We’re back with your regularly scheduled programming to talk Taylor Swift’s 12th album, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s breakup, Bad Bunny Super Bowl, and what we’re reading this week. Stay tuned for the latest in bookish news, too!

Time Stamps: 

(0:00) Intro and catch up

(0:30) Panic! At the silent disco 

(5:17) The Life of a Showgirl: We have thoughts

(27:22) Sydney Sweeney and Scooter Braun

(30:39) Louis Tomlinson’s new music 

(33:59) Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban split after 19 years

(41:13) Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini break up

(42:52) Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Announcement 

(44:41) SNL is back with cast shakeups

(47:29) Book News: Opalite is Fourth Wing coded, PWMOV trailer, Navessa Allen’s Book 3, Alchemised* and Tourist Season numbers

(57:07) Amanda’s Book Report: Wild Card by Elisie Silver, Freeing Luka by Victoria Aveline, Zodiac Academy: The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, and Love’s a Witch by Tricia O’Malley

(59:53) Katie’s Book Report: People Watching by Hannah Bonam-Young, Zom Rom Com by Olivia Dade, On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn, The Reckoning, and The Knight and The Moth by Rachel Gillig. 

P.S. Alchemised weighs a whopping 3.3 lbs!

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