We have the AMAZING debut author Shannon J Spann on the pod today! We chat about her process writing the incredibly unique fantasy standalone A Stage Set for Villains, her love for theatre, and more.

Shannon's socials:

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Books Discussed:

A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann

One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig

Daughters of the Sun and Moon - Lisa See

Two Can Play - Ali Hazelwood

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(03:18) why we love theatre

(05:28) life as a debut author

(06:34) from publishing to being an author

(09:50) about a stage set for villains

(10:28) the inspiration that started it all

(12:44) the writing process

(16:53) how to start a fantasy book

(18:56) all about BANTER and chemistry

(22:29) evolution of the protagonist

(24:36) creating a unique magic system

(27:13) the power of mirrors

(29:03) will we see more in this world?

(32:45) what's next?

(34:41) adapting to film!

(35:40) our dream casts

(41:03) listener questions

(41:11) was the book always split into acts?

(42:32) what inspired Riven as a character?

(47:05) did you write with a mood board?

(49:00) what role did your faith play into writing?

(55:30) this or that

Let's wrap up our March reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in April!

Books Discussed:

Just Friends - Haley Pham

Rhythm of War - Brandon Sanderson

Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

The Mirror of Infinite Endings - Stephanie Garber

Lady Tan's Circle of Women - Lisa See

Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski

The Ragpicker King - Cassandra Clare

Recursion - Blake Crouch

Red Rising - Pierce Brown

The Someday Garden - Ashley Poston

Cleopatra - Saara El-Arifi

Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan

Lost Lambs - Madeline Cash

The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke

Rites of the Starling - Devney Perry

An Arcane Study of Stars - Sydney J Shields

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(10:05) book club pick!

(11:52) project hail mary debrief

(22:22) stephanie garber news

(28:17) wrap up disclaimer

(28:49) jaime's march highlights

(35:38) freya's march highlights

(41:32) jaime's march lows

(45:26) freya's march lows

(47:09) jaime's april lookahead

(51:19) freya's april lookahead

(53:38) reading a book a day

(56:30) new releases in april

Looking for a fantasy book to read? Look no further! We go through every fantasy subgenre in this episode, with recs for beginner to advanced readers!

Books Discussed:

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett

The Elsewhere Express - Samantha Sotto Yambao

Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall

Recursion - Blake Crouch

Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas

The Sword of Kaigen - ML Wang

Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson

Sabriel - Garth Nix

The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson

A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin

The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien

The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss

The Will of the Many - James Islington

Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross

Priory of the Orange Tree - Samantha Shannon

The Rose Bargain - Sasha Peyton Smith

The Crimson Moth (Heartless Hunter) - Kristen Ciccarelli

When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker

A Darker Shade of Magic - VE Schwab

Red City - Marie Lu

Jade City - Fonda Lee

Shadow Hunters - Cassandra Clare

Crescent City - Sarah J Maas

Sword Catcher - Cassandra Clare

Belladonna - Adalyn Grace

Phantasma - Kaylie Smith

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo

One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig

Immortal Dark - Tigest Girma

Alchemised - SenLinYu

The Poet Empress - Shen Tao

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - VE Schwab

Th Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Babel - RF Kuang

The Poppy War - RF Kuang

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door - HG Parry

Emily Wilde - Heather Fawcett

The Wishing Game - Meg Shaffer

House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune

Sorcery and Small Magics - Maiga Doocy

A River Enchanted - Rebecca Ross

The Unmaking of June Farrow - Adrienne Young

Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(12:41) high fantasy

(27:12) fantasy romance

(38:32) urban fantasy

(46:00) gothic fantasy

(53:08) historical fantasy

(01:00:32) cozy fantasy

(01:04:17) magical realism

Diving into NOSTALGIA today! Let's talk about the books that made us fall in love as young teenage readers.

Books Discussed:

A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann

The Ragpicker King - Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare

ACOTAR (A Court of Thorns and Roses) - Sarah J Maas

Silverwing - Kenneth Opal

Fallen - Lauren Kate

The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold

The Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis

Holes - Louis Sachar

The Baby-Sitters Club - Ann M Martin

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants - Ann Brashares

Goosebumps - RL Stine

Land of Stories - Chris Colfer

Room - Emma Donaghue

Percy Jackson - Rick Riordan

Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor

A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket

Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

Divergent - Veronica Roth

Because of Wynn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo

Uglies - Scott Westerfeld

The Outsiders - SE Hinton

Me Before You - Jojo Moyes

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green

Paper Towns - John Green

Harry Potter - JK Rowling

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Twilight - Stephanie Meyer

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(09:05) acotar announcement

(17:18) silverwing

(20:24) fallen

(22:27) lovely bones

(24:21) the chronicles of narnia

(29:09) holes

(33:06) the babysitters club

(35:12) goosebumps

(39:03) land of stories

(42:24) room

(47:44) daughter of smoke and bone

(51:13) a series of unfortunate events

(56:48) anna and the french kiss

(57:51) rapid fire honourable mentions

In this episode, we chat with the beautiful Ellen Catherine and share some of our bookish unpopular opinions!

Ellen's socials:

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https://www.instagram.com/ellencatherinebooks

https://www.tiktok.com/@ellencatherinebooks

Books Discussed:

Heir of Illusion - Madeline Taylor

The Someday Garden - Ashley Poston

The Mask Falling - Samantha Shannon

The Heart of Betrayal - Mary E Pearson

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall

Red Rising - Pierce Brown

Wild Love - Elsie Silver

Direbound - Sable Sorensen

Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider

Long Distance Book Club:

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(09:21) our unpopular opinions

(10:25) first of third person POV?

(15:13) rating a book you've DNFed

(17:52) audiobooks count towards your reading goal

(20:51) spice is not a fix

(25:03) re-reads are better

(27:39) cracked spines

(31:14) stop with long series

(35:19) audiobook listening speeds

(43:56) romance books don't need to be deep?

(47:11) enemies to lovers isn't real

(49:14) trigger warnings spoil a book

(54:37) kid characters are rarely written well

Let's wrap up our February reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in March!

Books Discussed:

My Husband's Wife - Alice Feeney

A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann

A Song to Drown Rivers - Ann Liang

The Fragile Threads of Power - VE Schwab

The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare

Dark Age - Pierce Brown

Light Bringer - Pierce Brown

Jade Legacy - Fonda Lee

Romancing Mister Bridgerton - Julia Quinn

The Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski

The Night We Lost Him - Laura Dave

Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman

The Bright Years - Sarah Damoff

Strange Pictures - Uketsu

You Did Nothing Wrong - CG Drews

The Night We Met - Abby Jimenez

No Matter What - Cara Bastone

Starside - Alex Aster

Long Distance Book Club:

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(09:38) how february went

(12:38) fable reader summaries

(16:49) jaime's highlights

(22:49) freya's highlights

(28:14) jaime's lows

(31:04) sticking to monthly tbrs

(40:44) olympics sidebar

(46:58) freya's lows

(49:34) march lookahead

(55:17) march new releases

Let's talk about SPICE today! We are both self-proclaimed spicy book haters, but for some reason... these ones worked for us. Let's dive into why these spicy books worked!

Books Discussed:

A Stage Set For Villains - Shannon J Spann

The Diviners - Libba Bray

Love Me Tomorrow - Emiko Jean

Before I Forget - Tory Henwood Hoen

The Bright Years - Sarah Damoff

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Not Another Love Song - Julie Soto

The Right Move - Liz Tomforde

Phantasma / Enchantra - Kaylie Smith

All Rhodes Lead Here - Marianna Zapata

Happy Place - Emily Henry

Funny Story - Emily Henry

Bride - Ali Hazelwood

Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

Spark of the Everflame - Penn Cole

Long Distance Book Club:

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(00:00) intro

(00:40) an exciting announcement!

(08:48) current reads

(17:28) wuthering heights update

(24:26) let's talk spice

(24:54) not another love song

(29:35) the right move

(33:34) phantasma and enchantra

(37:04) all rhodes lead here

(42:21) emily henry

(47:00) bride

(51:13) red, white & royal blue

(54:33) spark of the everflame

Books & social media bring us both SO much happiness... but we need to just take a second to talk about the current state of BookTok, the anti-intellectualism debate, online hate and more. Let's get into it.

Books Discussed:

Jade Legacy - Fonda Lee

A Song to Drown Rivers - Ann Liang

Light Bringer - Pierce Brown

The Favorites - Layne Fargo

The Ice Queens - Layne Fargo

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(09:15) layne fargo's new book!

(10:21) olympics catchup

(14:13) cosmere film rights

(18:32) booktok & anti-intellectualism

(23:45) quality of recent books & publishing

(24:59) fix your algorithm

(27:16) negativity thrives on social media

(31:19) the reality of hate comments

(38:13) judging popular books on shelves

(41:52) let's keep it to books

(44:58) girl books vs boy books

(48:42) booktok vs booktube vs bookstagram

(56:50) how to make social media a better space

(01:00:42) sneak peak ahead

In this episode, we chat with the beautiful Emmy Rosam and battle it out to find the ultimate popular romantasy read!

Emmy's socials:

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https://www.tiktok.com/@whatemmyreads

https://www.instagram.com/whatemmyreadss

Books Discussed:

Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid

Chain of Gold - Cassandra Clare

The Night We Lost Him - Laura Dave

The Future Saints - Ashley Winstead

Zodiac Academy - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) - Sarah J Maas

Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber

The Serpent and the Wings of Night - Carissa Broadbent

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

Powerless - Lauren Roberts

Throne of Glass - Sarah J Maas

Spark of the Everflame - Penn Cole

A Fate Inked in Blood - Danielle L Jensen

When the Moon Hatched - Sarah A Parker

Phantasma - Kaylie Smith

Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider

Heavenly Bodies - Imani Erriu

Quicksilver - Callie Hart

DIrebound - Sable Sorensen

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(12:21) romantasy book bracket rules

(13:47) qualifying rounds

(51:54) quarterfinals

(56:44) semifinals

(57:36) finals

Let's wrap up our January reading month & talk about what we're looking forward to in February!

Books Discussed:

The Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings) - JRR Tolkien

Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare

Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson

Dark Age - Pierce Brown

Jade City - Fonda Lee

An Offer from a Gentleman - Julia Quinn

To Bleed a Crystal Bloom - Sarah A Parker

Us Against You - Fredrik Backman

Beartown - Fredrik Backman

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

The Bright Years - Sarah Damoff

Finding Grace - Loretta Rothschild

And Now, Back to You - BK Borison

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett

A Stage Set for Villains - Shannon J Spann

Vow of Eternal Night - Lily Crozier

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(00:00) intro & current reads

(12:03) how january went

(18:31) january reading highs

(32:42) january reading lows

(41:36) fable reading summaries

(43:35) february new releases & tbr

(53:20) the olympics!

(59:20) trying to send freya a gift