Throwback Paperback: A Young Adult Novel Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 40 - The Hunger Games: Chapters 1-14
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this next series, Asia and Charles are going to Panem and returning home to a series that they both have read and love dearly. We get to follow Ka...
Episode 39 - The Amber Spyglass: Chapters 20-38
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We finish His Dark Materials with our final showdown between good and evil, sense and confusion. Will and Lyra take us on an insane journey through th...
Episode 38 - The Amber Spyglass: Chapters 1-19
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re diving into our final book of His Dark Materials, The Amber Spyglass. If you thought that this story was already too complicated, it...
Episode 37 - The Subtle Knife: Chapters 9-15
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we wrap up The Subtle Knife, we get some answers to the questions from the last reading, but we also get posed some new and larger questions about ...
Episode 36 - The Subtle Knife: Chapters 1-8
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive further into the complexities of Pullman’s worlds. We meet Will who meets Lyra, and they become fast friends. Both Charles ...
Episode 35 - The Golden Compass: Chapters 14-23
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We finish The Golden Compass this week with Lyra’s adventures at Bolvangar and Svalbard. We spend more time with evil Mrs. Coulter and some extra ti...
Episode 34 - The Golden Compass: Chapters 1-13
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dive into the fourth series on the podcast, His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman. We cover the first half of the first book, The Golden ...
Episode 33 - Midnight Sun
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we spend one more episode with Stephenie Meyer’s vampires. We cover all of Midnight Sun in this episode which means we get to relive the i...
Episode 32 - Breaking Dawn: Chapters 19-39
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we finish the plot of the Twilight Saga. This episode and reading really tie the whole series together into one neat ending. We get to enjo...
Episode 31 - Breaking Dawn: Chapters 1-18
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It is finally time to dive into the last book of the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn. This section covers Bella’s wedding, honeymoon, and scary scary p...
Episode 30 Bonus - The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this mini bonus episode, Charles and Asia discuss the Eclipse novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. The novella covers the last week of Br...
Episode 30 - Eclipse: Chapters 16-27
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
TW: This episode includes a discussion of sexual assault and rape. Please take care of yourself, and only listen if these are safe topics for you. If ...
Episode 29 - Eclipse: Chapters 1-15
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
TW: This episode includes a discussion of sexual assault and rape. Please take care of yourself, and only listen if these are safe topics for you. If ...
Episode 28 - New Moon: Chapters 14-24
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up New Moon with, as always, a huge amount of action. Alice returns, Bella and her run to Italy. The Cullens return; they say they want Bella ...
Episode 27 - New Moon: Chapters 1-13
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the first half of New Moon as Edward and the Cullens leave, Bella spirals into a deep depression, and Jacob becomes a werewolf. W...
Episode 26 - Twilight: Chapters 14-24
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Edward and Bella’s relationship quickly escalates, and then chaos ensues. Just as Bella gets truly comfortable with her relationship with Charlie as...
Episode 25 - Twilight: Chapters 1-13
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We finally start our 3rd series of the podcast, the Twilight Saga. Charles gets his first taste of Bella and Edward, and Asia is just overjoyed sharin...
Episode 24 - The Enchantress: Chapters 41-79
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we wrap up the second series of our podcast, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. We finish The Enchantress and obviously, there is ...
Episode 23 - The Enchantress: Chapters 1-40
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We dive into the final book of the series as our characters move into preparation for the endgame. We have a huge convergence of good guys trying to b...
Episode 22 - The Warlock: Chapters 29-56
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Things are coming to a head as the monsters start to be released, and our large contingents of good guys and recently converted bad guys are doing eve...
Episode 21 - The Warlock: Chapters 1-28
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We left off last week with a really big moment of Josh leaving Sophie to officially join team bad-guy. You already know that we have plenty to say abo...
Episode 20 - The Necromancer: Chapters 34-66
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we wrap up The Necromancer, and boy is this episode a doozy. We have a lot of suspense with the hook-handed man, and some awesome discussion...
Episode 19 - The Necromancer: Chapters 1-33
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Diving into the second half of the series, we have a reading that basically recalibrates the story and tone for the second half of the series. Machiav...
Episode 18 - The Sorceress: Chapters 36-70
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up Perenelle’s book with her being an absolute boss. We spend a good portion of this episode just raving about her intellect and powers. Sop...
Episode 17 - The Sorceress: Chapters 1-35
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We head into Perenelle’s book with her facing off against all manner of attacks on Alcatraz, and Nicholas leading the twins around London. With both...
Episode 16 - The Magician: Chapters 28-55
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we have the attack of the Disir and Nidhogg attacks our crew and rampages through Paris. Josh gets brave and gets awakened, but still no lov...
Episode 15 - The Magician: Chapters 1-27
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we dive into our second book of our second series, The Magician. Transported to Paris, our crew is looking for allies, while their enemies s...
Episode 14 - The Alchemyst: Chapters 22-41
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up our first book of our second series, The Alchemyst. This section includes a lot of magic, Perenelle awesomeness, and Dee evil. We meet Endo...
Episode 13 - The Alchemyst: Chapters 1-21
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we break into series number two, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel! We read the first half of The Alchemyst, and we start our new ...
Episode 12 - Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian: Chapters 13-23
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this super exciting episode, we wrap up our first series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. In the second half of The Last Olympian we have the batt...
Episode 11 - Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian: Chapters 1-12
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We jump into the final book of our first series! This book is completely different as we basically start with all of our characters in teenager mode a...
Episode 10 - Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth: Chapters 11-20
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we finish The Battle of the Labyrinth and get a lot of our longer running questions answered. We have the return of Rachel, the discov...
Episode 9 - Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth: Chapters 1-10
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We dive right into The Battle of the Labyrinth, in which our characters start getting older and having to deal with more adult emotions. We get some m...
Episode 8 - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse: Chapters 11-20
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap up The Titan’s Curse, getting all five lines of the dark prophecy fulfilled, and some dramatic twists. Our crew meets more gods, titans, and...
Episode 7 - Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse: Chapters 1-10
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week we jump into the first half of The Titan’s Curse, discussing Artemis, more prophecy, and lots of Thalia. We get introduced to a big factio...
Episode 6 - Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters: Chapters 15-20
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode on the Sea of Monsters, our crew escapes Polyphemus, has a run in with Luke, some more prophecy fun, and we get a BIG reveal for ...
Episode 5 - Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters: Chapters 8-14
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We travel to the Sea of Monsters and run into a bunch of obstacles not least of which are Luke and Clarisse. We talk about Luke’s evil plan, Clariss...
Episode 4 - Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters: Chapters 1-7
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We break into The Sea of Monsters to discuss chapters 1-7 and get into conversations on dreams, poisoned trees, and how only in fiction do we allow ab...
Episode 3 - Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief: Chapters 16-22
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 3 of our mini introductory arc, Asia and Charles wrap up the first book of the pod! We finish off with a journey to the Underworld, plenty ...
Episode 2 - Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief: Chapters 9-15
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Asia and Charles discuss chapters 9-15 of The Lightning Thief and get into lots of world building, a lot of action, and suspicious ch...
Episode 1 - Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief: Chapters 1-8
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the pilot episode of Throwback Paperback! Throwback Paperback is a new podcast on the Nerd Party network, where cohosts Asia Bonilla and Ch...