Welcome to another episode of Put Some Nostalgia On It! This is where Ardo and Yash chat with their friends about the books they loved as tweens and teens. In this episode, they invited BookTuber Hana from Story Nut to discuss Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar! They had such a fun time, the conversation was broken into two parts. In part one, they discuss the book series and its spin-offs as well as the 2007 CW TV show adaptation. Here are the resources mentioned in this episode: Gossip Girl (Book) (Wikipedia) Gossip Girl (2007 CW TV Show) (Wikipedia) Young Adult Fiction: Wild Things by Naomi Wolf (The New York Times) High School Confidential by Nancy Franklin (The New Yorker) The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

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Put Some Nostalgia On It: Gossip Girl (Part 1)

Ardo and Yash interviewed debut author Liselle Sambury about her near future urban fantasy, Blood Like Magic. They discuss navigating the publishing experience as a YouTuber, heavily featuring Toronto as the novel's setting, putting witches in a sci-fi future and what she's working on next. Liselle Sambury's YouTube Channel The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

PABOI: Liselle Sambury

Welcome to a new ongoing series within the Put A Blurb On It podcast! This is where Ardo and Yash chat with their friends about the books they loved as tweens and teens. In this episode, they invited Natasha from Everyone and Their Sister to discuss Fear Street. The first half is all about the book series by R. L. Stine and the second half tackles the Netflix movie trilogy adaptation that was recently released. Here are the resources mentioned in this episode: Fear Street: Main Wikipedia List of Fear Street books Book Series in Order A Trip Down Fear Street series by Ginnis Tonik on Women Write About Comics "Fear Street’ Trilogy Doesn’t End Here: Leigh Janiak Hopes to Create Horror Spin on MCU" (Indiewire) The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Fear Street

It's part 2 of the crossover to end all crossovers! Ardo and Yash have the co-hosts of the Everyone and Their Sister podcast on to chat about their fave reads of the year so far. This episode features Cristina and Ardo's book picks.  Be sure to also check out Everyone and Their Sister’s two parted crossover episodes with Ardo and Yash: Everyone Put A Blurb On It: Grishaverse Everyone Put A Blurb On It: Chapter Two The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put A Crossover On It with Everyone and Their Sister (Part 2)

You've been waiting for it and they've delivered. Ardo and Yash have the co-hosts of the Everyone and Their Sister podcast on to chat about their fave reads of the year so far. This is part one of their mid-year freakout featuring Steph, Nat and Yash's book picks.  Be sure to also check out Everyone and Their Sister's two parted crossover episodes with Ardo and Yash: Everyone Put A Blurb On It: Grishaverse Everyone Put A Blurb On It: Chapter Two The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put A Crossover On It with Everyone and Their Sister (Part 1)

In this episode, Ardo and Yash discuss the #FreePalestine movement before diving into their what they've been reading. It's a mostly Ardo episode in terms of books read but Yash does chat about her Rule of Wolves feels--the newest book in the Grishaverse--before the pair discuss season 1 of the Shadow and Bone TV show.  Haneen Oriqat's IG TV post Palestine Resources free-palestine.carrd.co decolonizepalestine.com jewishvoiceforpeace.org visualizingpalestine.org bdsmovement.net/get-involved/what-to-boycott #PublishingPaidMe The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put Some Crows On It

This episode was recorded back in January but the conversation is evergreen! Ardo and Yash mention the recent IG TV on the PABOI account that looked at recent Canadian reads. Then they discuss what they've been reading which includes a lot of mystery/crime fiction for Ardo and a whole lot of speculative fiction for Yash.   Barnes Babes Book Club Everyone and Their Sister The FOLD Challenge The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.  

Put A Mystery On It

This is an extra long episode of the podcast! Ardo and Yash spend some time talking about anti-Asian hate, #OwnVoices and if book lists (and other pop culture lists) are helpful. Then they talk about what they've been reading, and get a bit of behind-the-scenes help from friend of the pod and unintentional producer of this episode, Angel! Anti-Asian Hate (1:40) Pop culture lists are not activism (Vox) We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate Books We've Read (35:40) Book Focus (1:33:12) The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put A Producer On It

Ardo and Yash interviewed debut author Chloe Gong about her Romeo and Juliette reimagining, The Violent Delights. They discuss what it's like to be a Gen Z author in publishing, the confidence in Chloe's writing, colonialism and diaspora feels, and the research into 1920s Shanghai. It's a fun interview! Subtle Asians Book Club Holiday Party Chloe Gong's TikTok The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

PABOI: Chloe Gong

It’s 2021, baybee! Ardo and Yash are once again joined by their pal and friend of the pod, Angel Cruz, to discuss their anticipated reads. Then they talk about Yash's favourite topic: reading resolutions! How will the hosts and Angel approach reading this year while the pandemic still rages and the outside is but a distant memory? Anticipated Reads 3:48 - January 10:48 - February 17:35 - March/April (also 52:04) 25:29 - May 41:54 - Summer 58:26 - Fall/Unknown release dates Reading Resolutions The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put #ReadingGoals On It

It's the final episode of season 4! Ardo and Yash bring back their pal and friend of the pod, Angel Cruz, to discuss their individual top 5 reads of 2020. There are some overlaps and most importantly, lots of gushing over great books. See you later, 2020! The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put A 2020 Recap On It

In this massive episode, Ardo and Yash catch-up on what they've been doing during the pandemic which includes attending a sci-fic/fantasy virtual convention called FIYAHCON, reading books, watching The Untamed and reading fanfic about The Untamed. 3:07 – FIYAHCON 35:13 – Picture Books/Board Books 46:29 – The Untamed fanfic 1:02:10 – Middle Grade/Young Adult 1:25:46 – Adult/Translation 1:42:58 – Book/Fanfic Focus The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put The Untamed On It

Ardo and Yash are back with the second part of their interview with debut author Tracy Deonn about her newly released young adult Arthurian retelling, Legendborn. This episode is FULL OF SPOILERS! They went deep into the book with regards to how it tackled race, Tracy's personal history in writing it and breaking down its memorable characters. It cannot be stressed enough: SO MANY SPOILERS.  The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

PABOI: Tracy Deonn (Part 2)

Ardo and Yash discuss what they've been since everything locked down in March.  7:17 - Contemporary Adult 17:33 - Genre Adult 35:49 - Young Adult/Middle Grade 1:12:19 - Comics 1:32:05 - Yash's Book Focus 1:34:34 - Ardo's new job and new projects from the PABOI team Yash's comic can be found in Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Vol. 2 and Ardo's comic can be found in Wayward Kindred. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

Put Some QuaranReads On It

Ardo and Yash interviewed debut author Tracy Deonn about her upcoming Arthurian retelling, Legendborn. This is the first part of a two part interview and this episode has NO SPOILERS! They talked about Tracy's road to being published, genre fiction being used to discuss racism and the 2008's Merlin. The book comes out September 15 and you can pre-order it wherever you buy books! The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album here. Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on Goodreads. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt.

PABOI: Tracy Deonn (Part 1)

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