Season 5 | Episode 3

We actually planned this episode and you can tell.

We talk abut our current reads, books we are looking forward to releasing this year and books we need to knock off our physical TBR

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Season 5 Episode 2

You can tell your gals are TIRED in this episode. Watch us sass each other and try share one brain cell. We chat about a bunch of random stuff and hope you like it

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Season 5 | Episode 1

Welcome to the first episode of 2026! This week we catch you up on the random things that have been happening in our lives over our hiatus. Settle in to hear us share our current reads, what we have already finished this year and what we hope to read soon.

We also touch on not being big on our socials at the moment so if you want to follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, just know we are reducing screentime but we will pop in when we can.

- Mara and Sam x

Please note: right at the end of the video we do take a moment to talk about the tragedy that occurred a few days ago in Mount Maunganui - if hearing about this event is upsetting please end the episode when we say goodbye.

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We don't really know what to call this....maybe, make a coffee and sit down with a snack because this is basically just us catching up with a few Christmas reading recs LOL

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After a brief and unplanned 2 week hiatus we are back.

We chat gastro, current reads and a bit of book drama that is doing the rounds.

Make yourself a coffee and sit back and yap with us.

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In this weeks episode (S4 E13) we sit down and have a good old yap about what we are reading (Elsie Silvers' Chestnut Springs Series), Audiobooks and More!

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Stories behind the story - Cat Sirota - Author of the Binary Souls Duology joins us for a chat all about being an indie author, her first and second novel, the release of book 2 and more. Get to know Cat and a bit about her story in this episode.

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S4 Ep 12

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In this episode (S4 E11) we are joined by our good friend K Wish, author of the Hidden Valley Trilogy and The Gatekeeper (her newest release).

Kelly shares with us insights to her newest novel (Out now - link below), some spooky stories and more.

Join us for this silly, chaotic but wholesome episode.

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Read her latest book here

Thank you for joining us Kelly!!

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Welcome to this week's episode. Mara and Sam had to pivot a little on their original plan so we bring you a bit of banter about our current reads before Mara launches her laptop across the room.

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Please follow this show on Spotify. It really helps!In this week we chat about heading to the Wairarapa for the big Book Shop hop - read about it here https://www.mrsblackwell.com/bookshop-hop

We had the best time, we chat about the shops we went to, things we bought and more

Head over to Instagram where Sam has posted some reels all about it