Put A Blurb On It

Put A Blurb On It is where Ardo and Yash chat about all things related to books and comics, and conduct interviews with industry folks.

PABOI: Fonda Lee 05/20/2024

PABOI: Fonda Lee Author Fonda Lee joins Ardo and Yash to discuss her critically acclaimed and award-winning series, the Green Bone Saga, which consists of the novels Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy. The also chat about what it takes to worldbuild, the process of creating the audiobooks and an update on the TV show adaptation. This is a SPOILER interview. All three books in the Green Bone Saga are discussed including spoilers. Go, get copies of these books, read them, obsess over them and then return to this episode. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/31375332

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Pretty Little Liars 02/12/2024

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Pretty Little Liars Got a secret? Well, don't keep it to yourself! Welcome to another episode of Put Some Nostalgia On It. This is where Ardo and Yash chat with their friends about the books they loved as tweens and teens. In this episode, they invited Mika and Kayi to discuss Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard! They talked about the popular book series, its 2010 adaptation and its 2022 horror adaptation. Sources and mentions in this episode: Pretty Little Liars wikipedia Ravenswood spin-off Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists spin-off Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/29493958

Put Some Dimension 20 On It 01/29/2024

Put Some Dimension 20 On It Ardo and Yash do an edition of "If You Liked...Then You'll Like..." with the show Dimension 20 on Dropout TV. Dimension 20 (or D20) is a show that blends tabletop roleplaying games with comedy. In this episode, our hosts recommend a book for each main cast season (no side quests allowed in this one!). What recommendations would you make? If you haven't already seen Dimension 20, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? GO! NOW. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/29492648

Put A New Year, New Us On It 01/15/2024

Put A New Year, New Us On It Happy New Year! Ardo and Yash discuss their top 3 reads of 2023. Then they revisit their 2023 reading resolutions (how well did they do???) before making new ones for 2024. Bonus: Ardo goes over her StoryGraph Wrapped which documents her reading stats for 2023. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/29491813

Put Some Eerie Reads On It 10/21/2023

Put Some Eerie Reads On It It's the eerie season which means Ardo and Yash discuss the scary and creepy books that truly stayed with them long after reading. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/28382732

Put A Tokyo On It 10/06/2023

Put A Tokyo On It Ardo and Yash discuss the books they've been reading before, during and after their vacation in Japan this past summer! The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/28218635

Put A Spider-Manz On It 07/18/2023

Put A Spider-Manz On It Ardo and Yash have gone back to their roots...discussing Spider-Man! More specifically, two Spider-Man movies: No Way Home and Across the Spider-Verse. Beware! This episode is filled with spoilers. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/27351309

Put A “We’re Back!” On It 07/04/2023

Put A “We’re Back!” On It Yeah...We're thinking we're back. Ardo and Yash discuss what they’ve been reading the last few months which include titles by N. K. Jemisin, Liselle Sambury, RF Kuang and more. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/27350988

Put A Delay On It 06/12/2023

Put A Delay On It This episode was recorded back in January 2023 as part of our annual 2022 year-end recap and a look forward to 2023. Ardo and Yash discuss what they've been reading in the last few months of 2022, the best of the year and what they're excited for in 2023. They also check-in on their 2022 reading resolutions and make new ones (or attempt the old ones again) for this year. What Yash Read - 2:14 What Ardo Read - 7:40 Best of 2022 - 13:52 Anticipated Reads - 40:13 Reading Resolutions - 58:33 The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/27129237

PABOI: Tracy Deonn Returns (Part 2) 12/28/2022

PABOI: Tracy Deonn Returns (Part 2) This is part two of our Tracy Deonn strikes back interview. Just like our epic 2020 interview with the bestselling author ofLegendborn, we've done a two part interview of the recently released sequel, Bloodmarked. Part two is 100% spoilers so if you haven't read Bloodmarked, do that before listening to this. Be sure to also listen to which is spoiler free. Bloodmarked is now out! The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/25447998

PABOI: Tracy Deonn Returns (Part 1) 12/21/2022

PABOI: Tracy Deonn Returns (Part 1) Back for a second time, Tracy Deonn returns after her last epic 2-part interview with an even more epic 2-part interview! She discusses Bloodmarked--the sequel to her bestselling young adult novel, Legendborn--with Ardo and Yash. The trio also chat about life as a successful author, how the publishing experience has differed/remained the same and getting to meet readers in-person. This interview does NOT contain spoilers for Bloodmarked but does contain spoilers for Legendborn. Bloodmarked is now out! The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/25401255

PABOI: Mia P. Manansala 09/27/2022

PABOI: Mia P. Manansala Author Mia P. Manansala joins Ardo and Yash to discuss the third book in her cozy mystery series, Blackmail and Bibingka. They also chat about the mystery genre as a whole, the resource and food! Blackmail and Bibingka comes out October 4, 2022. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . Check out our blog at . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/24503223

Put An Epic On It 08/30/2022

Put An Epic On It This episode was recorded back in June as a mid-year check-in. Ardo and Yash discussed what they've been reading which included some horror, mystery, nonfiction, poetry, romance and KidLit. They also discussed reading Vaishnavi Patel's debut novel, Kaikeyi. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . Check out our blog at putablurbonit.wordpress.com. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/24197442

Put A New Year On It: The Zeta Remix 08/29/2022

Put A New Year On It: The Zeta Remix Ardo and Yash are once again joined by their pal and friend of the pod, Angel Cruz, to discuss their anticipated reads and reading resolutions (56:50). This episode was recorded back in the winter of 2021 when the omnicron COVID variant was raging. Enjoy this glimpse at the past and tell us if you're on your way to succeeding with your reading resolutions or how many of your anitcipated reads you were able to check out. Related media: (last year’s anticipated books/reading resolutions) The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . Check out our blog at putablurbonit.wordpress.com. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/24197028

PABOI: Nafiza Azad Returns 08/01/2022

PABOI: Nafiza Azad Returns Back for a second time, Nafiza Azad joins Ardo and Yash to discuss her second young adult novel, The Wild Ones. They also chat about her experience of the publishing industry and her upcoming young adult novel, Road of the Lost. Road of the Lost comes out October 18, 2022. Spoiler conversations around The Wild Ones begins at 45:49 The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . Check out our blog at putablurbonit.wordpress.com. You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/23926269

The Teaser (Re-Release) 07/25/2022

The Teaser (Re-Release) This episode is a re-release to celebrate 5 years of the podcast! Enjoy! This is the teaser episode of the podcast. Ardo and Yash discuss Spider-Man: Homecoming (2:30 -15:35), books and comics! No games this time around but you do get a 32 min teaser that was supposed to be 15 mins long! Oh and Ardo discovers new things about Yash. The logo is designed by Nick Hanover. Everything mention in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/23853606

Put A 2021 Recap On It 01/24/2022

Put A 2021 Recap On It Usually the final episode of a season, season 6 is starting off with the best of 2021! Ardo and Yash bring back their pal and friend of the pod, Angel Cruz, to discuss their individual top 5 reads of last year. The logo was designed by Nick Hanover. The theme song and break music is from Haris Qureshi’s song Give AF. You can find his album . Everything mentioned in the episode can be found on . You can also find the podcast on Twitter and Instagram at @PutABlurbOnIt. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/21879749

Put Some Webtoons On It 12/31/2021

Put Some Webtoons On It This episode was recorded a while back but hosts Ardo and Yash wanted to end the year with just the two of them and the books they've read! They discuss the Webtoon comics they've gotten into, nonfiction and speculative fiction that left a mark, and what they both thought of White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/21637853

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Gossip Girl (Part 2) 12/30/2021

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Gossip Girl (Part 2) Hello Upper East Siders! Ardo, Yash and special guest, Hana of Story Nut, continue discussing Gossip Girl at part of Put Some Nostalgia On It! In part two, they tackle HBO's new Gossip Girl tv show and how it stacked up against the original. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/21633662

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Gossip Girl (Part 1) 09/07/2021

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Gossip Girl (Part 1) Welcome to another episode of Put Some Nostalgia On It! This is where Ardo and Yash chat with their friends about the books they loved as tweens and teens. In this episode, they invited BookTuber Hana from Story Nut to discuss Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar! They had such a fun time, the conversation was broken into two parts. In part one, they discuss the book series and its spin-offs as well as the 2007 CW TV show adaptation. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/20394482

PABOI: Liselle Sambury 08/30/2021

PABOI: Liselle Sambury Ardo and Yash interviewed debut author Liselle Sambury about her near future urban fantasy, Blood Like Magic. They discuss navigating the publishing experience as a YouTuber, heavily featuring Toronto as the novel's setting, putting witches in a sci-fi future and what she's working on next. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/20301272

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Fear Street 07/26/2021

Put Some Nostalgia On It: Fear Street Welcome to a new ongoing series within the Put A Blurb On It podcast! This is where Ardo and Yash chat with their friends about the books they loved as tweens and teens. In this episode, they invited Natasha from Everyone and Their Sister to discuss Fear Street. The first half is all about the book series by R. L. Stine and the second half tackles the Netflix movie trilogy adaptation that was recently released. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/19933175

Put A Crossover On It with Everyone and Their Sister (Part 2) 07/12/2021

Put A Crossover On It with Everyone and Their Sister (Part 2) It's part 2 of the crossover to end all crossovers! Ardo and Yash have the co-hosts of the Everyone and Their Sister podcast on to chat about their fave reads of the year so far. This episode features Cristina and Ardo's book picks. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/19788647

Put A Crossover On It with Everyone and Their Sister (Part 1) 07/05/2021

Put A Crossover On It with Everyone and Their Sister (Part 1) You've been waiting for it and they've delivered. Ardo and Yash have the co-hosts of the Everyone and Their Sister podcast on to chat about their fave reads of the year so far. This is part one of their mid-year freakout featuring Steph, Nat and Yash's book picks. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/19713080

Put Some Crows On It 06/14/2021

Put Some Crows On It In this episode, Ardo and Yash discuss the #FreePalestine movement before diving into their what they've been reading. It's a mostly Ardo episode in terms of books read but Yash does chat about her Rule of Wolves feels--the newest book in the Grishaverse--before the pair discuss season 1 of the Shadow and Bone TV show. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/19461296

Put A Mystery On It 05/18/2021

Put A Mystery On It This episode was recorded back in January but the conversation is evergreen! Ardo and Yash mention the recent IG TV on the PABOI account that looked at recent Canadian reads. Then they discuss what they've been reading which includes a lot of mystery/crime fiction for Ardo and a whole lot of speculative fiction for Yash. /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/19143155

Put A Producer On It 04/05/2021

Put A Producer On It This is an extra long episode of the podcast! Ardo and Yash spend some time talking about anti-Asian hate, #OwnVoices and if book lists (and other pop culture lists) are helpful. Then they talk about what they've been reading, and get a bit of behind-the-scenes help from friend of the pod and unintentional producer of this episode, Angel! /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/18607838

PABOI: Chloe Gong 02/22/2021

PABOI: Chloe Gong Ardo and Yash interviewed debut author Chloe Gong about her Romeo and Juliette reimagining, The Violent Delights. They discuss what it's like to be a Gen Z author in publishing, the confidence in Chloe's writing, colonialism and diaspora feels, and the research into 1920s Shanghai. It's a fun interview! /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/18031154

Put #ReadingGoals On It 01/10/2021

Put #ReadingGoals On It It’s 2021, baybee! Ardo and Yash are once again joined by their pal and friend of the pod, Angel Cruz, to discuss their anticipated reads. Then they talk about Yash's favourite topic: reading resolutions! How will the hosts and Angel approach reading this year while the pandemic still rages and the outside is but a distant memory? /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/17492072

Put A 2020 Recap On It 12/28/2020

Put A 2020 Recap On It It's the final episode of season 4! Ardo and Yash bring back their pal and friend of the pod, Angel Cruz, to discuss their individual top 5 reads of 2020. There are some overlaps and most importantly, lots of gushing over great books. See you later, 2020! /episode/index/show/putablurbonit/id/17346683

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