The Bibliofiles

Hello Bookish Babes! Allie and Meg are BACK this week to finish up Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes fantasy series. The ladies cannot possibly recommend these books enough. As Reaper and Storm are the last two installments of the series, they have action packed storylines, characters that are sure to burrow their way into your hearts, stakes that are unbelievably high, and twists that will have your jaw dropping to the floor. Sip on your Beyond the Storm cocktail and settle in because this week, the Kehannis are speaking!

Hello bookish babes and welcome to a very special episode 45! This week, Allie and Meg interview their 2nd author with a book that hits home on so many levels. SIDELINED: How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health by the amazing Sue Salenger, takes a very different approach than other healthcare books on the market. This book specifically targets the different processes that women go through when managing their health. With a perfect blend of first hand accounts from real women and the research to back it up, Sue is able to seamlessly identify why women often feel shame, put themselves last, and have to jump through hoops when it comes to their medical care. The ladies discuss not only the barriers to women receiving the healthcare they need, but what women can do and the available resources for better managing this problem. SIDELINED comes out April 12, 2022 and trust us, you won't want to miss it!

Hello bookish babes and welcome back to a much more tame version of our Silent Patient episode. Kait (yaknow, the one who's a good time) IS BACK as an extra special return guest to discuss (and cry about) The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. My god Taylor Jenkins Reid, how dare you do this to us. The ladies take a deep dive into the star-studded and secretive life that Evelyn Hugo lived, giving a spoiler filled review as they sip on their Seven and Sevelyn cocktails. Get out the tissues for this one, because each marriage failed and secret revealed will leave your heart in pieces. Allie and Meg ends the episode with a big announcement that you won't want to miss!

Here's a quickie episode to wet your whistles bookish babes!  (yes, I have had a few drinks prior to typing this out) BUT, listen up to find out who was triumphant in the Meg vs. Allie fantasy draft showdown.  We had some big upsets.  Some last minute victories.  There were some tears shed.  But mostly we just had fun pinning our top fantasy characters, books, tropes, and authors against each other.  And we loved that so many of you played along with us to help us decide an ultimate draft winner.  Happy Sunday and happier reading!

Get out the tissues bookish babes, because in true Colleen Hoover fashion...this episode is sure to be another tearjerker.  Allie and Meg review CoHo's newest novel, Reminders of Him (with spoilers).  Be ready to fall in love with the story of Kenna, Ledger, Diem, and Scotty throughout this very real, vulnerable, and raw story with just about as much heart as we can handle.  We laughed, we cried, we swooned, and we genuinely rooted for each one of these characters with everything we had.  Make yourself CoHo Cosmo cocktail of the week because you're going to need it for this one.  Happy Sunday and happy reading.

Hello bookish babes and Talk Bacc listeners alike!  Today's very special episode touches on female friendships in books in honor of Galentine's Day, BUT ALSO Allie, Meg, and podcast guest/fellow host Nas spill all of the tea about romance books in time for Valentine's Day.  Be prepared because the ladies are talking all things romance: genres, couples, tropes, smut, and obviously book boyfriends.  Sip on your Tea Time With Nas cocktail of the week, get ready for your heart to melt. Play along with the girls as they play who'd you rather (and a round of FMK ;) with their top 7 book boyfriends of all time!  Happy romance reading and happy Sunday loves.

Hello bookish babes, and welcome to the long awaited Bibliofiles Fantasy Draft!  This week, Allie and Meg create their own fantasy genre teams and battle it out.  The ladies choose their top female main characters, male main characters, super couples, villains, tropes, plots, duologues, series, and authors of the fantasy book genre.  Sip on your Ultimate Fantasy cocktail of the week and get ready to dive into the most fantastical episode of The Bibliofiles TO DATE!  Happy Sunday, happy reading, and happy fantasy draft battling!

Hello bookish babes and welcome back!  This week, Allie and Meg discuss the newest series from fantasy author Sarah J Maas: Crescent City.  In one word, this book is an absolute rollercoaster.  Enter the brand new, urban fantasy world of Bryce Quinlan (our new girl crush).  Read and listen along as Bryce is paired up with Hunt Athalar to solve a series of murders, find a missing fae artifact, and stop a magical drug from plaguing the streets of Crescent City.  They'll try their hardest to tolerate each other along the way.  Basically it's high stakes, extremely emotional, character AND plot driven, and all your favorite tropes in one 800 page book.  The ladies rate and review CC with spoilers as well as make some predictions for book 2 coming out in LESS THAN ONE MONTH PEOPLE!  Sip on your Light It Up cocktail of the week, get on the Brythalar ship, and please stand by for an exciting announcement for the following episode!

Hello bookish babes and fellow fans of Sabaa Tahir's AMAZING fantasy series An Ember in the Ashes! But like, seriously, how did we not find out about and absolutely devour this series sooner?! For fans of stories that are BOTH plot heavy and rich in character development, look no further because this is the next great fantasy series for you. Allie and Meg take this episode to review An Ember in the Ashes as well as book 2, A Torch Against the Night (beware of full on, shameless spoilers). The ladies sip on their Amber in the Ashes cocktail of the week as they breakdown the world building, the 3 main characters, how dreamy Elias is, holy plot twists, all of the emotions, a future TV adaptation, and the amazingness that is Sabaa Tahir. Happy Sunday and happier reading!

YER A WIZARD HARRY! Hello Bookish Babes AND Potterheads! Today's very special episode is sure to have you feeling better than if you had drank a full cup of liquid luck. Allie and Meg are joined by dear friend, NHL star, dog dad, future human dad, and HP connoisseur: Buddy Robinson! Buddy has read the Harry Potter series more times than he can count, Allie just finished the HP book series, and Meg...well Meg is just happy to be here. Sip on your "Buddy Read" cocktail as the gang talks about all 7 books, all 8 movies, the new HBO anniversary special, and even competes in some HP trivia.  As always, there are new book assignments for the following week. Happy Sunday and happy reading!