welcome to our inaugural talk lit with us episode! this episode we asked you for your controversial opinions, hot takes or just something you needed to get off your chest and boy, did you deliver. in this episode we weigh in on colleen hoover and it ends with us, beyonce, suzanne collins’ new novel, red, white and royal blue, heartstopper, a little life and midnight sun.

spoilers and your hot take time stamps:

1:26 - people changed their tune about it ends with us movie when the trailer dropped
12:03 - colleen hoover is for women who don't read
17:15 - beyonce is overrated?
22:12 - red, white and royal blue is the worst book
25:35 - heartstopper is the second-worst book
29:42 - sunrise on the reaping (the ballad of songbirds and snakes and hunger games spoilers)
33:25 - gone girl is one of the most boring books ever
34:38 - a little life deserves no hype and serves no purpose but trauma
40:18 - midnight sun = best twilight book

articles mentioned:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/09/hanya-yanagihara-to-paradise-interview-a-little-life

https://www.vulture.com/article/hanya-yanagihara-review.html



please note: this episode was recorded prior to the release of the it ends with us movie and the ensuing justin baldoni and blake lively movie promotion discourse. 

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