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Episode 229 • 19th June 2025 • Reading Under the Covers: A Romance Novel Podcast • Under the Covers Book Blog
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This week on Reading Under the Covers, we’re bringing you the full replay of our Novel Hour Pride Month live show! ✨

We’re talking about queer books you should be reading all year, with a focus on fantasy, paranormal, and urban fantasy romance—including cozy vibes, chaotic shifter squads, slow-burn bodyguards, and soul-deep fated mates. You’ll also get fresh June 2025 new releases, what we’ve been watching lately (The Life of Chuck, Animal Kingdom), and the latest in bookish news and drama (yes, we’re talking about the Fable acquisition and Ali Hazelwood leaving social media 👀).

📚 Topics we cover:

– Queer fantasy & paranormal romance book recs

– Contemporary Pride Month reads (sapphic, trans, second chance)

– New romance book releases (June 16–22, 2025)

– What we’re watching

– Bookish industry news: Everand x Fable, BookCon 2026

– Gossip corner: Ali Hazelwood and reader behavior, Navessa Allen backlash, and more

💬 Let us know what queer romances you’ve been loving this year—and whether you’re Team Gale or Team Peeta (just don’t harass us in the comments, okay? 😅).

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Fable Joins Everand:

https://www.everand.com/blog/fable-joins-everand

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/97975-everand-acquires-online-book-club-platform-fable.html

BookCon:

https://www.bookcon.com/en-us.html

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/98044-bookcon-will-return-in-2026.html

After The End

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Plagiarism Claims

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Speaker:

Restream recording Jun 19, 2025 • 04:12:16 PM:

Hi friends.

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Welcome to Novel Hour or a live

show that we host here every

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Thursday at 12 noon Eastern Time.

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We are live.

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Last week you got the replay because

you know I went on a little holiday,

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but we're back live and we're super

excited to talk to you about Pride

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Books, new releases, what we're

watching, news, gossip, and more.

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But I want you to mark your

calendar because we have some

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exciting lives coming up soon.

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We are gonna be sharing

some great audiobook

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recommendations that's coming up.

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Then we're gonna get into some

Caribbean books, so Caribbean

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authors, Caribbean stories.

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We're gonna get into Beach Reads and

lots more so you can see the calendar.

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Mark your calendars and join us

every Thursday at 12 noon Eastern.

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We have lots to talk about.

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So we're gonna jump into the

Pride Book month recommendations.

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I am gonna let Francesca go

first and kick myself off.

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Okay.

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It's been, it's been a day everyone.

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So Francesca gonna share her pride month

recommendations, and then we'll get into

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some more books and new releases soon.

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So I'm excited today to talk about

fantasy and paranormal recommendations

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and didn't plan it, but they're

all male, male gay romances.

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So the first one is an urban fantasy.

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It's one of my absolute favorite series.

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In the first book in that series is a

Fairy of Bones and Gold by Haley Turner.

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So this one is very heavy on the

action, um, heavy on the angst as well.

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It is so good.

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And basically our main character, Patrick,

he is a spatial, a special not spatial,

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special agent with lots of trauma.

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Um, he is haunted basically by a

supernatural war that he barely

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survived and it's left a whim.

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Left him with some stuff to deal

with and he's got the gods base.

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The series does deal a lot with

mythology and different kinds

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of gods, and he has a sold it.

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To the gods and people are now turning

up debt and basically he's kind of

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like an FBI think of an FBI agent.

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And he is now sent in to investigate

what's happening with these people,

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turning up debt and kind of help

unravel the whole situation.

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And there he meets this werewolf who

is supposed to be his enemy, but you

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know, things are never so simple.

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There's fate, of course, um,

kind of FD made situation and

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lots of found family in this.

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Lots of danger.

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The mythology in this series is amazing.

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Every single book deals with a different

type of mythology, which is really fun.

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And it does have, um, the

faded maid trope, but also the

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kind of government agencies.

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There's cult in some of them.

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It's just such a good series.

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Highly recommend.

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And in fact, Hailey Turner also has

another series that I do recommend as

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well, which is more of a fantasy series.

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This one is more urban fantasy,

but she also has a fantasy series,

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which I really also recommend.

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Now, the second book is more of the

cozy side, so this is a spell for

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Heartsickness by Alistair Reeves.

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And.

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It's not necessarily like a full cozy,

like low stakes because the stakes are

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quite high, but it has a cozy fantasy

vibe to it, if that makes sense.

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So a little bit higher stakes,

but still has the vibe.

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So we have our main character, Breyer,

who is a, uh, magical fashion student,

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and he is wasting away because of

a curse, and basically he's dying.

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He's the, the curse is kind of like a

chronic illness and he's dying and there's

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a prophecy that points him to go to this.

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Remote town and his soulmate is

going to be there and once he finds

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his soulmate, he's going to be cured

because that person is the one that's

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gonna help him unravel that curse.

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So he's shipped off to this gloomy

little town to find set soulmate, and

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he is also supposed to be there to kind

of like open a business or like that.

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It's part of his magical

training or whatever.

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So he opens a store to sell his fashion.

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And when he gets there, he actually needs

two different magical men and he can't

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figure out which one is his soulmate.

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So that is part of the storyline, is

figuring out which one is his soulmate.

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And that is kind of like

the stakes are high.

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'cause him finding the right one

will mean being cured from the curse.

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So in this town there's also a,

um, kind of like a magical forest

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that is very eerie and creepy and

is doing crazy things to the town.

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The place where he's staying has

a ghost, so there's a bit of a.

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Investigation of what really happened

to this ghost 'cause that is also

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tied to the mystery of the town.

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And our two love interests

couldn't be more different.

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One is a kind of like a

celebrity, also fashion designer,

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magical fashion designer.

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And the other one is very grumpy, recluse,

um, kind of like the town sheriff.

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So really love this one.

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Um, I really, really love the main

character in this one as well.

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And I'm really looking forward

to the second book, which I

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think is coming out this month

if I don't, if I'm not mistaken.

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So the, the third one is Hell

and High Water by Charlie Chet.

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Now this one is more of

a paranormal romance.

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It does have a military vibe,

and it is a full series as well.

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Um, it, I kind of consider

it paranormal romance.

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You could maybe also say a bit

of, uh, urban fantasy, but I lean

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more on the paranormal romance.

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This is kind of like a, a cop

show, but except just regular cops.

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They're shifters, so there's

lots of banter, lots of tension.

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Our main character in this one, Dex is

bisexual, and he just lost his job and

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boyfriend all in one, in one thing,

and he's thrown into this paranormal

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task force, and he immediately gets

partnered with Sloan, who is a Jaguar.

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Shifter and hates them on site.

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So enemies to lovers, but they

are also obviously soulmates.

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So they have to solve this murder

together and with the whole task force.

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So within the task force itself,

it's at a very found family

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vibe, which I absolutely love.

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But we do have that enemies

to lovers situation, their

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reluctant partners, um, kind of a.

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Good grumpy situation here as well.

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And I personally really love the shifter

squad situation happening with the cops.

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So I absolutely love the series,

cannot recommend it enough.

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And then I'm gonna close things out with

a fantasy standalone, and it's a taste

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of gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowan.

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So this one is perfect if you

want like a slow simmering chord.

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Politics, fantasy, romance.

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We have Kadu who is a soft spoken

prince, and he gets assigned a new

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bodyguard after scandal, threatens

his reputation, and ER is kind of like

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all rules and they don't get along, of

course, until they start to get along.

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So this one has a bit of financial

conspiracy, which starts to unfold, and

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the two of them have to work together

and trust each other basically with

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their lives and that loyalty they have to

work together to solve the whole thing.

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So lots of court intrigue,

bodyguard romance.

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Slow burn romance.

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Um, the magic of course.

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And it, it's got a lot of like

softness to it, which I absolutely

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appreciated and really loved.

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And it's a standalone, so it's, you

know, just read one and you're done.

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So those are my recommendations.

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I always enjoy really reading fantasy

romance, uh, queer fantasy, romance.

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So I have more on the blog too,

so you can check those out too.

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Yes, be sure to check the link

in the videos description.

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Um, I'm always excited for queer

romance, uh, fantasy as well.

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And now I'm gonna share

some queer romance.

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Okay, we're gonna share some new releases.

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Um, so these are new books that if

you haven't read them already, I'm

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really excited to share them with

you because, hey, it's pride month.

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We should be smiling, we should be

blushing, but we also should be chairing.

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For love.

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So the first book I want to share

with you is a historical Romance.

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It's a Sure Thing by Joanna Lowell.

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This one is a very delightful

queer Victorian love story.

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So we have a trans hero and we see

the botanist who captures his heart.

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This is all set by the British

seaside, so I love a gorgeous

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Victorian seaside setting.

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So if you're into that,

this one is for you.

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We also have lots of bicycle racing,

selling secret gardens illustrating,

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and just lots of cute, fun things.

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So it's a very soft, warm romance that

I feel will wrap you in the sunshine.

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So we have one of our main

characters who has reinvented

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himself in Cornwall after leaving

a life behind that just didn't fit.

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And then we have this botanist who is

from New York, who, you know, is kind

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of a bit more brash, um, has a lot

going on, but decides to commission

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kits to illustrate British seaweeds.

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So they strike a deal, he'll help her

prove to, um, this cycling club, which at

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the time was men only, that women belong,

you know, on bicycles, on two wheels.

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And she'll, um, help him too.

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So this one is very charming, low

stakes adventure, but of course

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a trans hero who owns his joy.

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So.

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If you're looking for Victorian romance,

uh, that one is, um, a great one.

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Then I want to get into the

next chapter by Camille Kellogg.

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Now this one is, it, it kind of gives

Notting Hill vibes, so think of it like

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as, um, a Notting Hill retelling ish, but

of course, um, set in the West Village.

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So we have a former child actress

who meets a bookseller in the

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West Village, and we kind of

see sparks flying between them.

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So our former Child Star has, you

know, a huge platform, lots of

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followers, uh, who kind of also need

some publicity and a publicity reboot

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more specifically as a queer icon.

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Then we have a bookseller who hates

change, wants nothing to do with it.

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So even though like the

celebrities like game for a

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reboot and, you know, rebranding

and publicity, the books seller.

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Wants nothing to do with it.

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The bookseller also hasn't,

you know, dated in a while.

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But anyway, they have a meet cute

situation going on and they feel like

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them getting together would be the perfect

kind of PR stunt and move for each other.

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But of course, you know, even when you

fake dates and it's a romance feelings

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have a way of kind of sneaking in.

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It also doesn't help that the

headlines are also kind of

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promoting this relationship anyway.

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So this is kind of a media whirlwind

kind of thing, and we see both of them

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having to decide, hey, is this genuine?

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Is this staged?

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You know, and what are we

gonna do moving forward?

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So expect witty banter in this one.

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Great tension crushes and just,

you know, your carefully crafted

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plans just falling to the side.

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And the last one I wanna share with

you is a new book by Susie Dimond.

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It's Bed and Breakup.

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Now, in this one we have a power

couple, and the whole bed and breakup

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thing is because they had a bed and

breakfast business that they had running.

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You know, it's very cozy, art

filled and all the things.

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However, their marriage and their dreams

of running this establishment crumbles.

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It falls apart.

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But we see them coming back together.

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Seven years later they return.

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Um, not necessarily in

a reuniting kind of way.

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It's more of, I have something

to prove to the other.

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So one is trying to be

a up and coming artist.

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The other one is a celebrity chef, you

know, kind of working in that world.

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So we see them coming back

to their home turf ish.

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Uh, of course there's lots of prangs.

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They're also forced now to

renovate the inn and get it sold.

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And of course, it's like

coming back together in a way.

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Coming back to the scene

of the crime, it feels, um.

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Like, obviously feelings are

getting reignited as we're

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working together on this project.

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You know, old memories are coming

through the surface, that kind of thing.

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So this is a second chance romance.

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Um, great food scenes.

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I feel always chosen Family vibes.

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I feel Susie Dimond has that

one thread through all her work

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so far is that chosen family.

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And I think you'll be chairing

for, uh, both of these characters.

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So those are my queer romance books.

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They're all new books, so if

you're looking for something new

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and fresh to add to your reading

list, I think these books are good.

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What do you think, Fran?

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I have that bed and

breakup already on my tv.

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Som excited to read it.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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I, I just read Susie Deman.

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She's kind of like an autobi auto read.

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Not everything is.

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But I know what I'm getting,

especially, uh, chosen family themes.

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But let us know your

thoughts in the comments.

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I mean, share your queer recommendations.

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Um, any books you've been reading for

Pride Month, you know, regardless of

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the representation, we'd love to get

some recommendations in the comments.

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So be sure to share replay crew,

we'd love to hear from you as well.

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So share them in the comments.

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Alright, so if you are just

joining us, welcome to Novel Hour.

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This is our live show we host

every Thursday at 12 noon Eastern.

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We always have a theme this

month it was Pride month book.

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So we share those book recommendations.

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We're gonna get into what we're watching.

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We're also gonna share some new

releases for this week that we think

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are worth adding to your reading

list, or at least on the calendar.

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And.

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On our radar, maybe you'll

find them interesting.

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We're also gonna get into some

news, uh, bookish news, but

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we also have some gossip too.

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So, um, be sure to hang around, share

your thoughts and comments as we go.

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But right now we're gonna get

into what we are watching.

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So last week I had nothing on my

what I am watching list, which

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is really rare because I love

watching things as well as reading.

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And I watch and I wanna talk to

y'all about the life of Chuck.

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I have a review up on my channel.

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So there's a link in the video's

description if you've watched this, but

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also if you've read the Stephen King

story, I actually have the book here.

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So the story, the Life of Chalk, can be

found in this Stephen King collection.

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If it bleeds, actually you

think I have it bookmarked?

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Yeah.

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So anyways.

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I love the story.

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I really love the story, and I felt

it really translated on screen well.

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The only thing I will say to you that is

kind of not a spoiler, well no, it's not a

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spoiler, is that this is the most faithful

Stephen King adaptation I've seen.

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Period.

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Right?

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Like this is to the book in a

way where I was like, okay, wow.

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Now, did the movie person add some themes?

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Absolutely did add some new elements.

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I think it enhanced the story.

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We can debate it in my review video again.

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I did that one already,

but just in case you're not

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familiar with the life of chalk.

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Essentially it is Stephen King's

version of warm and fuzzy, but of

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course it has dark undercurrents.

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We see the world ending, but we also

see a man dying, AKA, the life of chalk.

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I don't wanna say more than it is

a reverse chronology storytelling.

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So we start at the end.

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It's in three acts.

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We start with the world ending.

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Okay.

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We also start with Chuck dying.

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Then we get to the middle part when he's

in his prime and what is happening in

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the world at the time and how he's doing.

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Then we go back to the

beginning, um, of his childhood.

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And if you know Stephen King,

Stephen King, and children and car

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accidents and things, again, there's

certain hallmarks with this man that

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you're gonna see coming through.

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So we go back to part one.

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So we do it's Act three,

act two, and act one.

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He has it divided in that way.

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And again, we start at the

end and we go to the bing.

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But here's the thing, the starting

from the end and moving towards

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the beginning is not a gimmick.

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You know how sometimes it's like offers

will play with time travel in a way.

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This is not a play,

this is like essential.

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To the whole story.

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I've never seen a story, hang on the

reverse timeline chronology so heavy.

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It's like you're putting a

puzzle together in, you know,

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but every piece falls into place.

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It's really hard to talk about

if you haven't watched it.

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But I will.

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Or read the story without spoilers.

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Because the one thing you're

gonna wanna talk about with folks

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after the fact is the spoilers.

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Mm-hmm.

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Like, did you see this?

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Did you catch the Easter eggs?

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And if you've been watching

the live or the replays.

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'cause we love our replay crew

and I share something and I would

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often say, yeah, I'm more nice to

like films and stories and stuff.

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My husband isn't, and I always

tell you, if I tell you, my

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husband said, Ron, don't walk.

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The man is telling you Ron, don't walk.

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Okay.

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And I don't think I've said that all

year with all the stuff I've been saying.

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He'll be like, oh, this is okay.

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Yeah, it's all right.

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It's all right.

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This one is run.

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So he is saying, go watch it

in the cinema, and then when it

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comes back on streaming, watch it.

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Now, if life is ing and you

can't go to the cinema, you're

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gonna have to watch it two times.

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I have to watch it two times and

I'm gonna read the story again,

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and then I'm gonna watch it again

because yeah, it really blew my mind.

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It was this close to perfect.

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It's not a perfect thing.

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Um, but it's close to being a blockbuster.

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I'm surprised more people

aren't talking about it.

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But anyway, shameless plug.

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I have my explainer video over on

my channel, so, um, you can tune in.

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But Fran, what have you been watching?

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So I have basically been deep

diving, the Animal Kingdom TV series

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that I talked about last week.

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So I'm already finishing season four.

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There's only six.

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Um, sad.

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Um, but after I talked to

you last, I kept watching it.

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So that was like somewhere in the

middle of me being on season one and I

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kept thinking there is something about

the series that is so familiar to me.

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Mm-hmm.

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And I'm watching this with my husband and.

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All of a sudden the light bulb went

on and I was like, that's what it is.

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And I turned to my husband and

I said, this is Sons of Anarchy.

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And he looks at me and he's

like, yeah, I can see that.

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Um, and then like the day after

I went online and apparently

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it's, it's been a thing, okay.

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The Reddit forums happened, seeing

the comparison, which I mean,

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I'm like, I ha I have a whole

post about my thoughts on that.

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Um, on mystery Landia.

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So you can go and check that out.

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Yeah.

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But it is, it is just so fun.

350

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Um, because, well, I mean, where

the other one is biker and like a

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little bit more gang and selling

arms and things like that.

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This one is about FETs, so they're always

doing some kind of stealing, but it's just

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so like the family dynamic, toxic family

manipulation, like all of those things.

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It is so much like the other one that

I think that if you liked tons of

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anarchy, you'd really enjoy this one.

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So.

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I mean the, there's just more surfing

to make it a little bit lighter,

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but it's really the same thing,

which I could really appreciate.

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'cause I love that show.

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Um, so I was like, okay, this is good.

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I can, I can hang with this.

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There's always some

horrendous thing happening.

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Um, lots of gore.

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Lots of killing

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these people.

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It's good.

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There's lots of drama, lots

of like horrible things that

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family's doing to each other.

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Oh my gosh.

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Ah.

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But it's messy and I just,

I'm really enjoying it.

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So I expect to feel sad when it's over.

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See, I know you're gonna be

sad, but I expect a full report.

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I mean, folks watching, don't we

expect a full report next week?

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Yeah.

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Like when she kind of wraps

this up because I, I, I kind of

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wanna know where this is going.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Um, but yeah, animal Kingdom.

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Everyone let us know your

thoughts in the comments.

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If you are watching or have watched

Animal Kingdom, if you've read Stephen

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King's The Life of Chuck, if you're

planning to watch it or wait till he

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hits streaming, it doesn't matter.

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Let us know your thoughts and comments,

but we also wanna hear from you,

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like, what are you watching right now?

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Or is there something you're looking

forward to watching, like it hasn't hit

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yet, but you're looking forward to it.

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Um, yeah.

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Share your thoughts in the comment.

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Okay, we're gonna jump

into our new releases.

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So we have some new releases

to share with you this week.

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Mm-hmm.

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So we are covering new releases for the

week of June 12th through to the 21st.

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We have five fresh new releases each.

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I think you're gonna wanna grab some of

these books, so, you know, hang tight.

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Let's get into it.

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I'm gonna go first and the first

one I'm gonna share with you, it

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sounds like Love by Ashley Postin.

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In this one we have a songwriter who's

lost her muse, and then we see a former

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boy band, bad boy, who might just

kind of be the spark that she needs.

401

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Um, she has a penda lyric

in a really long time.

402

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She's also heartbroken to kind of

watch her family's business, which

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is tied to music also go under, she

has some family things going on.

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There's lots of things, but then, you

know, she hears, um, this guy's voice in

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her head, and then when she looks okay.

406

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Yep.

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And they end up linked in

a magically kind of way.

408

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So there's like a little bit

of magic in this one as well.

409

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Um, but anyway, it's funny you see the

heartache of two people kind of coming

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together, finding inspiration each in

each other when they least expect it.

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So that's your romance.

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However, we have a mystery and a thriller.

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This one is definitely heavy on the

mystery, but I absolutely love it.

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It's Murder Takes a

Vacation by Laura Lipman.

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I love Laura Lipman.

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I will again also buy

or read author for me.

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Do does her books always hit?

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No, but again, we don't abandon all

authors when, you know, they don't hit.

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But I'm happy to report this is a hit.

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Okay, this one hits.

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So a murder Takes a vacation.

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We meet a woman who won the lottery.

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Okay.

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Um, a, a ticket to that she

wasn't even paying attention to.

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But anyway, her dreams are opening up.

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She gets this cruise where she

goes through France and she ends

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up in a real life, hoone it.

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I know you're thinking

this sounds familiar.

429

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You know, she's on a cruise.

430

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Of course it's gonna give Agatha

Christie vibes because again,

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Agatha Christie is queen icon.

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Legend.

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You know, we are humbled in Agatha's

presence, but Laura Lipman did

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a really great job with this.

435

:

So we kind of see this widow,

you know, treating herself.

436

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She has a friend there along the

way, forgot to mention that there's

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also someone who, you know, is

charming over dinner time, uh,

438

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but then drops there the next day.

439

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So we kind of see them kind of

going down that rabbit hole.

440

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You're the last person to have, you know,

dinner with him and that kinds of thing.

441

:

So it gives murder on the

Orient express vibes, you know,

442

:

that that locked room mystery.

443

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There is a cameo from a pi

from previous books as well.

444

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It's just witty, fun,

globetrotting, all the things.

445

:

Um, yes, meta takes a vacation.

446

:

I'm coming at you with a wild ball

'cause this one is, it's called How

447

:

to Dodge a Cannon Ball by Deon Dale.

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I read this one.

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It is special.

450

:

It's for the literary folks who love a bit

of history and we're gonna take a serious

451

:

matter, but we're gonna make it funny.

452

:

It is focusing on the civil war.

453

:

And I know when you think civil

war, you're thinking dark.

454

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But in this one, the civil

war becomes hilarious.

455

:

So we meet some people, um, teenagers who

are very idealistic as most folks are.

456

:

When they're young, they enlist, then

re-enlist, trying to kind of pin down

457

:

exactly, you know, what America really

means, what patriotism really means.

458

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He starts off as a union flag.

459

:

Twila finds himself in the

confederate calvary, listen, b

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:

bouncing all over the place and then

even sneaks into a union regiment.

461

:

Um, kind of claiming he's

something that he's not.

462

:

So they can let him stay.

463

:

He squares off with all kinds of people.

464

:

Okay?

465

:

Arms dealer, um, people from

history, like real history and myth.

466

:

We see him kind of clashing along the way.

467

:

Um, it's very interesting.

468

:

It delivers laugh out loud moments.

469

:

At the same time, surprisingly, profound

moments too on, you know, identity,

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loyalty, and everything about the nation.

471

:

Look, I know the world is heavy

right now, but this is history you

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need in a funny way again, funny,

funny, funny, highly recommend.

473

:

Another one I wanna share with you is

Hazel says, no, I hope this book becomes

474

:

a big book this summer, because it is a

coming of age story that blew me away.

475

:

It's a coming of age

story, like none other.

476

:

It's very powerful, very empowering.

477

:

We have a young girl who, her and her

family moved to this new small town.

478

:

She's going to school, and her high

school principal propositions her.

479

:

That's the best way I can say it

without saying words on YouTube.

480

:

That will get me kicked off.

481

:

Okay?

482

:

This man propositions her on day

one saying he chooses one student

483

:

every year, and she is it, oh,

it is disgusting in that way.

484

:

But our, our main character, Hazel.

485

:

Mm.

486

:

First of all, she's very,

you know, ick buy it, but she

487

:

refuses flat out on her face.

488

:

She does not crumble to pressure.

489

:

And, you know, she, she, it obviously has

changed her life forever in a different

490

:

way because now she is the center of a

whole bunch of rumors in this small town.

491

:

And to give you context, her

family left Brooklyn and went

492

:

to a small town in Maine.

493

:

We love Maine, but not this

man and the whole thing.

494

:

I love the Maine setting,

but the man is trash.

495

:

Um, so anyway, so now she's the

center of rumors, her family as well.

496

:

And because they're outsiders, kind of,

you know, coming into this small town.

497

:

So there's rumors, investigations,

gut-wrenching, mockery, just everything.

498

:

She is a beacon of courage.

499

:

Okay?

500

:

So just understand that that

is a positive portion of this.

501

:

However, it's kind of seeing

how she deals with it.

502

:

In this small town and how her family

deals with it, and then how the community,

503

:

so you're reading to see if the community

is gonna come around them, if our family

504

:

can hold it together and stuff like that.

505

:

But there is joy, there is

family bonds, but you know,

506

:

it reminds us of our strength.

507

:

And again, we, we, we love Hazel.

508

:

We are Team Hazel here, and the

last book is Ecstasy by Ivy pda.

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I love Ivy Pitroda.

510

:

Okay, this wasn't my favorite,

but it might be for some people.

511

:

This is a Greek tragedy, kind

of meets a gothic horror.

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It's set on a stunning, you know, sunset

Greek island and all the things we

513

:

see on main character who's inherited

a luxury villa on, you know, this

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:

island after her husband's death.

515

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But there's a controlling son in the mix.

516

:

Um, you know, kind of, you

know, there, there's children,

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:

um, wife and all the things.

518

:

It's, it's a lot going on, but it leads

into ancient gods coming in the mix.

519

:

Um, women on the island and the sand.

520

:

And you just kind of find, find

yourself drawn into this whole thing.

521

:

There is some social critique,

sharp critique, and just the

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:

roles women are willing to play.

523

:

So, uh, yeah, that's Ivy's

latest and my five releases.

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:

Francesca, what do you have?

525

:

So I'm gonna start with something fun.

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:

The first one that I have is, I think

I'm in love with an alien by Anna Re.

527

:

So this one is about a lonely

alien who is stranded on earth.

528

:

Um, and he, like the tech

broke down, whatever.

529

:

So he's supposed to be laying low.

530

:

And what does he do?

531

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He joins an online fandom

community and he gets invited to.

532

:

Space con.

533

:

So naturally, bit of cosplay.

534

:

And he had met in the online community,

our heroine, Jeanette, who is the literal

535

:

queen of all the nerdy alien merch.

536

:

And she's obsessed with aliens.

537

:

And basically he was her online

crush and they get to meet at

538

:

Space Con and she has no idea.

539

:

He's an alien, like a real alien.

540

:

So it's kind of a campy cinnamon roll,

alien, hero, nerdy heroin, um, cosplay,

541

:

which I mean, all the good stuff.

542

:

And how can you say no to that cover?

543

:

So can't say no.

544

:

'cause I'm already like adding.

545

:

Uh, the next one is Ride

The Wave by Katherine Riley.

546

:

This is a contemporary romance, especially

for like the fans of Icebreaker.

547

:

It is set in Portugal.

548

:

The hero is a retired surfer, kind

of a golden boy of surf, and the

549

:

heroine is a sports journalist.

550

:

She's very ambitious and she is working

for his mother who owns a magazine

551

:

and she has to go there to, um, do

an interview with him in Portugal.

552

:

So they're, you know, the forced

proximity, they're in the same house.

553

:

Um, all of that in.

554

:

It's, it's a forbidden romance.

555

:

She's not supposed to get involved,

but you also get the coastal

556

:

Europe setting and all that.

557

:

So it's a perfect beach treat, I think.

558

:

And, um, yes, usually Catherine

Riley is spicy, so, you know.

559

:

Yeah.

560

:

Mm-hmm.

561

:

That's, that's gonna be a good one.

562

:

Then I have coming in

hot by Josie Juniper.

563

:

So this one is the F1.

564

:

Of the bunch.

565

:

So if you're into sports from,

it's like actively in the sport.

566

:

Our hero is not a driver,

which I was pleased with.

567

:

'cause that's usually what you get.

568

:

Uh, he's more of the, you know, the,

the owner of the team kind of situation.

569

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He's the top dog.

570

:

He's Austrian and our

heroine is a journalist.

571

:

And she is trying to get into,

she's starting to get into the,

572

:

the business 'cause she was doing

something else and they start dating.

573

:

They actually meet before

they know who they are.

574

:

And they have a one night stand and

then they find out who they are and

575

:

they're like, oh shit, we should mm-hmm.

576

:

Be doing that.

577

:

Um, so then they're trying to figure out

how to have a relationship, but she's

578

:

supposed to be digging stuff into what's

going on with the sport and trying to get,

579

:

you know, get some kind of a big story.

580

:

And he is being very quiet 'cause

he knows, obviously he's got all

581

:

the experience with dealing with

journalism and he can't open up to her.

582

:

No.

583

:

Um.

584

:

He also is dealing still with

the grief of losing his wife.

585

:

So the book does deal with some of that.

586

:

Mm-hmm.

587

:

The grief of the loss and his

wife was sick and all of that.

588

:

So there's a lot that he's dealing with,

with how to open up because he thought he

589

:

would never be in a relationship against.

590

:

So it's kind of a cute story.

591

:

Um, I was expecting a

little bit more from it.

592

:

Right.

593

:

But it's still a cutesy kind of,

uh, story, so, you know, kind of

594

:

forbidden workplace romance in a way.

595

:

So I would still recommend it.

596

:

Okay.

597

:

Then we have someone knows by VI Keelen.

598

:

So this one is for the

thriller mystery lovers.

599

:

Uh, Elizabeth is a professor, but

back in high school, her and her best

600

:

friend were involved in something

a little murdery, and they thought

601

:

that, you know, no one knows.

602

:

And now apparently someone does.

603

:

So a student submits a story for her

class and it's very much, pretty much

604

:

textbook what had happened back then.

605

:

And she has to go back to

her hometown to find out.

606

:

How does someone know what's going on?

607

:

Kind of a revenge plot story here.

608

:

Dual timelines, which is really fun.

609

:

Mm-hmm.

610

:

And the last one is

the historical romance.

611

:

It's to Catch a Lord by Emma Orchard.

612

:

This is a fake relationship,

Regency Romance, which I can't

613

:

say that I've read a ton of those.

614

:

Okay.

615

:

Um, so Amelia is, so her family has

a certain reputation and she has

616

:

all these creepy men that are always

coming up to her 'cause they feel like

617

:

she's a little bit loose, but mostly

because of her family's reputation.

618

:

Mm-hmm.

619

:

So she wants to put an end to that

and she proposes to Lord Thorn

620

:

that they have a fake engagement.

621

:

Now he also has his own

issues with society because.

622

:

It was rumored.

623

:

I mean, it was rumored and it was

real that he was in love with his, uh,

624

:

brother's wife and his brother died.

625

:

And so now the widow is

living in the family house.

626

:

No, he's there and he's got the title.

627

:

And so there's all these rumors that

he's gonna, you know, end up with her.

628

:

And of course, that's not seen well

and technically he doesn't want that.

629

:

So as much as he's got his, um,

sister-in-law throwing herself at him,

630

:

he's like, no, that's not what I want.

631

:

So it works out in his favor also to

have some kind of a fake engagement.

632

:

'cause he is like, well, I can

put an end to the rumors and I can

633

:

also get rid of my sister-in-law.

634

:

Nice sister.

635

:

So yeah, it was, it was interesting

'cause I'm not used to reading historical

636

:

romance with fake dating, but you know,

it was kind of, kind of a different take.

637

:

Mm-hmm.

638

:

It is a slow burn.

639

:

Um, yeah.

640

:

Lot, lots of scandal in this one.

641

:

So it was fun.

642

:

I'm team scandal, so sign me up.

643

:

Me too.

644

:

Yes.

645

:

So some exciting new releases.

646

:

Let us know in the comments which ones

you'll be adding to your reading list.

647

:

I know I will be adding some, but also

if there's some books we didn't cover

648

:

today as well, share them in the comments

so we can share the new releases.

649

:

Love.

650

:

Alright, so if you're just joining

us, welcome to our live show.

651

:

We host here every Thursday

at 12 noon Eastern time.

652

:

We shared some books for Pride Month.

653

:

That was our theme for the week,

because every week we have a theme.

654

:

We also got into some

new releases as well.

655

:

We also shared what we're watching.

656

:

Okay.

657

:

Because we don't just read books,

we watch things on television too.

658

:

Now we're gonna get into the news.

659

:

We're gonna get into some gossip as well.

660

:

I think the first thing that I do

wanna share is the announcement

661

:

that ever earned has acquired the

online book club platform Fable.

662

:

Now the screenshot you're seeing

on screen is from ever earned

663

:

directly the making the announcement.

664

:

But personally, I got the news

straight from Publishers Weekly.

665

:

So that is where, um, you know, uh,

my reporting is coming from today.

666

:

So you can check out the video's

description for links on what is going on.

667

:

So just in case you're not familiar

and you're like, what is going on?

668

:

ENT is the online ebook and

audiobook subscription service.

669

:

It is a subsidiary of Scribd.

670

:

Some of you might be familiar with

Scribd and they have acquired Fable.

671

:

Now, you might not know what

Fable is either, and that is fine.

672

:

Fable is a social reading

and book club app.

673

:

So, um, folks would just go online, sign

up on Fable, they can, you know, track

674

:

some of their reading to some degree,

sign up to book clubs, um, you know,

675

:

discuss books and all that good stuff.

676

:

Now, according to Publishers Weekly,

all Fable employees will join scr, okay?

677

:

With the CEO of Scribd, taking over as

fables, CEO and Fables, founder is set

678

:

to transition into a more advisory role.

679

:

So it goes on to talk about

the whole different things.

680

:

Again, you can click the link

in the video's description,

681

:

but Fable has a lot of users.

682

:

They host a lot of book clubs on the apps.

683

:

Um, a lot of big book talk influencers.

684

:

They share also, um, run book

clubs over there as well.

685

:

And you know, the company also

has an online bookstore that they

686

:

donate 20% to the World Literacy

Foundation and lots of other stuff.

687

:

And they're saying Fable

isn't afraid to experiment.

688

:

They're very excited for obviously, um,

this acquisition and this collaboration.

689

:

Um, they do say they will maintain.

690

:

Separate business models, they will

operate independently for the time being.

691

:

Though they do say collaborations,

um, also will occur.

692

:

Now if you're thinking about Fable,

you might also say, well, I heard

693

:

some really crazy stuff about Fable.

694

:

Yes, there was, um, there was, uh,

discourse online about some very

695

:

offensive and racially insensitive

content that was created for users.

696

:

They did mention it was AI powered

when it was sharing your end

697

:

of your year reading summary.

698

:

So there was lots of things

happening during that time as well.

699

:

They addressed it, they gave their

apology, they remove the AI feature and

700

:

the, the forum to address the issue.

701

:

But anyways, that's a whole mouthful.

702

:

But long story short is the company

Evran, who also runs script, has

703

:

been, um, has acquired Fable.

704

:

Fran, what are your thoughts?

705

:

I am kind of, I have mixed feelings

about this because I already have mixed

706

:

feelings about script slash ever and

because I want to say, and I can't

707

:

remember dates right now, but I wanna

say not that long ago they were, I.

708

:

Bought by some kind of investor

or some big guy, and I think

709

:

a, a tech guy actually.

710

:

And they recently changed also the

pricing of the subscription service.

711

:

'cause I've had my script subscription

service for years and I used to read

712

:

a ton and they had, you know, it,

they had, its, its good and it's bad,

713

:

where, you know, there was no rhyme or

reason for how you would get locked out

714

:

of listening to certain audio books.

715

:

But then it would tell you, okay,

after this date you can listen to that,

716

:

but you can listen to something else.

717

:

Now the, the good thing about this service

before is that it was kind of like Kindle

718

:

Unlimited for, in my opinion, I was using

it for audiobooks, but you could also.

719

:

Get eBooks and they have other things

on the platform, but basically it was

720

:

like a Kindle Unlimited subscription.

721

:

You could borrow things and have

kind of unlimited supply of that.

722

:

And they recently, with the new

owner changed that to where you

723

:

are basically unlocking, like

you're buying your subscription,

724

:

buys you, uh, points, let's say.

725

:

Okay.

726

:

And you're using that to unlock titles.

727

:

So they tell you that it's an unlimited

subscription, meaning like you can have

728

:

access to a whole bunch of their database.

729

:

Most of the books that you wanna

read are not on online and they're

730

:

all things you have to unlock.

731

:

Mm-hmm.

732

:

So your one credit that you're

getting will unlock one book or

733

:

two books, depending what you pay,

but then you don't own that title.

734

:

You are borrowing that title for

that amount of money, which is the

735

:

same amount of money that you would

pay Audible or libro for a credit.

736

:

Mm-hmm.

737

:

But there, you own the book.

738

:

So here you're paying that kind

of money to unlock a rental,

739

:

and then you gotta return that.

740

:

So what is the real incentive?

741

:

I have no idea.

742

:

But, so I've, I've seen so many

people that were loyal script ever

743

:

and whatever subscribers who have

left because like, what's the point?

744

:

I mean, they tell you

that there is a, a huge.

745

:

Library of things that you can access for

free in the same way, but I, I have yet to

746

:

find a book that it's not in the unlock.

747

:

Yeah.

748

:

And I'm talking even older titles,

not just like new releases.

749

:

I get it for the new releases.

750

:

Like I wouldn't mind if I have access to

a whole bunch of backlist things and then

751

:

for new releases, I have to unlock it,

but at the same time, if I have to unlock

752

:

it for the same amount of money that I

would pay to buy it, I'm gonna go buy it.

753

:

I'm gonna go buy it.

754

:

I see.

755

:

I'm not a SCR user, so I don't

have any experience, which is

756

:

why I'm not chiming in folks.

757

:

But if I'm paying the same amount

of money to rent something that

758

:

I can buy, I'm just gonna buy.

759

:

I'm just gonna go buy it.

760

:

So I, that's where my concern comes in,

because I feel like this new owner at.

761

:

Which is the one that is gonna

be like, heading both now?

762

:

Um, I don't think he understands

the mar like the community.

763

:

Okay.

764

:

And I think he's coming in with that,

you know, tech bro mentality of like

765

:

how I'm gonna get mo the most money.

766

:

So I don't know where that's gonna

fit in with incorporating Fable.

767

:

And I also don't know how you would

collaborate the two platforms.

768

:

'cause to me, like they're two

completely different things.

769

:

Yeah.

770

:

So I don't know what they're, where

they're going with that, uh, merger.

771

:

Yeah, it's a very interesting merger.

772

:

We will be paying attention.

773

:

I think I am going to go down

the rabbit hole of who is the CEO

774

:

behind ever who owns Majority State.

775

:

Because if you are not a book person and

you don't understand the community, yeah,

776

:

it's gonna be a rough and wild ride.

777

:

It might also be an expensive mistake.

778

:

I mean, I don't know how much

it was acquired for, but alls I

779

:

would say is, yeah, we're just

gonna have to wait and see.

780

:

Yeah.

781

:

But if you have any opinions, I

mean, share them in comments with us.

782

:

We'd love to hear from you, replay crew.

783

:

Let us know your thoughts.

784

:

Yeah.

785

:

On the fact that Ever End

has acquired Fable, they've

786

:

put out this, uh, statement.

787

:

They've put out several statements across

different presses, and again, we'll

788

:

include, well there are links right now

in the videos description, so you can

789

:

click read more and tell us your thoughts.

790

:

Okay.

791

:

We have a busy Newsweek.

792

:

Okay.

793

:

It is a busy Newsweek.

794

:

And the next topic that

we're gonna get into is.

795

:

Book Con is back now again, book

Con advertised on their platform.

796

:

So people who have been on book con book

Expo, comic Con, just anything, um, by

797

:

Read pop, you probably have received an

email to say, yes, the rumors are true.

798

:

Book Con is back.

799

:

They also did a presser

with Publishers Weekly.

800

:

I got an email through them as well

to say, yep, the Rumors are True.

801

:

Book Con will return in 2026.

802

:

So five years after Book Con and Book

Expo by Read pop announced that, hey.

803

:

We are retiring this, we are

now getting news that they are

804

:

reviving it and BookCon is back.

805

:

The new iteration is slated for

th:

806

:

I've included links in the video

description, so you can read

807

:

more directly from the Book Con

website, but you can also read the

808

:

presser from Publishers Weekly.

809

:

It also said that it will be

returning to its former home in

810

:

New York City's Javits Center.

811

:

So the person who headed up the

earlier iteration of BookCon, as

812

:

well as Book Expo, is serving as

an event director of the new show.

813

:

Now, the one thing I noticed

that they said in the presser

814

:

everywhere that I've read about

this is that the revived events.

815

:

Will bear no resemblance to book Expo

Now Book expo, which even Francesca

816

:

had to educate me on this earlier

book expo is the industry trade show,

817

:

the BookCon team and the BookCon

vent that we're gonna have in:

818

:

This is what they said, and

I quote is focused totally on

819

:

delivering a consumer event.

820

:

They also go on to then mention at the

end of the quote saying that it will

821

:

be catering to its original audience,

which is a younger genre readers.

822

:

They said the upcoming BookCon will

also feature book signings, panel

823

:

discussions, book club, meet tops,

sprayed edges, workshops, book swaps,

824

:

and a fantasy ball and lots more.

825

:

So there's, um, again,

link, a video description.

826

:

You can sign up to their email

newsletter so you'll be the

827

:

first to know all the details.

828

:

But right now they're announcing it.

829

:

They wanna get you excited to

say again, BookCon is back.

830

:

I heard about it from them directly

through Publishers Weekly, through

831

:

our friends DMing us all the things.

832

:

Fran, how are you feeling

that BookCon is back?

833

:

I know you have experience,

um, attending the event.

834

:

Many folks attended before 2020,

which is when they put it on pause.

835

:

But now that one you

hear they're coming back.

836

:

How do you feel about it?

837

:

Coming back in 2026?

838

:

They're coming back to the Javits.

839

:

But I found it interesting and as someone

who's been to this event, I found it

840

:

very interesting them stressing how

basically, listen book expo, that is

841

:

one thing we're not doing that again.

842

:

We're staying far from that.

843

:

They're really focusing on the

consumer side of it because that,

844

:

that was my biggest takeaway.

845

:

I actually think that it's, it's really

good news because first of all, there's

846

:

a lot of book signings right now.

847

:

Yes.

848

:

There's also a lot of crappy book

signings and a lot of people that

849

:

don't know how to run events.

850

:

So with all that being said, I think

there is a need for a big event that

851

:

can pull also the big name authors, um,

that is able to coordinate the kind of.

852

:

Draw that that's gonna

bring in and to be able to.

853

:

Pay for a location like the Javit

Center, where you can have something

854

:

really massive and really immersive.

855

:

So I think the need was there.

856

:

I think that after 2020, because

so many signings and things started

857

:

popping up, they felt like maybe that

was taking away from what they were

858

:

doing before, which I think that's

probably why they were pulling back.

859

:

Also, I mean, cost, it's, well,

that's what I was gonna say.

860

:

Cost I heard was the biggest thing.

861

:

Yeah.

862

:

Because at the time, in 2020 when they

did have an event planned because of

863

:

the pandemic, they were unable to have

in-person events and because of course,

864

:

publishers and advertisers and everyone

was pulling the funding, you know, and no

865

:

one wanted to do anything in 20 because

again, we, we just couldn't, it was a

866

:

time of, you know, uh, a great unknown.

867

:

Yeah.

868

:

They didn't have the funds to keep

that segment of the business alive

869

:

until we could get back outside.

870

:

Yeah, and I think that they probably

didn't bring it back sooner 'cause they

871

:

felt maybe these signings are enough.

872

:

But I feel especially this year,

there's been so much drama and mess

873

:

around book signings that it's proven

that we do need one solid event, at

874

:

least at a bare minimum, where readers

can go and they know that they're

875

:

gonna get a decent experience now.

876

:

That being said, I hope that they learn

from all the mistakes of Book Cons past

877

:

and uh, because it was something for

readers, the pricing was accessible.

878

:

There were a lot of people inside that

Janet Center, and I think that you can

879

:

have all the good intentions, but you

also need to be able to plan properly now.

880

:

Again, I have also gone to ComicCon at

the same javit center by the same people,

881

:

and that is run much, much better.

882

:

So if they could take the organization

that they have for ComicCon and

883

:

then translate that into how this

BookCon is going to be, I think

884

:

that's going, you're gonna be golden.

885

:

And I think it's gonna

be a great experience.

886

:

And I hope that it's a more immersive

experience where kind of like you have

887

:

the comic cons, you have the cosplay,

you can go into panels, you can learn

888

:

things, you can see the artists.

889

:

'cause I mean, right now with books,

you have a lot of illustrators, you

890

:

have a lot of other things that are

not just the authors in the books.

891

:

So I think that if they make it a very

immersive experience for the readers,

892

:

I think this could be really big.

893

:

And if they do well in 2026, I

think this could be something that's

894

:

really exciting for people to go.

895

:

Every year I will give them

a shot and I will go to it.

896

:

Listen, Francesca said she's going

and my only thing is if she's going,

897

:

I'm going, I'm not going without her.

898

:

Um, I'm also just gonna add in real quick.

899

:

I do think it's necessary

for us to have an event.

900

:

And again, no offense to folks, okay?

901

:

We are content creators.

902

:

You know, we're out here trying to

run a little small business too.

903

:

I like the fact that these are

professional event planners.

904

:

Yeah.

905

:

This is what they do.

906

:

This is their business.

907

:

You also gave a positive, um.

908

:

Uh, Fe feeling for ComicCon.

909

:

Mm-hmm.

910

:

And I also found it very interesting

because they also email their

911

:

ComicCon folks too and say, oh hey,

we are bringing this back and we're

912

:

bringing it back in this kind of way.

913

:

So I think they're gonna

lean in on ComicCon mm-hmm.

914

:

And the experiences that ComicCon

focuses on and bring it to BookCon.

915

:

And by them also emphasizing we

want nothing to do with book expert.

916

:

I think they're realizing if you make

it more about the readers and less

917

:

about the industry, because there enough

other industry events out there, if we

918

:

remove the industry section and make

it all about the reader experience and

919

:

focusing on the reader experience, then

I think, um, they'll do a good job.

920

:

And.

921

:

Let me just tentatively say, we hope

we will see you at BookCon in:

922

:

So mark your calendars, folks, because

they're coming back and it's gonna be

923

:

April 18th through to the 19th, 2026.

924

:

Let us know your thoughts and

comments if you are planning to go, if

925

:

you're like, yes, I'm already there.

926

:

Okay, the tickets are purchased

even though they're not on sale

927

:

yet, but you know what I'm saying?

928

:

If, if you know that you're

gonna be there, let us know

929

:

your thoughts and comments.

930

:

How do you feel about it?

931

:

If not, we also wanna hear from you too.

932

:

So share your thoughts in the comments.

933

:

Replay crew, we wanna

hear from you as well.

934

:

So share your thoughts.

935

:

Okay?

936

:

Like I said, busy Newsweek,

we're gonna really kind of fly

937

:

through the rest of the stuff.

938

:

Lots of things happening now.

939

:

We're getting into the gossipy territory.

940

:

We gave you news, but that was facts.

941

:

Now we are getting heavy,

heavy, heavy into the feelings.

942

:

And the first thing I wanna

talk about is Ali Hazelwood.

943

:

Yeah.

944

:

Okay.

945

:

I really wanna talk about Ali

Hazelwood because I don't understand

946

:

what is wrong with the internet.

947

:

What did you say the other day, Francesca?

948

:

Like, these people need home training.

949

:

Yeah.

950

:

Was that what we were saying?

951

:

Like Yeah, they need house training book.

952

:

People need home training.

953

:

So just in case you haven't heard,

Ali Hazelwood has deactivated

954

:

her social media accounts.

955

:

Okay.

956

:

Yeah.

957

:

Specifically Instagram, I think

threads and all the things,

958

:

Ali is off social media.

959

:

She has left and it is because of people

online who have zero house training.

960

:

Okay.

961

:

Zero house training.

962

:

Now I will admit the things with

Ali kind of have been piling up.

963

:

Um, people had things to say

when she released her book.

964

:

Um, deep was it Deep end.

965

:

Deep end.

966

:

Mm-hmm.

967

:

Yeah.

968

:

People had thoughts when

she released Deep End.

969

:

People had thoughts when she

canceled her European, uh, tour.

970

:

And I'm just gonna go on a limb and

stay I understand why she did it.

971

:

Yep.

972

:

Okay.

973

:

Same.

974

:

I am not leaving.

975

:

Okay.

976

:

Because it is a scary world out there and

unless you've been through it yourself.

977

:

Okay.

978

:

Um, you know what, let me just say it.

979

:

Unless you've been held at an

airport, I have multiple times.

980

:

Unless you've been, unless you've had to.

981

:

Your humanity and your reasoning question.

982

:

Okay.

983

:

You don't understand.

984

:

You don't understand what it's like

when you have to go to interview after

985

:

interview every year, every two years,

depending, whatever your time is, and you

986

:

have to justify your humanity to these

people in order for you to live and stay

987

:

and work in the us You don't understand.

988

:

And even after you get your papers

and you feel like, oh, I have a green

989

:

card, or, oh, I'm a US citizen, if

you still don't understand, okay.

990

:

How you're treated when you're coming

back in, if you don't understand what

991

:

it's like to be separated from your

family because one person is a citizen

992

:

and another person is not only have

kids over here and all over the place.

993

:

Mm-hmm.

994

:

You don't understand why this

woman chose not to go back home.

995

:

I told my mother, I ain't coming

anywhere unless legit someone is dying.

996

:

Okay.

997

:

So I understood her reasoning.

998

:

But people on the internet, like

even if you don't understand,

999

:

just respect her decision.

:

00:51:04,140 --> 00:51:04,259

Yeah.

:

00:51:04,259 --> 00:51:04,860

Period.

:

00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:08,070

But now we're bringing it up again.

:

00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:13,560

Because she was at an event recently

and she said she was Team Gail over team

:

00:51:13,560 --> 00:51:15,720

Peter when it came to the Hunger Games.

:

00:51:15,720 --> 00:51:17,069

Now, context is important.

:

00:51:17,069 --> 00:51:20,250

Context matters, and they

were basically riffing.

:

00:51:20,460 --> 00:51:24,810

But even if she was serious about it,

why are you all going onto this woman's

:

00:51:24,810 --> 00:51:27,629

account and harassing her and when

she's trying to promote other authors?

:

00:51:27,629 --> 00:51:31,560

Because here's the thing, Ali Hazelwood

does not need publicity to sell books.

:

00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:32,759

This is already gonna sell books.

:

00:51:32,759 --> 00:51:36,299

And as a person who considers

herself content creator media,

:

00:51:36,299 --> 00:51:37,410

I get a lot of free books.

:

00:51:37,740 --> 00:51:43,020

Ali didn't need any of that with her new

book, which I actually have right here.

:

00:51:43,725 --> 00:51:44,235

Okay.

:

00:51:44,415 --> 00:51:46,575

I legit purchased this

when I went on holiday.

:

00:51:46,575 --> 00:51:48,015

That's why I was alive last week.

:

00:51:48,405 --> 00:51:48,915

Okay.

:

00:51:49,335 --> 00:51:50,445

It's a read.

:

00:51:50,685 --> 00:51:51,315

It's a good read.

:

00:51:51,315 --> 00:51:52,425

She doesn't need to do all of that.

:

00:51:52,425 --> 00:51:53,955

She has another book coming out.

:

00:51:54,015 --> 00:51:58,155

She has something else coming up, which

we'll talk about, but for the cancellation

:

00:51:58,155 --> 00:52:02,205

and all the, and her having to leave

for her mental health, there's another

:

00:52:02,205 --> 00:52:06,645

author we're gonna talk about today who

did a post also about her mental health.

:

00:52:06,705 --> 00:52:09,135

Francesca, why do these people

don't have house training?

:

00:52:09,405 --> 00:52:10,245

I don't understand.

:

00:52:10,245 --> 00:52:14,175

I really don't know what to even

say because I would never think

:

00:52:14,535 --> 00:52:16,905

that whether you agree with her.

:

00:52:16,905 --> 00:52:22,395

Take on Team Gail or Team Peter,

first of all, that is so long ago.

:

00:52:22,455 --> 00:52:23,595

Who cares?

:

00:52:24,075 --> 00:52:24,765

And second.

:

00:52:25,799 --> 00:52:26,759

It's her opinion.

:

00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:30,180

You can just think, oh,

that's, that's a bad take.

:

00:52:30,180 --> 00:52:31,140

I don't agree with it.

:

00:52:31,140 --> 00:52:32,759

And move on with your life.

:

00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:38,460

You don't need to go on her social

media and express your opinion about it.

:

00:52:38,910 --> 00:52:42,359

You don't, she wasn't even

talking about it on social media.

:

00:52:42,359 --> 00:52:46,560

It's like something that happened

on tour and you guys brought it onto

:

00:52:46,560 --> 00:52:50,490

her social media on a post where

she was promoting another author.

:

00:52:50,759 --> 00:52:52,350

Like, I just don't understand it.

:

00:52:52,589 --> 00:52:56,400

Um, and even with what we're gonna

talk about after, like with, with

:

00:52:56,400 --> 00:53:01,319

the other author, why do, why does

everybody feel like their opinion

:

00:53:01,319 --> 00:53:07,170

needs to be vomited onto the comment

section of an author's social media?

:

00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:09,540

I really just don't understand that.

:

00:53:09,629 --> 00:53:10,799

I will never understand that.

:

00:53:10,799 --> 00:53:12,000

I've never done that.

:

00:53:12,270 --> 00:53:16,589

If you have something nice to say, you

can go and say that, but other than that.

:

00:53:17,069 --> 00:53:22,230

Just keep it to yourself or, or you can

share it in your own platform without

:

00:53:22,230 --> 00:53:26,490

tagging the author and just talk about

it with your, with your group chat.

:

00:53:26,730 --> 00:53:29,819

Or if you have an audience, you can

talk about it with your audience.

:

00:53:29,910 --> 00:53:30,690

And that's it.

:

00:53:30,690 --> 00:53:34,589

Like, you don't need to be in

something like this with her

:

00:53:34,589 --> 00:53:36,839

saying she's team, uh, Gail.

:

00:53:37,020 --> 00:53:39,990

Like that's not even something

to even talk, talk, talk about.

:

00:53:41,580 --> 00:53:43,500

It's not something to talk

about it with your group chat.

:

00:53:43,500 --> 00:53:47,790

If you have a group chat, if you guys

were like, really big Hunger Games fans.

:

00:53:47,819 --> 00:53:52,680

'cause listen, even when I read the

Hunger Games, you start out in the

:

00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:57,480

first book at bare minimum being

kind of like, team Gale, we listen,

:

00:53:57,480 --> 00:53:59,520

if you, we all were there, we were.

:

00:53:59,525 --> 00:54:00,630

And then we're like, oh shit.

:

00:54:03,509 --> 00:54:04,259

Here's a thing.

:

00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:05,640

We all started out liking him.

:

00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:09,150

If you are watching this right now,

and you are, be honest with yourselves

:

00:54:09,300 --> 00:54:13,350

If you can't be honest and say your

facts at, in the beginning Yeah.

:

00:54:13,410 --> 00:54:17,520

We, we were kind of, you know, it's

kind of like going back to again, the

:

00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:19,620

fandom of it all and everything again.

:

00:54:19,620 --> 00:54:21,150

It's not that serious No.

:

00:54:21,150 --> 00:54:22,410

That you're gonna attack a person.

:

00:54:22,410 --> 00:54:25,080

Like I, I, listen, we're

riffing about it right now.

:

00:54:25,140 --> 00:54:25,290

Yeah.

:

00:54:25,350 --> 00:54:26,610

Like, you can do that.

:

00:54:26,610 --> 00:54:30,240

But to go on the author's page

and essentially harass them.

:

00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:30,540

Yeah.

:

00:54:30,570 --> 00:54:31,020

Right.

:

00:54:31,259 --> 00:54:33,694

Again, just driving them

it's wild off a wall.

:

00:54:33,699 --> 00:54:33,915

Wild.

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00:54:33,920 --> 00:54:34,800

That part is wild.

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00:54:34,830 --> 00:54:37,590

And I do wanna say, um, or friend Laura.

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00:54:38,130 --> 00:54:38,460

Okay.

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00:54:38,460 --> 00:54:43,470

Who's busy at work right now, but Laura

said, and, and I'm, and, and, and I agree.

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00:54:43,470 --> 00:54:47,910

We need to go back to the days of

sending author fan mail to the PO box.

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00:54:47,940 --> 00:54:48,090

Mm-hmm.

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00:54:48,330 --> 00:54:52,710

Period dot I actually think

because of reader behavior Yeah.

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00:54:52,710 --> 00:54:53,670

And it's not all readers.

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00:54:53,700 --> 00:54:54,180

Okay.

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00:54:54,330 --> 00:54:57,845

I would, I would like to believe people

in our community have common sense.

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00:54:57,990 --> 00:54:59,910

The fact that you

subscribe and you listen.

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00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:01,259

I'm gonna, I'm gonna go on a limb.

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00:55:01,259 --> 00:55:01,320

Yeah.

:

00:55:01,380 --> 00:55:05,340

You, you get us, you, you, your

reasonable thinking person.

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00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:08,520

You might not have to agree

with everything but reasonable.

:

00:55:08,550 --> 00:55:12,509

'cause I don't want people who agree with

me all the time, but you're reasonable.

:

00:55:15,030 --> 00:55:17,759

You don't need to go on a person's

page directly and attack them.

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00:55:17,759 --> 00:55:20,460

And furthermore, by doing so,

we're gonna get to a space.

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00:55:21,345 --> 00:55:24,045

Where authors are gonna remove

themselves from social media.

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00:55:24,045 --> 00:55:27,645

I remember Sally Rooney getting lots

of heat for not being on social, for

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00:55:27,645 --> 00:55:32,055

not doing interviews and her removing

herself well, not removing, just not

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00:55:32,055 --> 00:55:34,694

putting herself on the internet because

she just doesn't want all of that.

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00:55:34,694 --> 00:55:38,595

I actually think, you know what, maybe,

maybe she saw us right the future and

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00:55:38,595 --> 00:55:41,115

she was smart and she's like, listen,

I'm not gonna put myself out here

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00:55:41,115 --> 00:55:43,725

because people are gonna tear me apart

because there are people out there who

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00:55:43,725 --> 00:55:45,884

don't like her books and that is okay.

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00:55:45,884 --> 00:55:50,654

Yeah, but you need to go on their

page, tag them, say crazy things, just

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00:55:50,654 --> 00:55:53,654

do it in the group chat, or come over

here and we can do it in our chat.

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00:55:54,045 --> 00:55:54,194

Yeah.

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00:55:54,194 --> 00:55:57,765

Feel free to say whatever it

is once it's not hurtful and

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00:55:57,765 --> 00:55:59,265

offensive, but you know what I mean.

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00:55:59,265 --> 00:56:01,485

We can talk about it,

but don't go over there.

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00:56:01,515 --> 00:56:02,654

We're not gonna tag her.

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00:56:02,745 --> 00:56:02,924

No.

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00:56:03,194 --> 00:56:03,404

Yeah.

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00:56:04,424 --> 00:56:04,995

Wild.

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00:56:05,145 --> 00:56:06,285

Just wild behavior.

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00:56:07,290 --> 00:56:10,590

Continuing the Ali News, I do

wanna announce some positive news.

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00:56:10,620 --> 00:56:11,190

Okay.

:

00:56:11,220 --> 00:56:14,430

Ali Hazelwood is launching

soon after the end.

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00:56:14,820 --> 00:56:17,640

This is gonna be a dystopian

romance collection.

:

00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:22,380

There's gonna be eight original stories

by different authors, and they're gonna be

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00:56:22,380 --> 00:56:25,830

exploring love after the end of the world.

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00:56:26,010 --> 00:56:29,970

So their whole premise, their, their

whole pitch is that, you know what,

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00:56:30,000 --> 00:56:34,560

even in the end when we get to that

point, um, there is gonna be love.

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00:56:34,560 --> 00:56:37,230

So I have included a link

in the video's description.

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00:56:37,230 --> 00:56:39,840

It's after the end romance.com,

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00:56:40,110 --> 00:56:42,840

because again, we have no idea what

it's gonna be over there, but in

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00:56:42,840 --> 00:56:45,690

the end, but they're saying we're

gonna have happily ever afters.

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00:56:45,720 --> 00:56:47,970

This is a collaborative project and I.

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00:56:49,380 --> 00:56:52,529

The thing about Ali Hazelwood, I

dunno, this woman, but it's just

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00:56:52,529 --> 00:56:54,779

the energy I've been seeing online.

:

00:56:54,900 --> 00:56:57,450

She seems to be a very

collaborative person.

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00:56:57,600 --> 00:57:00,870

She's successful in her own right,

but she's always taking time

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00:57:00,870 --> 00:57:04,500

to promote other authors, other

things and put other people on.

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00:57:04,980 --> 00:57:08,910

And I love a collaborative project

and what she's doing with this.

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00:57:09,645 --> 00:57:12,555

Is she is working with other authors.

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00:57:12,855 --> 00:57:16,305

There is a link to a Kickstarter

that they're doing, and here's

:

00:57:16,305 --> 00:57:19,845

some of the stories we're gonna

have Bait by Adriana Herrera.

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00:57:20,174 --> 00:57:22,515

First by Ali Haywood herself.

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00:57:22,605 --> 00:57:25,814

We're gonna have Nina Saxena

with a book called Maya.

:

00:57:25,845 --> 00:57:27,855

Nikki Payne is writing skin.

:

00:57:28,125 --> 00:57:31,274

Elizabeth Stevens is writing, uh, taken.

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00:57:31,484 --> 00:57:33,585

Claire Kent is writing brood.

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00:57:33,794 --> 00:57:40,214

Sherry Thomas is doing, um, a book called

Prima and Kate c Wells is doing Trade.

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00:57:40,365 --> 00:57:43,725

So again, all original

stories all by these authors.

:

00:57:43,725 --> 00:57:46,035

You might hear some names

that you are familiar with.

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00:57:46,040 --> 00:57:46,060

Mm-hmm.

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00:57:46,665 --> 00:57:49,335

I mean, I was really excited

about this collaborative project.

:

00:57:49,335 --> 00:57:51,524

Again, Francesca and I

talk about this a lot.

:

00:57:51,524 --> 00:57:55,665

We miss the days of

collabs and communities.

:

00:57:55,694 --> 00:58:00,285

I think we're in a culture right

now of too much solo and individual

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00:58:00,285 --> 00:58:03,314

and we like working together

and people working together.

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00:58:04,095 --> 00:58:05,024

Yep, absolutely.

:

00:58:05,024 --> 00:58:05,595

Completely agree.

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00:58:05,595 --> 00:58:06,794

I'm excited for this one.

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00:58:06,794 --> 00:58:07,725

I cannot wait.

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00:58:08,370 --> 00:58:09,509

Yeah, it's gonna be fun.

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00:58:09,810 --> 00:58:09,959

Mm-hmm.

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00:58:10,029 --> 00:58:10,950

It's gonna be fun.

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00:58:11,459 --> 00:58:11,819

All right.

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00:58:11,819 --> 00:58:13,439

So mark, your, mark

your calendars for that.

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00:58:13,439 --> 00:58:15,180

Click the links and go

check out the Kickstarter.

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00:58:15,270 --> 00:58:15,540

Okay.

:

00:58:15,540 --> 00:58:16,500

We have more news.

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00:58:16,500 --> 00:58:18,000

We have some Nevisa Allen News.

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00:58:18,000 --> 00:58:19,799

So remember we're talking

about the author, right?

:

00:58:20,339 --> 00:58:22,080

The author that people

are giving a hard time.

:

00:58:22,259 --> 00:58:26,279

So in case you're not familiar, NEVISA

Allen is the author of Lights Out.

:

00:58:26,279 --> 00:58:28,560

Lights Out was a pretty big deal.

:

00:58:28,589 --> 00:58:30,990

Um, pretty big deal last year.

:

00:58:31,500 --> 00:58:32,850

Um, everyone was talking about it.

:

00:58:32,850 --> 00:58:34,109

Francesca talked about it.

:

00:58:34,140 --> 00:58:35,640

Um, even I was sold on it.

:

00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:36,870

I was like, oh yeah, that sounds good.

:

00:58:37,169 --> 00:58:39,330

Um, I will be honest, I didn't

get around to reading it.

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00:58:39,734 --> 00:58:40,024

Okay.

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00:58:40,410 --> 00:58:43,649

Um, but yes, was very

excited to hear about it.

:

00:58:43,649 --> 00:58:46,080

Now the new book is caught up.

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00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:48,149

Francesca has a review of Caught Up.

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00:58:48,149 --> 00:58:51,509

You can find a link in the video's

description, but basically people were

:

00:58:51,660 --> 00:58:55,649

kind of upset about it all, um, saying

it did not live up to expectations.

:

00:58:55,649 --> 00:58:58,890

And I know, Fran, you have some

thoughts and they were going off on her.

:

00:58:59,265 --> 00:58:59,805

As well.

:

00:58:59,805 --> 00:59:02,654

I'm gonna get that

screenshot on her comments.

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00:59:02,835 --> 00:59:03,225

I know.

:

00:59:03,285 --> 00:59:04,005

What did you think?

:

00:59:05,025 --> 00:59:09,105

Okay, so I mean, I can, I can see

where people are coming from and

:

00:59:09,105 --> 00:59:13,455

I did talk about that in my review

because I don't think this book

:

00:59:13,455 --> 00:59:16,634

lives up to the hype of Lights Out.

:

00:59:16,965 --> 00:59:18,674

It's a very different kind of book.

:

00:59:18,705 --> 00:59:21,435

I think some of that could also be on us.

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00:59:21,435 --> 00:59:26,685

The readers were expecting something that

maybe the series was just not meant to be.

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00:59:27,165 --> 00:59:28,575

Um, which I don't know.

:

00:59:28,575 --> 00:59:32,654

But again, like you always say,

we, we support our authors here,

:

00:59:32,654 --> 00:59:36,435

even if they have a book that is

not as good as we're expecting.

:

00:59:36,435 --> 00:59:38,745

So we're still supportive of our authors.

:

00:59:38,924 --> 00:59:41,895

We can acknowledge when they

don't have their best book.

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00:59:42,195 --> 00:59:47,924

But to, first of all, to go on any

author's comments while they're

:

00:59:47,924 --> 00:59:51,255

celebrating their release, so

you know that they're actively on

:

00:59:51,255 --> 00:59:56,835

social media and to talk crap about

how much you hated their book.

:

00:59:56,835 --> 00:59:57,705

That is just.

:

00:59:58,770 --> 01:00:00,090

Horrible behavior.

:

01:00:00,450 --> 01:00:01,500

Horrible behavior.

:

01:00:01,500 --> 01:00:06,240

It's so entitled, if you have a platform,

go and post your review on your platform.

:

01:00:06,390 --> 01:00:11,160

If you want to post a review on Amazon, go

and do that, or on Good Reads or whatever.

:

01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:17,250

But do not go and tag the author or

expose your bad opinion to the author.

:

01:00:17,250 --> 01:00:22,050

And they just did that recently, few

weeks ago, a month ago, whatever it was,

:

01:00:22,230 --> 01:00:25,590

when she announced who the narrator was,

which by the way, listen to the audiobook.

:

01:00:25,620 --> 01:00:26,250

It's amazing.

:

01:00:26,460 --> 01:00:28,350

It's a great audiobook, great narration.

:

01:00:28,350 --> 01:00:34,170

Teddy Hamilton Chef's Kiss, but she

already got so much heat that time and

:

01:00:34,170 --> 01:00:39,630

now people are being just absolutely

nasty and she has to again, limit

:

01:00:39,630 --> 01:00:43,805

her social media, which I'm at this

point, I fully support authors to.

:

01:00:45,149 --> 01:00:47,910

Take themselves off of social

media 'cause people can't behave.

:

01:00:48,540 --> 01:00:55,620

They can behave, they can behave up on

screen is Navis Allen's, um, last thread

:

01:00:55,620 --> 01:00:59,520

actually, and this is dated, um, May 22nd.

:

01:00:59,879 --> 01:01:03,779

And she basically says, FYI, I plan

to start limiting access to myself.

:

01:01:03,779 --> 01:01:07,410

I'm not backing outta my current

commitments, but going forward, I'm

:

01:01:07,410 --> 01:01:12,359

taking like one or two interviews a

year, comments turned off on certain

:

01:01:12,359 --> 01:01:18,000

announcement posts, signings by mail

only zero engagements in the comment

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01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:19,830

sections on my social media accounts.

:

01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:23,850

And this will probably be my last

post on here for a long time, which

:

01:01:23,850 --> 01:01:25,290

by the way, she hasn't posted since.

:

01:01:25,649 --> 01:01:30,149

And yes, she goes on to say it's

because I've been pushed to this

:

01:01:30,149 --> 01:01:35,100

point and I'm choosing my mental

health over the entitlement of others.

:

01:01:35,100 --> 01:01:36,390

Again, the thread goes on.

:

01:01:36,390 --> 01:01:39,720

There's a link in the video description,

you can read it, but essentially.

:

01:01:40,305 --> 01:01:43,335

It's all the backlash the

author has been receiving.

:

01:01:43,335 --> 01:01:45,975

And again, people, you need

to have some house training.

:

01:01:45,975 --> 01:01:48,615

You can have your feelings,

you can feel the way you feel.

:

01:01:48,735 --> 01:01:51,015

I'm not invalidating your feelings.

:

01:01:51,225 --> 01:01:52,965

That is what your group chat is for.

:

01:01:52,965 --> 01:01:54,495

That is what your friends is for.

:

01:01:55,125 --> 01:01:59,025

Don't go on social media because that the

other thing I had to think about it too.

:

01:01:59,025 --> 01:02:03,645

I know we often say don't tag the author

in like negative reviews and stuff like

:

01:02:03,645 --> 01:02:09,975

that, but the way algorithms work nowadays

is that you can open your phone and bloop.

:

01:02:10,065 --> 01:02:10,155

Mm-hmm.

:

01:02:10,395 --> 01:02:11,685

This is in your face.

:

01:02:11,715 --> 01:02:12,015

Yeah.

:

01:02:12,105 --> 01:02:16,785

So I understand you have reader space,

author space and stuff like that.

:

01:02:17,565 --> 01:02:18,945

I think you can post your reviews.

:

01:02:20,115 --> 01:02:23,384

But I think we should refrain

from personal attacks.

:

01:02:23,535 --> 01:02:23,625

Mm-hmm.

:

01:02:24,734 --> 01:02:27,254

You should have always

refrain from personal attacks,

:

01:02:27,254 --> 01:02:28,754

even in a negative review.

:

01:02:28,785 --> 01:02:32,955

'cause you can, you can explain your

feelings on why you don't like a

:

01:02:32,955 --> 01:02:38,355

book without attacking personally

the author or saying that whatever

:

01:02:38,355 --> 01:02:42,615

she's trying to do is wrong on a

personal level because of X, Y, Z.

:

01:02:42,975 --> 01:02:48,015

So you can state facts in your

opinion, on those facts without

:

01:02:48,015 --> 01:02:49,935

getting involved in personal feelings.

:

01:02:49,935 --> 01:02:53,595

I, I've been writing negative

reviews for, since we started the

:

01:02:53,595 --> 01:02:58,904

blog for over 14 years, and that is

the one thing that I always try to

:

01:02:58,904 --> 01:03:03,105

maintain is that even on a negative

review, you have to be respectful.

:

01:03:04,020 --> 01:03:08,070

You can't, you can't be putting

personal attacks on, on people.

:

01:03:08,310 --> 01:03:12,630

So, but again, I think this is

gonna open up, it will slowly

:

01:03:12,630 --> 01:03:16,800

start opening up a conversation of

reader spaces and author spaces.

:

01:03:16,800 --> 01:03:20,940

And I think what that's gonna do

is it's gonna close in those author

:

01:03:20,940 --> 01:03:25,170

spaces to where they're gonna have,

we're gonna have less access to them.

:

01:03:25,410 --> 01:03:25,500

Mm-hmm.

:

01:03:25,740 --> 01:03:29,250

And in a weird way, I feel that's

gonna be a good thing for us.

:

01:03:29,310 --> 01:03:30,630

I'm actually okay with that.

:

01:03:30,635 --> 01:03:30,645

Yeah.

:

01:03:30,650 --> 01:03:32,370

I endorse that a hundred percent.

:

01:03:32,430 --> 01:03:32,490

Yeah.

:

01:03:32,550 --> 01:03:35,940

If you wanna see your authors, talk to

your authors, stuff like that, I think

:

01:03:35,940 --> 01:03:38,070

authors should have DMS turned off.

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01:03:38,070 --> 01:03:38,805

Tags turned off.

:

01:03:38,805 --> 01:03:39,005

Mm-hmm.

:

01:03:39,085 --> 01:03:39,485

Mm-hmm.

:

01:03:39,805 --> 01:03:40,725

Comments turned off.

:

01:03:41,130 --> 01:03:43,380

I know it sounds cold.

:

01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:46,290

You have to protect yourself

out here in these streets.

:

01:03:46,350 --> 01:03:46,410

Yeah.

:

01:03:46,410 --> 01:03:49,020

So I'm sending positive

energy to both these authors.

:

01:03:49,020 --> 01:03:49,110

Mm-hmm.

:

01:03:49,350 --> 01:03:50,565

Coincidentally, who we are talking about.

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01:03:51,105 --> 01:03:53,835

Who have removed themselves

from social media.

:

01:03:53,835 --> 01:03:53,895

Yeah.

:

01:03:53,895 --> 01:03:55,365

Again, people who need

some house training.

:

01:03:55,395 --> 01:03:55,725

Okay.

:

01:03:55,755 --> 01:03:55,935

Yeah.

:

01:03:56,025 --> 01:03:58,875

But share your thoughts and

comments about the Navis Allen book.

:

01:03:59,085 --> 01:04:03,105

Um, lights Out and Your Thoughts

aren't caught up, but also, um,

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01:04:03,105 --> 01:04:05,745

about her having to remove herself

from social media because again,

:

01:04:05,745 --> 01:04:06,855

people have no House training.

:

01:04:06,855 --> 01:04:08,175

Let us know your thoughts

and the comments.

:

01:04:08,655 --> 01:04:13,005

Last thing, and it's only gonna be a

quick mention because again, time, people

:

01:04:13,005 --> 01:04:15,255

time, but we've had plagiarism claims.

:

01:04:15,255 --> 01:04:16,725

Again, this is the last topic.

:

01:04:16,815 --> 01:04:21,265

Um, there is a claim

that Beverly by Lauren J.

:

01:04:21,265 --> 01:04:26,985

Roberts, is a complete lift, and in the

words of this creator bar for Bar, okay.

:

01:04:27,345 --> 01:04:30,345

Um, lift From Obsessed by RJ Lewis.

:

01:04:30,345 --> 01:04:33,915

Now the content creator

up on screen is Lola Remy.

:

01:04:34,185 --> 01:04:36,705

I have a link in the video's

description so you can watch her

:

01:04:36,705 --> 01:04:40,065

video because again, she presents

the points, she presents the facts,

:

01:04:40,065 --> 01:04:42,585

she downloaded both books and mm-hmm.

:

01:04:42,591 --> 01:04:45,375

Beverly is a lift from Obsessed, I mean.

:

01:04:45,690 --> 01:04:47,759

Fran, another pla plagiarism claim.

:

01:04:47,759 --> 01:04:48,720

What are your thoughts?

:

01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:53,129

I also saw one comment, um,

and again, this is gossip.

:

01:04:53,129 --> 01:04:54,359

We don't know this for a fact.

:

01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:58,770

Uh, where one person was saying, I

wonder if it's the author rebranding

:

01:04:58,770 --> 01:05:03,420

themselves, like creating a new pseudonym

and republishing and repackaging.

:

01:05:03,629 --> 01:05:05,850

But in my mind, the author would

announce that on that page.

:

01:05:05,910 --> 01:05:06,270

Yeah.

:

01:05:06,870 --> 01:05:11,220

I don't, I don't know if the author would

do that, because I don't know either

:

01:05:11,220 --> 01:05:15,089

one of the authors, and I don't know

if there was any negative connotation

:

01:05:15,089 --> 01:05:16,859

to the name for her to be doing that.

:

01:05:16,859 --> 01:05:19,350

'cause like I feel if you're

rebranding, but you're not.

:

01:05:19,830 --> 01:05:21,180

Changing the genre.

:

01:05:21,180 --> 01:05:23,970

So it's almost like

republishing the same thing.

:

01:05:24,270 --> 01:05:30,450

It feels weird, but here's something

I have seen, and if that's the case, I

:

01:05:30,450 --> 01:05:35,099

feel like the author should just come

out and say that, um, Melissa Foster

:

01:05:35,100 --> 01:05:40,319

also has a pen name that Nat right

now, it escapes my, my memory and she

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01:05:40,319 --> 01:05:43,350

writes Spicy Romance as Melissa Foster.

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And then on there the other

pen name, it's the same story.

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So like the books are the

same, but one is sweet.

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Ooh.

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So she changes the names and she removes

the sex and she changes a couple of

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things, but it's basically the same thing.

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Oh, under a different name.

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Now I don't think she's super, super

public with it, but it's kind of known.

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If you are a fan, um, and right

now it escapes my memory, so

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maybe that could be the case.

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But if that's the case and this

much drama is happening, I feel like

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the author should say something.

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Um, but I have a feeling it's more I.

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Plagiarism.

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Yes, I'm leaning towards that.

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But again, look, if I have information,

I am gonna present it to you all.

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And I did see it in the comments,

so it had me thinking, you

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know, it had me thinking.

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01:06:32,910 --> 01:06:33,629

Yeah, yeah.

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But yet another plagiarism claim.

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Again, we're never, we're

never gonna avoid that.

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I know.

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It's wild.

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It's wild.

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It is.

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Alright, so we are at the

end of today's live show.

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Again, thank you for

joining us for a novel hour.

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We go live here every Thursday

at 12 noon Eastern time.

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Next week we're gonna be sharing

some audio book recommendations.

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Okay?

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Perfect.

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Especially if you're hitting the road.

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Then the following week we're gonna

share some Caribbean book recommendations

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focusing on Caribbean authors.

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Then we're gonna get into more

beach read recommendations.

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We did our summer reading episode already,

so you can check out the summer Reading

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Guide Challenges book Recs and more.

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And again, just mark your calendar.

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We have lots of exciting shows.

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Calming up.

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Every Thursday, 12 noon Eastern time.

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So thanks everyone for

watching us Replay Crew.

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We appreciate you as well.

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So be sure to sh so be sure to

share your thoughts in the comments.

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