Welcome to our first bonus episode! We have a lot on our minds, including Zach Shallcross's season of The Bachelor, surprise songs on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, embarrassing crushes we never asked for, and perfectionism...among other things. Here are timestamps to help you navigate the chaos:

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We’re pivoting genres this week and our feelings are: SKSKSKSKSK!!!!!!!! In this episode we’re discussing Daisy Jones and Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This episode contains spoilers for the book, Daisy Jones and the Six, but NOT the TV show on Amazon Prime.

6.5/10

"But what's inside of you, that's steel. It's brave and unbreakable, and it doesn't need fixing" - David

In this episode we discuss Episodes 5-8 of season 2 of Shadow and Bone. This episode contains spoilers for all of Shadow and Bone seasons 1 and 2, as well as the Shadow and Bone trilogy and Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo. We do NOT spoil anything from the King of Scars duology, though, because we haven't read it yet. Thanks for listening!

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"When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable." - Nikolai Lantsov

In this episode, cognitive functioning is low and excitement is high. We may only have one collective brain cell but we have a lot of thoughts--in fact, we have so many thoughts we had to make 2 parts! This is part 1 of our discussion of Shadow and Bone season 2 on Netflix, in which we discuss episodes 1-4. This episode contains spoilers for all of Shadow and Bone seasons 1 and 2, as well as the Shadow and Bone trilogy and Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo. We do NOT spoil anything from the King of Scars duology, though, because we haven't read it yet. Thanks for listening!

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"I've never met a saint before."

In this episode we discuss season 1 of Shadow and Bone on Netflix. There will be spoilers for the entire first season of this show, as well as both the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo.

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"What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary." - Inej Ghafa

9.5/10

In this episode we discuss Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. There will be spoilers for the entire Six of Crows duology and light spoilers for the Shadow and Bone trilogy.

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“I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.” - Inej Ghafa

8.5/10

In this episode we discuss Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. There are spoilers only for Six of Crows, we do not discuss Crooked Kingdom or any other books within the Grishaverse.

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"I am not ruin. I am ruination" - Genya

4.5/10

In this episode we discuss Ruin and Rising, the final book in Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone trilogy. This episode contains spoilers for the entire trilogy, but there are no spoilers for any other books in the Grishaverse. 

If you enjoy the religious/sainthood arc for Alina, we recommend reading Dune and Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert. 

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"My power is yours....And yours is mine" - Alina 

3/10

In this episode we discuss Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. There are spoilers for the entirety of Shadow and Bone and Siege and Storm. 

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In this episode we discuss Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, the first installment in the trilogy and also the first ever Grishaverse book! This episode contains spoilers for Shadow and Bone, but there are NO spoilers for any other books in the trilogy or the Grishaverse.

Rating: 4/10

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