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 45 episodes available.

Fully Booked episodes:

February 25, 2025 No Spice Author Recommendations
In episode 25 of Fully Booked, I go over some of my favourite no spice/closed door romance authors, as well as some authors to avoid if you want to keep your romance fade to black 💞🚪🚦
timestamps:
(00:26) intro
(02:11) YA authors
(02:57) Lynn Painter
(04:37) K.L. Walther
(05:54) Jenny Han
(07:07) Ann Liang
(08:19) Kiera Cass
(09:20) Rebecca Ross
(10:22) YA honourable mentions
(11:51) New/adult authors
(12:14) Sarah Adams
(13:31) Katherine Center
(14:17) Annabel Monaghan
(15:04) Francine Rivers
(15:48) Authors to avoid
(16:40) Christina Lauren
(17:41) Tessa Bailey
(18:51) Ali Hazelwood (listen to ep 18 for The Love Hypothesis)
(19:59) SJM
(21:31) outro

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24min
February 18, 2025 Read This If You Like (Rom Com Edition)
In episode 24 of Fully Booked, I I go through six of my favourite rom com movies and what books I would recommend for each 🍿💗
timestamps:
(02:10) When Harry Met Sally - You Again
(03:56) Notting Hill - Funny You Should Ask
(05:34) Just Like Heaven - The Seven Year Slip
(07:52) Love, Rosie - One Day in December
(09:58) 500 Days of Summer - Out of Love
(13:32) Sixteen Candles - To All The Boys

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19min
February 11, 2025 Yes, No, or Maybe Romance Version
In episode 23 of Fully Booked, I go through 50 popular romance tropes and whether they're yes, no, or definitely maybe?🤔🎲💖

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February 04, 2025 ep 22: January Reading Wrap-Up
In episode 22 of Fully Booked, I talk about the 14 books I read in January❄️🐻
timestamps:
(00:26) intro
(02:10) monthly highlights
(05:57) Prince Caspian
(08:21) The Selection series (The Selection, The Elite, The One)
(11:32) Brownstone
(14:55) Divine Rivals
(18:37) The Improbable Meet Cute (Royal Valentine, Drop, Cover, and Hold On)
(21:16) DNFs (The Power of Habit)
(22:39) best vs. worst pick
(23:58) outro

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26min
January 28, 2025 ep 21: How to Read on a Budget
In episode 21 of Fully Booked, I give 5 practical tips and advice on how to read on a budget 💸✅
timestamps:
(01:38) buy and read on e-reader
(04:00) utilize your local library
(07:08) e-book/audiobook subscriptions
(11:58) secondhand/consignment bookstores
(13:49) book swaps and little free libraries

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17min
January 21, 2025 ep 20: Coming Soon to Your CR in 2025
In episode 20 of Fully Booked, I go through six of my highly anticipated new releases in 2025🤩🎥
timestamps:
(01:18) Beg, Borrow, or Steal
(03:53) Deep End
(06:14) Sunrise on the Reaping
(08:20) Say You'll Remember Me
(11:38) Great Big Beautiful Life
(14:12) One Golden Summer

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18min
January 14, 2025 ep 19: December Reading Wrap-Up
In episode 19 of Fully Booked, I talk about all the extra holiday books I read in December and how my reading journey wrapped up in the last month of 2024🎄🌟📅
timestamps:
(03:09) december monthly stats
(05:17) The Best Worst Christmas + The Christmas Star
(10:59) Merry Ever After, All By My Elf, Merriment & Mayhem, Only Santas in the Building (Under the Mistletoe series)
(19:13) The Christmas Tree Farm
(23:00) How My Neighbour Stole Christmas
(26:03) The Answer is No
(28:07) Two Can Play
(49:13) outro

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33min
January 07, 2025 ep 18: What I Read in 2024
In episode 18 of Fully Booked, I debrief how many books I read and what reading goals I achieved in 2024, as well as the rest of my top books of the year 🏆📚

(03:15) yearly stats
(08:50) The Purpose Driven Life
(11:15) Yellowface
(16:00) The Love Hypothesis
(18:27) Every Good Endeavour
(22:00) last reflections

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27min
December 17, 2024 ep 17: Reading Isn't a Race
In episode 17 of Fully Booked (and to end off 2024), I talk about reading at your own pace and not comparing yourself to others in your reading journey

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29min
December 10, 2024 ep 16: Winter TBR for 2025
In episode 16 of Fully Booked, I talk about the six books I hope to read this winter ❄️🧤🥶
timestamps:
(00:27) cold weather reading
(04:41) The Great Alone
(08:20) The Simple Wild
(14:03) No Exit
(17:39) Beartown
(23:41) In Five Years
(29:08) Misery

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37min

FAQs about Fully Booked:

How many episodes does Fully Booked have?

The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.