Hiiiii Book Besties! 

Welcome to the Lestat and Louis Podcast… Kidding…  kind of! 

Join us for a very special June reading wrapped! The divas are recording for the first time together. 

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What are you watching?

Aaliyah: 

- The Vampire Lestat 

Johnna:

- Obsession 

- The Vampire Lestat  ✨🟠👄🟠✨  

What are you obsessed with?

Aaliyah:

- Our bookstore adventure 

- .5 rear camera

Johnna:

- Vampire Zoomies 

- Being here! 

What we read:

Aaliyah: 

- Lucky Day - Chuck Tingle 

- The Disaster Gay Detective Agency - Lev Rosen 

- The Lowe Job - Grace Alexander 

Johnna: 

- Hold Me Like a Grudge - Celine Ong 

- Red White & Royal Blue - Casey Mcquiston

- The Dare / Losers - Harley Laroux

What is on our TBR for up next?

Aaliyah:

- Disappoint me - Nicola Dinan 

- Eye of the Bedlam Bride - Matt Dinniman 

- There’s something Fishy About My Boyfriend - Gloria Duke 

- Dungeons and Drama - Kristy Boyce - BFAB Author! 

- Well, Actually - Mazey Eddings 

- Superfan - Jenny Tinghuiz Huang

- What Hunger - Catherine Dang 

Johnna:

- Tilly in Technicolor - Mazey Eddings 

- The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, The tale of the body thief - Anne Rice 

- The Lowe Job - Grace Alexander - I got the ARC after the PUB

- Dungeons and Drama - Kristy Boyce - BFAB Author! 

- Widow’s Point - Richard and WH Chizmar

Where you are in your reading goal for the year?

Aaliyah: 52/75

Johnna: 72/75

TBR For the Pod: 

Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle 

Book News! 

- Jacob Tierney is releasing a book! I’ll believe in Anything

- Special Edition DVD/Blueray of Heated Rivalry 

- Harley Laroux Teases a New Book! 

- Book to Screen News! 

• Prime Video has ordered a Fourth Wing Series 

• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is in the works at Lionsgate

• Five Brothers by Penelope Douglas is getting a TV adaptation 

• Bunny by Mona Awad is getting a movie

• Icebreaker by Hannah Grace is getting a tv adaptation 

• Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Movie

• Anna Kendrick is set to direct The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 

• Dungeon Crawl Carl is getting a TV Show! 

- MrBeast and James Patterson are writing a thriller?

- Book Fyre Fest

- Using big words is ableist discourse 

- Author Sierra Simon Accused of Blasphemy 

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Hey Book Besties! 

Welcome to our third and final part of You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings. We can’t say enough good things about how this one wraps up. Cubby and Darcy 4ever!!! Mazey, you’re incredible. 

Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 33:00

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What the Divas are reading:

Aaliyah: 

• The Shots You Take - Rachel Reid 

• The Lowe Job - Grace Alexander

• Hold Me Like a Grudge - Celine Ong

Johnna:

• No Fats, No Fems - Max Hovey 

• Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

• The Butcher’s Masquerade - Matt Dinniman

• Fabulous Bodies - Chuck Tingle 

What the Divas are watching:

Aaliyah:

• The Burbs 

Johnna:

• Interview With The Vampire 

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah

• Little Free Library hunting

Johnna 

• Live cuts and music videos

• Theo

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Hey Book Besties! 

Happy June and Happy Pride! Welcome to the second part of our three part series on You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings. We are so excited to be covering this sapphic romance written by one of our favorites! 

Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 34:00

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What the Divas are reading:

Aaliyah: 

• The Disaster Gay Detective Agency -  Lev A. C. Rosen

• Audio of You Won’t Forget Me - Mazey Eddings 

Johnna:

• The Butcher's Masquerade - Matt Dinniman 

What the Divas are watching:

Aaliyah:

• The Burbs 

Johnna 

• Interview With The Vampire 

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah

• The Chiropractor 

• Queer Providers 

Johnna 

• Taylor at the Toy Story 5 Premiere 

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Hey Book Besties! 

Happy Pride and welcome to the first part of our three part series on You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings. We are so excited to be covering this sapphic romance written by one of our favorites! 

If you'd like to jump straight into book coverage, skip ahead to 1:02.

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: 

• Butchers' Masquerade - Matt Dinniman 

• Lucky Day - Chuck Tingle

Johnna:

• The Dare/Losers Part 1 and 2 - Harley Laroux 

• Hold Me Like a Grudge - Celine Ong 

• Pounded by Produce - GM Fairy 

• She Gets the Girl - Alyson Derrik and Rachael Lippincott 

• Time to Shine -  Rachel Reid 

What the Divas are watching:

Aaliyah:

• Euphoria 

• Hacks 

• New Girl 

• Hamnet 

Johnna 

• ER

• Backrooms 

• Euphoria

• Pillion 

What the Divas are obsessed with:

Aaliyah

• Grilling every meal like a 45 y/o man

• Eadem Lipgloss 

Johnna 

• Sean Evans and Kiki Palmer

• Fresh haircut 

• Taylor - New song with toy story / MSG?!

Emergency book news! 

A small business tried to trademark Hot Girls Read, and the bookish community went on the ride of a lifetime. 

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Hey Book Besties! 

Happy June and Happy Pride! We’re diving into our personal TBRs for Pride Month and highlighting queer authors and stores.

Want to get ahead? Our next read will be You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings. Coverage starts June 11th! 

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What the Diva’s are Reading:

Johnna: 

- Feast While You Can - Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta 

Aaliyah: 

- Nowhere Girl - Carla Ciccone

- Missed Connections - Aimie K. Runyan

What the Diva’s are Watching:

Johnna:

- Euphoria 

- ER 

- The Boroughs 

Aaliyah: 

- Euphoria 

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

- The Boys

What the Diva’s are Obsessed with:

Johnna: 

- Book binding

- Heated Rivalry 

- Losers Omnibus  

Aaliyah:

- Completing THE puzzle 

Pride TBRs:

Johnna:

- You Should Have Been Nicer to my Mom - Vincent Tirado 

- Hold Me Like a Grudge - Celine Ong

- No Fats, No Fems: A Guide to Queer Empathy and Unpacking Prejudice

- Feast While You Can - Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta

- Red White & Royal Blue - Casey Mcquiston

- Losers - Harley Laroux Revisit 

Aaliyah:

- The Shots You Take - Rachel Reid 

- Lucky Day - Chuck Tingle 

- Disappoint Me - Nicola Dinan 

- The Disaster Gay Detective Agency -  Lev A. C. Rosen 

- Hold Me Like a Grudge - Celine Ong 

The Pod: 

- You Won’t Forget Me - Mazey Eddings 

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Hey Book Besties! 

We’re saying goodbye to May! 

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What the Diva’s are Watching:

Johnna:

- Remarkably Bright Creatures 

- Bugonia 

- Sheep Detectives 

- Margo

- Euphoria 

- ER

Aaliyah: 

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

- Euphoria

- New Girl 

- Remarkably Bright Creatures 

What the Divas are Obsessed with:

Johnna: 

- Rat Shirt 

- A Crispy Beer 

- Candy Crush 

- Losers 

Aaliyah:

- Having Glasses Again 

What the Diva’s Read in May:

Johnna: 

- 200 Monas - Jan Saenz

- The Housemaid -  Freida Mcfadden

- The Housemaid’s Secret -  Freida Mcfadden

- The Housemaid is Watching -  Freida Mcfadden

- Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings

- Yesteryear  - Caro Claire Burke

- Gate of the Feral Gods - Matt Dinniman 

Aaliyah: 

- 200 Monas- Jan Saenz

- Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke

- Ignore All Previous Instructions - Ada Hoffman

- And Now Back to You -  BK Borison

- Carl’s Doomsday Scenario  - Matt Dinniman 

- The Dungeon Anarchists Cookbook  - Matt Dinniman 

- Gate of the Feral Gods - Matt Dinniman 

Reading Goal Progress:

Aaliyah - 42/75 

Johnna - 56/75

Book News! 

- Florence Pugh cast as the lead in The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 

- Netflix is picking up an adaptation of the Chronicles of Narnia directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Meryl Streep

- Rachel Reid talks Unrivaled 

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles is renewed for a second season

- A new class-action lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York, and several writers have come together alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted books

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Hey Book Besties! 

Welcome to our chat with Maude Winters! Maude was ready to yap so we hope you enjoy this discussion of all things theater, media, queer joy, and of course, her new book Love on the West End! 

If you’d like to jump straight to the interview, it begins at 19:15

Maude:

Reading - Tell Me Not to Kiss You - Elee Rose

Watching - The Dark Wizard 

Obsessed - Mountain Climbing 

Maude Winters can be found on:

Instagram @Maude_Winters_Fiction 

TikTok @maudewinters 

Or their website maudewinters.com

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What the Divas are Reading:

Johnna:

- Gate of the Feral Gods - Matt Dinniman

Aaliyah:

- And Now, Back to You - BK Borison

What the Divas are Watching:

Johnna:

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

- Euphoria 

Aaliyah: 

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

- Euphoria 

What the Divas are Obsessed with:

Johnna: 

- Rhinestoning - Duh!

Aaliyah:

- Sleeping

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Hey Book Besties! 

Welcome to our Project Hail Mary Episode! We both read and watched and now it’s time for the debrief. Through Guided questions we compare the book and the movie, deep dive on what we loved, and gush over Grace and Rocky. 

Want to jump straight to the discussion? Coverage begins at 53:00

Have a book you’d like us to cover? Let us know in the comments or by emailing us at [email protected]

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What the Divas are Reading:

Johnna:

- The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook - Matt Dinniman 

- The Housemaid - Freida McFadden 

- The Housemaid’s Secret - Freida McFadden 

Aaliyah:

- Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman 

- The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook - Matt Dinniman 

- Ignore All Previous Instructions- Ava Hoffman

- And Now Back to You - BK Borison

What the Divas are Watching:

Johnna:

- Euphoria

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles

- Beef

Aaliyah: 

- Euphoria

What the Divas are Obsessed with:

Johnna: 

- Hudcon at the Met Gala 

- Beefing with Motley Chronicles 

Aaliyah:

- A Surprise 

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Hey Book Besties! 

Welcome to our chat with Erin and Sam of E.S. Rosalynn! We absolutely loved having them on the podcast and getting to talk about their new book “A Novel Chance” and all things indie writing! 

If you’d like to jump straight to the interview, it begins at 50:00

Erin:

Reading - The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson 

Watching - Ted Lasso

Obsessed - Her Dog

Sam: 

Reading - Listen for the Lie - Amy Tintera

Watching - Love on the Spectrum 

Obsessed - Diet Coke 

E.S. Rosalynn can be found on instagram @esrosalynn 

Or their website esrosalynnwrites.com

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What the Divas are Reading:

Johnna:

- 200 Monas - Jan Saenz

- Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 

- A Novel Chance - E.S. Rosalynn 

Aaliyah:

- Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 

- Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinnimen 

What the Divas are Watching:

Johnna:

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

- Euphoria 

Aaliyah: 

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

- The Testaments

What the Divas are Obsessed with:

Johnna: 

- Rush Broadway Tickets 

 - Stranger Things: The First Shadow 

Aaliyah:

- Gardening 

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Hey Book Besties! 

We’re bringing you an adios to April! See what we read, what is upcoming for May, and current book news!

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What the Diva’s are Watching:

Johnna:

- The Pitt 

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

- The Housemaid

Aaliyah: 

- The Pitt 

- Rupaul’s Drag Race

- New Girl

- Trust Me: The False Prophet

- The Boys 

- Margo’s Got Money Troubles 

What the Divas are Obsessed with:

Johnna: 

- THE SUN 

- My Trip 

- Banana Ball

- Shawn Hatosy on Quinn 

Aaliyah:

- The Sun

- Coronado Springs Resort 

- Taking People to Disney 

What the Diva’s Read in February:

Johnna: 

- The Knockout Queen - Rufi Thorpe 

- Game On - Navessa Allen 

- Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt 

- Strange Houses - Uketsu

May TBR

- The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook - Matt Dinniman 

- The Housemaid - Freida McFadden 

- Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings 

- 200 Monas - Jan Saenz

Aaliyah: 

- Game On - Navessa Allen 

- Half His Age - Jennette McCurdy

- How We Began - LM Juniper

May TBR

- Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings

- Reel - Kennedy Ryan

- Ruthless Creatures - J.T Geissenger 

- Nowhere Girl - Carla Ciccone

- Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman 

Reading Goal Progress:

Aaliyah - 29/75 

Johnna - 45/75

Book News! 

- TJ Klune’s House in the Cerulean Sea is getting an animated adaption 

- Why Women Kill Producer Hannah Schneider is set as showrunner and writer for lights out

- Bookcon 

- Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman- In development at Peacock

- Jacob Tierney has received season 2 of HR will feature parts of Role Model.

- Apple TV casts for Husbands by Holly Gramazio / Juno Temple!!! 

- Quicksilver - Cali Hart book 3 releasing in November 

- Anne Hathaway is adapting Yesteryear

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