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May Bookish: Book To Screen Adaptations, Current Reads & MET Gala

Welcome to our bookish episode for the month of May!!
Today we're announcing our May book club pick: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (duh lol), we hope you read along! We also give our thoughts on the new release King Of Envy by Ana Huang, her previous book King Of Wrath, break down our part one of book to tv/movie adaptions (part two is coming next month), and chat about the MET gala!
 
Book to tv/movie adaptations mentioned:
-The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3
-Colleen Hoover's Verity
-Colleen Hoover's Regretting You
-Colleen Hoover's Reminders Of Him
-A Good Girls Guide To Murder season 2
-Capote's Women/Capote vs. The Swans

This Book Will Bury Me By Ashley Winstead

Welcome to our April book club episode! We are discussing This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead and let me tell you we are patting ourselves on the back because we sure picked a WINNER!! This thriller is seriously so good and I'll be screaming it from the rooftops. It's the perfect book for any true crime lover.
We give a brief synopsis, our overall thoughts, discuss some questions we drummed up, do our Hollywood adaption section, and of course give our ratings (spoiler alert they are very high lol). Oh and we also had to discuss the light hearted romances we will be reading after this darkkk book!
Thank you so much for listening and we hope you enjoy :)

April Bookish: Current Reads, Handmaid's Tale, and White Lotus

Happy Spring and welcome to April bookish!! We attempted to do a quickie episode but of course we continued to yap.
We announce our April book of the month, This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead. The author confirmed it’s inspired by the 2022 Idaho murders, and we are equally spooked and so ready for this thriller.
Current reads: Saanya is diving into The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren, and Sehrish has finally escaped her book slump with The Briar Club by Kate Quinn.
We all know the book is (almost) always better than the Hollywood adaptation, but Saanya will report back once she reads The Handmaid’s Tale. And if you’re doomscrolling TikTok like Sehrish, you’re probably deep in White Lotus theories—and yes, we’re all obsessed with Chloe’s yacht look.
We hope you enjoy!

Beautiful Ugly By Alice Feeney

Welcome to our March book club episode! We are discussing Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney, a new thriller that was just released this past January. We share a short summary, our overall thoughts on the book, go through discussion questions, cast our perfect Hollywood adaption, and of course give our final ratings for the book! 
We were surprisingly on separate sides of the spectrum of whether or not we liked this book lol, and have heard a lot of polarizing rumblings on bookstagram and booktok as well, so we would love to know what you all think! Did you enjoy it or despise it?
Enjoy the episode!

Bookish: Most Anticipated 2025 New Releases

It's time for our March bookish episode!
Today we're discussing: our March book of the month pick (Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney), a kindle colorsoft review, Paris recap, Tinx's Hotter in the Hamptons TV adaptation, and our most anticipated new 2025 spring book releases!! Enjoy!

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

February Book Club: Deep End by Ali Hazelwood! ❤️
For our February book club, we’re diving (& swimming lol) into Ali Hazelwood’s newest release, Deep End! We promised a romance-filled month, and this book definitely delivered. We weren’t expecting this level of spice, but we had plenty to discuss—especially when it came to Scarlett and Lukas’ redeeming qualities. And of course, we couldn’t resist casting our Hollywood picks for the characters!
Do you agree with our low ratings? Or completely disagree? Let us know! And as always, thanks for reading along with us this month.
P.S. This episode drops on Saanya’s birthday, so you know it’s a special one! 🎉

Romance Bookish: Top Romance Books, This or That Trivia & Current Reads

Happy February & welcome to our February bookish episode! In honor of Valentine's Day, we have dedicated this entire episode to romance books, one of our absolute favorite genres!! We're discussing our top romance books EVER (yes, including mafia romances), this or that romance edition, and of course, our February book club pick. Let us know your favorite romance books so we can add them to our TBR 🩷
We hope you enjoy this episode!
 
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Books Mentioned:
-Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
-A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn
-Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino
-The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori
-Sinners Condemned by Somme Sketcher 
-Sinners Consumed by Somme Sketcher
-Book Lovers by Emily Henry
-Beach Read by Emily Henry
-The Maddest Obsession by Danielle Lori
-Luna and the Lie by Mariana Zapata
-Vicious by LJ Shen
-Given Our History by Kristyn J Miller
-Twisted Love by Ana Huang
 

Local Woman Missing By Mary Kubica

Welcome to our official book club episode for the month of January! Today we're discussing Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica and all of the heart palpitation inducing twists and turns of this book. If you read along with us, what were your thoughts on the book??
Up next is our February pick, which will be a much lighter read! Stay up to date with the book of the month announcements on our socials:
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It Ends With Us Drama & Goodreads Goals

Happy new year! On this bookish episode, we're thoroughly discussing the crazy, never ending It Ends With Us drama!! We fully breakdown all of the claims (the intimacy coordinator, Justin Baldoni's lawyer's interview, and the texts of it all) and whose side we're on (hint: it is not the same lol)
We also go through our current reads, 2025 Goodreads goals, and of course, announce our January book club pick: Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica!

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

For December's book club episode, we discuss The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter! A cozy mystery and romance combo in the English countryside - name a more iconic book club pick for the holiday season! We each also selected our top Shelf Sisters book of the year and it's so on brand (especially for Saanya ha).
Thank you for reading along with us in 2024 and supporting the podcast :) We hope you're all enjoying a cozy holiday season with your loved ones. Cheers to 2025!