail to avoid talking about Harry Potter, and announce our new Patreon!!! In the next episode, we'll be discussing The Owl Service by Alan Garner.(OR WILL WE???) If you have any comments or suggestions, join us on our Goodreads page at https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/188869-love-ya-like-crazy, or tweet to us at https://twitter.com/loveYApod, or email us at podcast at loveYAlikecrazy.com. We'd love to hear from you! Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. You can help support production of this podcast, and get rewards in return, via our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy . Love YA Like

A quick announcement: Carrie and Jake have set up their own Patreon! There will be more information in the next episode, and you can also find some at https://www.patreon.com/loveYAlikecrazy . Tomorrow we'll be releasing a new episode in which we talk about 'Akata Witch' by Nnedi Okorafor with Hayden of the They See Me Rollin and That Gay Sh*t podcasts (but $5/month Patreon patrons can get it right now). Thanks to Shaenon K. Garrity for designing the Love YA Like Crazy icon, to the Sentimental Favorites for the use of their song 'Hey There', and to Charlie McCarron for the 'Love YA Like Crazy' tag. Love YA Like Crazy is a member of the Ear Trumpet Audio podcast network! You can find more information about the network at http://eartrumpetaudio.com/ .