In the Mood For: A Bookish Podcast

Author Ruby Barrett and recurring guest host Ada join us for a yap about the potential makeup of season 2 of Heated Rivalry. 

Good Girls PR co-founder Shaye joins Shani and Mary for all things marketing and PR around Heated Rivalry and we have lots of ideas for improvement and merch. We'd also like to let all our friends know that YES WE HAVE SEEN THIS VIDEO/MEME/PHOTOSHOOT ALREADY.

Author and friend Rae Douglas joined Shani for a long chat about Heated Rivalry (surprise!): fandom, actors' privacy and power dynamics in the show.

Creator who is studying fandoms and writing her PhD dissertation on fandoms can be found on TikTok at @oldmythos. 

Our small bags are packed for the cottage but we're also borrowing Shane's flannel, tyvm. 

Bonnie makes a return to the pod to join Shani, Mary and Ada to chat the season finale of Heated Rivalry. Full episode recap but also tangents about cottage semantics, cinematography, PAH-sta and Bonnie's babygirl Rosemary says hi to everyone. Just your usual ITMF chaos. 

Join us for an emotional rollercoaster of HR episode 5 I'll Believe in Anything. We are severely unwell and the only cure is luckily to pack our bags for the cottage. Mary remains concerned about the Skip timeline, Ada wants to remind everyone this is Canadian excellence and Shani found new vocal stims. 

Our tiny hearts are in shambles after this week's episode, please send ginger ale and tuna melts. Ada (@adagetsliterary) once again joins Shani and Mary to break down the brilliance and devastation of Heated Rivalry episode 4! 

We're politely crashing out out about The Smoothies, Harlequin fumbling the bag and Kip's dad. But also playing timeline detective and hurting our own feelings with episode 4 predictions. Ada of @adagetsliterary joins us in the chaos again!

If there's one thing that's going to get us back in front of the mics, it's gay hockey. Ada from @adagetsliterary joins Shani and Mary to chat about our precious babies Shane and Ilya and the Crave Original adaptation of Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid.

Coming to you a little late on this year's nonsense behavior at Sinners & Stardust as we wonder how some folks got so lost in the sauce. 

Shani

• Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, Suzanne Collins
• Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins
• The Knight & The Moth, Rachel Gillig
• The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo
• Off Campus, Elle Kennedy rereads
• Saving the Rain, Elliot Rose
• Lucky Day, Chuck Tingle
• Endless Anger, Sav R Miller

Bonnie

• Totally And Completely Fine, Elissa Sussman
• Daddy Issues, Kate Goldbeck
• Well, Actually, Mazey Eddings
• Zomromcom, Olivia Dade
• Desire In His Blood, Zoey Draven

Mary

• Watch Your Back, Tate James
• Barons of Decay, Angel Lawson
• Wicked Devotions Duet, Nichole Greene
• Honey Cut, Sierra Simone
• Open Book, Jessica Simpson

What we’re watching:

• Fall For Me (Netflix)

You get a movie! And you get a movie! And YOU GET A MOVIE! So many film adaptations coming our way and everyone is in a re-reading mood!

Mary

• Funny Story, Emily Henry
• Lola and the Millionaires, Kathryn Moon
• Barons of Decay, Angel Lawson
• The Knight & the Moth, Rachel Gillig
• Harlequin Crew, Twisted Sisters
• Watch Your Back, Tate James

Bonnie

• Bunny, Mona Awad
• The Twisted Ones, T Kingfisher
• Willing Prey, Allie Oleander
• The Rose Bargain
• Everything is Tuberculosis, John Greene

Shani

• The Knight & the Moth, Rachel Gillig
• Stirring Spurs, MA Wardell
• Never Been Shipped, Alicia Thompson
• Digging Dr Jones, Olivia Jackson

Other mentions:

• Monsters & Muses series, Sav R Miller
• Adaptations: New Haven series (JL Seegars), The Love Hypothesis (Ali Hazelwood), The Map That Leads to You (JP Monninger), Your Fault & Our Fault London (Mercedes Ron)