This week Cristina, Nat and Stephanie run through their failed 100th episode idea, and throw in a round up of notable books they read during one specific week this summer. Exciting. It's the perfect time to load up your not-goodreads book tracking alternative (we're fans of The Storygraph personally) and get ready to grow your TBR even more. Join them at the end for a brief chat on how horny teen movies are nowadays (jealous) and a little dash of what we're looking forward to coming up.

This is an episode like no other...in that, we literally talk about our past 99 episodes—where we started, how we got here, why we aren't joyous people anymore, and where we wanna be. Lookin' out for that sponsor or advertiser always. This one is for all our baby gorls and churrrrrls who have stuck with us for the last five years. And if you're new here, well then we're sorry for this reminiscent nonsense, but it will give you a great idea of the episodes to avoid and which ones to prioritize.

The best:

Episode 23: Quantum Entanglement
Episode 25: Are you lost baby girl?
Episode 32: It's the Remix
Episode 35: Cristina Reads Part 1
Episode 42: Pop Culture Conspiracy Hour
Episode 47: The Scandal of the Season - A Bridgerton Review
Episode 51: How to (Maybe) Not Join a Cult with Courtney Summers
Episode 69: Ray Nicholson's Tiddy Fan Club - A Panic Review
Episode 71: Panic Part Deux - Interview with Creator and Writer Lauren Oliver
Episode 72: Panic Round Three - Supple & Uncut
Episode 88: Kanthony - A Bridgerton Season 2 Review
Episode 89: Sorrows & Prayers - A Queen Charlotte of Bridgerton Review

We go back to our roots while answering the Controversial Book Tag created and popularized by Booktube. We discuss love triangles, flashbacks, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers and of course Adam Driver.

This week we definitely haven’t run out of ideas as we dive into the Freakout Tag courtesy of BookTube. Steph talks through her rarely given 5 star reads, Nat chats through the perils of judging a book by it’s cover without reading the description, Cristina looks forward to the latest Chuck Tingle, and every single one of us have massive book disappointments we get into it. Join us for the highs, the lows, and the 10 minute aside about Adam Driver.

This week Cristina and Nat use any excuse to pretentiously talk about attending TIFF by forcing Steph to watch The Blackening so we can review it. Normally we’d summarize a little of what we get into here, but actually we just talk about how much we loved it for about 30 minutes, So if you’re reading this now, just go ahead and rent it now, and come back to listen when you’re done, because you’ll also want to just spend some time revelling in how good it really is.

Come join us in our Barbie World! In anticipation of the new Barbie movie, we are talking about books that will get you in the Barbie mood. We are of course talking romance in all genres: paranormal, contemporary, fantasy, and YA. Was Steph completely unhinged in her picks? Let us know, she’s just Steph. 

Books Mentioned:

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 

Sweet Ruin by Kresley Cole 

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins 

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Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake 

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang 

I Don’t Know Where You Know Me From: Confessions of a Co-star by Judy Greer 

Song: Charli XCX - Speed Drive

This week we examine the depths of some of the most "we're not sure" television shows to try to understand if they're actually good, or do we just have bad taste? Join us in dissecting Emily In Paris (spoiler alert, this one is just bad), Daisy Jones and The Six, The Endgame (yeah, we've never heard of it either), Evil and The Society. We may never have an answer to the question "Is it actually good?" but we certainly have the opinions to spend an hour talking to ourselves about it.

It's the spiritual sequel to our Wet Hot Erotic Summer, heaux! This week we set out to talk about books we recommend for reading on vacation and our anticipated summer releases, but mostly fail as we devolve into FinDom Grumpy Sunshine Erotica, Monster and Gargoyle Fucking and a solid 15 minutes on the intricacies of magical balloon people's mate-seeking inflatable genitals. It's a slippery slope from light-hearted romcoms to wherever the hell we ended up (begging HarperCollins, Avon and Tor to auto-approve us for ARCs), but we wouldn't have it any other way. Happy reading, listening and soaking, you fiends. Don't forget your sunscreen...and magical lube.

Books Mentioned:

Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre

The Frat Boy by Nikki Sloane

The Good Girl by Nikki Sloane

The Blonde Identity by Ally Carter

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

Sweet Berries by C. M. Nascosta

Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lillian Lark

Squeak by Vera Valentine

The 12.2 Percent Solution by Josh Lanyon

References:

Thea Guanzon's Art Inspo

Dimension 20: Jujubee the drag queen as a guest on Dungeons and Drag Queens

Set the Mood:

Cover of Tamia's So Into You by Donald Glover (end song)

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Merlin (TV), Superman - All Media Types, Teen Wolf (TV)

Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Reylo, Rey/Kylo Ren, Online Dating, Trope Subversion, Praise Kink, The Author Makes Bad Life Choices, Alpha/Omega, Merlin/Arthur Pendragon, Canon Compliant, Fix-It, Happy Ending, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Sharing a Bed, Mutual Pining, Canon Related, Fluff and Smut, Sexual Content, Omegaverse, Fated Mates, Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, M/M, Complete

Summary

Set after the years of terrible and unbelievably amazing fanfics we have read, written and will never be able to fess up to.
Canon Compliant.

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For many long years, Cristina and Nat had built their fanfiction reading and writing skills for it all to come to a head in this episode. And Steph who only just recently dipped her cute lil toes in the medium-deep-ish end of the fanfiction waters. Join your three shameless hosts as they rank how horny is horny enough and admit their not-so-guilty reading pleasures. Oh, you don't read fanfiction? Well, this circle of trust is not for you then.

Story includes sass, banter, personal anecdotes and at least one collective gasp.

Stories we are willing to link below:
can't turn off what turns me on
Breath Mints / Battle Scars
And like the cycle of the year, we begin again
Lois Lane!Stiles & Superman!Derek Story

Whether you hated or loved season 3 of Ted Lasso, you probably need to listen in on how we would've rewritten this season like we're scriptwriting experts or something. And we are. We would've made that throuple happen. And that's the only thing that matters. Roy x Keely x Jamie 4ever!