Sip Between the Lines

It’s tiiiiiiiime!! One of our favorite episodes we do is HERE. We looked at all the books we read in 2025 and picked out the best (and worst) for our award ceremony. So grab your drink and sip along while we talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly we read this year. All books + awards are listed below. 📚💛

xx Sadie & Shan

This Could Have Been an Email Award:

Sadie- Grit, The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angel Duckworth

Shan- Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams

Emotional Support Book of the Year Award:

Sadie- The Wedding People by Alison Espach 

Shan- Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

Best Ending Award:

Sadie- The Bones Beneath my Skin by TJ Klune

Shan- Starling House by Alix E Harrow

Worst Ending Award:

Sadie- Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami 

Shan- Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce

Main Character Energy Award:

Sadie-The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion by Beth Bower

Shan- The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty

Most Unnecessary Trauma Award:

Sadie- The Mad Wife by Meagan Church

Shan- Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

Best Plot Twist Award:

Sadie- Look Closer by David Ellis 

Shan- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

BookTok Lied Award:

Sadie- Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Shan- Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Best Recommendation Received Award:

Sadie- Heartwood by Amity Gaige

Shan- The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion series by Beth Brower

Book World I Would Live In Award:

Sadie- Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage 

Shan- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

Books have really made our year (and lives tbh) better, so it’s time we share our gratitude for books! Listen in as we first catch up on what we’ve been reading, our current reading slumps (womp womp), and a little bit of bookish chit chat. Then we get into why we’re grateful for books, including specific books and characters that have stuck with us so far. 📚💛

xx Shan & Sadie

Our 2025 recs list for spooky reads is here AND we added the top of our fall TBR lists too!! Everything is listed below so no stress as you listen to us gush about some great books to get you in the mood for this autumnal season. 🍂💛🎃

xx Sadie & Shan

Spooky Recs:

• The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden 

• Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid 

• Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang 

• Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake

• Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle

• Heartwood by Amity Gaige

• Any of Rachel Harrison’s novels

Fall TBR:

• How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy’s Guide to Silencing Women by Claire Mitchell & Zoe Venditozzi

• A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna 

• Sleep Tight by JH Markert

• The Drowning Woman by Robyn Harding 

• Pumpkin Spice Cafe & Cinnamon Bun Bookstore by Laurie Gilmore

• Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage

Welcome to our first installment of Books on the Screen!! Of COURSE we need to discuss the new “Wuthering Heights” movie trailer. Obviously. We then chat about some other notable upcoming movies and shows of book adaptations. Our main topic for today's Books on the Screen is discussing our picks for books we think should actually be made into movies or shows. It’s hard to let our beloved reads loose in the hands of Hollywood producers, so we didn’t take this lightly!! Let us know what books YOU really want to see on screen!

xx Shan & Sadie

Okay friends, so sorry we missed our last usual Thursday for posting, but we are back with our bookish hot takes and we promise this is worth the wait!! Get ready to sip and listen as we catch up on what we're reading, jump into our HOT takes (don't be mad... or do 😈), and really discuss our opinions on some of these takes. Let us know your opinions on these takes and what YOUR personal ones are too!

xx Sadie & Shan

Okay yes, we're a little more than halfway through August now, BUT when this episode was being recorded we were at the beginning of August! So enjoy us recapping our many reads from July anyway because we both read NINE(!) books each and honestly enjoyed them all. Love that for us and hope all you lovely listeners get to experience that too!!

xx Shan & Sadie

BOOKS WE READ:

Shan

1. Look Closer by David Ellis

2. The Kingdom of Copper by SA Chakraborty

3. The Guncle by Steven Rowley

4. Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

5. Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby

6. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

7. Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

8. The Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score

9. The Favorites by Layne Fargo

Sadie

1. This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

2. These Infinite Threads by Tahereh Mafi

3. All This Twisted Glory by Tahereh Mafi

4. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

5. The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins

6. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

7. The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Mottley

8. Pony Confidential by Christina Lynch

9. The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li

We're baaaaaack! We took a quick year-ish long hiatus and are sooo excited to chat about books and life again!!

So to start us off, we're catching up on some of the books we've read since last year. We've conveniently sorted them into specific categories (mostly to keep us on track and not running away on tangents... too much 😉) so everything will be listed below.

Enjoy our lovely bookish friends!!

xx Sadie & Shan

BOOKS MENTIONED LIST:

• Books Worth the Hype:

• Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

• Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty

• Overhyped Books

• I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman 

• Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

• Authors We Keep Picking Up:

• Taylor Jenkins Reid

• TJ Klune and AR Torre

• Audiobooks Recs 

• Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams 

• Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby

• Most Surprising

• Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole 

• Fable & Namesake by Adrienne Young (The World of the Narrows duology)

• Most Disappointing 

• The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

RECS BY GENRE:

• Thriller

• Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Audiobook!)

• Look Closer by David Ellis

• Fantasy

• The Will of the Many by James Islington 

• The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty

• Romantasy 

• Kindred’s Curse Series by Penn Cole or This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi

• The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones

• Fiction/Historical Fiction

• Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon & The Guncle by Steven Rowley

• Romance

• I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (BBC dramatized audiobook!)

• A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

• Non-fiction 

• Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green 

• Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard (also can't wait to read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot)

We had so much fun jumping on this trend of sharing our top five picks in various categories! Of course most of them are book related, but we added in some extras too. All our book related picks are listed below!

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Books

Sadie’s Picks:

The Humans by Matt Haig

Eragon by Christopher Paloni 

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir 

A Court of Mist and Fury by SJM

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows/Half Blood Prince by JKR

Shan’s Picks:

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 

Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan

Children of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent

Book Lovers by Emily Henry 

Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Audiobooks

Sadie’s Picks:

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by SA Chakraborty

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of Princess Bride by Cary Elwes 

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Shan’s Picks:

Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher

Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Authors

Sadie’s Picks:

Matt Haig

TJ Klune

Mark T Sullivan

Blake Crouch

Sarah J Maas

Shan’s Picks:

Blake Crouch

Neil Gaiman

Brandon Sanderson

Sarah J Maas

Mary Higgins Clark

In this episode we are discussing the dreaded reading slump! Categorized into three types: book hangovers, book burnout, and book conundrums (each with distinct symptoms and solutions), we give recs and tips on how to get out of each slump. All books are listed below!

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Sadie’s Books

Book Hangover Slump:

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - Caused it

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi - Cured it

Anxious People by Fredrick Backman - Caused it

No Ordinary Dog by Will Chesney - Cured it

Cured Book Burnout Slump:

The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig 

Book Conundrum Recs:

The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

Re-read one of your favorite books!

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Shan’s Books

Book Hangover Slump:

Lock Every Door by Riley Sager - Caused it

Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan - Cured it

The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn 4, but new era 1) - Caused it

Stardust by Neil Gaiman - Caused it

Cured Book Burnout Slump:

Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog by Dave Barry

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni (The whole series, especially the last book!)

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Book Conundrum Recs:

Read a page turner! (Probably anything by Freida McFadden would work)

Read a memoir of someone you’re interested in

Read something whimsical and fun like The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster or Stardust by Neil Gaiman

We’re hoping to get in the Halloween spirit over here (even though our weather is sunny and hot still!) by sharing some spooky books from our TBR lists! We discuss some thrillers, murder mysteries, horrors, and even a few cozy mysteries that we’re excited to read. All books are listed below!

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Sadie’s TBR:

That’s Not My Name by Megan Lally

Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

The Murder of Mr. Wickman by Claudia Gray

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

All Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby

The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk

Shan’s TBR:

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Jackal by Erin E Adams

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister