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Episode 17: Ranting About... Great Big Beautiful Life


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🎙️ Ranting about… A Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry 📚

✨This week, we’re spiraling (in the best way) over A Great Big Beautiful Life, the newest emotion filled, utterly glamorous novel by Emily Henry. If you thought she couldn't ruin us more than she did with Funny Story... think again.


We unpack the big feelings, the slow-burn romance, the love that you have to let go, and the moments that made us want to call our sisters, exes, and maybe our therapists. Plus, we talk about what makes this book such a shift in Henry’s usual rom-com style, and why it still completely works.

🎧 Whether you're deep in BookTok or just want to know if this one is worth the read (spoiler: yes), hit play.

✨ In this episode:

  • A spoiler-filled love letter to Emily Henry and the evolution of her writing
  • Favorite moments we can’t stop thinking about
  • Why this book feels like a hug and a heartbreak


🔎 Buzzwords: Emily Henry, A Great Big Beautiful Life, book podcast, romance books, grief books, emotional reads, BookTok faves, slow burn romance, literary fiction, new books 2025, sad girl book club, podcast for readers, best book podcasts, fiction podcasts, Reads and Rants


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