Apparently people forgot that books and reading are inherently political. Again.

Media mentioned:

• The Striker, Ana Huang
• Power Play, Chelsea Curto
• Face Off, Chelsea Curto
• Fall With Me, Beck Mack
• Game Misconduct, Ari Baran
• Delay of Game, Ari Baran
• Rivals (TV Show)
• Tell Me Lies (TV Show)
• Unreal (TV Show)
• The Perfect Couple (TV Show)
• Perfect Strangers (TV Shows)
• Listen For the Lie, Amy Tintera
• Wrong Place Wrong Time Jillian McAllister
• Heavenbreaker,
• Scythe & Sparrow, Brynne Weaver
• Leather & Lark, Brynne Weaver
• Filthy Rich Santas, Eva Ashwood
• Lost & Lassoed, Lyla Sage
• Swift & Saddled, Lyla Sage
• Haven, Rebekah Weatherspoon
• Slave to Sensation, Nalini Singh
• A Discovery of Witches,
• Breath Mints / Battle Scars (Fanfic)
• Rose in Chains, Julie Soto
• The Spare, Ava Rani
• Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance
• The Dollop Podcast

Look at us, giving lots of non-romance recommendations for spooky szn!

Media mentioned:

• Role Playing, Cathy Yardley
• Game Misconduct, Ari Baron
• How to End a Love Story, Yulin Kuang
• Nobody Wants This (Netflix Show)
• How Did This Get Made (Podcast)
• The Wedding Hex, Sarah Blue
• She is a Haunting, Trang Thanh Tran
• There’s Someone Inside Your House, Stephanie Perkins
• Scream Queens (TV Show)
• The Ashes and the Star Cursed King, Carissa Broadbent
• A Hunger Like No Other, Kresley Cole
• My Vampire Plus One, Jenna Levine
• Rain of Shadows and Endings, Melissa Roerich
• Nocticadia, Keri Lake
• The Secret History, Donna Tartt
• Kingmakers, Sophie Lark
• Legendborn, Tracy Deonn
• Eva Ashwood
• Mania, Naomi Loud
• Camp Damascus, Chuck Tingle
• Haunted, Chuck Palahniuk
• Choke, Chuck Palahniuk
• Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
• Speak No Evil (Movie)
• Long Legs (Movie)
• Green Room (Movie)
• Knives Out (Movie)
• Glass Onion (Movie)
• Gosford Park (Movie)
• True Detective Season 1 (HBO Show)
• The Outsider, Stephen King (Book & HBO Adaption)
• Tender is the Flesh, Agustina Bazterrica
• Behind Closed Doors, BA Paris
• Then She Was Gone, Lisa Jewel
• Don’t Look For Me, Wendy Walker
• Little Rot, Akwaeke Emezi
• The Troop, Nick Cutter
• Yellowjackets (TV Show)
• Belladonna series, Adalyn Grace
• Charming Your Dad, Sarah Blue
• An Academy For Liars, Alexis Henderson
• The Magicians, Lev Grossman
• The Dare, Harley Laroux
• Her Soul to Take, Harley Laroux

This week we dip our toes in the AI discourse and try to figure out how if at all AI can exist in the book world. 

Books mentioned:

• Rain of Shadows and Endings, Melissa K Roerich
• Mindf*ck series by
• Butcher and Blackbird, Brynne Weaver
• Wisteria, Adalyn Grace
• ACOTAR slander
• The Wingman, Stephanie Archer
• A Love Most Fatal, Kath Richards
• Phantasma, Kaylie Smith
• The Secret History, Donna Tartt
• The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt

The ever-so-delightful Caitlin of @cbg_reads joins Shani & Mary to chat everything RARE24 from September.

Books mentioned:

• A Love Most Fatal, Kath Richards
• Cash, Jessica Peterson
• Fire Line, Maggie Gates
• Phantasma, Kaylie Smith
• Tryst Six Venom, Penelope Douglas
• Five Brothers, Penelope Douglas
• If It Makes You Happy, Julie Olivia
• Compound Fracture, Andrew Joseph White
• American Kingpin, Nick Bilton

Mary and Bonnie recap the latest author drama!

Bonnie and Mary catch up on all things It Ends With Us movie drama from production to marketing.

Moof of @moo_foutdaway returns to the pod to chat about Sinners & Stardust 2024 in Boston!

Bonnie and Mary are fresh off SteamyLit 2024 and we dive in for our second annual (??) recap of how the convention went down this year. 

We're back babyyyy! Mary read most of QB Tyler's backlist, Shani walks us through why people had such negative reactions to the FMC in Liz Tomforde's ‘Play Along’, and Bonnie dives into Dukes of Ruin.

Books mentioned:

• QB Tyler
• Princes of Legacy, Angel & Sam
• A Dance Macabre, Naomi Loud
• The Ex Vows, Jessica Joyce
• Business Casual, BK Borison
• Not Another Love Song, Julie Soto
• The Inheritance Games
• Awake Emery
• Honey Cut, Sierra Simone
• Play Along, Liz Tomforde
• Kilt Trip,
• Dukes of Ruin
• Lakes Hockey Series
• Unsteady, Peyton Corinne
• Bourbon & Lies, Victoria Wilder
• Fangirl Down, Tessa Bailey
• Sea of Ruin, Pam Godwin
• Retelling of Tristan and Iseult
• Salt Kiss, Sierra Simone

We catch up after a loooong break. Little chitchat about ApollyCon but more importantly Shani & Bonnie have a favorite book of the year!