The Great Obsession

By RiLee and SamArts Books

The Great Obsession episodes

August 06, 2024 AUGUST VIBE CHECK | boys, don't take your girl to see twisters!
We've got summer releases GALORE to review today! This month's topics: (04:58) RiLee's reading report - The Inheritance Games, Book Lovers, Fire, Come Fly The World, People We Meet On Vacation (22:33) Sam's watch report: Twisters, Deadpool & Wolverine, Fly Me To The Moon, Gladiator, House of the Dragon S2, Doctor Who on Disney+ (52:30) RiLee's watch report - The Bachelorette, Love Island USA, Derry Girls, the Olympics (1:09:16) August release radar (01:14:10) Charli XCX's Guess ft. Billie Eilish.

NO SPOILER WARNINGS! Today's episode is spoiler free!

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1 hr 18 min
July 30, 2024 FUNNY STORY | beach read but better
This book has a lot...humor, emotional devastation, a man we love to hate! Where it under delivers on romance and passion it blows it out of the water when it comes to every other emotion. One of our favorite Emily Henry books to date

Rating: 7.5/10

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1 hr 10 min
July 23, 2024 IT ENDS WITH US | equal parts serious and unserious
TW: This ep includes discussions regarding domestic violence, assault, and homelessness
Our first book club book this month is It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover. This book has been all over BookTok and very controversial. With the movie releasing soon we thought it was finally time to buckle down and read it.

Rating: 6.25/10

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1 hr 16 min
July 16, 2024 TAYLOR TUESDAY | gracie, travis, and justice for debut
As per usual, the Taylor Swift multiverse has been spinning out plenty of news and updates since our Taylor Swift episode last month. From a new feature to new outfits she's always got us on our toes.

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1 hr 3 min
July 09, 2024JULY VIBE CHECK | all the reasons rilee is crying
Time for a vibe check, aka our June recap and July release radar! This month's topics: (05:51) Inside Out 2 (19:16) Bike Riders, The Hit Man, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, & The Family Affair (31:46) America’s Sweethearts: Making the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (34:19) House of the Dragon S2 (36:24) RiLee’s reading updates (38:45) Our summer bebop music & Charli XCX's Brat (48:22) July Release Radar.

SPOILER WARNINGS:
Inside Out 2 (05:51 - 19:15) - No major plot points but we do discuss 3 specific scenes in the movie.

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54 min
July 02, 2024GRACELING | they ran for days? couldn't be me
It's time for our June book club review, and what a soothing balm of a book! We begin with spoiler-free discussion (00:00-19:19) on what sets Kristin Cashore's Graceling apart from other YA fantasy faves of ours. Then we get into our favorite Katsa moments, side characters we loved, villain intrigue, and the emotional ending to this story.

SPOILER WARNINGS:
Graceling by Kristin Cashore from (19:20) - entire book

Dune: Messiah by Frank Herbert (58:40-59:07) - one brief plot point spoiler

RATING: 8 / 10

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1 hr 8 min
June 25, 2024 PERFECT MATCH S2 | has netflix cracked the code?
Ok so not our book club ep...but this series took us by STORM. In the first half of this episode we dive into why this show had us gagged from the first episode and how netflix is the face of modern reality tv. Second half of the episode is just us yapping about S2 and RiLee spilling the reddit tea

Spoilers for S2 begin at 32:00

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1 hr 28 min
June 18, 2024 BRIDGERTON S3 | she DOES have perfect boobs!
Bridgerton is BACK, and all our fav characters are going through it... except Benedict for some reason. Today we're discussing all the season 3 storylines and how they ended, from the most unhinged (looking at you again, Benedict) to the most satisfying (Lady Featherington outsold!).

This episode contains spoilers for the entirety of Bridgerton season 3 on Netflix, as well as Julia Quinn's Romancing Mister Bridgerton. We also talk spoilers for other Bridgerton books (namely Francesca's and Benedict's stories) at the end of the episode, but we warn you beforehand.

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1 hr 22 min
June 11, 2024 TAYLOR TUESDAY | can we predict the unpredictable?
In June's edition of Taylor Tuesday: Billie vs. Taylor possible feud, Taylor Swift is (not?) in Deadpool, her Edinburgh gloves were so cute, the UK getting 15 Eras shows, Eras Tour hype cooling off, current TTPD favs, debut re-recording rumors, why I'd Lie will never be released, & unhinged surprise song mashups.

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1 hr 13 min
June 03, 2024 JUNE VIBE CHECK | the boys love glen powell
Here is our spoiler-free overview of everything we consumed in the month of May, as well as the things we are looking forward to in June!

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1 hr 10 min

About The Great Obsession

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Got an all-consuming obsession you NEED to talk about? We know the feeling. With fun little drinks in hand, join best friends RiLee & Sam as we discuss our recent fixations and long-term…