Fully Booked

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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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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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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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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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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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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In episode 34 of Fully Booked, I talk about why I am nowhere close to having a home library as well as go through every single book on my physical TBR 👩🏻‍🏫🪟📚

timestamps:

(00:26) intro + DOB of the day

(04:22) why i don't own a lot of books

(08:37) every physical book i own

(09:21) books i've already read

(11:05) every book on my physical tbr

(44:07) number of books i own/outro 

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In episode 33 of Fully Booked, I took and read as many unpopular bookish opinions I could find and read them all 💭🤨

Original IG posts: @knightlyreadings, @1989bookavenue (part 5, 6, and other opinions)

timestamps: 

(00:26) intro + DOB of the day

(04:42) e-readers vs. paperbacks

(07:12) discreet covers

(08:54) third act breakup

(11:07) closed door vs. spicy

(11:58) love triangles

(13:57) rating DNFs

(16:04) special editions

(17:52) epilogues

(19:38) series vs. standalones

(22:06) breaking the spine

(23:55) categorizing vs. plot

(25:34) SJM

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In episode 32 of Fully Booked, I go through every author that I've read 2+ books and choose my best and worst picks 💯🙅🏻‍♀️

Jaime's video: https://youtu.be/LLetC9A0xQs?si=vZcyBJgE6GakoIxR

timestamps:

(00:26) intro + DOB of the day

(06:11) Sarah Adams

(08:28) Taylor Adams

(09:28) Fredrik Backman

(11:31) Jennifer Lynn Barnes

(12:45) Suzanne Collins

(15:07) Carley Fortune

(16:43) Laurie Gilmore

(17:49) John Green

(19:52) Jenny Han

(22:11) Emily Henry

(24:14) Colleen Hoover

(25:57) Abby Jimenez

(27:34) Christina Lauren

(28:59) Frieda McFadden

(30:55) Annabel Monaghan

(32:48) Lynn Painter

(34:35) Ashley Poston

(36:28) TJR

(38:56) Riley Sager

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In episode 31 of Fully Booked, I discuss all the books I read in March amongst the busyness of the month 🤯🖼️🏹

timestamps:

(00:26) intro

(05:16) monthly highlights

(08:36) My Friends

(12:58) The Stand-In

(16:36) Sunrise on the Reaping

(21:27) The Cheat Sheet

(25:40) Beyond the Wand

(28:59) Divergent

(33:31) DNFs (Uglies, Deep End)

(36:16) best vs. worst pick

(39:16) outro

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