The Great Obsession

He's back! For our October book club we read John Green's first novel in nine years Hollywood, Ending.

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Oh my god the Fourth Wing adaptation is happening! Everybody stay calm! We discuss this casting news & much more on today's episode.

(03:20) Reading Report

• Sense and Sensibility
• Intermezzo
• Jane Eyre
• Love on the Brain

(15:58) Movies

• You Can See Everything 
• The Sixth Sense
• The Cabin In The Woods
• Bring It On
• Sense and Sensibility (2026)
• Sense and Sensibility (1995)

(37:33) TV

• Jane Eyre (2006)
• Below
• VisionQuest

(46:18) Music

• Expectations - Olivia Rodrigo ft. Chappell Roan

(55:56) News

• Fourth Wing adaptation cast announcement
• Kelly Clarkson vs. Art Of Play
• Goodreads introduces half star ratings
• ACOTAR leaks (don’t worry, no spoilers!)
• The Magician’s Nephew - new trailer
• Francis Lawrence to direct Red Rising adaptation
• Lindsay Hubbard dating Joe from Below Deck

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We decided to discuss this book on a whim and it turns out we had a lot to say. Not a ton of it positive, but a lot of it amusing.

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It's our first in-person recording of 2026 and we have a LOT to cover! No books though because we're flops.

(02:42) Movies

• Cruel Intentions
• Heathers
• Ready or Not
• Sing Sing

(14:56) TV

• ESPN Jeopardy

• Summer House / In The City
• Lanterns
• Real Housewives - SLC and NYC
• Great British Bake Off

(33:57) Music

• Taylor Swift - The Encore

(51:38) News

• East of Eden series
• Leigh Bardugo Dead Beat is out 
• Noah Kahan new song for Sunrise on the Reaping
• Beach Read coming May 7
• Emily Henry Modern Classic - out April 7
• Starbucks apple chaider - WTF
• Ed Sheeran tour
• Traitors cast announced
• Atmosphere has been acquired for film
• Covid conscious lesbian bar
• Tara Westover Brothers & Sisters - April 13
• Threads discourse about tote bag
• The Love Hypothesis sequel announced
• Avengers Endgame Encore

(01:16:53) Release Radar

• October 2 - Verity
• October 3 - Apothecary Diaries S3
• October 9 - The Social Reckoning
• October 14 - Vision Quest
• October 16 - Sense & Sensibility
• October 23 - Nobody Wants This S3
• October 23 - Wicker
• October 27 - A Court of Splintered Harmony
• November - Secret Lives of Mormon Wives OC

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Review of Amazon Prime's adaptation of the Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

5:49: Spoiler Free discussion

10:03: One Minute Reviews

13:45: Spoiler Discussion

Rating: 7/10

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She has every mental illness. He takes every drug. Could I make it anymore obvious? Welcome to our September book club, where we're discussing Fruit Fly by Josh Silver!

Spoilers begin at (10:29). This episode also contains light spoilers for Freida McFadden's The Housemaid. (We couldn't ignore the parallels!)

Rating: 5 / 10

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5:54 Books:

• N/A 

6:39 Movies:

• Coyote vs Acme
• Gone Girl
• Practical Magic 2

16:03 TV

• Sterling Point
• Every Year After
• Lanterns
• Chad Powers
• Crew Girl
• Summer House s10
• In the City
• Love Island Reunion 
• SLOMW

48:17 Music:

• Crank 2
• Adela 
• Miley Cyrus

49:49 News and Release Radar 

• Nathan Fielder Elizabeth Holmes documentary
• Traitors romance
• Alex Earle vs Alex Cooper
• Sydney Sweeney Sports 
• The Bodyguard release 

Release Radar

• The Knave and the Mood by Rachel Gillig
• Taipei Story by RF Kuang
• Deadbeat by Leigh Bardugo
• Hollywood Ending by John Green - Sept 22
• A Bittersweet Spell by Rebecca Ross - April 2027
• Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros - Sept 29
• Great British Bake Off new season - US TBD
• RHOSLC new season - Sept 16
• Slo Pitched - Sept 25
• The Love Hypothesis - Sept 23
• Sense and Sensibility - Oct 16
• Avengers Endgame: Encore - Sept 25
• Primetime - Sept 25

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Are most books identifiable by just their final lines? Today we're putting our memories to the test, and learning that most books ends with the main character taking someone's hand and walking somewhere. Groundbreaking.

This episode is SPOILER FREE. We made sure to pick books where the final lines give away nothing about the plot. If you play along with us, let us know how you did!

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Books

• Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting - Clare Pooley
• Love, Theoretically

Movies

• Set It Up
• Tony
• Blackberry

TV

• West Wing
• Apothecary Diaries
• Lanterns
• True Detective
• Surviving Barstool
• Summer House S10
• Love Island reunion

Music

• Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend 

News

• Connor stories buzz cut (and I found out through bbno$)
• love hypothesis
• Fantasy football
• Greta’s Narnia movie is $280M (most expensive of all time)
• Jonathan Nolan, writer of The Dark Knight and Interstellar is officially cast as executive producer of Fourth Wing
• The Cruel Prince getting an adaptation through Amazon MGM Studios
• Dolly Parton Daisy Chain

Release Radar

• SLOMW - Sept 10
• RHOSLC - Sept 16
• The Love Hypothesis - Sept 23
• Bake Off - undetermined
• Sense & Sensibility - Sept 25 UK, Oct 16 US
• Leigh Bardugo Dead Beat - Sept 15
• Slo Pitch
• My Brilliant Career
• Chad Powers
• Practical Magic 2
• Primetime

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Welcome to our August book club! With the movie coming out next month we are FINALLY discussing Ali Hazelwood's debut novel, The Love Hypothesis, which famously originated as a Reylo fanfic. And boy, does it show.

Spoilers start at (11:00).

Final rating: 6.5 / 10

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