Episodes

  • 160: Busy Girls Book Club Awards 2025

    160: Busy Girls Book Club Awards 2025
    Dec 29 2025
    In our most diverse reading year yet, what books stood out? What books fell flat? And what book ruled them all?
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    56 mins
  • 159: Omens and Adventure in "The Knight and the Moth"

    159: Omens and Adventure in "The Knight and the Moth"
    Dec 24 2025
    We return to a world created by Rachel Gillig, and it once again did not disappoint. "The Knight and the Moth" tells another dark fairytale where girls drown and gargoyles make jokes. The unique magic system is worth a read for any level of fantasy enjoyer.
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    52 mins
  • 158: Shakespeare from Stage to Novel to Screen in "Hamnet"

    158: Shakespeare from Stage to Novel to Screen in "Hamnet"
    Dec 16 2025
    Hamnet is a reimagining of the life of William Shakespeare's wife and children. It's an interesting historical fiction thought exercise, and its new movie adaption is drawing in new readers like crazy. Or maybe it's that Paul Mescal is playing the lead...
    Video: https://youtu.be/GD60VApKgno
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    56 mins
  • 157: The Role "Dungeon Crawler Carl" Plays in LitRPG

    157: The Role "Dungeon Crawler Carl" Plays in LitRPG
    Dec 9 2025
    One of the best "hear me out..." books may be Matt Dinniman's "Dungeon Crawler Carl". It's a LitRPG that reads like a video game but is somehow still funny and fast-paced. But is the world built for every kind of reader?
    Video: https://youtu.be/B1Bnp9sOlFs
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 156: Meaningful Growth in "Morning Star"

    156: Meaningful Growth in "Morning Star"
    Dec 2 2025
    The third book in the Red Rising trilogy, "Morning Star" is quite the explosive finish. And it might include some of the best character development we've seen in ages.
    Video: https://youtu.be/AyivAKuDemE
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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • 155: "Done and Dusted": Save a Horse...

    155: "Done and Dusted": Save a Horse...
    Nov 24 2025
    You know how the song goes. Lyla Sage writes western romances, and TikTok girlies love a good themed romance. "Done and Dusted" will either make you want to move to Wyoming, or never go there at all.
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    52 mins
  • 154: The Incredible Path of "Alchemised"

    154: The Incredible Path of "Alchemised"
    Nov 17 2025
    Plenty of fan fictions have been traditionally published lately, but none took quite the rewrite "Alchemised" did. This one tops over 1,000 pages and had to be purged of its previous world. So is it worth the read? (Major trigger warnings)
    Video: https://youtu.be/Br05Z1WiuI8
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • 153: Mad About "Mate"

    153: Mad About "Mate"
    Nov 3 2025
    Another Ali Hazelwood. Another book Casey refuses to read. Somehow the weirdest one yet?
    Video: https://youtu.be/ch5iys_dEjE
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    41 mins