Bonus content! 

Over the course of Rants and Reviews Season 1 there were many sections of audio that you guys didn't get to hear. We edited a lot out, most of it amusing stumbles over words, off-topic comments and food distractions. But as some additional, bonus content, we thought it would be a great way to end the season; sharing some of our favourite bloopers. Enjoy! 

Welcome to our last episode in season one of Rants and Reviews. In this episode we’re taking a look at the year just past, and have a chat about how we did on our Goodreads Challenge, which were our favourite books of the year, and which ones we didn’t really enjoy. We also start our own mini book club, and pick a book for the other person to read while we take a break. 

At the end of this, the first season, we would love your feedback! If you have a minute or two we would love it if you could fill out a short survey and let us know what you liked, what you didn't really like, and what you'd like to see/hear in Season 2! Thank you in advance! 

Welcome to our second to last episode of season, and today we’re going to the movies. Tune in to find out what movie and TV show adaptations we really enjoyed, which should have ever happened, those surprising movies that we thought were actually better than the books (and yes, there are quite a few!), and a pile of books we think would make great adaptations. 

What are you favourite book-to-movie/show adaptations? Let us know!

In this episode Anjali and Sophie discuss all things Rainbow Rowell, and dive into the stories they loved, the ones they weren’t so keen on, why they like her young adult novels more than her adult ones and, most importantly, how to pronounce her last name. 

Let us know which Rainbow Rowell books are your favourites! 

Happy Halloween! In this episode Sophie and Anjali chat about some of the spooky, unfortunate and peculiar books they’ve read over the years, as well as what supernatural creatures they enjoy reading about, which ones they don’t, and just how many clowns can fit into a clown car. Tune to find out their major disagreement over a book-to-film-and-tv-show adaptation, and who can’t say the word peculiarities.

We’re join once again by book bloggers Ria from Thoroughly Modern Millennial and Erin from A Natural Detour, but this week we’re chatting about the collaborative book blog they started in 2010, Blogger’s Bookshelf. We chat about how the blog came into being, the kinds of things you can expect to find on it, and the wonderful team (of which Anjali and Sophie are a part).

In this episode, Sophie and Anjali are joined by book bloggers Ria from Thoroughly Modern Millennial and Erin from A Natural Detour to chat about their personal blogs, and their favourite books. To give you a little background into this episode, it’s about 9am in England, and 8pm in New Zealand when the recording took place, so we’re battling with both time zones and technology fails. It’s definitely a fun time and you don’t want to miss this one!

In this episode, Sophie and Anjali chat about the popular book, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, which was made into a Netflix movie in 2018. Tune in to find out which characters we liked, which one of us cried at the end of the book, and who thinks it’s unfair that some of the family members got left out of the Christmas decorating. Did the movie meet our expectations of the book? Find out in episode 004 Love Letters.

Listen up, Muggles! We’ve got an entire episode of Rants and Reviews dedicated to our favourite parts of the wizarding world of Harry Potter for you. Which shop in Hogsmeade does Sophie wish was real? How many identities crises has Anjali had over her Hogwarts house? And which book is the unrivaled favourite? Pour yourself some Butterbeer, and settle into your common room; it’s gonna be a magical ride.

Greetings, Ranters! In episode #002 we ask each other 19 questions (or 20, depending who’s counting) so you, dear listener, get to know us a little better. Click play to find out which book Sophie just couldn’t bring herself to finish, who dog-ears their pages, and why Anjali has read a book written in 420 BC.

Thanks to Buydebook’s book tag on the Readaholic’s discussion feed on Goodreads for these great questions, and of course we tag you!