Lit & Loud: A Book Podcast

Hiiiii Spooky Book Besties!

It’s us The Vampire Lestat and Louis De Point Du Lac

Are you reading to finish this story? Welcome to part 3 of our deep dive into House of Rayne by Harley Laroux! Although we have read this many times, we will never get over this book or how it ends. Literally, we cried… again. Harley, you will always be famous to us. 

Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 44:51

Make sure to check our instagram story to see our weekly obsessions, if you missed the story check out our highlight! @litandloudpod 

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

What the Divas are reading:

Aaliyah:

Bite Marks and Broken Hearts - TJ Rose

Of Monsters and Mainframes - Barbara Truelove

Lethal Kiss - Taylor Grothe

Johnna:

Lethal Kiss - Taylor Grothe

Meet Cute Magic - Morgan Elizabeth

Victorian Psycho - Virginia Feito

Loving a Witch is Totally Floolish - Aura Hayes 

Saved by the Spell - Tanya Huff

What the Diva’s are watching: 

Aaliyah:

Fleabag 

Traitors

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

Charmed

Johnna:

American Horror Story 13 

Ted Lasso

Traitors

Great British Bake Off

90 Day Fiance 

Yaga

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah:

Disney fun

Alani i

Johnna:

Halloween

My job 

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Hi book besties!! 

Are you ready for a Halloween Festival and a monster reveal? We sure hope so. Welcome to part 2 of our deep dive into House of Rayne by Harley Laroux! If you know us, you know that this is a book we know, we love, and we are SO excited to hash out this gem by our favorite author with you all! 

Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 33:36

Make sure to check our instagram story to see our weekly obsessions, if you missed the story check out our highlight! @litandloudpod 

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

What the Divas are reading:

Aaliyah:

Loving A Vampire Is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes

Bite Marks and Broken Hearts by TJ Rose

Johnna:

Crone - Keith Rosson 

Mister Magic - Kiersten White 

Trad Wife - Saratoga Schaefer 

What the Diva’s are watching: 

Aaliyah:

The Traitors

Charmed 

New Girl

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City 

Johnna:

The Traitors

Hokum

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah:

Heading to Disney

San Pellegrino Zero 

Johnna:

Apple Season 

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Hi book besties!! 

Welcome to Blackridge Island and part 1 of our deep dive into House of Rayne by Harley Laroux! 

If you know us, you know that this is a book we know, we love, and we are SO excited to hash out this gem by our favorite author with you all! 

Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 46:00

Make sure to check our instagram story to see our weekly obsessions, if you missed the story check out our highlight! @litandloudpod 

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

What the Divas are reading:

Aaliyah:

• Loving A Vampire Is Total Chaos by Aura Hayes

• Bite Marks and Broken Hearts by TJ Rose

Johnna:

• Fearless - Jen Calonita 

• The Nerd Reich - Gil Duran 

• Black Sheep - Rachel Harrison 

• Crone - Keith Rosson 

What the Diva’s are watching: 

Aaliyah:

• Girls

• Traitors 

Johnna:

• Traitors 

• 90 day

• Great British Bake Off

• Ted Lasso 

• Haunted Hotel 

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah:

• Temple Oud

Johnna:

• Fall! 

• Canada trip

• Peanut Butter 

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Hiiiiii Book Besties! 

Hello from the Diva Den and welcome to our September Reading Round Up! There is lots in here between the diva’s picks and book news so make sure to stick around! 

Make sure to check our instagram story to see our weekly obsessions, if you missed the story check out our highlight! @litandloudpod 

Next up for book coverage is House of Rayne by Harley Laroux and it starts next week so get reading!

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

What the Divas are watching:

Aaliyah: 

-  Girls

Johnna:

- Traitors 

- AEW 

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah:

- Yung Leans VMA Performance 

- Laura Piper Lee's special editions 

- Tik Tok segment!!!

Johnna:

- Andy Williams Forever

- Meet Me In The Media Center 

- My Dahlias 

- 900 fucking followers 

- My new job!!! 

What the Divas read:

Aaliyah: 

- Fallow - Sarah Anderson:

- The Felicity Complex - August Clarke

- Hope This Email Finds You In Hell - Mackenzie Reed

Johnna: 

- She’s a Doll - Barbara Truelove Lucy

- Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep - Paul Tremblay

- Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos - Aura Hayes

- Priest - Sierra Simone

What is on our TBR for up next?

Aaliyah:

- Dead and Breakfast - Katt Hilis & Rosiee Thor

- Bite Marks & Broken Hearts - TL Rose 

- The Book of Blood and Roses - Annie Summerlee

- Vampires of El Norte - Isabel Cañas

- Lethal Kiss - Taylor Grothe 

- Nightjars - Michael Wehunt

- Of Monsters and Mainframes - Barbara Truelove 

- Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos - Aura Hayes 

- Die for Me - Shirlene Obuobi

- Where Shadows Meet - Patrice Caldwell 

Johnna:

- Mister Magic - Kiersten White

- Black Sheep - Rachel Harrison 

- Trad Wife - Saratoga Schaefer 

- Loving a Witch is Totally Foolish - Aura Hayes 

- The Souls Trilogy - Harley Laroux 

- Crone - Keith Rosson 

- Meet Cute Magic - Morgan Elizabeth

- Lethal Kiss - Taylor Grothe 

- Your Beloved Remains - Quinn Connor 

Where you are in your reading goal for the year?

Aaliyah: /75

Johnna: 119/75

TBR For the Pod: 

House of Rayne - Harley Laroux 

• October 15th - October 29th 

Book News! 

- Plot Twist Book Fest 

- The Love Hypothesis movie is here, and people like it! 

- Coffin Moon is getting a series adaptation 

- Connor Storrie joins the Bell Jar cast

- The book signing tote scandal

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Hi book besties!! 

It’s time for our third and final part of our deep dive of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. Is the demon real? Was Alex crazy? Is Cleo unraveling? We’re all about to find out! 

Join us next week for our September reading wrapped, and in October we will be covering House of Rayne by Harley Laroux.

Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 40:49

Make sure to check our instagram story to see our weekly obsessions, if you missed the story check out our highlight! @litandloudpod 

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

What the Divas are reading:

Aaliyah:

I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell - Makenzie Reed

The Breakup Retreat - Camilla Sten

All I Have - Ames Mills 

She's A Doll - Barbra Truelove

Johnna:

Fallow - Sarah Anderson 

Our Cut of Salt - Deena Helm 

What the Divas are watching:

Aaliyah:

Both Dune Movies

The Voice

New Girl

Johnna:

The Traitors New Blood

90 Day Fiance

A Very Haunted Renovation 

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah:

Anything Thing Goes Tickets 

Bmore Romantic

Johnna:

Whatever Taylor is doing 

Halloween Oreos 

Our new Lavaliers 

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Hi book besties!! 

Welcome to part two of our deep dive of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. Part one brought messy family dynamics, unreliable narrators, and a book within a book and part two isn’t going to slow us down! 

Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 46:50

Make sure to check our instagram story to see our weekly obsessions, if you missed the story check out our highlight! @litandloudpod 

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

What the Divas are reading:

Aaliyah:

Kiss Slay Replay - Rachel Harrison

Fallow - Sarah Anderson

I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell - Makenzie Reed

Johnna:

Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep - Paul Tremblay 

So Thirsty - Rachel Harrison 

She’s a Doll - Barbra Truelove 

Fallow - Sarah Anderson 

What the Divas are watching:

Aaliyah:

The Traitors 

New Girl 

Johnna:

90 Day Fiance 

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah:

Pod Hub’s lifting event 

Rugby game

Johnna:

Galison Puzzles

Senior Night 

New Phone! 

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Hi book besties!! 

It’s time for fall reading in the diva den so welcome to our first part of our deep dive of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. We have loved this book since we read it for the first time and are so thrilled to bring it as our first spooky read of the pod. Get ready for messy family dynamics, unreliable narrators, and a book within a book! 

Book Coverage begins at 48:00

New this week, if you'd like to see our obsessions visit us on instagram, @litandloudpod, and check or stories, if you missed the obsession story it can be found in our highlights!

A note for our video listeners, we know that the audio and video drop out of sync periodically, I am simply just a girl and did my best. We’re DIY here and this was out of my realm for things I can make perfect. (blame riverside) 

Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 47:50

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

What are you reading?

Aaliyah:

Sky Daddy - Kate Folk

Johnna:

Die For Me - Shirlene Obuobi

Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos - Aura Hayes 

Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep - Paul Tremblay

What are you watching?

Aaliyah:

Silo

Johnna:

Leviticus 

The Invite 

Ted Lasso

What are you obsessed with?

Aaliyah:

New hair strightener 

Makeup corner

• Haus Labs Foundation 

• DM Blurring Balm 

New Tik tok Segment 

Johnna:

Andy Williams Forever

My Flowers,My interview 

Moon Cat Nail polish 

Thatcatladyjen

Rhinestone book

https://andywilliamsforever.com/

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Hey Book Besties! 

Welcome to our chat with Author Lacey Hawthorne Author of How My Fake Alien Boyfriend Learned to Cook and Saved the Family Business. Lacey took a truly ridiculous book cover, and their justified hatred for AI and turned it into a whole book featuring a himbo sweetie baby alien, a pink haired chef baddie, found family & the beauty of trying. Lacey is an indie romance author writing books full of whimsy, curvy characters, whimpers and silly premises that ALSO have so so much heart. So divas, grab your whisks, hold them the right way, and join us in welcoming Lacey to the Diva Den!!

Lacey:

Reading - The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen

Watching - The Try Guys 

Obsessed - Her Dog! 

Lacey Hawthorne can be found on:

Instagram @laceyshawthorneauthor 

Threads @laceyshawthorneauthor 

Or her website https://www.laceyhawthorne.com/

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

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 Hey Book Besties! 

Welcome to our chat with Julie Kinn. We are so excited to have this chat! Julie is the author of Picky, a psychologist, writer, crafter, serial hobbyist, mom to both humans and dogs, and maybe most importantly, a bread enthusiast. Julie brings her background in psychology into her writing, exploring themes and experiences with anxiety, OCD, ARFID, intrusive thoughts, and the complicated ways mental health can shape our relationships with ourselves and the people we love. Her debut novel Picky is funny, uncomfortable, and deeply human. We’re so excited to talk about bread, mental health representation, food and anxiety, family dynamics, and the inspiration behind Zillah’s story!

Julie:

Reading - Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thrackeray 

Watching - The People’s Court

Obsessed - Bulbs and Blondies! (greatest idea ever)

Julie Kinn can be found on:

Instagram @juliekinnphd

TikTok @juliekinn

Or her website https://www.juliekinn.com/picky

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

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Hiiiiii Book Besties! 

Hello from the Diva Den and welcome to our August Reading Round Up!  Join us as we talk about what we watched, what were obsessed with, and most importantly what we read. We have exciting book announcements for our next two books we will be covering and we will round it off with book news!

Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918

What the Divas are watching:

Aaliyah: 

- New Girl Season 5

- House of the Dragon

Johnna:

- Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown 

- The Odyssey 

- Widows Bay 

- Ted Lasso Season 4

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah:

- Wicker Man trailer 

- Charm City Books

- Skating!!!!

- Tik Tok current vibe: WHAM Drag and Hole Mother

Johnna:

- Still riding the BFAB high 

- Road trip!

- Book Shelf in the pod lab

What the Divas read:

Aaliyah: 

- Puck - Samantha Allen

- Pot Shot - Laura Piper Lee

- Her Soul to Take - Harley LaRoux

Johnna: 

- Fruit Fly - Josh Silver 

- Well, Actually - Mazey Eddings 

- Hungerstone - Kat Dunn 

- Doomsdate - Laura Piper Lee

What is on our TBR for up next?

Aaliyah:

- This Inevitable Ruin & A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinnimon 

- Doomsdate - Laura Piper Lee

- Chosen Family - Madline Gray

- A Good Puck - Rochelle Wold

Johnna:

- Burn the Negative - Josh Winning 

- Cherry Baby - Rainbow Rowell 

- Creep - Emma Van Straaten 

- The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice 

- Look What the Cat Dragged In -  Jason Rekulak ARC

- Crone - Keith Rosson ARC

- A Good Puck - Rochelle Wolf ARC

Where you are in your reading goal for the year?

Aaliyah: 76/75

Johnna: 98/75

TBR For the Pod: 

Play Nice - Rachel Harrison ***This is a change from what was announced on the episode***

• Sept 17th - October 1st 

House of Rayne - Harley Laroux 

• October 15th - October 29th 

Book News! 

- Showrunners Announced for the Dungeon Crawler Carl series 

- Heated Rivalry season 2 has started filming!

- In 2026, a Record Number of Pulitzer Prize Winners and Finalists Disclosed AI Use

- Grady Hendrix’s The Final Girl Support Group is getting a movie adaptation 

- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood, Movie adaptation in the works 

- Brandon Sanderson wrote a Mistborn movie script

- Wicker, the trailer heard round the world

- Asking for paid reviews from indie authors

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