Introducing: Clear Eyes, Full Shelves... For Your Ears!

Today, we're excited to announce something that's been in the works for months, but got extremely waylaid by our CMS transition this winter: the Clear Eyes, Full Shelves Podcast.

A New Podcast about books, reading and other exciting things - Clear Eyes, Full Shelves, The Podcast | http://cleareyesfullshelves.com/podcast

Some of y'all may know that I co-host an occasional podcast about sports with my awesome Australian friend Mookie. I've enjoyed that format so much that I've wanted to translate that fun to book talk, particularly so we could delve into some more complex issues that don't suit the written blog post format.

This is very much the case for our inaugural episode, in which Laura and I discuss young adult fiction, its issue with diversity (or lack thereof) and look at two books focused on the immigrant experience: one that got it really, really right and one that missed that mark.

You can listen by steaming the audio in this post, by control- or right-clicking the "download" link or by subscribing in iTunes (our album artwork isn't displaying yet, but you can see it on the right). I'll be adding the podcast to other directories as soon as we have enough episodes banked to be eligible. 

Thanks for listening!

Books & Links Mentioned in This Episode

Eleanor & Park
By Rainbow Rowell

What to know a bit more about Clear Eyes, Full Shelves?

I was recently interviewed over at Bookshelvers Anonymous, who regularly spotlights folks from around the book blogging word. 

Blogger Spotlight

I tell all about why we started Clear Eyes, Full Shelves; my favorite books and genres; how I tricked Laura, Sandra and Rebeca into blogging with me; and some of the craziest book matchmaker requests.

Thanks so much to Bookshelvers Anonymous for featuring Clear Eyes, Full Shelves!

If you're not in the mood to read about us, as an alternative, you can watch this semi-weird Tim Riggins tribute video.

Novel in Verse Week 2013

Novel in Verse Week 2013

Remember last year when we bombarded you with a week of posts about the awesomeness of novels in verse?

This year, we're hoping to make it bigger and better and awesomer!

Like last year, 2013's will be that last week in April, beginning on April 21. We'll be posting features about verse novels and their authors, but some folks have also reached out to us and asked if they could get involved. (It is so weird to me that people want to collaborate with us, but it's also extremely awesome.)

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