Season 2, Episode 2: Teen Romcoms, Never Gonna Give You Up

Marisa and Mary are back with a new episode of The Book Jam! We are excited to have our second guest to come jam with us, Jennifer R., a Youth Services Librarian at Cragin Memorial Library.  It is February and Jennifer is the queen of romance books. So today's books are all about romcoms. Jennifer gets to pick 2 books and Mary and Marisa each pick a complementary readalike. (Fun fact, the alternate episode title: “My Heart Will Go On...For Teen Romcoms”). What is our favorite teen romcom? Check out the Books Mentioned below to add even more books to your To Be Read pile. Jennifer’s books: Get It Together Keiko Carter by Debbi Michiko Florence. Middle Grade, Grades 5-8. Published by Scholastic Press, 5/5/20. Truly, Madly, Royally by Debbie Rigaud.  Teen, Grades 7+. Published by Scholastic Point, 7/30/19. Marisa’s book: Kind of a Big Deal by Shannon Hale. Teen, Grades 7+. Published by Roaring Brook Press, 8/25/20. Mary’s book: The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley. Teen, Grades 8+. Published by Harper Teen, 12/1/20. Books we talked about this episode: Just Be Cool, Jenna Sakai by Debbie Michiko Florence Nikki On the Line by Barbara Carroll Roberts Jane Unlimited by Kristin Cashore Princess Academy series by Shannon Hale Austenland by Shannon Hale Books of Bayern series by Shannon Hale Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson Princess in Black by Shannon Hale Fire and Ice, Book 4 of Spirit Animal series by Shannon Hale American Royals by Katherine McGee Majesty by Katherine McGee The Lux series by Anna Godbersen Twilight by Stephenie Meyer The Selection by Keira Cass Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Sailor Moon by Naoka Takeuchi Frankly in Love by David Yoon Sarah J. Maas books Leigh Bardugo books Echo After Echo by A.R. Capetto Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore, out 3/9/21 Extraordinaries by T.J. Klune Looking for Alaska by John Green Super Adjacent by Crystal Cestari Paper Towns by John Green (we remembered the right John Green title) Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Prom: A Novel Based on the Broadway Musical by Saundra Mitchell Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Once & Future by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy The entire 4 book Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer