The Unbound Book Babes give a quick and dirty Book News Round Up.

Books Discussed:

Using Chat GPT for the only thing it is good for - making us laugh or cry. We asked AI to give us a prompt for Madlibs loosely based on Throne of Glass. Kristin and Bobbi fill in the blanks and hilarity ensues. Tune in for the chaos. hear the chaos that was the end result.

Alternative: We use Chat GPT to generate Throne of Glass based madlibs, hilarity ensues. 

Alternative #2: We had Chat GPT write our episode. Enjoy.

In this episode, Kristin and Bobbi share books that will be released in September and debate reading an incomplete series. We cover some thrillers to get you into the mood for a spooky season. Bobbi shares several highly anticipated fantasy releases that are sure to shake up your TBR.

Alternative: In this episode, Kristin and Bobbi share books released in September that will shake up your TBR just in time for spooky season and several highly anticipated fantasies.

Books Mentioned:

C.J. Archer The Untitled Books

Charlaine Harris All the Dead Shall Weep (Gunnie Rose #5)

Jennefier L. Armentrout Fall of Ruin and Wrath

Dan Frey Dreambound

Hanna Kaner Godkiller

Anna Smith Spark A Sword of Bronze and Ashes

Victor Dixen The Court of Shadows

Gry Keppel Jensen  Roses 7 Violets

V.E. Schwab The Fragile Threads of Power

Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

This is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs

https://www.beyondthebookends.com/ultimate-list-of-best-thriller-books/

Ultimate list of thrillers

List of thrillers set up by subgroups - great for spooky season!

Spoilers for TOG, ACOTAR, & CC

In this episode Kristin and Bobbi play This or That and Would You Rather using characters and scenarios from the world of Sarah J. Maas!

And oh boy! Are some of these choices hard…especially the last choice Kristin prompts Bobbi with! 

Books Series Mentioned:

Throne of Glass

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Crescent City

Did you miss Wednesday's Episode? We talk about training like a warrior on Booktok and an attempt to cancel Scholastic Book Fairs! Be sure to check it out and let us know your thoughts. 

Cadre art in thumbnail by @starscrapers 

Please link or comment if you know the other artist for images used…I couldn’t find them all.

We Rebranded to Unbound Book Babes!

In this week's news chat, we discuss how to train like a Valkyrie on TikTok with creators @bodysamantix and @annapenbrooke. Learn how to fight and wield swords then march up 10,000 steps. A fun realistic way to bring our favorite A Court of Thorns and Roses and A Court of Silver Flames characters to life. We also discussed the attempt to cancel Scholastic book fairs. A new Christian company has stepped in to say no more. Where do you stand on this hard topic?

This week's episode highlights the hot-button issue causing some authors to leave Kindle Unlimited. Is AI going too far or will it not take over? Based on information from an "author" using it, it seems far off still.

Bobbi and Kristin read each other one quote from 3 books each to try and convince the other to read it. Will you be reading any of them based on the quotes we share?

Books Mentioned:

Also mentioned:

Listened to Tragic Bonds by J. Bree (@jbreeauthor)

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson (@brandonsanderson)

Crescent City by @realsjmaas

C. Rochelle (@c.rochelle_author)

L. Leasure (@laurenmleasure)

Timestamps:

Kristin Books - 2:02

Bobbi Books - 2:14

Kindle Unlimited KDP Issues - 2:48

C. Rochelle Post -13:58

AI "author" Example - 19:49

Convincing You to Read with One Quote - 23:31

Links about Amazon KDP:

https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201541130

https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/kdp-global-fund-payouts/

https://kindlepreneur.com/kenp-calculator/

https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/kdp-global-fund-payouts/

In this episode Kristin and Bobbi fan-cast Psycho Shifters and Psycho Devils by Jasmine Mas (@jasminemasbooks). We excluded spoilers and focused on character names and descriptions, so you can still listen even if you have not read the books!

Across the currently released 5 books Jasmine has over 176+ million pages read on Amazon Kindle Unlimited!

Her stories highlight The Cruel Shiftverse and two best friends who try to best their trauma. These dark, twisted, reverse harems with clever inner dialogue will leave you CACKLING.

***Timestamps below break the books out into their respective groupings, so if you haven't started book 4 (Psycho Academy) you know when to stop listening!***

Kristin Books - 5:44

Bobbi Books - 9:15

Fan Cast Psycho Shifters - 10:50

Fan Cast Psycho Devils - 28:07

In this week's episode, Kristin and Bobbi discuss their 5 least favorite reads of the year and why they fell flat. Is there such a thing as too much smut? Listen and find out Bobbi's hot take on it.

Be sure to follow us on IG @getinourroom and on Tiktok @giormedia

Timestamps:

Kristin's Books - 1:42

Bobbi's Books - 5:37

Kristin's Reading Plans - 9:51

Bobbi's Reading Plans - 12:52

Bobbi's Bottom 5 - 15:51

Kristin's Bottom 5 - 25:12

This week's episode is spilling over with tea. We highlight Booktok drama, so please feel free to listen if you want to know why you should stay out of DMs. We also discuss the disturbing events and tea around Archie Hammer an actor (loose use of the word here) with alleged nefarious desires. We love a dark romance, but keep it in the books roomies.

After Bobbi and Kristin move in to highlight their top 5 reads of the year. Find out what each of the girls picked and a brief explanation of why they made it to the top of their year so far.

Timestamps:

Books Mentioned

Original Suriel Image by @madschofield

*This Episode Contains Spoilers for All of ACOTAR Series*

*Spoilers Throne of Glass series, but they lack detail*

*Spoilers for Crescent City, but not really because Kristin hasn't even read them*

This week Kristin and Bobbi dive deep into a discussion about the world of Sarah J. Maas. With the recent release of the cover for the third installment of Crescent City, House of Flame and Shadow, and some controversy around the post by Bloomsbury and Sarah. We also touch on AI art and the potential double standard of the Bloomsbury team (and maybe SJM?).

We have some fun juicy fan theories from @lifeofkrd on Tiktok and something Bobbi came across when searching about the Tree of Life... could it be the bases for the Maasaverse?

Of course, we wrap up this week's show discussing the 1-Star reviews of A Court of Silver Flames.

Timestamps:

Kristin's Books this week - 2:13

Bobbi's Books this week - 6:36

SJM News and AI art - 10:55

@lifeofkrd theories - 27:56

Kristin Tiktok News and Bryce Savage - 37:56

Tree Of Life Theory - 41:14

1-Star Reviews - 56:37

Other Books and Authors mentioned.

Images used in the video are from:

Bloomsbury

SJM website

adobe

Wikipedia

Check out the previous episodes we reviewed and discuss the first 4 books in the ACOTAR series.