Death by a Thousand Books

Petition to add Fearless to the soundtrack of Wes Bennett & Liz Buxbaum💛 A good old fashioned, rom com book that I loved so much I was running for the sequel when it hit the shelves! This is a double drop episode with Nothing Like the Movies next weekend!! Lynn Painter is not only a new favorite author of mine, but also one of my favorite humans. She writes a mix of adult and YA rom-com books, and it is very clear that she has a thorough appreciation for 90’s and 2000's rom coms which I can absolutely relate to. AND I love a book that has a playlist.🎶 You all know how I listen to music and why I love Taylor Swift so much, and I am also one of those girls like Liz Buxbaum that always has a song for every emotion and every situation that life throws at you. 

This episode is a little bit about Lynn Painter, the author and why I love her so so much, then we will doing a lyrical dive in our song featured in today’s episode, Fearless, and talk about the Fearless era and some common themes in the album, I also have to talk about the playlist for this book that Lyn Painter created for the moments in this book, and then my final thoughts on Better than the Movies and of course, my newest addition the podcast: fancasting. Bc this book 100 % deserves it’s own Rom com.🎬🖤

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This is episode is for my Disney princess girlies.🙊👑 I love sneaking in little Easter eggs for the songs I choose, and why, and I had a fun little one to sneak into this episode. The title of our book, Part of Your World and the title of our song But Daddy I Love Him are both a song and a quote from a movie that we all grew up, listening to with the same hidden message. Go ahead take your guesses now. I’ll wait until you think of it... It’s the Little Mermaid. Ariel, Alexis and Taylor Swift all have one thing in common and that is: they all fall in love with a man that they know that they shouldn’t, and these relationships are sabotage by the critique they get from the people in their lives. 

The rest of your episode breakdown includes, a lyrical breakdown for But Daddy I Love Him and that’s essentially going to be the script for this episode on its own bc it just fits this book THAT GOOD. We are breaking up our fantasy era of A Court of Thorns and Roses with a little Rom-com book bc that’s what I do best. This book is about Alexis Montgomery, an ER doctor from a big city with a family title she has to uphold, and Daniel, a carpenter/mayor, (figuratively not literally) in the tiny town of Wakan, MN and he runs a B & B, he has a dog and a baby goat and he’s absolute perfect of a male main character. The two could not be more different and their worlds couldn't be farther apart but just like in The Little Mermaid, they build their own happily ever after.  🧜🏼‍♀️❤️

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This episode is sponsored by the Night Court, Rhysand, Cassian and Azriel, and my new bat boys sweatshirt which you can see me wearing for this episode live on YouTube. 🌃 It is in fact the second episode in a double drop for the series, and is not surprisingly longer than the previous one. So if you press play, don't say you weren't warned... Instead of a summary of this book, bits & pieces of the plot will be sprinkled into this episode when we are talking about characters, lyrics, etc.It may not seem like a lot to talk about but trust me we have a lot to cover in this book.

This episode is a little bit of background information on the reputation era and why I chose the song ...Ready for It? for Rhysand and Feyre, and it is also your second lesson in ACOTAR for Dummies - we talk about each of the 7 high lords and their power, plus of course more magical creatures and faerie terms, and the thing i restrained from talking about it the last episode… the love triangle of Tamlin vs Rhysand. Which will transition us perfectly into talking about some new characters from Rhys’s inner circle of the night court and my Fancast vote for who I think should play their role in an adaptation. So much fun, thank you for listening to another magical episode on Faeries and smut. ✨🌶️

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Who’s afraid of little old Feyre?? AMARANTHA SHOULD BE.⚔️ I am officially in my fantasy era by starting this series, but still living forever in my romance era because these books are still romance heavy (and breaking the spicy pepper scale).🌶️ I never expected to love this series so much. Now I'm 3 books deep, living in the magical world of Prythean and adding phrases like "by the Cauldron!" in my daily life. When I tell people how good this series is and they say, "oh I don’t read fantasy." My response is neither do I. I haven’t read a fantasy book since Twilight in fifth grade, so I wouldn’t tell you as a non-fantasy reader that it was good if it wasn’t and I’m so glad that I started with it to get me to try something.

This episode is an introductory course into fantasy and Prythen. I call it "ACOTAR for Dummies." I talk a lot about the characters and the plot, while also giving you some of my opinion on the first book (trying to be as unbias as possible since I've read the next two books in the series) and of course, listen & sing along to an incredibly dramatic song from the Tourtured Poets department. It is THE LONGEST episode in DBATB history and a DOUBLE DROP with the second book, so thank you as always for tuning in.🫶🏼

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I might be missing something bc i don’t understand where the lemons on the cover came from, but we’re going with it. I have to admit that this book got me! I enjoyed it so much more than I expected to. Most romance novels that I read, specifically second chance romance, end with the main couple getting back together. Previously, I would swoon over a guy in second chance romance that sees his ex after 10, 15, 20 years, whatever and immediately breaks up with whoever he’s with because he realizes he is still in love with someone else. I love that shit, round of applause because no girl deserves to be with someone that is secretly in love with someone else. But because I am an empath, my heart still breaks for that girl that gets left even though it’s the right thing. Funny story is about that girl. Miles & Daphne are a story I would read over and over again, and it really is a funny story. 🤭

This is a perfect example of a forced proximity, friends to lovers trope. It’s 100% a slow burn. It’s got spice, like right in the middle of the hot pepper scale - the perfect amount to produce that chemistry. I have always love this song, but somehow these lyrical breakdown make me love songs even more, bc even tho I know in my head what I think they’re about, really digging deeper into the lyrics and the eras and explaining the meaning out loud on the podcast is so much fun.  

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This summer will NOT be different if there’s a cheating trope @carleyfortune 🤨 but there wasn’t so I’m happy and this book was my first and only 5 star read of the summer🌟💛 We are now entering our fall era - sweater weather, football, blankets, pumpkin spice, spooky season!👻 I am a very seasonal reader. I like my books to match the vibes, so I think this book is perfect to transition from our typical summer romances to that cozy kind of fall vibe. 

This episode features That’s When (ft. Keith Urban) from the Fearless vault tracks and it seriously fits this romance SO well. This book is a mix of all my favorites put together - friendship, second chance romance, friends to loversss!!!! Its giving Happy Place meets The Summer I Turned Pretty with maybe a little bit of Love and Other Words thrown in there too, which were all some of my favorite books. So it would make sense that I would love this mashup. But more than anything I just love how Carley Fortune writes bc she just gives you so much literary imagery, so you truly feel like you’re on PEI. I loved Lucy & Felix, and their relationship but something about Carley Fortune’s writing makes you feel like you’re physically in the book. Everything about this book feels like home. The authenticity of the setting feels unmatched.🇨🇦 I don’t think Carley Fortune gets the credit she deserves for her writing so I hope I can change your mind in this episode!

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Wildfire (ft. Cruel Summer)🐻

Let’s go back to Maple Hills! Soaking up the last few weeks of summer, this book fit every vibe I wanted it to, and gave me flashbacks to one of the best summers of my life being a camp counselor, so we’ll definitely be chatting about that in this episode - along with the entire UCMH gang, a forbidden romance trope & some REALLY cute golden retrievers😍 Warning the spice is HOT, like ghost chili pepper spicy hot. I’ve had this book on my tbr for WAY too long considering how much I love Hannah Grace and her spicy romance books and I can’t wait to share Russ & Rory’s story on the podcast. AND Henry’s book (book #3 in the Maple Hill’s series) is officially on the shelves so go order “Daydream” now! 💜

Our episode breakdown begins with a deep dive into the featured song which today just so happens to be Cruel Summer from the Lover album, we are going to get into a little bit of the Lover era, why Cruel Summer was never a single, how Cruel Summer became a single 7 years later, the meaning behind the song and the lyrics and of course how it ties into our book which, again, is Wildfire by Hannah Grace. If you love to sing and jam out to Cruel Summer with the windows down, then I think Wildfire is a book for you. Thank you for listening & THANK YOU for 10,000 downloads! 🥳

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Eras Tour London recap & I Can Do it with a Broken Heart music video (emergency episode) 🧡

Swiftieeeessss!!! Emergency episode!! A recap of the Eras Tour in London is ABSOLUTELY necessary so here we are. SO much to talk about, so much to clown over so here we go. Episode breakdown includes every surprise to happen in the London shows: from N1 back in June, Hayley Williams for Castles Crumbling, then Gracie Abrams for Us, then Travis Kelce on stage, then Ed Sheeran for End Game to last night, N8 - Florida!!! with Florence the Machine, dbatc x Getaway Car with Jack Antonoff and the iconic recreation of the behind the scenes making of the bridge, So Long London, and premiering the “I Can Do it with a Broken Heart” official music video. 

And of course we have to talk about the surprise songs - London Boy, I Did Something Bad with My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys x Coney Island, Long Live x Change, YOYOK x The Archer. Does she have to be so obvious that London is the favorite??? WE GET IT. London you definitely won this war, I can’t even disagree. Loving making memories with the Eras Tour from a glitchy tiktok live stream. 

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It Ends with Us (movie review)🌸

You knew it was coming… i couldn’t resist. Blake Lively was an amazing Lily Bloom, and I did enjoy this movie but I enjoyed even more talking about it in this episode. I’m calling it the redemption episode for It Ends with Us because I 💩 on this book (and the behind the scenes movie photos) in previous episodes so I have a new outlook that I’m excited to share with you! 

Your episode breakdown includes: a recap of my initial thoughts on the book 2 years ago (which was the second episode ever published on this podcast), the marketing and publicity that this book has received, along with interviews, casting, my thoughts on the film, and of the book-film differences that I noticed/liked/disliked. There’s so much more that I’m missing and this is just the beginning, but the take away is that you should definitely go read the book. No movie adaptation can capture every detail that the fans want, and as a standalone I think that the movie is good and well done. It’s just not the same.  

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A beautifully written song from TTPD for an equally beautiful book in today’s episode.🤍The Prophecy is one of my personal favorites from The Anthology (second to The Black Dog). My overall interpretation of this song is feeling like you’re left behind and wondering when it’s your turn to be happy, whether that love or life, it’s about a sense of hopelessness that everything and everyone around you is happening without you. It’s so vulnerable and raw and a very complex song to break down in this episode. 

My first Abby Jimenez book: a success. I had to restrain myself from buying everything else she’s ever written. This book is giving 'IF HE WANTED TO HE WOULD.’  A golden retriever, good hearted, MMC paired with a  hardworking, emotionally traumatized FMC makes for a whirlwind romance that is so magical. This episode is backwards! We start with the song and finish talking about Justin & Emma’s love story. 💩👑

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