Booking Wild with Emma and Fran

By Emma + Fran

Just two bookish soulmates gabbing about everything books!... more

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How many episodes does Booking Wild with Emma and Fran have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

Booking Wild with Emma and Fran episodes:

July 09, 2025 The Blue Man Group on Planet Not-Hoth (feat. Steven!)
Porking Scale: 🐽🐽🐽🐽🐽
TW: Mention of dubious-consensual situations (29:07-29:21, 31:04-31:16)

In this episode, Emma, Fran and Steven talk all things Ice Planet Barbarians, motorcycle maintence, and Willem Dafoe's massive schlong.

Spoiler Warning for Ice Planet Barbarians!

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
⁠⁠The Paris Apartment⁠⁠
⁠A Crown So Silver⁠
The God and the Gwisin

Fran's Recent Reads:
⁠⁠⁠⁠Shield of Sparrows⁠

Steven's Recent Reads:
The Familiar
Barbarian Alien
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintence

Other Books Mentioned:
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Neon Gods series by Katee Robert
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno Garcia
...more
57min
July 02, 2025 Paul Atreides and His No Good, Very Bad, Day
Porking Scale: 🐽

In this episode, Emma and Fran poorly recap the events of Dune Messiah, offend all of Australia with their accents, and why being Space Jesus makes you a bad husband.

Spoiler for Dune Messiah and Children of Dune!

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
Sweet Obsession

Fran's Recent Reads:
⁠Malibu Rising⁠

Other Books Mentioned:
Neon Gods series
Mead Mishaps series
The Tainted Cup series
Dracula
...more
58min
June 26, 2025 The Real Housewives of Taylor Jenkins Reid (and Simu Liu) (feat. Haley!)
Porking Scale: 🐽

In this episode, Emma, Fran and Haley talk all things Taylor Jenkins Reid, Nexplanon's fantasy moment, and how the real enemies to lovers is the friends we made along the way.

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
⁠Always Practice Safe Hex
A Crown So Silver

Fran's Recent Reads:
⁠⁠⁠Shield of Sparrows
Malibu Rising

Haley's Recent Reads:
Heart Bones

Other Books Mentioned:
One True Loves
Wolf Gone Wild
A Feather So Black
Firebird
The Paris Apartment
The Guest List
Filthy Rich Fae
A Court of Thorns and Roses
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
It Ends With Us
Daisy Jones and the Six
Carrie Soto is Back
...more
49min
June 18, 2025 I'm Rolling with the LGBT(QIA2S+)
In this episode, Emma and Fran talk about queer books, bisexual identity and coming out, and why male corsets are sexy.

Spoilers for Red, White and Royal Blue and The Nightmare Before Kissmas!

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
For Whom The Belle Tolls

Fran's Recent Reads:
⁠⁠Silver Elite⁠

Other Books Mentioned:
⁠⁠Red, White and Royal Blue⁠⁠
The Nightmare Before Kissmas
Go Luck Yourself
Delilah Green Doesn't Care
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
Vampires at Sea
The Pairing
...more
32min
June 11, 2025 The Men Yearn For The Worms
In this episode, Emma does a terrible job of summarizing the first Dune book to Fran, they talk about the perks of showering after drinking, and how Timothy Salami is the absolute worst person ever.

Spoiler Warning for Dune (the movies and book), Dune Messiah, Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune!

Shout out to Jana (Lady Whistlethreads) - @janaandbooks on IG!

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
Red, White and Royal Blue
A Crown So Silver

Fran's Recent Reads:
Lights Out

Other Books Mentioned:
⁠Dune⁠
Blood of Hercules
Silver Elite
...more
1h
June 04, 2025 1 in 5 Moms Approve of Smut (feat. Emma's Mom)
Porking Scale: 🐽🐽🐽🐽

In this week's episode, Emma and Fran discuss the Mead Mishaps trilogy with Emma's mom Yo, why smut is fun to read, and whether its ethical to fall in love with a werewolf.

Spoiler Warning for That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon (Mead Mishaps trilogy)!

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin
Yo - @yocanny

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
A Crown So Silver

Fran's Recent Reads:
⁠Kiss of the Basilisk⁠

Yo's Recent Reads:
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

Other Books Mentioned:
⁠That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon⁠
...more
40min
May 29, 2025 Are You There, God? Its Me, The Plot.
Porking Scale: 🐽🐽🐽🐽

In this week's episode, Emma and Fran discuss their most anticipated new releases, why Cruel Prince is not a bully romances, and whether a book can have too much smut.

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
Filthy Rich Fae
A Feather So Black

Fran's Recent Reads:
Kiss of the Basilisk
Blood of Hercules

Other Books Mentioned:
Filthy Rich Vampire
A Crown So Silver
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
Problematic Summer Romance
Mate
Tortilla Flat
Iliad
The Scorpion and The Night Blossom
Divine Rivals
Catcher in the Rye
The Crucible
The Bewitching
Gods of Jade and Shadow
The Seventh Veil of Salome
Mexican Gothic
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
The Knight and The Moth
Road Trip with A Vampire
My Vampire Plus One
Shield of Sparrows
⁠The Empress
Accomplice to the Villain
...more
49min
May 21, 2025 Time and Place Does Not Apply (feat. Zoe)
In this week's episode, Emma and Fran discuss A Court of Mist and Fury and A Court of Wings and Ruin with their friend Zoe, the perils of Bingo Night, and why Amren is spooky.

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Spoiler Warning for A Court of Thorns and Roses, A Court of Mist and Fury, and A Court of Wings and Ruin.

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
A Feather So Black
A Spell for Heartsickness
To Charm a Dark Prince (DNF'd book)

Fran's Recent Reads:
Runaway Groomsman
One True Loves
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon
The Empress

Zoe's Recent Reads:
ACOMAF
ACOWAR
⁠One True Loves⁠
How to Be a Grown Up

Other Books Mentioned:
Outlander
The Dawn of Onyx
How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days
If Not for My Baby (Hozier book)
Project Hail Mary
...more
52min
May 14, 2025 Hunger Games 2: The Divergent Maze Runner
In this week's episode, Emma and Fran discuss movie adaptations, embrace their Twilight cringe, and Michael Sheen.

Check out Kepler's Books in Menlo Park, CA!

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Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
The Dragon Republic

Fran's Recent Reads:
⁠Heartless Hunter⁠
The Empress

Other Books Mentioned:
Sunrise on the Reaping
Hunger Games series
Divergent series
Twilight series
The Maze Runner series
Interview with the Vampire
Harry Potter series
Pride and Prejudice
Anna Karenina
Sense and Sensibility
Far From the Madding Crowd
Good Omens
Bridgerton (The Duke and I)
Troy (Illiad)
Dune
Quicksilver
Wuthering Heights
...more
50min
May 07, 2025 At 3x Speed, No One Can Hear You Cringe
In this week's episode, Emma and Fran discuss pros and cons of audiobooks, bathroom-related emotional damage, and why Emma no longer flies on American Airlines.

Check out Emma's mom at Girl Take The Lead (Spotify, Apple Podcasts)!

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@bookingwildpod
Emma - @leatherboundgremlin
Fran - @bibliophilebaldwin

Recent Reads:
Emma's Recent Reads:
God Emperor of Dune
Sweet Obsession

Fran's Recent Reads:
⁠Nectar of the Wicked⁠
Wrath of the Damned
Heartless Hunter

Other Books Mentioned:
Six of Crows duology
Book of Azrael series
⁠⁠A Drop of Corruption⁠⁠
Foundryside series
Assistant to the Villain
Carmilla
Dracula
⁠Butcher and Blackbird⁠ series
The Highland Fling
Say Nothing
She Who Became The Sun duology
Deep End
⁠⁠Happy Place⁠⁠
...more
41min

FAQs about Booking Wild with Emma and Fran:

How many episodes does Booking Wild with Emma and Fran have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.