Every once in a while, we love to drop a full episode sample of the kind of content you can get over on Patreon, and this month we are sharing our newest offering: Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi. In this debut episode, we are exploring "Debut Novels That Blew Us Away!" Here's what you'll find inside:

Welcome, friends! This month, we are debuting a new patron bonus that I hope you will LOVE! Trope Thursday with Kaytee and Bunmi was a brainchild for about 4 months before this debut, and I hope you can tell the time and attention that went into it. Every month, we will focus on a "trope of the month" and have regular segments that you'll come to know and love. This episode is supposed to be INTERACTIVE. When you've listened, come tell us about your favorite debut novels! Or ask Bumni questions! Or tell us what trope you'd like us to explore! All of that is great fodder for future episodes - although we have roughly 4 years worth of ideas right now, ha!

This inaugural episode is a bit longer than they will normally be, but that's because I want to introduce you to and let you get to know Bunmi Ishola and how this new episode came to be!

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Get to Know Bunmi:

• @bunmi_ishola on Instagram
• Penguin Random House

Book-Adjacent:

Carrot Top Paper Shop (Bunmi)

• Rainbow Quote 
• Fond of Books Mug 

Blue Q Octopus Tote Bag (Amazon link) (Kaytee)

• The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
• My Octopus Teacher on Netflix
• Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

From the Editor's Desk:

Remarkably Bright Creatures Buddy Read Discussion 

Janet Evanovich, Louise Penny, James Patterson, John Grisham

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

NaNoWriMo 

Brendan Slocumb Minisode 

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

A Promised Land by Barack Obama

The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary

Trope Thursday - Debuts That Blew Us Away:

What Mama Left Me by Renee Watson (Bunmi)

• Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
• Ways to Make Sunshine by Renee Watson

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow (Kaytee)

• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Bunmi)

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel (Kaytee)

• Cafe con Libros in Brooklyn, NY

Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Bunmi)

• @marissameyerauthor 

The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall

Up Next:

The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah (Bunmi)

• 1001 Arabian Nights (HOLY CRAP: Look at this gorgeous annotated version!)

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

• Denton Little's Deathdate by Lance Rubin
• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Connect with Us:

Kaytee @notesonbookmarks 

Meredith @meredith.reads 

Bunmi @bunmi_ishola 

Podcast @currentlyreadingpodcast 

Tell Us: What Debut Blew You Away!?