YA, We Read It!

Hello world! It's us, Meggie and Laura and we are back for our 14th season. My Lady Jane (the first book in the Lady Janies series) written by Jodi Meadows, Cynthia Hand, and Brodi Ashton became the hit amazon prime show of the same name. After watching the show your beloved hosts simply had to read the source material, okay? Meet Edward and Gifford and Lady Jane -- our three protagonists. Edward'...

Join Meggie and Laura for a very special one-off YA, We Read It! ahead of their next season where they are reading Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.  Alex and Henry couldn't be more different despite both being children of powerful political figures. Alex, the First Son of the United States yearns for a political career himself and spends plenty of time loathing the dashing and eligi...

It was 2005 when Twilight first graced the world with its presence, and now 19 years later Meggie and Laura have finished reading the entire series for your listening pleasure. It's once again time to put their final thoughts to rest on the highly popularized vampire romance. We're discussing our thoughts on this as a romance, a vampire story, and just an all around book series in general. It's in...

If there is anything breaking: it's our hearts. The time had come to say goodbye to reading Twilight with the lukewarm conclusion to Breaking Dawn. Laura and Meggie are ready to give you their takes on everything: Bella's new life as a vampire (complete with vampire powers), the nonexistent all-powerful Vampire fight, and most importantly more in depth discussions on how Jacob imprinted on a baby,...

Meggie and Laura are BACK to finish up the Twilight series with their insight on the first half of Breaking Dawn.  You know what they say: first comes love, then comes marriage, and then on your honeymoon you get pregnant with a vampire child and go through an expedited pregnancy that culminates in your fetus gnawing its way out of your fragile human body -- aw, cute! While Edward and Bella are pl...

After discovering that the impending threat to our cast of characters is a constructed vampire army made entirely up of new vampires, it's time to take action! The vampires and werewolves are officially putting their differences (and their treaty) aside to get ready to fight. Jacob and Edward also team up to make sure Bella is safe at every step. Can Bella face the two people/monsters she loves mo...

Bella and Edward's relationship is officially back on! But at what cost? Jacob is not talking to Bella, Charlie has grounded her, and with the limited time they have to spend together, Edward is insisting on Bella applying to as many colleges as humanly possible. Mystery sets in as a wave of killings is happening in Seattle and it all somehow seems to be tied to Bella. Can Bella make peace with ha...

Resident monster-apologist, Bella Swan has just learned her best friend Jacob Black is a werewolf. When Jacob's wolf pack finds out Bella has insider vampire knowledge, they have no choice but to accept her as they work to stop the vampire invasions in town. Unfortunately, this major plotline is dropped immediately when Bella learns that ex-boyfriend Edward is on his way to Italy to ask the Voltur...

Laura and Meggie are cliff diving into Twilight's follow-up New Moon, where Bella and Edward have been living out their human-vampire-relationship fantasy. Trouble brews as Bella turns 18 and is now figuratively older than "forever 17 year-old" Edward. Who needs to think about college when your invincible vampire boyfriend's vampire family wants to throw you a birthday party, am I right? Soon, the...

Ah, romance: your partner watching you sleep, telling you he could kill you, wanting to drink your blood... all the normal romance stuff.... Now that Edward's shown off how fast and strong he is in the meadow, his and Bella's romance is in full swing. Bella doesn't care that he's a vampire and she certainly doesn't care that she's only known him for like 2 months, she decides that they're in love....

Welcome to lucky number season 13 of YA, We Read It! Bella Swan had everything in Phoenix: warm weather. Her life is turned upside down when her mother decides to tour with her minor league baseball boyfriend and she is forced to relocate to the cloudy, nature-infested, and historically not warm Forks, Washington to stay with her dad. Bella quickly finds herself obsessing over the resident unsocia...

Hello Upper East Siders and Podcast Listeners, the time has come for yet another bittersweet close to yet another YA, We Read It! season. Laura and Meggie sit down, suit up, and are ready to gab about the past 12 episodes that made up the Gossip Girl season. Transport back to 2002 with us when the original book in the series debuted and let's relive some of the best (and worst) parts of Cecily Von...

  Hello Upper East Siders! It's time to find out what happens to our Gossip Girl gang after the initial final book in this flash forward sequel: I Will Always Love You. Split into 4 parts, this book checks in with everyone each and every year of college when everyone's home for winter break. Who will end up kissing who? Who will follow their dreams? Who will inevitably cheat on their partner? One...

The summer is finally coming to an end and our resident upper east siders are preparing for the next steps in their lives: college. Nate and Blair have returned from their month at sea, Dan's mom shows up unannounced to celebrate his coming out, and Serena is still pining after you-know-who not caring whatsoever about her best-friend-forever, YIKES. It's the beginning of the end! Or is it? Let Lau...

Listen up, Laura and Meggie would NEVER lie to you, our dear listener and we have to be honest that this book was ROUGH and we can't wait to lament the tail of the weird series tone-shift to our audience. Let's get into it: the Summer continues for our gossip girl gang, with half the group going to the Hamptons, and Dan exploring his sexuality... You'll just have to press play to find out everythi...

Dreams do come true! Or do they? It's officially summer and Serena, Vanessa, and Blair are all working on big shot director Ken Mogul's next blockbuster, and Nate and Dan get to date hot blonde girls... Join Laura and Meggie as they discuss their dreams (not really) and all the ins and out of our Gossip Girl gang's last summer before college.    You know you love us (and we love you too!), L + M

Graduation is fast approaching and Serena and Blair are once again not friends. But, love is in the air as Serena has decided to double down on her illicit affair and starts a relationship with Nate who is an emotional mess in this book. Vanessa on the other hand is living her best life editing her film and hanging with Aaron and Dan (hubba hubba). And Blair moves into a hotel and meets a hot Brit...

Nobody does Gossip Girl talk quite like Laura and Meggie so get ready for this! Blair and Nate are finally back together and finally doing the deed (and nonstop at that!). But will Nate blow it when he gets too high and steals his family's boat? Dan is biffing it hard as the lead singer of a famous rock band. And Jenny is really trying to be Serena 2.0. Serena is still in this series but she's bor...

Some want money, some want fame, but right now most of our Gossip Girl gang just want to get into their top college picks. Apparently, this is easy for everyone but Blair who only gets into one school. Serena falls in love with every school she tours, Blair drunkenly joins a celibacy club, and Vanessa unfortunately takes Dan back and the two decide to play house. And all Meggie and Laura want is f...

The things we like? Reading YA books, talking about them, and podcasting our little hearts out. It's springtime in the world of Gossip Girl and if there's one thing our cast of characters is worried about it's where they are going to spend spring break. Blair is desperate to lose her virginity and sets her sights on Serena's hunky older brother on their ski vacation, what could go wrong?    You kn...

Did you miss us over the holidays? Meggie and Laura are ready to dive back into the world of the rich in Gossip Girl. Dan continues to be a top tier a*hole, but love is in the air as Serena starts dating Blair's step-brother, and Nate decides to get clean and ends up in a nightly rehab where he meets party girl Georginia -- ooh la la! Join us, won't you?    You know you love us (and we love you to...

This one really does have EVERYTHING! It's Christmastime in the big apple and everyone's paired off: Serena and Blair are besties, Nate and Jenny are exclusive, and Dan and Vanessa are being as cringey as ever. What else? Serena has a fling with a famous musician, Blair's step-brother is still into her (yeesh!), and Dan is way against sex and super into slut-shaming. Meggie and Laura break it all...

Did you miss us? Because we missed you! Laura and Meggie are back at their microphones to pick up right where they left off: the second Gossip Girl book. This time around its college interviews, Dan giving major stalking energy, an upcoming wedding for Blair's mom, and a questionable step-brother love plot? Sign us up, I guess!    You know you love us (and we love you to!), M + L 

Welcome to the 12th season of "YA, We Read It!" where for the next few weeks you'll be getting a deeply sophisticated and very rich deep dive into the world of "Gossip Girl" by Cecily Von Ziegesar (or so we hope!). Meggie and Laura are your elite guides for this trip down early-2000s lane and you won't want to miss it! Kicking off book one, the effortlessly beautiful Serena is back from boarding s...

A special episode of YA, We Read It! has once again come to fruition and this time your hosts ie are reading Ava Reid's upcoming YA debut novel "A Study in Drowning" a thrilling and fantastical story about architecture student Effy who quickly gets caught up in a mystery surrounding her favorite author, what's left of his cliffside mansion, and her dark dreams of the Fairy King. Why listen to just...