Fully Booked

By Natalie Lim

Join me every Tuesday as I explore all things bookish and give my takes on every single book knocked off my tbr 📚 there's always something to keep you fully booked!

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The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.

Fully Booked episodes:

July 22, 2025 The Fall of Men in Reading
In episode 44 of Fully Booked, I discuss some different points and observations on why males don't read as much in general and don't read fiction 🏀🎮👨🏼‍🏫
timestamps:
(00:26) intro + stats
(02:34) males prefer group activities
(05:19) males in the book content creation space
(07:35) gender climate in the publishing industry
(09:01) non-fiction for learning and as a personality
(11:17) conclusion + outro

Link to original Life on Books episode

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14min
July 15, 2025 June Reading Wrap-Up
In episode 43 of Fully Booked, I go over the 10 books that I completed in June as well as some road trip "adventures" 💯👀🚗
timestamps:
(00:26) intro + road trip adventure
(06:42) monthly highlights
(09:10) The Great Undoing
(12:24) It's A Love Story
(17:44) Sounds Like Love
(22:19) The Right Move
(27:55) Allegiant
(31:21) The Tenant
(33:12) DNF
(34:25) best vs. worst pick
(35:47) outro

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38min
July 08, 2025 Mid Year Wrap-Up
In episode 42 of Fully Booked, I go through the goals that I set at the beginning of the year and if I've hit or missed the mark, as well as what and how much I've read so far in 2025 🔖❓🎯
timestamps:
(00:26) highlight reel of my reading journey + DOB of the day
(05:33) monthly & yearly stats
(10:16ll) goal + action review
(17:54) favourite book
(20:21) biggest disappointment
(21:47) biggest surprise
(22:59) new favourite author
(27:26) anticipated releases for rest of 2025
(32:26) need to read by end of 2025
(35:08) outro

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37min
June 24, 2025 Books That Should Be Adapted
In episode 41 of Fully Booked, I chat about a few of my recent favs that would make great movies or TV shows 🎬📺 (and wishing some of these could come to fruition in 2026 🤩)
timestamps:
(00:26) intro + DOB of the day
(05:50) Magnolia Parks
(12:36) Inheritance Games
(16:00) None of This is True
(17:30) The Favourites
(21:42) Great Big Beautiful Life
(24:13) TJR's Hollywood series
(26:20) Divine Rivals
(28:47) outro

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32min
June 17, 2025 This or That Bookish Edition
In episode 40 of Fully Booked, I play This or That and go through all my bookish favourites 📗🩷🎧
timestamps:
(00:26) intro + building community
(03:19) one vs. multiple books
(04:36) hard vs. paperbacks
(05:28) physical vs. e-books
(05:58) audiobooks vs. book playlists
(07:10) one vs. multiple POV
(07:56) first vs. third person
(09:35) fantasy vs. contemporary
(10:47) friends vs. enemies to lovers
(11:07) morning vs. nighttime reading
(11:43) tea vs. coffee!
(12:50) fiction vs. non-fiction
(13:52) library vs. bookstore
(16:07) music vs. silence
(16:59) bookmark vs. dog-earring
(18:09) over vs. under 500 pages
(19:05) standalone vs. series
(20:12) beach vs. cozy winter read
(21:32) outro

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23min
June 10, 2025 May Reading Wrap-Up
In episode 39 of Fully Booked, I talk about all the books I read during the May showers (idk what happened to April...) ☔️🏡⚔
timestamps:
(00:26) intro
(04:16) monthly highlights
(07:03) Promise Me Sunshine
(11:42) 10 Words to Live By
(13:16) Insurgent
(15:18) best vs. worst pick
(19:10) outro
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22min
June 03, 2025 Summer TBR for 2025
In episode 38 of Fully Booked, I discuss the joys of entering the summer season and the six books I hope to read this summer ☀️🏖️🕶️
timestamps:
(00:26) intro & outdoor reading
(02:11) One Golden Summer
(03:15) Middle of the Night
(06:08) The Wedding People
(08:41) Sounds Like Love
(09:39) 28 Summers
(11:33) Firefly Lane

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14min
May 27, 2025 2025 Book Releases & Adaptations
In episode 37 of Fully Booked, I cover some books being released mid-2025 as well as some recent book adaptation updates (some very recent!) 📰📘🎬
timestamps:
(00:26) intro + DOB of the day
(04:43) May releases
(09:03) June releases
(10:56) July releases
(13:33) August releases
(15:29) SYRM series continuation
(16:40) Em Hen adaptations
(17:57) CoHo adaptations
(19:43) other book adaptations
(24:27) outro

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27min
May 20, 2025 The Romance Tropification Endemic
In episode 36 of Fully Booked, I discuss a topic that is still hot in 2025 and the effects that tropification is having on books and the publishing industry 📱📝🛏️
timestamps:
(01:08) reddit post on tropification
(03:13) origins and marketing aspect
(05:31) why people like tropes
(07:45) series hype and let-down
(09:08) contrived storylines
(11:06) authors getting lost
(12:54) future of romance books and conclusion

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16min
May 13, 2025 April Reading Wrap-Up
In episode 35 of Fully Booked, I talk about all the books I read in April 🌊🧺🍓
timestamps:
(00:26) intro
(03:42) monthly highlights
(07:56) Say You'll Remember Me
(14:23) Daisy Haites
(18:38) The Let Them Theory
(21:44) The Strawberry Patch Pancake House
(24:22) The Love Haters
(29:18) The Long Way Home
(34:07) DNFs
(36:27) best vs. worst pick
(38:25) outro

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41min

FAQs about Fully Booked:

How many episodes does Fully Booked have?

The podcast currently has 44 episodes available.