Summary: Podcast the third (recorded on 2.19.16) in which Roger and Siân talk about Harper Lee, YA readers, and opera. (Yet another warning, Siân had not yet banned cell phones from the "recording studio" so there are a few crackles after the 20 minute mark.) Roger's YA post: http://www.hbook.com/2015/11/blogs/read-roger/tbt/ Books we talk about: Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman Upton Sinclair, The Jungle Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Truman Capote, In Cold Blood Nathaniel Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles A.S. King, I Crawl Through It Veronica Roth, Divergent Stephenie Meyer, Twilight John Green, The Fault in Our Stars Charlaine Harris, The Southern Vampire Mysteries James Dashner, The Maze Runner Gillian Flynn, Dark Places & Gone Girl Paula Hawkins, Girl on the Train Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey Marcus Sedgwick, Ghosts of Heaven & Midwinterblood Natalie Babbit, Herbert Rowbarge, Search for Delicious, Tuck Everlasting Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall & Delirium Trilogy Links: Wonkette: http://wonkette.com/598735/stories-of-restaurant-employees-who-had-their-just-revenge Douglas Moore, The Ballad of Baby Doe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b168JyjkZ0) 19 True Struggles: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/true-struggles-of-being-addicted-to-ya-books-as-an-adult#.tdk9yGyvvY That post that got super famous: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/06/against_ya_adults_should_be_embarrassed_to_read_children_s_books.html Taylor Swift day in the office: http://www.hbook.com/2015/06/blogs/out-of-the-box/while-the-cats-away/#_ Things we talk about: Truman Capote movie, Infamous (Sandra Bullock and Toby Jones) Georges Bizet, Carmen Giuseppe Verdi, Aida Aida, music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical Kevin Henkes (and his literary interests) The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Halsey Hot Pockets! and Cinnabon!
