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  • EP 175 Don't talk about the muffins! [It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan]
    2025/06/01

    Happy Sunday!!!

    This week we talk about all things Sam's son's birthday/MIL issues and Morgan's aversion to antique shops and then review It's a love story by Annabel Monaghan where Sam is convinced that Jack's name is Jake for the majority of the review. If you want to skip the chit chat the review begins at the 10 min mark!

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    Book Summary:

    From the USA Today bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script, a novel about a former adolescent TV punchline who has left her awkwardness in the rearview mirror thanks to a fake-it-till-you-make-it mantra that has her on the cusp of success, until she tells a lie that sets her on a crash-course with her past, spending a week in Long Island with the last man she thinks might make her believe in love. Rules for a love story: There are none. It’s all a lie. Jane Jackson knows that true love is a lie. Laughter is the only truth—you can’t fake a belly laugh. Jane should know, she spent her adolescence as "Poor Janey Jakes," the barbecue-sauce-in-her-braces punchline on America's fifth-favorite sitcom. Now she’s a Creative Executive at Clearwater Studios and she’s living by a new mantra: Fake it till you make it. Except, she might have faked it too far. Desperate to get her first project greenlit and riled up by pompous cinematographer and one-time crush Dan Finnegan, she opened her mouth and a big fat fib fell out. She claimed that Jack Quinlan, hottest popstar of the moment, has promised to write an original song for the soundtrack. Jack may have been her first kiss—and greatest source of shame—but she hasn’t spoken to him in twenty years. Now, Jane must turn to the last man she’d ever want to owe: Dan Finnegan. Because Jack is playing a festival in Dan’s hometown on Long Island, and Dan has an in. A week in close quarters with Dan while facing down her past is Jane's idea of hell, but Dan just might surprise her. While covering up her lie, can they find something true?

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    30 分
  • EP174 The Dog, The Toad, And All The Feels [The Love Hater By Katherine Center]
    2025/05/25

    Firstly, Happy Birthday to Clayton, Sam's son, who is celebrating his second birthday! It's crazy how time flies!

    We will be discussing our third novel from Katherine Center called The Love Hater!

    About The Novel:

    Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past—now she may be lighting her career on fire. She has two choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole’s request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom “Hutch” Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West. The catch? Katie’s not exactly qualified. She can’t swim, but fakes it that she can. Plus: Cole is Hutch’s brother. And they don’t get along. Next stop paradise! But paradise is messier than it seems. As Katie gets entangled with Hutch (the most scientifically good looking man she has ever seen . . . but also a bit of a love hater), along with his colorful Aunt Rue and his rescue Great Dane, she gets trapped in a lie. Or two. Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue—along with chances to tell the truth, to face old fears, and to be truly brave at last.

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    25 分
  • Ep173 This Book Fest was on Fyre
    2025/05/19

    This week we talked bout the dumpster fire that was the Million Lives Book Festival.

    If you want to help support the authors who were affected by this terrible festival you can find a ll the resources here.

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    37 分
  • EP172 We Almost Didn't Finish This One [Cradle of Secrets by Jasmine Wigham]
    2025/05/11

    Happy Mother's Day to those who have humans and fur babies!

    Today we discussed the debut novel from Jasmine Wigham, called Cradle of Secrets, a gothic fantasy novel. Also side note, Sam's mic was acting up, so she had to use her headphones, so the audio isn't the best.

    We do apologized for ranting a little bit too long... About The Novel:

    Jem has lied and cheated his way out of America and into the most fashionable circles of Victorian London’s elite. He has almost everything he ever a beautiful, if gullible, tycoon’s daughter on his arm and a patron who’s willing to fund his lavish lifestyle. But none of it delivers the high he always thought it would. So when a mysterious woman called Felicity appears at a ball and asks him to demonstrate his legendary gunslinger skills, he can’t resist. But Jem is about to realise the problem with inventing yourself an elaborate adventuring it doesn’t hold up very long when you’re confronted with real monsters risen from the grave. Narrowly escaping with his life, Jem discovers Felicity isn’t all that she appears either. He tries to return to normality, but when tragedy strikes, he’s forced to seek her out at her home, Grimwood Manor, where he finds her surrounded by a motley crew of friends, none of whom seem exactly . . . human. Swept up in a world of witches, werewolves, and other creatures that ought not to exist, Jem struggles to keep his dark past buried. But when a string of supernatural murders rocks the human world, he must confront his fears and join forces with his new friends to figure out who’s creating monsters out of men.

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    25 分
  • EP171 This novel crashed and burned [Crash Landing by Annie McQuaid]
    2025/05/04

    Happy Sunday and May the 4th be with you!!

    This week we talk about the Friends/Enemies to Lovers Debut novel by Annie McQuaid.

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    33 分
  • EP170 The Wrong Love Story Was Told [Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry]
    2025/04/27

    Firstly, why are we so awkward? I guess running this podcast for almost three years isn't long enough to make us proper podcasters. Regardless, today we are going to be discussing the newest novel from Emily Henry, which is our third novel from Emily Henry. About The Novel Alice Scott is an eternal optimist, still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the-core way that suggests he sees her as competition. But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room. And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad…depending on who’s telling it.

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    22 分
  • EP169 Jade Presley Author Interview
    2025/04/27

    Happy Easter/Sunday!

    This week we were privileged to speak with Jade Presley the author of the newly released The Never List! It was so much fun and we hope you enjoy it!

    A little about Jade Presley :

    Jade Presley is a pen name I created to write romantasy stories that pair rich world building with characters that will make you blush and leave you thirsting for more. When not writing, I’m going on epic quests during game night or hanging with my family and Irish Wolfhound in my mountain home.

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    39 分
  • EP168 Buy Two Get Two Free [The Never List by Jade Presley]
    2025/04/13

    In today's episode, Sam and Morgan talk about The Never List by Jade Presley, a fantasy romance novel! In this episode, we talk about reading slums, and how Morgan finally realized that Barnes and Noble isn't the only other place to get books!

    About The Novel:

    Threatened by invaders, the kingdom of Lumathyst is on the verge of chaos, and no one can stop it. Unless the four immortal god-princes find their fated mate―and safeguard the throne―Lumathyst will fall. Five women have tried. Five have failed. And tonight in the royal city, the princes need to find their Chosen and hope she can survive the transformation that will make her immortal. Only Rylee Gray wasn’t supposed to be here. She snuck in for her own dark reasons―and now they claim they've found their perfect match. Her. Of course, they have no idea she’s concealing a secret big enough to damn them all. The four princes have no choice. They’ll use every delectably wicked skill they have to make Rylee fall for all of them…or watch their kingdom collapse.

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    29 分