Can I Bring My Book

Tropesick: The Book We Couldn't Quite Agree On

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This week your book besties are diving into Tropesick by Lauren Okie, a romance built around every trope imaginable. Did it work? Well... let's just say Amanda and Kat didn't exactly have the same reading experience.

We discuss grief, second chances, childhood friends-to-lovers, ghostwriting, magical realism (or was it?), and whether a book can become a victim of its own premise. Along the way, Kat develops an unexpected vendetta against excessive description, Amanda defends the romance, and we both try to make sense of that ending.

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  • Tropesick by Lauren Okie

    • This week we're talking:

    • Friends-to-lovers romance
    • Writing about writers
    • Grumpy sunshine dynamics
    • Excessive description
    • Magical realism expectations
    • Family grief and healing
    • Whether the ending actually worked

      • ⭐ Kat: 3 stars

      ⭐ Amanda: 5 stars

      What's On Our Shelf
      • Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
      • The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
      • Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry
      • The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Vol. 1 by Beth Brower
      • This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum
        • New Releases We're Adding to our TBR
        • Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein
        • Chase Me If You Can by Heather Frances
        • The Very Definition of Love by Sophia Benoit
        • Thrilling Tales of Modern Men by Danny McBride
        • Worse Than Strangers by Kyleigh Leddy
          • Bookish News

          This week we're talking about:

          • Modernized editions of older books and whether classic references should be updated
          • The return of Pizza Hut's Book It! reading program
          • The newly announced Dungeon Crawler Carl animated adaptation coming to Peacock

            • Whether you’re here for the books, the chaos, or the unfiltered opinions- we’re glad you’re here.

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