In this special episode of Pages n' Pages, we take a look back at our very first episode of the podcast titled "New Beginnings," which was a bit of a rough start for us. We talk about the recording process of that very first episode, how reading journeys and the story of how your lovely hosts met. We didn't know much about podcasting in that first episode, so we wanted to revamp it to make it an enjoyable listen. 

What We Read and What We Are Reading:

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder. Thanks to Random House Publishing and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Ace by Angela Chen

Stuck with You (STEMinist Novellas #2) by Ali Hazelwood

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin and narrated by Laura Knight Keating 

The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey and narrated by Xe Sands

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro and narrated by Sura Siu

Additional Mentions:

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus #3) by Katee Robert

Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by She Who Must Not Be Named

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Series of Unfortunate Events by Daniel Handler

Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we take part in a few Pride book tags to celebrate Pride Month. We focused on two different blog posts that feature questions that we each picked books to match. Hopefully our answers can give you more LGBTQIA+ books to read! Let us know what you would answer for some of these questions! 

Blogs where we found the two book tags we mention:

https://hundredsandthousandsofbooks.blog/2022/03/08/lgbtq-rep-book-tag/

https://aminoapps.com/c/books/page/blog/pride-month-book-tag/JMid_urwKmm4DEjE2b3xD5XEJmeDM8

What We Read and What We Are Reading:

The Atlas Six (The Atlas #1) by Olivie Blake and narrated by James Cronin, Siho Ellsmore, Munirih Grace, Andy Ingalls, Caitlin Kelly, Damian Lynch, David Monteith, and Steve West

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells and narrated by Kevin R. Free

Ace by Angela Chen and narrated by Natalie Naudus

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Fangirl, Vol. 2: The Manga, adapted by Sam Maggs, written by Rainbow Rowell, and illustrated by Gabi Nam

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder

Her Royal Highness (Royals, #2) by Rachel Hawkins and narrated by Karissa Vacker

Additional Mentions:

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Seven Husband of Evenlyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia HIbbert

 Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

A Romantic Ace:

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats & Piracy by Makenzie Lee

 The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Renegades by Marissa Meyer

 Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A Fashionable Indulgence by KJ Charles

This Book is Gay by James Dawson

Aces Wild by Amanda DeWitt

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertali

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Flash Fire (Extraordinaries #2) by TJ Klune

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott

I’m So NOT Over You by Kosoko Jackson

Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Orpheus Girl by Brynne Rebele-Henry

Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

So This Is Ever After by FT Lukens

Afterlove by Tanya Byrne

Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Jonny Garza Villa

Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales

This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg

Cool For the Summer by Dahlia Adler

The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

Loveless by Alice Oseman

The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth

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Happy Pride Month! The month of June is a special one for us as two people who identify within the LGBTQIA+ community. We wanted to talk about as many queer books as possible, so in this week's episode we discuss recommendations for lots of different representations. Let us know if you have any more recommendations that we didn't talk about! 

What We Read and What We Are Reading:

Know My Name by Chanel Miller and narrated by Chanel Miller

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill - thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Press for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Scream for Us by Molly Doyle and narrated by Jacklyn Kelso and vo.Eros

Lover Arisen (Black Dagger Brotherhood #20) by J.R. Ward and narrated by Jim Frangione - thanks to NetGalley and Gallery Books for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Flash Fire (The Extraordinaries #2) by TJ Klune and narrated by Michael Leslie

The Atlas Six (The Atlas #1) by Olivie Blake and narrated by James Cronin, Siho Ellsmore, Munirih Grace, Andy Ingalls, Caitlin Kelly, Damian Lynch, David Monteith, and Steve West.

Ace by Angela Chen and narrated by Natalie Naudus

How to Fake it in Hollywood by Ava Wilder

Additional Mentions:

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett

In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae

Tryst Six Venom by Penelope Douglas

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Simon vs the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

The Black Flamingo by Dean Ata

The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Him by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy

In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens

So This Is Ever After by F. T. Lukens

Playing the Palace by Paul Rednick

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich

Blaine for the Win by Robbie Couch

The Drowning Summer by Christine Lynn Herman

The Sky Blues by Robbie Couch

Kiss and Tell by Adib Khorran

Camp by Lev A. C. Rosen

Husband Material by Alexis Hall

I’m So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson

Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall

Heat Wave by TJ Klune

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Perfect on Paper by Sophia Gonzales

Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

All the Better Parts of Me by Molly Ringle

The Girls I’ve Been by Tess Sharpe

May the Best Man Win by Z. R. Ellor

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

I WIsh You All The Best by Mason Deaver

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

A Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

Loveless by Alice Oseman

Ace’s Wild by Amanda DeWitt

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

The Maid by Nina Prose

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

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In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we take a look at some of our favorite and least favorite covers of recent books we've read. We did an episode like this several months ago if you'd like to listen, but we wanted to take another look at some books we've finished within the last year or two and talk about what we like and don't like about them. Let us know what are some of your favorite book covers! 

What we read and what we are read:

We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz

Lover Arisen (Black Dagger Brotherhood #20) by J.R. Ward

Wolf Gone Wild (Stay a Spell #1) by Juliette Cross

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

Additional Mentions:

Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe

Crescent City Series by Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Thorns and Roses Series by Sarah J. Maas

Running Wild by K.A. Tucker

Arc of a Scythe Series by Neal Shusterman

Six of Crows Series by Leigh Bardugo

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

The Song That Moves the Sun by Anna Bright

An Arrow to the Moon by Emily X.R. Pan

Midnight Sun by Stepanie Meyer

Twilight Series by Stepanie Meyer

The Diviners Series by Libba Bray

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan

The Dragon’s Bridge (A Deal With a Demon #1) by Katee Robert

Deceived by the Gargoyles (Monstrous Matches #2) by Lillian Lark

Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Survive the Night by Riley Sager

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed

One Night on the Island by Josie Silver

My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

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In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we make ourselves very, very angry. We each independently picked five books and chose one-star reviews, and tried to get the other to guess the book. Reading bad reviews of some of your favorite books is not a fun past time! This started out being a fun game but turned into a rage-filled rant about people’s negative opinions about books we’ve enjoyed. Play along and let us know how you did. Caution - we get a little angry.

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What we read and what we are reading:

Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins  and narrated by Lila Winters

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Under One Roof (The STEMinist Novellas #1) by Ali Hazelwood

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian and narrated by Rama Vallury

Lover Unveiled (Black Dagger Brotherhood #19) by JR Ward and narrated by and narrated by Jim Frangione

Lover Arisen (Black Dagger Brotherhood #20) by J.R. Ward and narrated by Jim Frangione

We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz and narrated by Becca Tobin

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

Know by Name by Chanel Miller and narrated by Chanel Miller

Additional Mentions:

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City #1) by Sarah J. Maas

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOTAR #2) by Sarah J. Maas

In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we talk about everything related to NetGalley and reading advanced copies. NetGalley is a website that allows people to request advanced reader copies (arc) of books from publishers for review before they are published. We discuss our own NetGalley experiences, tips on how to improve your profile and other arc-related information.

What we read and what we are reading:

My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston and narrated by Natalie Naudus

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas and narrated by Elizabeth Evans

A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske and narrated by David Thorpe

Love at First Spite by Anna E Collins and narrated by Lila Winters

Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian and narrated by Rama Vallury

Additional Mentions:

Lover Arisen (Black Dagger Brotherhood #20) by J.R. Ward and narrated by Jim Frangione

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas

One Small Thing by Erin Watt

Charley Davidson #11-13 by Darynda Jones

Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters #1) by Talia Hibbert

One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

The Charm Offensive by Alice Cochrun

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan

How to Fake it in Hollywood by Ava Wilder

Eight Perfect Hours by Lia Louis

In the Event of Love (Fern Falls #1) by Courtney Kae

Not Exactly What I Had in Mind by Kate Brook

Bet on It by Jodie Slaughter and narrated by Angel Pean

Roar (Stormheart #1) by Cora Carmack

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In the second part of our Book Flip Flop challenge, Sophia picked out a book for Morgan to read. Sophia chose Dark Lover by J.R. Ward, the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. What an adventure that was! A walk down memory lane for Sophia and quite the experience for Morgan. Have you read this series? Let us know! 

What we read and what we are reading:

The Extraordinaries (The Extraordinaries #1) by TJ Klune (narrated by Michael Leslie)

A Marvelous Light (The Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske (narrated by David Thorpe)

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sara J. Maas

One Night on the Island by Josie Silver (narrated by Eleonor Tomlinson and Davis Brooks)

Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) by J.R. Ward (narrated by Jim Frangione)

Additional Mentions:

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Priory of the Orange Tree (Priory #1) by Samantha Shannon

A Day of Fallen Night (Priory #2)  by Samantha Shannon

It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters #1) by Tessa Bailey

Hook, Line and Sinker (Bellinger Sisters #1) by Tessa Bailey

Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey

Two Wrongs Make a Right By Chloe Liese

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In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, our lovely hosts flip flop favorite books! Morgan chose a book for Sophia to read, and of course she selected one of her favorites - The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker. Spoilers ahead for this story as we discuss everything that happens to Calla and Jonah and their families in this wonderful story. 

What we read and what we are reading:

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon (ARC from NetGalley) 

Wild at Heart (Wild #2) by K.A. Tucker

The Simple Wild (Wild #1) by K.A. Tucker (narrated by Rebekkah Ross)

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas (narrated by Elizabeth Evans)

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sara J. Maas

The Extraordinaries (The Extraordinaries #1) by T.J. Klune

A Marvelous Light (The Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske (narrated by David Thorpe)

Dark Lover by J.R. Ward (narrated by Jim Frangione)

Additional Mentions:

One Night on the Island by Josie Silver

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

One Day in December by Josie Silver

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In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we have reached the end of latest installment of Reading Pages! We have finally finished Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. At times it felt like it would never end, and at times it wasn't so bad. Spoilers galore as we discuss the ending of this massive fantasy novel and our overall opinions of the plot and characters overall. Let us know what you thought and give us a recommendation of the next book we can talk about in our next installment of Reading Pages! 

What we read and what we are reading:

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI By David Grann

Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) by Sarah J. Maas

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2)

The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune

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It's the second week of Reading Pages here at Pages n' Pages where we dive into the second section of Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. We talk about all the spoilers from chapters 25 through 54 and the many bonkers things that happen to Ead, Sabran, Loth and Tane and this world. Are you reading along with us? Let us know on Instagram!

What we read and what we are reading:

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton and narrated by Scott Brick

Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim and narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab and narrated by Julia Whelan

Twisted Games (Twisted #2) by Ana Huang

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and narrated by Frankie Corzo

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

New Kid by Jerry Craft

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

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