SFF Yeah‪!‬ Book Riot

SFF Yeah! is going on hiatus, so Jenn and Sharifah reminisce about 173 episodes and talk about favorite SF/F picture and board books.
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Books Discussed
Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Cryptid Baby series by Elias Barks with Meg Hunt and Zoe Persico (Nessie Baby!)
A Jedi You Will Be by Preeti Chhibber and Mike Deas
Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman and Dan Yaccarino
LIFT by Minh Lê and Dan Santat
King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson by Kenneth Kraegel
If Your Babysitter is a Bruja by Ana Siqueira and Irena Freitas
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Rainbow Goblins by Ul de Rico
What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom
The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung and Hanna Cha
Stella’s Stellar Hair by Yesenia Moises
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Jenn talks about two recent favorites with very different vibes.
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Books Discussed
The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl: (2023) Volume 1 by Miyuki Tonogaya
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
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Jenn and guest Vanessa get deep into 2021's The Green Knight, plus talk a little bit more about the Hugos and a very wonky Wonka event.
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News
Hugos Updates: Just Go Visit File770
Willy Wonkay's Potentially Litigious Fyre Festival? [EW]

Discussion
The Green Knight (2021)
"The Gawain Poet"
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [Project Gutenberg]
The Green Knight by David Lowery and Anonymous
Preeti Chhibber on Dev Patel's Casting [Elle]
Monkey Man Trailer [YouTube]
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Jenn tackles two more listener questions and updates everyone about her Machineries of Empire reread.
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Books Discussed
The Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee
Jennifer K: Middle-grade SF/F
The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes (but really any Rick Riordan Presents)
Lisa P: Academic sci-fi and Marginalized perspectives in high fantasy
The Blue, Beautiful World (Cygnus Beta #3) by Karen Lord
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
She Who Became The Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Rec'd by Lisa: We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
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Jenn and guest Kelly Jensen dig into what horror is and isn't, the Summer Scares program, recommendations, and what even is happening with this ACOTAR adaptation.
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News
A Court of Thorns and Roses Is ... Not? ... Cancelled [Collider]

Books Discussed
Summer Scares
Jackal by Erin E. Adams
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison
This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno
All These Bodies by Kendare Blake
Dead Flip by Sara Farizan
#MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil
Ophie’s Ghosts by Justina Ireland
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
My Aunt Is A Monster by Reimena Yee
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill (cw: animal experimentation & cruelty, homophobia, violence against women, loss of a child)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1, Koyoharu Gotouge with John Werry (Translator), Stan!, Adam Grano, Mike Montesa, John Hunt,
Symbiosis novellas by Nicky Drayden (cw: body horror)
The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker (7/16)
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraceia J. Fennell (4/2)
Chlorine by Jade Song
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This week, Jenn answers two listener questions about paranormal romance and cinnamon rolls.
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Books Discussed
For Sarah: comps for Nalini Singh
Mercenary Librarians series by Kit Rocha 
L. Penelope’s Earthsinger series
Shelly Laurenston’s Honey Badgers series
For Christina: cinnamon rolls who are going through it
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (and/or others by Zen Cho)
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