Shawn and Lindsey discuss Graceling by Kristin Cashore, a Young Adult fantasy novel, and the first in a series.| SPOILER ALERT! As always, we will discuss spoilers in this chat. But only spoilers for this book, not the rest of the series! | "The book tells the story of Katsa, a young woman with a "Grace", or power, which enhances her survival skills and makes her a highly efficient killer. It takes place in a world where Gracelings, or people with special powers, are identified as children because their eyes are two different colors and put in the service of the king."| Intro and outro by Smooth Lovin by Kevin MacLeod, Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4379-smooth-lovin, License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

For April, we finally got to read the much anticipated Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid! This book is written in a unique biopic format, which makes it feel like an episode of Inside the Music on MTV. | SPOILER ALERT! As always, we will discuss spoilers in this chat. If that's not your thing, no worries. Come back after you read the book! | "Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock ’n’ roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with the pressure of impending fatherhood and fame, Billy goes a little wild on the road. Daisy and Billy cross paths when a producer realizes that the key to supercharged success is to put the two together. What happens next will become the stuff of legend." | Intro and outro by Smooth Lovin by Kevin MacLeod, Link, https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4379-smooth-lovin, License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This month Shawn and Lindsey are revisiting a childhood favorite, Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo. | SPOILER ALERT! As always, we will discuss spoilers in this chat. But only spoilers for this book, not the rest of the series! | "A magical fantasy that is fast-paced and easy-to-read. Charlie Bone has a special gift- he can hear people in photographs talking. The fabulous powers of the Red King were passed down through his descendants, after turning up quite unexpectedly, in someone who had no idea where they came from. This is what happened to Charlie Bone, and to some of the children, he met behind the grim, gray walls of Bloor's Academy. Charlie Bone has discovered an unusual gift-he can hear people in photographs talking! His scheming aunts decide to send him to Bloor Academy, a school for genius's where he uses his gifts to discover the truth despite all the dangers that lie ahead." | Intro and outro by Smooth Lovin by Kevin MacLeod, Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4379-smooth-lovin, License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/