Book Expectations

Welcome back to another episode! This week, we discuss a popular romcom, People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry. We ponder our favorite quotes, reflect upon childhood memories, and learn about Isabel's questionable decision-making. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it. Additionally, thank you for sticking around for 50 official episodes! We appreciate all your support and hope we can continue to create entertaining content!

This week we review everything we've read so far and talk about the new books we're obsessed with. Tune in to listen to Doris's various new book boyfriends, Isabel's obsession with Heartstopper, and Anya hating on Doris's choices for k-dramas. 

This week we discuss Love and Olives by Jenna Evans Welch, the most deceiving book we've read in 2022, so far! Doris recounts how she was blindsided when she picked it up from the library, thinking it would be a cute summer read, and found herself sobbing at the end. Anya also reveals how parental relationships would always be a soft spot in her heart, and she remembers her past trauma with a particular viral video from 2017. We also come clean about our numerous secret Pinterest boards, topics ranging from Kdramas, London boys, and... Nam Joo Hyuk?? Listen as we cry over the ending of Love and Olives and go through the most random tangents!

Welcome back to another episode of Book Expectations! This week, we'll be discussing Counting Down With You by Tashie Bhuiyan. Doris and Anya discuss the importance of dogs wearing shoes, artsy boys, and cringy relationships. We also elaborate on our favorite tropes in romcoms. We hope you enjoy this episode and learn a lot about us!

In this episode, we discuss a long-awaited book that we've hinted at and gushed at many times in previous episodes, You Deserve Each Other! Doris recounts how she discovered this hidden gem through cryptic Goodreads reviews, and Anya reflects on her miserable journey trying to find a copy of the book to give Doris on her birthday. We obsess over how Nicholas is the ideal boyfriend/fiance, laugh over Naomi's silly silly mistakes, and rant about Deborah, the evil mother-in-law's, annoying meddling. This winter romance gives us hope for love and combines all of our favorite tropes, including second-chance, lovers to enemies to friends to lovers, and "OMG he has dimples!!" This is... dare we say... our favorite enemies to lovers romance??

Welcome back to another episode of Book Expectations! This week we are discussing the final book of the "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" series, "As Good As Dead". With all the full-circle moments, horrifying details, and heartbreaking moments, Anya and Doris have plenty to discuss! Listen as we cry over traumatizing moments (to no one's surprise) and brag about our amazing book-based Spotify playlists. We hope you enjoy!

Note: Listener discretion is advised! We discuss gory topics that may be triggering to some listeners, including sexual assault, drug use, violence, PTSD, and more.

This week we compare US covers and UK covers. We get heated over many font and color choices for many of the covers, and when Isabel doesn't like the Elizabeth Lim UK covers as much as Anya and Doris. We talk about many book covers ranging from Divergent to Hating Game to Malibu Rising! Will we like the US or UK versions better? Would we buy these book covers to put on our shelf? Listen to find out!

Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/136C2XP02WLGXKNxU3iBVnkVuhx_WHhWajXIwFJClJ0U/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode, we are back with the second book of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder! This book was... let's just say, interesting. It left us traumatized and #not okay. But that's okay because Ravi saved the day! Listen to this episode to experience Anya and Doris obsessing over Ravi, sympathizing over Stanley, and cursing out Max Hastings. We hope you enjoy hearing the fear in our voice as we recount the events in the second book of this thrilling trilogy!

Obviously, this episode contains many spoilers from A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and Good Girl, Bad Blood. Make sure you also search up any potential trigger warnings before listening!