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This week we discuss our current audiobook listening habits, our favorite (and least favorite) narrators, and share some new recommendations!
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Spoilers for Ready or Not start at ~33:30
Author Cara Bastone joins us today! She walks us through her writing journey, what goes into producing Audible Originals, how the idea of Ready or Not took shape, and much more!
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It's time to judge books by their covers! We run through a list of well known book-covers from the romance, ya and fantasy genres and deem if they're good, bad, or straight up not fun to look at. We also discuss if the books cover matches the tone and overall vibe of the story.
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Monster Romance Roundtable is back! This week we’re joined by our friend / monster romance connoisseur Maya. We take turns explaining in excruciating detail the plots of three different monster romances hand-picked by our special guest! Follow Maya @Maya_reads_spice
Major spoilers for the following monster romances: Caught By The Monster’s Trap by Mei Kaera, Wed to The Orc by Layla Fae and Bigfoot’s Bride by Candace Ayers.
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This week we chat with Haley from the Gilmore to Say podcast about the highs and lows of the bookish community. We discuss everything from booktok drama to whatever the hell is happening on Threads. Follow Haley!
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We're back with another tier ranking! We work together to rank popular enemies to lovers books that were submitted by our listeners!
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This week we go head to head in a fun 2v1 style bookish debate. We go through books that two of us loved and the other didn't (and vice versa) and discuss why our personal opinions on books are correct (or why the other opinions are wrong)! All is fair in friendship and books!
Time stamps for books discussed:
Slow Dance: 11:38, Lovelight Farms: 19:30, Georgie, All Along: 20:35, Seven Year Slip: 25:05, Infernal Devices: 32:23, This Summer Will Be Different: 42:45, Foxglove: 51:56.
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This week we talk all about FanFiction! We discuss our favorite fandoms, ships and share which books we would write fanfic for!
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USA-Today Best-selling Author Tarah DeWitt joins us to talk about her recent release Savor It, and the re-releases of Funny Feelings and the Co-Op! She also teases what readers can expect from her forthcoming novel Left of Forever and plays a round of “Build of Romance Book.” Follow Tarah on Instagram!
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Game Night is back! Join us as we play three bookish mini games: Quote Challenge, Guess Who, and Name a Book Based off the Trope! Play Along and see how many you can get right!!
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This week we yap all about Sports Romances! We share what we love about the genre, the things we could do without, and share our favorite recommendations. We also host a sports romance draft where we pick our fav fictional athletes and micro tropes.
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Welcome to season 4 of Bring Your Own! We're kicking things off by sharing the best books we read over break and recapping all our summer activities including our time spent at Steamy Lit Con!
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NYT Best Selling Author Lauren Asher is back to talk all things Love Unwritten! She walks us through what readers can expect from book 2 in the Lakefront Billionaires Series while plying a series of bookish mini-games!
Spoilers from 32:00 - 45:53.
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This week we share our summer reading plans and goals as well as the books we think ecerything should be reading this season!
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This week we tackle tier-ranking popular Friends to Lovers books that our listeners submitted!
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This week we take turns reading 1 star reviews of our favorite books!
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This episode features MAJOR Spoilers for Magnolia Parks: Into The Dark by Jessa Hastings! Proceed with caution!
Our beloved friend Kimmy from @kimmybookss is back to recap the recent Magnolia Parks Universe installment, Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings. We talk in detail about the best, most jaw-dropping and tear-inducing moments, while stating our hopes for the rest of the series. For more of the infamous Kimmy follow her on Instagram.
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Part two of airing out our listener's unpopular bookish opinions! We discuss if we agree or disagree with your hot takes on narrators, book couples, tropes and more!
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Join us as we take turns revealing our first and favorite books of authors our listeners submitted! We then share books that we think are underrated, overrated, and perfectly rated!
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Next in our Author Spotlight Series: #1 New York Times Bestselling author Abby Jimenez! We rank her characters and couples, have a spoiler-filled chat about her four recent novels, and end off with some trivia questions!
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9:00 -- non spoiler chat SPOILERS: 30:54 -- Life's Too Short 41:30 -- Part of Your World 53:04 -- Yours Truly 1:05:11 -- Just For The SummerFollow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod
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