Podcasts about something like normal

SEPTEMBER please just take my money. Take it all! There is a crazy amount of amazing books coming out this month and to celebrate we have an absolute chocka episode for you! With special guests: Trish Dollar, Sarah Ayoub and Ellie Marney!Books Mentioned:September releases:Every Breath - Ellie MarneyDream Thieves - Maggie SWhere the stars still shine - Trish DollerMore than this - Patrick NessThis song will save your life - Leila SalesVicious  - Victoria SchwabNot a drop to drink - Mindy McGinnisAll the truth that's in me - Julie BerryA wounded name - Dot HutchinsonFangirl - Rainbow RowellAll our yesterdays - Cristin TerrillThe waking dark - Robin WassermanIsla and the happily ever after - Stephanie PerkinsFallout - Todd Strasser Pick of the month:Hate is Such a Strong Word by Sarah AyoubBuy it now at BookworldCurrently Reading:Mandee: Almost English by Charlotte MendlesonRey: The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd Trin: Just Between UsSpecial Guest Ladies:Sarah Ayoub author of Hate is Such a Strong WordSarah is a Sydney Journalist/Feature Writer who has written for Sunday, Marie-Claire, Madison, Cosmo, Girlfriend and more. Hate is Such a Strong Word is her debut novel. The story focuses on Sophie: a Lebanese teenager navigating her way through life with Dictator Dad, narrow minded classmates and first love. Connect with Sarah: Facebook TwitterEllie Marney author of Every BreathEllie Marney was born in Brisbane, and has lived in Indonesia,Singapore and India. Now she writes, teaches, talks about kid’s literature at libraries and schools, and gardens when she can, while living in a country idyll (actually a very messy wooden house on ten acres with a dog and lots of chickens) near Castlemaine, in north-central Victoria. Her partner and four sons still love her, even though she often forgets things and lets the housework go.Connect with Ellie: Website TwitterTrish Doller author of Where The Stars Still ShineTrish has worked as a morning radio personality, a newspaper reporter, and spent all her summers in college working at an amusement park. Her debut novel Something Like Normal made readers sit up and take notice with the story of Travis: a US Marine coming home from Afghanistan. Her second novel Where The Stars still Shine focuses on a girl coming back to her family after being abducted by her birth mom and living life on the run for 12 years.Connect with Trish: Website TwitterListener Question:What are you looking forward to this month? Listen NowOn iTunes

​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.

Join Meg and Kassiah of Swoony Boys Podcast as they discuss the characters Peregrin (Perry) and Roar from the Under the Never Sky series by Veronica Rossi) and Travis (from Something Like Normal by Trish Doller)