Welcome back book friends! We have a short but sweet episode with one of our youngest readers. Ailish (5 years old) talks about a few of her recent favorite books. If you love listening to a five-year-old talk about stuff she likes in no particular order with very little background information, this episode is for you!

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Welcome back book nerds! On today’s episode we have another of our book swap pairings, and this time it's Emily and Lindsey talking about Emily’s pick The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. If you like psychological thrillers but haven’t read this best-selling title yet (or even if you have), get ready. Lindsey and Emily try VERY hard to have a spoiler-free conversation with a very spoiler-y book.

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Welcome back friends! On this episode of Book Swap fun Sam and Louise talk about Sam's two picks, YA title We Were Liars by E. Lockhart and the NF title Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace by Osheta Moore.

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Let the book-swapping fun begin! Alex and Alexis talk about the two books Alex picked, The Honeys by Ryan La Sala (YA) and All Systems Red by Martha Wells (SF), and Lindsey and Kristin talk about Lindsey's picks The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero (YA) and Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix (SF/H). 

Also discussed in this episode:

- Reading YA at all ages!

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It's the first day of Women’s History Month and this episode is exactly the right way to start it off. On today's episode, Bailey and Emily are back for the second half of their romance discussion. Last week, they read and discussed Jude Deveraux's 1989 novel, A Knight in Shining Armor. This week it's Scarlett St. Clair's recent title King of Battle and Blood and let's just say this one is WAAAYYYY less problematic. It's big on #tiktok right now and it also has a rating of THREE spicy peppers (which Bailey assures me means it's good!). 

Oh, yeah, and this episode is NSFW, obvs. Headphones if little ears are around! 

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Gird your loins, podcast listeners: Bailey and Emily are back with another installment of Sweet and Spicy Reads!!! This time, they're discussing the 1989 time-traveling romance Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux. This verrrrryyyyy dated title, recommended by resident-and-long-time-romance-reader Sam has Emily and Bailey's heads spinning with the 80's-style misogyny smattered throughout the plot and character development (or lack thereof).

Strap in (or on, whatever your fancy) because this one's tagged EXPLICIT for a reason. Not for little ears, my friends. 

Other topics discussed:

- Relationship red flags

- Family system theory

- Dating and settling and not expecting better treatment from our partners

- Is sex actually a time portal? TBD

- Sex positivity

- Why the "enemies to lovers" trope is fire

- What we would say to our teenage selves

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We loved doing it, you guys loved hearing about it, so it's back! This time, we turned the swap rules on their heads and picked specific books for a random person on staff. Dice were rolled in more than one way. Guys, it's utter chaos and everyone is already behind on their reading assignments. Or most of us are anyway. Join Kristin and Sam as we introduce this swap's pairings and which books we've gifted each other - for better or worse. 

We also talk about:

- Shop events are back!!!!!!

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Want to know what we're excited to read this year? We have great yet-to-be-released titles from every genre - from history to mystery, from high fantasy to non-fiction - there are so many good titles coming out in 2023, and we're going to give a sneak peek into some of the ones we're most excited about!

But if you're holding your breath for the Winds of Winter release, don't. That book is probably never being published. Just accept it. Kristin and Emily are bummed about it too. 

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WE'RE BAAAACK! Did you miss us? 

For our season 2 premiere, we're sharing our reading goals for this year! Yes, we obviously all love to read, but you'd be surprised how often even the most voracious reader hits a slump or can't get into the next title on their TBR. For our season two opener, we discuss our struggles and goals when we're choosing what to read next and share what we hope to read this year. 

Also, if you don't already use StoryGraph to track your reading, you will after listening to this episode. You'll thank us later. 

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For the final episode of season 1, we recorded a live Q&A with an audience and well... it kind of worked. Half live and half not, this last episode was a fun one to record. Thanks to our audience members who came out to laugh and talk about books. On this episode, we talked about the year in review, some shop trivia, and our plans for 2023. Thanks so much for listening! Have a wonderful holiday and New Year! See you in 2023!

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