Shelf Respect

Our newest exclusive audio collection at The Popcast is your reminder that adaptation is an art form and that sometimes Hollywood simply understood the assignment.

This 3-episode collection celebrates the rare and beautiful occasions when the movie beat the book. We’re talking books that walked so their movies could run, skip, and click their heels, in an adaptation that elevated the author's intentions in all the best ways.

This Movies > Books Collection includes deep dives on:

Fall is here and we're snake drafting new books coming out in October, November, and December of 2026. Get your TBRs locked in.

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We're tackling the pet peeves and the frustrations found in listening to books on audio. 

We have the honor of having 3x New York Times bestselling author and avid reader, Kendra Adachi, sit in with us for this chat while Erin is on leave.

This is Footnotes. In these episodes, we scan the reading world for recent stories, trends, and news to chat about. We pick timely topics for the three of us, and you, to discuss.

We have the honor of having bestselling author and lover of all things reading, Laura Tremaine, sit in with us for this chat while Erin is on leave.

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In honor of back to school season, we're taking a look at traditional required reading in schools and deciding if those picks get a Pass or a Fail. 

The first in our series: Author Deep Dives. In this episode, we unpack the meteoric rise of young millennial romance book icon, Emily Henry. 

We answer all the questions: What are our own experiences with her writing? Where did she come from? What's the scouting report on her books? 

And then we enter into the debates: Is she a mirror or an engine? Could her books be written by someone else? Who's on her corner? What is her VORA Score in terms of craft, conversion, degree of difficulty, and personality? We wrap it up with how will we consider her in 2046.  

This is Footnotes. In these episodes, we scan the reading world for recent stories, trends, and news to chat about. We pick timely topics for the three of us, and you, to discuss.

Summer is summering and we're tackling all the new books coming out in July, August, and September of 2026. Get your TBRs in sweaty order.

We're snake drafting book characters who would most likely be MAGA. This is not fictional folks who would be Republicans. This is reserved for sloppy, ear-bandage-wearing, he-can-do-no-wrong MAGA supporters. And surprisingly, our books are full of them.