Two Girls One TBR

Link to quiz: https://readyourcolor.com/assessment

Our book results:

The Secret History
Donna Tartt
Mystic River
Dennis Lehane
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
In the Woods
Tana French
All the Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
Into Thin Air
Jon Krakauer

Shelfie Updates:

Conform by Ariel Sullivan 

Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier

The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand 

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall (reminded Lo of Frozen River by Ariel Sullivan)

The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston

Yesteryear by Carol Claire Burke

Thank you for listening! <3

Two Girls, One TBR Book reviewed:

Every Summer After by Carly Fortune

Shelfie Updates:

- Ghost Rider by Julie Clark

- Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeny

- How to Be a Girl by Marlo Mack

- That's a Great Question, I'd love to tell You by Elise Myers

- Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

- Broken Country by Claire Leslie Hall

- All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

- That's Not My Name by Meghan Lally

- Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison

Honorable Mentions:

- Mad Wife by Meagan Church

-Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

We're back! Enjoy this episode where we have a flash from the past discussing and ranking romance troupes! Leave us a comment on your blind rankings if you want to play along! :)

Podcast Notes:

Trope 1: Childhood Love

• Every Summer After Carly Fortune
• The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
• Binding Love by Chloe Walsh (I actually meant Releasing 10***)
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 

Trope 2: Grumpy sunshine

• Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
• Twisted Love by Ana Huang
• Hating Game by Sally Horne

Trope 4: Second Chance Romance

• Before I  let go by Kennedy Ryan

Trope 5: Forbidden Love

• Verity by Colleen Hoover
• Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
• It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Trope 6: Fake Dating

• Funny Story by Emily Henry
• Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
• Off Campus Series by Elle Kennedy
• 7 husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Trope 7: Friends to lovers

• The Night We Met Abby Jimenez

Trope 8: Close Proximity

• Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
• Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
• The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hildebrand

Trope 9: Enemies to lovers

• ACOTAR by Sarah J Maas
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
• Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
• Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

Trope 10: Love triangle

• The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings
• The One by John Marrs

FINAL RANKING:

1. Fake Dating
2. Enemies to lovers
3. Love triangle
4. Friends to lovers
5. Close proximity
6. Childhood love
7. Forbidden love 
8. Grumpy sunshine 
9. Second chance romance
10. Sibling best friend

Narrator: Katie Thompson (Kay Baxter). Hope you guys enjoy it!
@katiethompsonnarrator

-New release by yours truly coming soon: Sound Advice by Kay Baxter

-Audiobook that got her started: Mate Games (Series) by K Lorraine and Meg Anne, and ACOTAR (graphic audiobook version)

Audiobook Titles:

-Palm Springs Poolside Series by JL Brannick

-Reckless by Zepphora

Admirable Narrators:

-Samantha Brentmoor

-Avery Caris (Brents of Bristlebrook)

Book Katie’s Most Proud of: Frolick  by Jennifer Green-Neff

Welcome to our next episode, where we get the behind-the-scenes scoop on audiobook narration and the growing pains of starting a new career!

Desirae was such a pleasure to speak with, and we hope you enjoy her as much as we did! You can follow her at:

Instagram: msdesiraeharper

TikTok: msdesiraeharper_

Welcome to Episode 5: our first book club review and discussion with our first special guest! Please leave us a review to help our podcast reach a larger audience, and comment with suggestions for growth. As always, happy reading!

Welcome to Episode 4, where we will be discussing Audiobook recommendations to try out. Please leave us a review to continue getting our podcast shared, and comment with suggestions for things you want to hear. As always, happy reading!

Audiobooks List

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Audiobooks Mentioned:

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reed (31:00-33:00mins)

None of this Is True by Lisa Jewel (33:30-35:30mins)

Funny Story by Emily Henry (35:30-38:00mins)

Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon (38:00-40:00mins)

Every Summer After by Carly Fortune (40:00-43:00mins)

Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (43:30-46:00mins)

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy (46:00-48:00mins)

The Diamond Eye by (48:00-50:00mins)

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry (50:00-52:00mins)

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (52:00-54:00mins)

You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace (54:00-56:00mins)

Bookshelf Updates:

Ward D by Freida McFadden

Sociopath by Patric Gagni

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry

Semi-well Adjusted Despite Literally Everything by Alyson Stoner

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings

Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed

You’d Look Better As a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole

Welcome to Episode 3, where we will be discussing controversial reader opinions. Are books ruined when knowing their ending? Listen to find out! Please leave us a review to continue getting our podcast out there, and a comment for suggestions of things you want to hear! Thank you in advance.

Book club book for discussion:  Hiddens Pictures by Jason Rekulak (physical reading encouraged as the book comes with pictures)

Here is a list of books mentioned in today's episode:

-The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin (mentioned by Lo at 36 minutes talking about the ending she guessed) 

-Housemaid by Frieda McFadden vs Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware (mentioned by Lex at 45 minutes comparing the two similar plotlines)

-It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (mentioned at 47mins by Lex in a series that didn’t need a second book)

-Kennedy Ryan “Skyland” series: 1) Before I Let Go 2) This Could Be Us 3) I Can’t Get Enough (mentioned at 47mins by Lex as a series that can be read out of order)

-Throne of Glass Series (mentioned at 48mins by Lo as a series that can be read out of order)

-Releasing 10- part of the “Boys of Tommen” series by Chloe Walsh (mentioned at 48 mins by Lo as a series that can be read out of order)

Shelf updates:

-Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

-Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

-Secret Garden by Frances Hodges Burnett

-Anne of Green Gables by Ellen Montgomery

-Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings

-Never Lie by Frieda McFadden

-Educated by  Tara Westover

-Midnight Library by Matt Haig

-Releasing 10 by Chloe Walsh (*trigger warnings)

-Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yaroos

-Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 

-You’d Look Better as a Ghost by Joanna Wallace

Welcome to Episode 2, where we will be discussing popular books from TikTok. Are they worth your time or worth a pass? Listen to find out! Please leave us a review to continue getting our podcast out there, and a comment for suggestions of things you want to hear! Thank you in advance.

Here is a list of books mentioned in today's episode:

ACOTAR by Sara J Moss

Verity by Colleen Hoover

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Circe by Madeleine Miller

Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reed

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jeanette Mccurdy

The Hating Game by Sally Horn

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

The Women by Kristin Hannah

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 

Butcher and Blackbird by Brim Weaver

Dream Harbor Series by Laurie Gilmore

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

Shelf Update Books:

Four Winds by Kristin Hannah 

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reed

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

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Episode 1 books mentioned:

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Storm

ACOTAR by Sarah J Moss

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Circe by Madeleine Miller

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hildebrand 

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reed

Verity by Colleen Hoover

Shelf Update Books:

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings

Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune