We’re finishing off this love story by Emily Henry and deciding where it will go on our famous bookshelf. Where do you think Great Big Beautiful Life landed?

Other books mentioned this episode:

- In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

- Cold Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs

- Doomed by Chris Palaniuk

- Onxy Storm by Rebecca Yarros

- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

- The Ascended by Bree Grenwich and Parker Lennox

- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin.

To prepare for the next episode, read Red Rising parts 1 and 2.

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We’re starting off our first Romance read for the love month of February! We’ll be jumping into Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry to see if we feel the love between the FMC, MMC and anything else along the way!

Other books mentioned this episode:

- The Sweetness of Forgetting by Kristin Harmel

- Sense and Second Degree Murder by by Tirzah Price

- Damned by Chuck Palahniuk

- A Death at Party by Amy Stuart

- The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

- Cold Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs

- In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

- Eldritch by Keri Lake

- Drive by Kate Stewart

- Brimstone by Callie Hart

- Lies He Told Me by James Patterson

- The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

- The Ascended by Bree Grenwich and Parker Lennox

- The Savage Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie

- Assassin’s Blade by SJM

- The 7 husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

- Heir of Fire by SMJ

- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin?

- Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

To prepare for the next episode, read Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry from chapter 22 to the end of the book!

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We’re finishing off Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt! Join us as we finalize our thoughts, theories, and, of course, our rating of this book. (Will this be one we agree on finally??)

Other books mentioned this episode:

- The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

- In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

- Katabasis by R. F. Kuang

- Good Spirits by B.K. Borison

- King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard

- God of the Woods by Liz Moore

- The Savage Noble Death of Babs Dionne by Ron Currie.

- Assassin’s Blade by SJM

To prepare for the next episode, read from the beginning until Chapter 22 of Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry.

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We’re jumping into a whole new contemporary book! Join us as we get into Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. This one might be a tear-jerker; see what we have to say.

Other books mentioned this episode:

- Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

- Katabasis by R.F.Kuang

- The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

- Lovelight Farms by B.K Borison

- King’s Cage by Victoria Aveyard

- Sunrise on the Reaping by Susanne Collins

To prepare for the next episode, read until from A Three Martini Truth to the end of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.

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We’re finishing up our first duology with the Crowns of Nyaxia! Join us as we finish off The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent. Let’s finish up and find out if we have ALL our questions answered by the end of this romantasy.

Other books mentioned this episode:

- Fourteen Days (a Collaborative Novel)

- Everyone in my Family has killed someone by Benjamin Stevenson

- The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown

- Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

- Red Queen and Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

- The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith

- Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace

- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

- The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas

To prepare for the next episode, read until from the beginning until A Three Martini Truth in Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt.

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We’re jumping back into the Crowns of Nyaxia! Follow along as we talk about the first 42 chapters of The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King, the second book in the Nightborn duology by Carissa Broadbent. Let’s unpack all that high-stakes drama we know and love!

Other books mentioned this episode:

- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

- Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel

- Everyone in my Family has killed someone by Benjamin Stevenson

- Riftborne and Duskbound by Greenwich and Lennox

- One Day in December - Josie Silver

- Sister Wife: A memoir of faith, family and finding freedom by Christine Brown Woolley

- Tender is the Flesh by Agustina

To prepare for the next episode, read chapters 42 to the end of the book!

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Welcome to the second part of The Wedding People by Alison Espach. Follow along as we discuss the rest of Phoebe’s journey and what makes this book so relatable. Grab your drink of choice and join us — it’s going to be a good one!

Other books mentioned this episode:

- Elphie by Gregory Maguire

- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

- Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

- Everyone in my family has killed someone by Benjamin Stevenson

- Sister Wife: A memoir of faith, family and finding freedom by Christine Brown Woolley

To prepare for the next episode, read chapters 1-42 of The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

This episode we’re talking about the first half of The Wedding People by Alison Espach - a heartfelt and darkly funny story about love, loss, and starting over when life doesn’t go as planned. Join us as we chat about Phoebe’s journey and all the messy real-life emotions this book brings.

Other books mentioned this episode:

- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

- Strange Pictures by Uketsu

- The Dragon Wakes With Thunder by K. X Song

- The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

- We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

- Everyone in my family has killed someone by Benjamin Stevenson

- Anathema by Keri Lake

- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

- Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

To prepare for the next episode, read the second half of the Wedding People by Alison Espach.

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It’s spooky season, and we’re throwing it way back to where the chills began — R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House 👻

In this Halloween special, we dust off our childhood nightmares, debate the most unhinged plot points, and ask the real questions: Why did everyone in this town act so weird? And why did every 90s kid think this was fine bedtime reading?!

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We’re diving into part 2 of How to Survive a Horror Story to find out if anyone can survive this vengeful house and if we were able to predict who made it out alive! (Spoilers: we did not).

Other books mentioned this episode:

- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover

- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

- Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

- The Late Mrs Willoughby by Claudia Gray

- Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris

- It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han

- The Wolf King and The Night Prince by Lauren Palphreyman

- Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

- Throne of Glass by Sarah J Mass

- Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

- We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Our next episode will be a special Halloween-themed episode! Listen in for some nostalgic spooky vibes.

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