Our salute to the books boys love concludes with tuffest sad boy book in world, The Outsiders! We'll be back in two weeks to start our new series... Percy Jackson and the Olympians! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet...

The boys (but mostly girls) are back in town again with the latest addition to our Books for the Boys series. This week we are so excited to talk to y'all about one of our favorite books (and movie) from our childhood, Holes by Louis Sachar! Books for the Boys will continue with our final installment, the ever classic boy book, The Outsiders! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing...

We kick off a new bonus series reacting to and discussing the latest sexy fairy classic book, House of Flame and Shadow!! Is this a young adult book? Did anyone ask us to do this? No and no! We're just so excited to talk about this series, we decided to share it with you! We'll be back tomorrow with Books for the Boys part two, Holes! If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet form, we'll read it...

The boys (but mostly girls) are back in town! That's right, February is no longer for lovers or even presidents birthdays, it's for the boys! We kick off our salute to the books boys love with the classic survival tale, Hatchet by Gary Paulson! Books for the Boys continues next week with the very sandy and upsettingly sweaty classic, Holes! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us...

We wanted to talk about the books we're looking forward to in 2024 in our New Years special, but after several hours of mildly coherent book rants we decided to save it for this episode (you're welcome) If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet form, we'll read it on the show! You can also donate money to the show on our anchor page! (We promise only to spend your money on...

Jess and Spencer review their favorite books from 2023 in a trendy and convenient top 5 format! They also discuss their reading goals for 2024! If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet form, we'll read it on the show! You can also donate money to the show on our anchor page! (We promise only to spend your money on books!) ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nsyapodd⁠⁠ Check out Spencer's playlist for...

We (finally) conclude our Fall Festival of Fantasy with book three of the Folk of the Air series, The Queen of Nothing!! We'll be back in a week with our annual New Years Special! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet form,...

We are so honored and excited to join Geoff and Julianna from Into the Fold on their annual Winter Fete episode! If you like this episode be sure to give subscribe to their channel below! https://open.spotify.com/show/47txYNVaaGcrPcihxPYcfn?si=3968d9697dd841dd We'll be back this Sunday with the conclusion to the Folk of the Air trilogy with Queen of Nothing! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spencer-strait/support

We (finally) continue our Fall Festival of Fantasy with book two of the Folk of the Air series, The Wicked King!! We'll be back in two weeks discussing the book three, The Queen of Nothing! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet...

Aaaaannddd we're back!! Sorry for being gone so long, but we've valiantly returned with a special Halloween episode! We talk about some spooky stories from the world of books and give out some of our favorite scary season reads! Stay spooky and Don't Suck! Help support the pod: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nsyapodd --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spencer-strait/support

We're kicking off Fall Festival of Fantasy with book one of the Folk of the Air series, the Cruel Prince!! We'll be back in two weeks discussing the book two, The Wicked King! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet form, we'll...

We're hard at work on our next big series, but in the mean time here's a special mini-episode to subdue your insatiable craving for our melodious voices We'll be back next weeks kicking off our Fall Fantasy Series with The Cruel Prince! Want to support the show? Consider donating to our Buy Me A Coffee page! (We promise to only spend it on books) https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nsyapodd --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spencer-strait/support

Sad Boy Summer concludes with the other hit 2012 book about a girl with cancer, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet form, we'll read it on the show! You can also donate money to...

Sad Boy Summer continues with part two of the award winning boarding school novel, Looking For Alaska! We'll be back in two weeks discussing Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet...

We take a break from Sad Boy Summer to talk about our favorite books of the first half of 2023! We'll be back next week with the conclusion of our review of Looking for Alaska! Spencer's Looking for Alaska playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jZIKOnNICGn462wGXvsmj?si=a91af97092e24614 Spotify free Audiobooks: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4qHzXnfnefrc40v5F4ctsw?si=1f48cd0c44c745b5 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spencer-strait/support

We kick off Sad Boy Summer with part one of the award winning boarding school novel, Looking For Alaska! We'll be back in two weeks covering the rest of the book! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review in couplet form, we'll read it on the...

The end is finally here! We wrap up our review of A Series of Unfortunate Events covering all the last bits and bobs we didn't get to before. We also give our P-P-P-Power rankings! And give our final thoughts on the Baudelaire's tragic story We'll be back in two weeks kicking off Sad Boy Summer with the king of sad boys, John Green and his seminal novel Looking for Alaska! But until then, Don't Suck! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spencer-strait/support

We have a very special episode interviewing writer, director, actor and all around nice guy, Greg Triggs!! We talk about his writing, publishing and get to the bottom of a scandal that has tortured Spencer for most of his adult life... Don't worry, we'll still have a normal episode out this Monday, where we'll finally conclude our review of A Series of Unfortunate Events! Until then you can (and should) check out all of Greg's work at gregtriggs.com. You can also find his books, The Next...

We continue our review of A Series of Unfortunate Events with the final book in the series, The End!! We'll be back in a week to finish our discussion of A Series of Unfortunate Events! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] And be sure to check out our other so, Regard the Bard! If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and...

We continue our review of A Series of Unfortunate Events with the final book in the series, The End!! We'll be back in a week to finish our discussion of book 13! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] And be sure to check out our other so, Regard the Bard! If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a...

Introducing our new show Regard The Bard! This time Spencer is (finally) going solo and he's more pretentious than ever before! In this series he'll be breaking down, digging through and poorly performing all of William Shakespeare's work and the world around him to answer the question: why do we all know the name Shakespeare? Episodes will be out every other Friday starting May 12th! And as always, Sucketh Not! --- Support this podcast:...

We continue our review of A Series of Unfortunate Events with book 12, The Penultimate Peril (part )!! If you want yo read along we'll be back in two weeks finishing our discussion of book 13, The End! Be sure to check us out on Twitter and Instagram with the handle @NYSApod or you can tell us how confused you are by our life choices by emailing us at [email protected] If you want to help out the podcast, you can give us 5 stars on Apple podcast and Spotify! If you leave a five star review...

Two titans of young adult book podcasting come together to discuss the Academy Award winning film A Series of Unfortunate Events (among MANY other topics) We'll be back in two weeks to finish our review of book 12, The Penultimate Peril! Until then be sure to check out all the great work from our friends at Into the Fold! Into the Fold: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-fold-a-grishaverse-podcast/id1569736679 Puffcast:...

Your favorite book boy is going solo! In an attempt to connect more with today's youth, Spencer is reviewing the work of the hottest Gen-Z celeb around, William Shakespeare! Each episode Spencer will break down and analyze one of Shakespeare's plays in order to answer the question, why do we know the name Shakespeare? Check it out every other Wednesday starting May 10th! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spencer-strait/support