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!

We had to talk about it, okay? Charlsa of @justforkit joins us to share about her influencer experience at Readers Take Denver and Shani and Mary proceed to say "oh my god" and "that's insane" approximately 80,000 times.

Books mentioned:

• Take Me Apart - Brea Alepou
• The Hunt - Nichole Greene
• Sovereign - Raya Morris Edwards
• Princes of Carnage - Eva Ashwood
• Learn Your Lesson - Kandi Steiner
• Just One Night - Lena Hendrix
• Molly and the Minotaur - Bea Gallo
• Knot Her Goal - Ari Wright

Kierra Lewis is back on our FYPs and no one is happy about it, and we're all apparently addicted to porn??

Books mentioned:

• Wild Love, Elsie Silver
• Lakes Hockey series, Sloane St James
• Leather & Lark, Brynne Weaver
• Paris: The Memoir, Paris Hilton
• Never, Jessa Hastings
• The Never King, Nikki St. Crowe
• Powerless, Elsie Silver
• Powerless, Lauren Roberts
• Kingdom of the Cursed, Kerri Maniscalco
• Throne of the Fallen, Kerri Maniscalco
• Bride, Ali Hazelwood
• Sovereign, Raya Morris Edwards
• Take Me Apart, Brea Alepou
• Business Casual, BK Borison
• Cross the Line, Simone Saltani
• Dishonestly Yours, Kristina & Becca Ritchie
• The Game Changer, Lana Ferguson
• The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce
• Not in Love, Ali Hazelwood
• Twisted Love, Ana Huang

We have dipped our toes into Threads and if you thought Twitter was a hellscape... don't look into bookthreads!

Books / TV mentioned:

• My Roommate is a Vampire, Jenna Levine
• Sex, Lies & Sensibility, Nikki Payne
• Bridgerton series
• Coach & Blitz by Devney Perry
• Check & Mate, Ali Hazelwood
• Not In Love, Ali Hazelwood
• Honey & Spice, Bolu Babalola
• The Friendship Study, Ruby Barrett
• Love and Other Conspiracies, Mallory Marlowe
• If I Stopped Haunting You, Colby Wilkens
• Haunt Your Heart Out, Amber Roberts
• Into the Dark, Jessa Hastings
• On the Line, Naomi Loud
• Eight Seconds to Ride, Dirt Road Secrets, Ashley James  
• The Gentlemen (Netflix TV series)
•  Cardinal Sins, Charlotte House
• Tell Me Everything: A Memoir, Minka Kelly
• Quiet On Set docuseries
• I'm Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy

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BookTwitter is a scary place most of the time but this parody page from the Darkest Corner of the Heart cracked us up even if it was poorly labeled as a joke. Come giggle with us! 

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