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YA SF/F With CB Lee

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Jenn and special guest CB Lee discuss The Night Circus and Lord of the Rings adaptations, the Star Wars EU, and YA sci-fi and fantasy!

This episode is sponsored by Libro.fm, The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, and We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia.

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News:

The Night Circus adaptation has a director

The Lord of the Rings TV show will take place in the Second Age

Here’s the Good Omens full trailer

Even more new Star Wars: EU books coming out!
Queen’s Shadow by EK Johnston
A Crash of Fate by Zoraida Córdova
Black Spire by Delilah S. Dawson

 

Books Discussed:

Not Your Sidekick by CB Lee

“The Case for YA Science Fiction” by Fonda Lee

Dreadnought by April Daniels (tw: abusive parents, transphobia)

Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova

The Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault

Unsung Heroine (Heroine Complex) by Sarah Kuhn