In the Mood For: A Bookish Podcast

Seems like every other romance book has gotten a screen adaptation and we can barely keep them straight. Should they all be greenlit? Should people lose their mind about casting choices? At least we're fed!

00:02:20 

Shani

In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood by Collin Gosselin, Of Ink and Alchemy & Of Karma and Corridors by Sloane St James, Your Own Backyard (podcast), You Can See Everything (movie)

00:16:54

Mary

The Love Hypothesis (movie), Barons of Torment by Angel Lawson, Summer House (Bravo)

00:27:25

Bonnie

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, Bad In Bed by Ali Hazelwood, Our Dark Incantations by Wanda Hellmund, Under the Iron Sky by AT Emerald, War of Hearts by S Young

00:35:00

Book to screen adaptations

• The Love Hypothesis
• Chestnut Springs & Rose Hill
• Verity
• Deep End
• Beach Read
• Every Year After
• This Summer Will Be Different
• Beautiful series by Christina Lauren
• Knockemout 
• Haunting Adeline
• Magnolia Parks
• Hoops & Skyland series
• New Haven series 
• It Happened One Summer
• Dirty Air series
• Fourth Wing
• Butcher and Blackbird
• Windy City series
• In a Holidaze
• First Time Caller
• The Bodyguard 
• You Deserve Each Other

We're back, and we're decidedly not in the mood for romance? 

Bonnie, Shani and Mary catch up on life and discuss everything from Heated Rivalry, Mary watching Vanderpump Rules for the first time, the similarities between fantasy romance and mafia romance, and of course, Chuck Tingle. 

Time stamps and media discussed: 

(00:05:01) Shani: Bar Down Baby by Kath Richards, Devil by Sierra Simone, Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl by Sierra Simone and Julie Murphy, Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, Into Thin Air by John Krakauer, Everest Inc by Will Cockrell, Dark Wizard (documentary), Albany Times Union Podcasts, Unicorn Girl Podcast

(00:27:48) Mary: You Can See Everything (documentary), The Dropout (movie), Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, The Perfect Neighbor (movie), Murdaugh Murders, Barons of Forsyth by Angel Lawson, Blackwood Institute by J Rose, Collin Gosselin, Mob Wives (tv show), 

(00:42:47) Bonnie: Ninth House, Hell Bent, Dead Beat by Leigh Bardugo, Vicious by VE Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab, Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab, We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer, Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer, Longtime Listener by BK Borison, Cherry Picking by Ki Stephens, Forget Me Not by Karissa Kinword, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle

(1:02:16) What's next for In The Mood For: The Knave and the Moon by Rachel Gillig, War of Hearts by S Young, Every Ordinary Thing by Jessica Joyce, The Ex-Vox by Jessica Joyce, You With A View by Jessica Joyce, Doomsdate by Laura Piper Lee, Brown Rival by Tessa Bailey, Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas, Getaway by Bazooka (wattpad), 

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.