In this episode of the Reading Under the Covers Podcast, we are diving into the Goodreads Choice Awards 2025, aka the Super Bowl of book drama. We’re breaking down the nominees, sharing our knee-jerk reactions, casting our votes, and making very confident predictions about who’s going to take home the crown in each category. And are we ready to go full conspiracy theory over the voting process? (Always.)

Watch the video: https://youtube.com/live/XEzRbKRj-9Q

Plus we’re also spotlighting some buzzy new releases worth adding to your TBR immediately.

💬 Let us know in the comments: What are your thoughts on the GoodReads Choice Awards this year? Predictions, reactions, your votes. Let us know in the comments.

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→ Sylvia Mercedes stops by the blog to share her favorite slow burn romantasy books:

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⏰ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards

00:41 Fiction Category: My Votes and Predictions

01:46 Historical Fiction: Who Will Win?

03:12 Mysteries and Thrillers: The Top Contenders

05:05 Live Interaction and Viewer Comments

08:04 Romance Category: Disappointments and Predictions

15:27 Fantasy Category: Popular Picks

18:38 Science Fiction: Passionate Picks

20:37 Horror Category: Gothic vs. Traditional

22:39 Debut Novels: Fresh Faces

24:14 Audiobooks: Production Value and Predictions

29:04 Young Adult Fantasy: Disappointments and Predictions

29:56 Young Adult Fiction Nominees

30:58 Nonfiction Predictions

32:19 Memoir Category Highlights

34:05 History and Biography Picks

38:41 New Book Releases This Week

47:41 Current Reads and Recommendations

51:44 What We're Watching

01:01:24 Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

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→ Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister: https://rstyle.me/+MnSUTh5DE0GlMzMIWPUkqA

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→ Not You Again by Erin La Rosa: https://rstyle.me/+JMPX68avHVJPet_H9l4KFQ

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Voting is open for the 2025 Good Reads Choice Awards.

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And we need to talk about the elephant

in the room because the books we

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are voting for are not the same as

the books that will actually win.

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So today we are sharing our honest

votes in every category, but we're

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also predicting the books that

we think will win in the end.

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And listen, spoiler alert, we have some

hot takes on the awards in general, but

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we're also gonna get into this week's

new releases and what we're reading and

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watching after we talk about the awards.

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So let's jump into it.

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'cause again, we have a lot to talk about.

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So as it relates to voting in the

fiction category, these are all votes.

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Francesca and I, I went for Curse

Daughters and Francesca decided

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to go for the summer storm.

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So let's get into what

actually made it on the list.

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So here we have, right, these other

opening round books, which one do you

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actually think will win Francesca?

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Speaker 2: Well, so one that I have

seen a lot of people, obviously we

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have the, the big name authors, right?

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We have the George Mos, we

have the Frederick Bachman.

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Possible that one of those wins,

but I actually think that it

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might, I don't know, maybe it's

just me going on vibes, but, um,

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actually at the top, the Lily King.

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Speaker: Mm,

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Speaker 2: I've seen that a lot.

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Speaker: Okay.

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Speaker 2: A lot.

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So I dunno.

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Speaker: I mean, I love Lily

King personally, but I'm actually

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gonna say Friedrich Butman.

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I just think Friedrich has the

name recognition and I think

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that's kind of where it's gonna go.

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Mm-hmm.

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Okay.

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Let's jump down to historical fiction.

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So this is what we actually voted

for, for historical fiction.

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I loved Amity because I think Amity

is a one of a kind historical.

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Fran decided to go with Chanel Clayton,

but let's switch it up and see what is

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happening with all the other nominees and

who we think might be winning this one.

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I mean, this one is kind of really

difficult because I kind of feel Chanel

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Clayton, maybe a Taylor Jenkins read.

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Mm-hmm.

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I don't know.

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Um, Kristen Hamel is also super popular.

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Um, where, where's your head at?

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Speaker 2: Um, I'm actually thinking

same, like you, like the super popular,

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so I, I do think Chanel Clayton

is popular, but I didn't really

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see anyone talk about this book.

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So I don't know.

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I would actually go with either Taylor

Jenkins Readed, or, um, also another one

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that I saw a lot of promotion for online

and maybe can be, it's the Amalfi Curse.

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I saw a lot of promo for that.

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Um, but I'm, I'm going for

the big name recognition.

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I mean, I don't know if that's

just me being jaded, but.

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Taylor Jenkins.

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Reed has lots of potential here,

I think, and Kristen Harel too.

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So,

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Speaker: yeah, I think I'm gonna go.

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Kristen Harel, I'm, I'm

okay with being jaded.

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This is what It's okay.

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But for mysteries and thrillers,

this is how you voted.

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Okay.

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We actually have a book in common.

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This is very rare, okay?

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We don't normally have things in

common, but we do this time around.

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But let's look and see where the

categories the other nominees are.

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Listen, I'm gonna tell you all right

now, it's gonna be Freedom McFadden.

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Yeah, free McFadden is gonna win.

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It doesn't matter.

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Personally, I was tied between

the Richard Osmond because I am a

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fan of the Thursday Murder Club.

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I think this is the best

book since book one.

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So, personally, I love that.

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I like that Karen Slaughter

has a new series, okay?

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Mm-hmm.

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The book was good, but you

know what, I'm gonna back.

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Vera Wong.

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Does Vera Wong belong on this list

with all these other contenders?

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No, but you know what?

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I love her.

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But I'm gonna say, I think Fredda

McFadden and Fredda McFadden has the

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tenant and the crash and intruder.

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Yeah.

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Which one are you picking?

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Speaker 2: Listen, first of all, let

me just get out my grievances here.

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Why do we have three

Freedom McFadden books?

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There are, you know, there are

other authors that write in

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the mystery thriller genre.

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It's like all of a sudden

we can't find the books.

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Speaker: Mm.

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Speaker 2: Um, I don't know which one,

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Speaker: but we

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Speaker 2: know it's,

I'm leaning, I'm leaning.

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I, I mean, for sure, I think it's Rita.

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Okay.

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I'm leaning to the crash,

but I don't, I don't know.

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That's just, that's just

winging it on vibes, but

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Speaker: winging it on vibes, you

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Speaker 2: know?

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Also, also that Reese Witherspoon book.

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Speaker: Listen, we are gonna

have some hot takes at the end.

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Okay.

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I'm gonna just say that Reese with

the spoon is there right next to

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Speaker 2: a soul reading that book.

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How is it there?

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Okay, let's,

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Speaker: she had a big book tour.

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She had a big book tour.

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But look, I essay Cosby, um,

right beside it, so I'm just

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gonna shout him out for a bit.

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Yes,

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Speaker 2: for sure.

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Speaker: But if you are just joining

us live, we are going through the

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Good Reads Choice Reader Awards.

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Let us know what you are into

so far in case you missed it.

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This is what we are

voting for, for fiction.

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This, these are historical

fiction votes and we just got

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to mysteries and thrillers.

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And Fran and I actually have

a tie, but let us know some of

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your thoughts in the comments.

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Okay, I see Diane.

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Hey, girly is here.

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Super excited.

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Um, Diane also says, I hear a

lot about First Witch of Boston.

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Speaker 2: Me too.

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I have heard about that a lot.

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Okay.

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Speaker: Um, also saying Go Amalfi,

because I haven't read it yet.

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Um, Lola, you know what the

isola, that one, I can see two.

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And, um, um, Diana's also

saying, I'm so behind on my TBR.

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I haven't read Vera Wang either.

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Vera Wang was fun, but

here, here's a good one.

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The tenant.

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The tenant was fun.

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See, I haven't read the Frida books.

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Let me get a

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Speaker 2: second.

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I don't read.

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See, here's the thing with me, I, when,

when an author is super, super popular,

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it turns me off and nothing to do

with the author, it just turns me off.

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So I don't read her.

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I'll read anybody that writes in the

same style, but I probably avoid,

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Speaker: well, I am, I'm backing, um,

Lola Ru who said the tenant is fun.

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I'm gonna go with your paper for that.

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes.

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Speaker: I'm going with you.

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Um, Diane says, which I agree.

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It's insane.

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An author should only

get one per category.

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Speaker 2: Yes.

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I have another, I have another bone

to pick with romance and romantic

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about that, but we'll get there.

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Speaker: Okay.

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Um, Chrissy, um, Chrissy,

whoa, wait, sorry, people.

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Chrissy says, broken

country also got a big push.

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So which

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Speaker 2: one was that?

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Speaker: So that I'm

putting it back up, girl.

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Hold on, hold on.

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Who is broken country?

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Oh my

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Speaker 2: God.

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I need to get better glasses.

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The age is getting to me.

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Speaker: Old age people.

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Old age.

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Maybe it's not this category.

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Maybe it's another one.

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Um, but Lola Ru says, okay, Lola ru.

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Wait, I'm not switching.

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Listen people, this is a live show.

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Okay?

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Be patient with the tech.

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I think Francesca, um.

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Got kicked off here.

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I'll try and find her back.

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Here she is.

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Lovely.

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Okay, let me go back to the chat.

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Lola Roof says, Frida

got me back into reading.

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I adore her.

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I've read about 12 of her books.

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Okay.

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Um, listen, Frida got a

lot of people back into it.

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Are you loving that?

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Listen, cozy season sweaters.

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Speaker 2: Listen, Bo, both of these

sweaters were made by my mother.

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She made me bracelets too.

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Speaker: Yes.

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Listen, it's cute.

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Okay.

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I love this.

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We're, we're ready for cozy

season, but let's jump, let's

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jump back into the good reads.

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'cause I'm telling you all,

we have what, 15 categories?

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We just went through the first three.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker: Now we have romance.

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Let's get into the romance.

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We wanna hear your thoughts.

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The, this is what we voted for.

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Okay.

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This is what we voted for.

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I went for Carly Fortune.

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Francesca decided to go for Bryn Weaver.

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Let me tell you something right

now, the romance category, I'm

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queing it up for us on the back end.

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I was not happy with any of the books.

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I didn't want to vote for any of

these, but this is what we have.

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All right.

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This is what we are looking at again,

we have Ali Hazelwood is the next

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author with multiple books up on here.

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Mm-hmm.

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Kennedy Ryan made it.

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I will say this, I love Sarah

Adams, beg, borrow, or steel.

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It's part of her, um, Kentucky thing.

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I enjoy that.

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I loved Ali Hazelwood's

problematic Summer romance.

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A first time caller, BK Boris was good.

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This great, big, beautiful life

by Emily Henry is the worst.

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Emily Henry, I have read personally

and I love Emily Henry, but you

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know what, I just, I wasn't feeling,

I wasn't feeling any of these.

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Spiral by Bal cbra was fun, but you

know, as, as it relates to who's

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gonna win, it's gonna be an Ali book.

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That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

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Speaker: What do you think, Fran?

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Speaker 2: I mean, I also think it's

gonna be an Ali book, only because I

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would've said Emily Henry normally,

but because I did see a lot of people

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didn't like the, the book this year.

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Speaker: Mm-hmm.

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Speaker 2: So I definitely.

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I'm leaning more towards Ali as well.

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Um, and I'm definitely leaning to

deep end 'cause I did see a lot of

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discourse of people, you know, that

did, didn't love problematic summer.

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So I'm probably leaning

on deep end winning.

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Speaker: Mm-hmm.

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Mm-hmm.

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I also forgot to mention

that Abby Jimenez Yeah.

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Was also good.

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Um, and a lot of people, I'm actually

happy to Kennedy Ryan on Kennedy.

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Ryan has been missing the list for years.

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Mm-hmm.

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I don't know why maybe her books come out,

but at least she's on the list this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Yeah.

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And I do think B covers also a

diverse author, if I'm not mistaken.

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So I think so.

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So we got two.

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Mm-hmm.

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But I, I will say it is a very

disappointing list because in my

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opinion, what they've done is make a

list of who are the popular authors

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and like, sorry, popular traditionally

published authors because there's

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also very little in terms of like

the super, super popular indie books.

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Hardly anything there.

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Pretty much just sie silver.

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Speaker: Ooh.

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So, so Chrissy has a good point.

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We usually have a queer book,

but this year have none.

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That was shocked.

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Facts.

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Chrisy facts.

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Yeah.

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Um, Diane is also saying, is

Kennedy the Ryan the only diverse

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Speaker 2: author?

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Mark?

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Yeah.

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Speaker: Right.

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But still, we could have more.

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We could have more because like Chrissy's

saying, where are the queer, um, books?

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Hello?

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker: I, I support Lola Roo.

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Lola.

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Are we the same?

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I think they should add a short story.

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Collections.

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Yes.

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Facts.

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I had a lot of fun with those.

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I love short story collections.

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So clearly we are in sync people.

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Speaker 2: Yes.

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This category was a whole mess.

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And then there's the, um,

oh God, I forgot the name.

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Put back the, the titles.

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Speaker: Hold on.

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Trying, trying.

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Speaker 2: There's the one

that's not even a romance.

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Um,

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Speaker: oh, I forgot.

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: 00:11:10

Yes.

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Can we talk about the

favorites by Lane Fogger?

293

: 00:11:12

Speaker 2: Yes.

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: 00:11:13

The Favorites.

295

: 00:11:14

Speaker: I actually read that book.

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: 00:11:15

Let me just tell you.

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: 00:11:16

All right now I actually read that book.

298

: 00:11:18

It's more literary people.

299

: 00:11:20

It should not be,

300

: 00:11:21

Speaker 2: I mean, say like Abby Jimenez,

really, it's more women's fiction, really.

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Mm-hmm.

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So,

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Speaker: mm-hmm.

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: 00:11:27

Mm-hmm.

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: 00:11:27

Speaker 2: Agreed.

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: 00:11:28

Yeah.

307

: 00:11:28

I mean, this whole category would need to

like be, start from scratch pretty much.

308

: 00:11:32

And like rework this.

309

: 00:11:34

I mean, Lori Gilmore is on here

and um, the books are cute.

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: 00:11:40

I mean, it's not like they're

not cute, but they're, are

311

: 00:11:42

they like top of the list?

312

: 00:11:44

Good reach choice awards?

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: 00:11:45

No.

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: 00:11:46

Um, and then the other one, Ooh, I just

realized there's also two Bri weavers.

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: 00:11:51

So the one I voted for, which is the

latest one that just came out a couple

316

: 00:11:55

month and a half ago or something, and

the one that came out earlier in the year.

317

: 00:11:59

Like, again, can't we just.

318

: 00:12:01

Be a little better with just

the authors only get one book

319

: 00:12:06

at at the minimum per category.

320

: 00:12:10

I still would feel that it's better

if it's, you only get one book in the

321

: 00:12:14

Goodrich Choice Awards, but I know that

that could be a little mean, so I get it.

322

: 00:12:20

Yeah, like I wouldn't mind if

it's like one in romance and

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: 00:12:24

one in audiobooks, for example.

324

: 00:12:25

'cause like it's not necessarily

a specific category over there.

325

: 00:12:29

Now we're also talking about

narrators and stuff, but yeah.

326

: 00:12:32

Speaker: Mm-hmm.

327

: 00:12:32

Mm-hmm.

328

: 00:12:33

Speaker 2: I think this needs

to just be started over.

329

: 00:12:35

Yeah.

330

: 00:12:36

Speaker: Yeah, yeah.

331

: 00:12:37

Yeah.

332

: 00:12:38

Oh, oh, Erin, she said she dunno what?

333

: 00:12:41

Thank you.

334

: 00:12:42

Okay, Erin.

335

: 00:12:43

Got it, got it, got it.

336

: 00:12:44

I don't know.

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: 00:12:44

Listen, technology, if you

believe Mercury retrograde.

338

: 00:12:48

That's all I'm gonna

339

: 00:12:48

Speaker 2: say.

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: 00:12:48

We're in the thick of it right now.

341

: 00:12:50

We're in the thick of it.

342

: 00:12:50

And there are only technological

problems since last week.

343

: 00:12:54

I mean, last week's life was

344

: 00:12:56

Speaker: true.

345

: 00:12:56

That was a mess.

346

: 00:12:57

Speaker 2: It's a mess.

347

: 00:12:58

Speaker: It was a mess.

348

: 00:12:59

But we're jumping into

romantic real quick.

349

: 00:13:02

Romance was the most disappointing for me.

350

: 00:13:04

Romantic was also as well.

351

: 00:13:06

I decided to go with any

Davenport with, um, Orvis Oats.

352

: 00:13:10

Francesca decided to go

with, um, Rachel Gillig.

353

: 00:13:14

So let me get this up on the

back end so we can browse this

354

: 00:13:18

Speaker 2: also while

you get that up there.

355

: 00:13:20

Um, I'm gonna try to find the

GoFundMe for ne Davenport 'cause

356

: 00:13:24

she recently lost her husband.

357

: 00:13:26

Mm-hmm.

358

: 00:13:26

And there is a GoFundMe going around

to help support her through this time.

359

: 00:13:31

So I'm gonna try and find that and put

it in the, um, description after that.

360

: 00:13:35

But.

361

: 00:13:36

It was a very sudden thing

that she lost her husband.

362

: 00:13:39

I think it was last week or week

and a half ago or something.

363

: 00:13:42

So it's very recent.

364

: 00:13:43

Speaker: Oh my gosh.

365

: 00:13:44

I had no idea sending.

366

: 00:13:47

Okay.

367

: 00:13:47

Yeah, con lenses.

368

: 00:13:48

Love positive energies,

prayers if you take 'em.

369

: 00:13:52

Um, I love the book.

370

: 00:13:53

Um, so I'm really excited.

371

: 00:13:54

Speaker 2: Go by the books.

372

: 00:13:56

I mean, that's, that's one

way you can support her.

373

: 00:13:58

Speaker: That's one way you

374

: 00:13:59

Speaker 2: can, and they're good.

375

: 00:14:00

Speaker: But let's scan this.

376

: 00:14:02

We'll include a link in the

video description after the live.

377

: 00:14:05

So this is what's it's looking

for with romantic, of course.

378

: 00:14:09

I'm just gonna go real quick and

say, I think it's gonna be a Rebecca

379

: 00:14:12

Yaros in terms of who's gonna.

380

: 00:14:14

Win.

381

: 00:14:15

Um, I found it very interesting.

382

: 00:14:17

We have the DMO book, so

we have the Julie Soto.

383

: 00:14:20

There's name of you and

the Bridgette Knightly.

384

: 00:14:22

That means it's super popular.

385

: 00:14:23

Um, real quick, who do you

think is going to actually win?

386

: 00:14:26

Fran,

387

: 00:14:28

Speaker 2: I'm gonna throw

my hat for alchemized.

388

: 00:14:31

Okay.

389

: 00:14:31

Speaker: Alchemized.

390

: 00:14:32

Alchemized.

391

: 00:14:33

Speaker 2: I'm gonna throw

my, my head for that one.

392

: 00:14:35

'cause I feel like

there's enough rabid fans.

393

: 00:14:38

And out of all the Giovanni, uh,

fanfictions that got republished, that

394

: 00:14:42

was probably the most popular also.

395

: 00:14:45

I didn't see anybody really loving the

irresistible, the one by Bridget Knightly.

396

: 00:14:51

Uh, Julie Sota definitely had people

talking about that one, but I don't even

397

: 00:14:55

know how the other one made the list.

398

: 00:14:57

Speaker: What about Silver Eight?

399

: 00:14:58

That was big.

400

: 00:14:59

I felt it

401

: 00:14:59

Speaker 2: was big, but there was also a

lot of controversy and honestly, that book

402

: 00:15:02

was not, it was, it was very mediocre.

403

: 00:15:06

Speaker: Listen, I'm just going,

I'm jaded, so it's definitely

404

: 00:15:10

Speaker 2: better If you want a

better dystopian romance, go to Cage.

405

: 00:15:14

A Wild Bird by Brooke Fast.

406

: 00:15:15

I think it was supposed to

come out and it's coming out

407

: 00:15:18

now, next month or something.

408

: 00:15:19

I read that I loved it and it's,

it's what Silver Elite want it to be.

409

: 00:15:24

Speaker: Got

410

: 00:15:24

Speaker 2: it.

411

: 00:15:24

Got it.

412

: 00:15:25

It's like Hunger Games, but for adults.

413

: 00:15:26

Speaker: Okay.

414

: 00:15:27

Jumping to fantasy real quick.

415

: 00:15:30

This is what we voted for.

416

: 00:15:32

Okay.

417

: 00:15:33

Listen, y'all are gonna

come for me, but it is fine.

418

: 00:15:35

I am prepared.

419

: 00:15:37

I, I'm voting for the RF Kwong book.

420

: 00:15:39

Francesca decided to go for VE Schwab.

421

: 00:15:42

Both are incredibly popular authors.

422

: 00:15:44

I will go on record and

say I read both books.

423

: 00:15:48

I'm pulling up the nominees on the

back end and we're gonna switch now.

424

: 00:15:52

So this is what we're

looking at for fantasy.

425

: 00:15:56

Okay.

426

: 00:15:57

Um, we have Joe Hill,

who's always super popular.

427

: 00:16:00

Um, I think the sirens, a lot

of people are talking about it.

428

: 00:16:03

Alex e Harrow, I'm a fan of their work.

429

: 00:16:06

Who else is up here?

430

: 00:16:07

A resistance of witches.

431

: 00:16:10

I'm surprised it made

this list, but Hello?

432

: 00:16:12

And we have Holly Black.

433

: 00:16:13

I'm gonna say it's between

V Schwab or RF Kwang.

434

: 00:16:19

That is my unpopular, um, hot

take on who might actually win.

435

: 00:16:23

What do you think?

436

: 00:16:24

Speaker 2: I think so.

437

: 00:16:25

Although there is, um, hold on.

438

: 00:16:28

Scroll.

439

: 00:16:28

Scroll down.

440

: 00:16:29

T Can Fisher is also there.

441

: 00:16:31

Ah, so.

442

: 00:16:32

Possible too.

443

: 00:16:33

Good one.

444

: 00:16:34

So, and also the Stephanie Garber had

such a push, like I think it already

445

: 00:16:40

even got a movie deal, um, about that.

446

: 00:16:43

So I wonder.

447

: 00:16:44

Possibility.

448

: 00:16:46

You know, that's another possibility, but

449

: 00:16:48

Speaker: de definitely a possibility.

450

: 00:16:50

Mm-hmm.

451

: 00:16:50

Let's see what's happening in

the chat of Erin said, not enough

452

: 00:16:55

coffee in the world for me today.

453

: 00:16:56

Listen, I, I made some

nacha before I came on here.

454

: 00:17:00

You know, I had coffee earlier.

455

: 00:17:02

So trust me, I get it a hundred percent.

456

: 00:17:04

Speaker 2: Yeah.

457

: 00:17:05

Speaker: Chrissy is saying

romance can have sequels 'cause

458

: 00:17:08

they're usually interconnected,

standalones with new couples.

459

: 00:17:10

But romantic and fantasy

should not have sequel.

460

: 00:17:13

Just my opinion.

461

: 00:17:14

Listen, we love an unpopular opinion.

462

: 00:17:17

Speaker 2: Listen, I'm a hundred percent

agree because like why do we have every

463

: 00:17:20

year the Rebecca, I mean listen, Rebecca

Yez is very sweet and all of the things,

464

: 00:17:24

but if a series already goes to that kind

of level of success, which was my harp,

465

: 00:17:29

every time when there's a Sarah J Mass and

you know, Sarah J Mass is going to win.

466

: 00:17:32

Mm-hmm.

467

: 00:17:33

It's just the next book in a series that's

already massively popular, so nobody else

468

: 00:17:37

has a chance to get in on, um, winning.

469

: 00:17:40

So.

470

: 00:17:41

Speaker: Yep, yep.

471

: 00:17:42

Okay.

472

: 00:17:42

Um, Erin also agrees with

Chrissy, so there you go.

473

: 00:17:46

Ooh, Erin's putting in a request.

474

: 00:17:48

If you have time, could you do a list

of books you wish had been nominated?

475

: 00:17:52

That you could have voted for.

476

: 00:17:54

Okay.

477

: 00:17:54

Tune in next week, folks.

478

: 00:17:55

There you go.

479

: 00:17:57

We talk about next week.

480

: 00:17:58

There you go.

481

: 00:17:59

We're adding it to the calendar asap.

482

: 00:18:01

Ooh.

483

: 00:18:02

Erin also said, I did enjoy

Red City, so lemme get

484

: 00:18:06

Speaker 2: that

485

: 00:18:06

Speaker: back.

486

: 00:18:07

Up there.

487

: 00:18:08

So Red City for folks are not

familiar is the Marie Lou.

488

: 00:18:12

Yeah.

489

: 00:18:12

Yeah.

490

: 00:18:13

Speaker 2: I did see a lot of

people that like that one too.

491

: 00:18:14

Yeah.

492

: 00:18:14

I did not read

493

: 00:18:15

Speaker: it.

494

: 00:18:15

Mm-hmm.

495

: 00:18:15

Mm-hmm.

496

: 00:18:16

Mm-hmm.

497

: 00:18:17

Um, ooh.

498

: 00:18:18

Lola is saying Lola Ru Kingfisher.

499

: 00:18:21

Yes.

500

: 00:18:21

I dunno how I blanked on that.

501

: 00:18:23

I love teaching Fisher, by the way.

502

: 00:18:25

Amazing.

503

: 00:18:25

Amazing.

504

: 00:18:26

Um, and also, Erin, did

anyone read the Raven Scholar?

505

: 00:18:30

It looks good.

506

: 00:18:30

Maybe I

507

: 00:18:30

Speaker 2: have not.

508

: 00:18:31

Speaker: I haven't.

509

: 00:18:32

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

510

: 00:18:32

Speaker: If anyone has read it, you know,

let, let us own the comments, you know,

511

: 00:18:35

so we can, we can all talk about it.

512

: 00:18:37

Okay.

513

: 00:18:38

Let's jump into a category I'm very

passionate about, the one I voted

514

: 00:18:41

for, and that is science fiction.

515

: 00:18:43

I am incredibly passionate.

516

: 00:18:45

Okay, so I'm ready again.

517

: 00:18:47

Defend this one.

518

: 00:18:48

I want Miki aside to, to, to,

to, um, win So Bad Salt Crop is

519

: 00:18:54

one, two, I think her third book.

520

: 00:18:57

Listen, every book slaps, um,

the Start Grail was her last one.

521

: 00:19:03

I love that one.

522

: 00:19:04

Recommended it in the guide.

523

: 00:19:06

And I'm trying to remember the

name of the, the first book.

524

: 00:19:09

Alls I'm saying Yumi is

three for three for me.

525

: 00:19:12

Okay.

526

: 00:19:13

Three for three.

527

: 00:19:14

Francesca went with, um, KM Fordo.

528

: 00:19:17

I think that's how that is pronounced.

529

: 00:19:20

Let me get the science fiction

nominees up on screen for us.

530

: 00:19:25

So this is what we have.

531

: 00:19:27

Hold, let me, let me

get, so we can scroll.

532

: 00:19:30

Okay.

533

: 00:19:30

So, um, hmm.

534

: 00:19:32

Who do I think will win?

535

: 00:19:34

That's what we're focused on right now.

536

: 00:19:35

Who do we think will win?

537

: 00:19:37

First of all, I don't think, um,

Layla Lay LaMi should be here.

538

: 00:19:43

This is dystopian.

539

: 00:19:44

It's more literary dystopian,

so that should not be there.

540

: 00:19:47

And foremost, brilliant book,

but again, should not be here.

541

: 00:19:51

Um.

542

: 00:19:52

Speaker 2: Although I think that that,

that, that was gonna be my pick for

543

: 00:19:55

who I think will win because from

the little bit that I have seen of

544

: 00:19:59

people talking about who they think or

whatever, that's been a popular choice.

545

: 00:20:06

Speaker: Okay.

546

: 00:20:07

Speaker 2: And you know that

people don't care about the

547

: 00:20:08

actual definitions of genres.

548

: 00:20:10

So,

549

: 00:20:11

Speaker: okay, listen, it's

a brilliant book, okay?

550

: 00:20:14

I'm not fighting the book.

551

: 00:20:15

I recommended this book, um, early

in the end, my reading guide.

552

: 00:20:19

It is brilliant, but I'm, you know,

I'm back in Yumi right now, so

553

: 00:20:23

I'm gonna be in my delusional well

and say Yumi is going to to win.

554

: 00:20:28

All right?

555

: 00:20:28

We're speaking it into

being another category.

556

: 00:20:31

I am passionate about that.

557

: 00:20:33

Unfortunately, there are books in

there that don't belong is horror.

558

: 00:20:37

Now, when it came to the horror vote,

I struggled because this book I voted

559

: 00:20:41

for, it's not traditionally horror, it

is gothic fiction, but I still voted

560

: 00:20:46

for it because I love the author.

561

: 00:20:48

It's Sylvia Moreno Garcia.

562

: 00:20:50

I went with the Bill Witching.

563

: 00:20:51

Again, I know it's not true

horror, it's gothic horror.

564

: 00:20:54

Francesca went with, um, the Haunting

of Pain Hollow by Kelly Armstrong.

565

: 00:21:00

Let's get the, whoops, hold, let's get

the nominees up on screen for horror.

566

: 00:21:06

So this is what we have.

567

: 00:21:08

We have Isabella Kaas,

brilliant author, great books.

568

: 00:21:12

Um, we have Grady Hendricks.

569

: 00:21:14

Um, who else do we have?

570

: 00:21:15

We have Stephen King.

571

: 00:21:16

Listen, I love the Stephen King.

572

: 00:21:17

Never flinch.

573

: 00:21:18

I'll never vote for Stephen King on

principle, just because you know,

574

: 00:21:21

Stephen King doesn't need my vote.

575

: 00:21:23

I loved it, but Stephen

King doesn't need my vote.

576

: 00:21:26

Um, you weren't meant to be human was one

of the books in my full reading guide.

577

: 00:21:30

Read and loved one.

578

: 00:21:31

We always will have a Stephen Graham

Jones, you know, love that Rachel

579

: 00:21:35

Harrison writes horror for me, but

this was my least favorite book by her.

580

: 00:21:41

I've read other books that were great.

581

: 00:21:42

It is okay.

582

: 00:21:44

We don't abandon all favorite

authors, but Fran, who do you

583

: 00:21:46

think is actually gonna win?

584

: 00:21:49

Speaker 2: Stephen King.

585

: 00:21:51

I mean, doesn't that happen every time,

no matter what this man puts out, and

586

: 00:21:57

no matter who else votes, like he's

just the default that's gonna win.

587

: 00:22:01

Now, do I think it should be

somebody like, again, gives give

588

: 00:22:04

some chance to be people, but

589

: 00:22:07

Speaker: the

590

: 00:22:07

Speaker 2: reality.

591

: 00:22:08

The reality?

592

: 00:22:09

Speaker: Mm-hmm.

593

: 00:22:10

Okay.

594

: 00:22:10

Speaker 2: Who'll be Steven,

595

: 00:22:11

Speaker: we have to live in the reality.

596

: 00:22:12

You let us know in the

comments what your reality is.

597

: 00:22:16

Um, Chrissy says, hold on.

598

: 00:22:18

Sorry.

599

: 00:22:19

I saw the compound a lot.

600

: 00:22:21

Where was that again?

601

: 00:22:22

What, what genre is that?

602

: 00:22:23

I don't remember.

603

: 00:22:23

I

604

: 00:22:23

Speaker 2: think that was sci-fi.

605

: 00:22:25

Speaker: I think so too.

606

: 00:22:26

Yeah.

607

: 00:22:26

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

608

: 00:22:27

I can't resist Morena Garcia either.

609

: 00:22:29

Erin, listen, I'm just gonna,

you know, we know it, it probably

610

: 00:22:33

won't win the category, but I'm

just, I'm just backing it, I guess.

611

: 00:22:36

Le Ru agrees as well.

612

: 00:22:38

All right.

613

: 00:22:39

We're gonna push on to debut novels now.

614

: 00:22:42

Debut novels, you know, it's

a mishmash of everything.

615

: 00:22:46

I'm actually gonna go

with the Irish goodbye.

616

: 00:22:48

I know that was a recent read with Jenna.

617

: 00:22:50

Um, pick.

618

: 00:22:51

I did not read it in

time for my fall guide.

619

: 00:22:54

I read it after, but it is so well done.

620

: 00:22:57

So I'm gonna back that one.

621

: 00:22:59

Francesca is going with When

the tides held the moon.

622

: 00:23:03

Let me get on nominees up on screen.

623

: 00:23:07

So this is what we have for debut.

624

: 00:23:08

Again, open mind folks,

this is gonna be a mismatch.

625

: 00:23:11

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

626

: 00:23:12

Speaker: A lot of these books

I loved, I loved Woodworking.

627

: 00:23:15

That, that was great.

628

: 00:23:16

Home Seeking by Carissa Chen

was in my winter reading

629

: 00:23:18

guide at the top of the year.

630

: 00:23:21

Um, a Lynch, another great book.

631

: 00:23:23

Also read with Jenna Book Club Pick, I

think Jenna and I have a lot in common.

632

: 00:23:27

The names by Florence Snap.

633

: 00:23:29

I remember that was May.

634

: 00:23:31

Um, 'cause I had that in

my summer reading guy.

635

: 00:23:34

That book came out in May.

636

: 00:23:35

Really good.

637

: 00:23:36

The Original Daughter by Jemima Way.

638

: 00:23:38

That's another great book.

639

: 00:23:40

So there are lots of good books here,

but who do you think will win in the end?

640

: 00:23:44

Alchemized,

641

: 00:23:45

Speaker 2: alchemized Again, the thing

is that, that Ani uh, fan base is

642

: 00:23:51

going to be voting and they mobilize.

643

: 00:23:54

They, they are active, they are online,

and they're gonna be click, click, click.

644

: 00:23:58

Okay.

645

: 00:23:59

Speaker: Alright.

646

: 00:24:00

Speaker 2: I think so.

647

: 00:24:01

Speaker: Okay.

648

: 00:24:01

Well, we're jumping straight into

649

: 00:24:03

Speaker 2: which that

turns out to be true.

650

: 00:24:04

That means that Alma is gonna

win two categories as what

651

: 00:24:08

I'm predict, which is wild.

652

: 00:24:10

But anyway.

653

: 00:24:11

Speaker: Mm-hmm.

654

: 00:24:12

Speaker 2: Let's continue.

655

: 00:24:14

Speaker: Here's another category

where Francesca and I agreed,

656

: 00:24:17

and that is audio books.

657

: 00:24:18

We actually read on audio books.

658

: 00:24:20

Audiobook again is a mismatch.

659

: 00:24:22

Let me get up our nominees for

us so we can browse together.

660

: 00:24:28

By

661

: 00:24:29

Speaker 2: the way, we did our pigs

completely separate and then we just like,

662

: 00:24:33

you know, matched up our, our screenshots.

663

: 00:24:35

So we're like, oh.

664

: 00:24:37

Speaker: Yes, that's how that went.

665

: 00:24:39

Down.

666

: 00:24:39

Here are the audio book notes.

667

: 00:24:41

Again, this is a mismatch.

668

: 00:24:43

Okay.

669

: 00:24:44

We have Emily Henry, we have, uh, Tina

knows with Matriarch Tourist season,

670

: 00:24:49

the Brava sa co Speaking of Ashes.

671

: 00:24:52

We still have Harry Potter up in here,

LA years later we have Alchemized again.

672

: 00:24:56

So this is a third category.

673

: 00:24:58

Rebecca Yaros, Friedrich Buckman,

um, the Karen Slaughter book.

674

: 00:25:04

Who do you think, oh,

Taylor, Jenkins Reed.

675

: 00:25:05

Look at me skipping over that.

676

: 00:25:07

Kamala Harris's, um, what

do you call that memoir?

677

: 00:25:10

Um, sister, wife.

678

: 00:25:12

I don't know.

679

: 00:25:12

The sister wife of it all.

680

: 00:25:14

Um, awake by Jen Hatmaker.

681

: 00:25:16

I'm not familiar.

682

: 00:25:18

Speaker 2: Okay, so here's,

here's my take on this one.

683

: 00:25:20

And normally I would say Alchemize,

like I've been saying, I actually

684

: 00:25:24

think it's gonna be Annex Storm.

685

: 00:25:25

'cause that's a way bigger fan base.

686

: 00:25:29

Speaker: Oh, okay.

687

: 00:25:30

Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go

and, and actually, so when

688

: 00:25:32

it comes to audio books and.

689

: 00:25:34

I haven't read this series.

690

: 00:25:36

Um, when the first book came out and I was

thinking about it, do I read it or not?

691

: 00:25:42

Everybody was telling

me, you have to read it.

692

: 00:25:44

You have to listen to the audiobook.

693

: 00:25:46

Like, don't try to read it.

694

: 00:25:47

Just listen to it.

695

: 00:25:48

So I think that the fan base is very

much behind the audiobook of the series.

696

: 00:25:54

So I'm throwing the hat for Onyx

Storm on this one as opposed to

697

: 00:25:58

Alchemized, but I could be wrong.

698

: 00:26:03

Speaker: I'm gonna be controversial.

699

: 00:26:05

I'm gonna say the books

we picked is gonna win.

700

: 00:26:08

I think the Pride and Prejudice

is gonna come through Jane

701

: 00:26:11

Austen's and 50th birthday.

702

: 00:26:14

I'm gonna go on a limb and say,

more people, not more people, but

703

: 00:26:19

a lot of people have Audible or

will get it just to listen to it.

704

: 00:26:23

Mm-hmm.

705

: 00:26:24

I think nothing beats

a Jane Austen fandom.

706

: 00:26:26

All right.

707

: 00:26:27

Nobody beats the Austin fandom.

708

: 00:26:29

Speaker 2: I mean, I am part

of that fandom, but I don't

709

: 00:26:33

know if I, I can live in that.

710

: 00:26:36

Um, Ulu.

711

: 00:26:37

Yeah.

712

: 00:26:38

Listen,

713

: 00:26:38

Speaker: lemme live

714

: 00:26:39

Speaker 2: in the, the fan base.

715

: 00:26:41

Here's three fan bases on this.

716

: 00:26:43

No, four fan bases on that list.

717

: 00:26:45

Emily, Henry, uh, Rebecca Yaros,

Taylor, Jenkins, Reed, and Alchemized.

718

: 00:26:52

Like those four fan bases are go crazy.

719

: 00:26:57

Speaker: Okay, listen.

720

: 00:26:58

Lemme live in my ulu.

721

: 00:26:59

Lemme live in my ulu.

722

: 00:27:00

Speaker 2: I mean, I appreciated

what they did with it and

723

: 00:27:04

I would like for it to win.

724

: 00:27:05

I just.

725

: 00:27:07

Speaker: Listen, audio books is

tricky, but I'm gonna go and say people

726

: 00:27:10

have been celebrating Jane all year.

727

: 00:27:12

Speaker 2: Yeah.

728

: 00:27:12

Speaker: I think people

will consume the content.

729

: 00:27:15

Yeah.

730

: 00:27:16

I'm being ulu.

731

: 00:27:16

Do I think it really is gonna win?

732

: 00:27:18

Probably not, but let me live in my ulu.

733

: 00:27:20

Um, Chrissy says, audio books

is such a weird category.

734

: 00:27:23

I think they should always be full

productions and full forecast, not just

735

: 00:27:27

re regular audios with one narrator.

736

: 00:27:28

Speaker 2: I agree.

737

: 00:27:29

Speaker: Listen,

738

: 00:27:30

Speaker 2: if we're gonna give

an award for audiobook, it should

739

: 00:27:33

be on the merit of the production

value of the audiobook, so.

740

: 00:27:37

Mm-hmm.

741

: 00:27:38

Mm-hmm.

742

: 00:27:38

I mean, unless that narrator is like,

743

: 00:27:40

Speaker: yeah,

744

: 00:27:41

Speaker 2: I mean, I haven't, as

much as I like some narrators,

745

: 00:27:44

I don't think that there's any.

746

: 00:27:46

Mm-hmm.

747

: 00:27:46

Um, also, I actually started listening

to graphic audios this year, which

748

: 00:27:51

I have really enjoyed, so, oh, okay.

749

: 00:27:53

There should have been a graphic audio.

750

: 00:27:55

Speaker: Mm-hmm.

751

: 00:27:55

Mm-hmm.

752

: 00:27:56

Speaker 2: But, um, yeah.

753

: 00:27:57

Speaker: Okay, Iran is saying, why do

you think the audio book is considered

754

: 00:28:00

better than Text four Onyx Storm?

755

: 00:28:03

Speaker 2: You know, I don't

know necessarily why people

756

: 00:28:06

were leaning so heavy on that.

757

: 00:28:08

I think, again, I haven't read it,

so don't quote me, but from what

758

: 00:28:13

I have heard, it can be wordy.

759

: 00:28:16

So when you are going through it in

regular text and reading it, it might

760

: 00:28:21

lose, you might lose some interest in it.

761

: 00:28:23

So when you're listening to it.

762

: 00:28:26

You can either speed it up or

it might retain your attention

763

: 00:28:31

a little bit better, so.

764

: 00:28:32

Speaker: Mm-hmm.

765

: 00:28:32

Mm-hmm.

766

: 00:28:33

Speaker 2: Listen, that's how good

767

: 00:28:35

Speaker: Chrissy, Chrissy

says, I'm with Francesca.

768

: 00:28:37

I live in the cynical reality,

and think the popular authors

769

: 00:28:39

will win, especially Alka.

770

: 00:28:40

I listen.

771

: 00:28:41

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

772

: 00:28:42

Speaker: I agree.

773

: 00:28:43

Okay.

774

: 00:28:43

But I'm gonna go on the limb

and dream a little bit, so y'all

775

: 00:28:47

come dream with me and say, Jay.

776

: 00:28:49

Speaker 2: I mean, I would like to,

but you know what it, it happens every

777

: 00:28:52

year and we're always in this crap, so

778

: 00:28:55

Speaker: I know.

779

: 00:28:55

I know.

780

: 00:28:56

Yeah.

781

: 00:28:56

Speaker 2: Gotta live with

our feet on the ground.

782

: 00:28:59

Speaker: So we've ran

through 10 categories.

783

: 00:29:01

We have five left.

784

: 00:29:02

Let's get into them.

785

: 00:29:04

So they split young adults, so

we have young adult fantasy,

786

: 00:29:08

so that's one category.

787

: 00:29:10

I decided to go with Earthbound,

and Francesca decided to

788

: 00:29:13

go with a forgery of fate.

789

: 00:29:16

Let me get all nominees up on.

790

: 00:29:21

So these are the people

we're working with.

791

: 00:29:24

Who do you think is going to win?

792

: 00:29:26

I will go on a limb and say I

am disappointed with this list.

793

: 00:29:32

I've been in my yaa bag and

I am not happy with the picks

794

: 00:29:35

I've been getting this year.

795

: 00:29:37

I did recommend The House

SFI by Marissa Mayer.

796

: 00:29:40

That is in my fall, um, reading guide.

797

: 00:29:43

I read that.

798

: 00:29:44

I did enjoy it.

799

: 00:29:45

I'm gonna say, I think however, sunrise

on the Reaping is gonna take it.

800

: 00:29:49

I'm just saying same.

801

: 00:29:51

Speaker 2: Same.

802

: 00:29:51

Speaker: So that's where we're at.

803

: 00:29:55

Yeah.

804

: 00:29:56

Young adult fiction.

805

: 00:29:57

Um, so for young adult fiction, I voted,

um, for Sisters in the Wind and Fran went

806

: 00:30:04

with Audrey and Bash, or just friends.

807

: 00:30:06

I'm gonna be honest, I dunno how

I missed that when I was voting,

808

: 00:30:08

but yeah, it, it, it's killed.

809

: 00:30:10

It's kilt.

810

: 00:30:11

It's cute.

811

: 00:30:11

So let's see the other nominees as well.

812

: 00:30:14

'cause you know, sometimes

your girl misses things.

813

: 00:30:16

So this is what we're working with.

814

: 00:30:18

We have Lynn Painter who's a staple.

815

: 00:30:21

Um, you know, you always see

Lynn Painter, Julie Soto as well.

816

: 00:30:26

Um, who else is a big name

that I'm missing right now?

817

: 00:30:29

We, we have some books here.

818

: 00:30:31

I'm kind of disappointed

with this crop, but

819

: 00:30:33

Speaker 2: mm-hmm.

820

: 00:30:34

Speaker: Who do I think is going to win?

821

: 00:30:35

Wasn't

822

: 00:30:36

Speaker 2: there an E Lockhart?

823

: 00:30:37

Yes.

824

: 00:30:38

The E

825

: 00:30:38

Speaker: Yes.

826

: 00:30:38

Speaker 2: Here it's maybe

827

: 00:30:40

Speaker: mm-hmm.

828

: 00:30:42

I was thinking Julie Soto.

829

: 00:30:44

Speaker 2: Yeah, that would be my second,

830

: 00:30:47

Speaker: second page

831

: 00:30:47

Speaker 2: choice.

832

: 00:30:48

Yeah.

833

: 00:30:48

Yeah,

834

: 00:30:48

Speaker: yeah.

835

: 00:30:48

Yeah.

836

: 00:30:49

Alright.

837

: 00:30:50

Speaker 2: But I'm surprised

fully with this list.

838

: 00:30:53

Okay.

839

: 00:30:54

Speaker: Okay.

840

: 00:30:54

Yeah.

841

: 00:30:56

I'm not, I'm not pleased.

842

: 00:30:58

Um, jumping into nonfiction.

843

: 00:31:01

Okay.

844

: 00:31:02

I felt, I love this book.

845

: 00:31:04

I actually am recommending books

I read and loved, I love Myland.

846

: 00:31:08

It was really good.

847

: 00:31:09

Um, it really gets into the

serial killers of it all.

848

: 00:31:12

I think I recommended this

in my summer reading guide.

849

: 00:31:14

Francesca went with everything is osis.

850

: 00:31:17

Let's get the rest of the nominees up on

our screen share and we're switching out.

851

: 00:31:25

So these are the nominees.

852

: 00:31:27

Okay.

853

: 00:31:28

Um, Mel Robbins is here.

854

: 00:31:30

I think this is like the second

category for Mel Robbins.

855

: 00:31:32

James Patterson is there.

856

: 00:31:34

Everybody has that name.

857

: 00:31:35

Ooh, Imani Perry's book is

actually, um, it's actually good.

858

: 00:31:40

I also enjoyed the Book of Alchemy,

but we're looking at, I'm gonna

859

: 00:31:45

go on a limb and maybe predict

a Mel Robbins win for Nonfic.

860

: 00:31:52

Speaker 2: Yeah.

861

: 00:31:53

I dunno.

862

: 00:31:53

I I mean, again, name

recognition is what I would say.

863

: 00:31:56

So either the Mel Robbins James,

um, had, or, or John Green, even

864

: 00:32:03

if people didn't, even if people,

'cause that's the, everything is

865

: 00:32:07

tuberculosis is a John Green book.

866

: 00:32:09

Speaker: True.

867

: 00:32:10

Speaker 2: So that's probably

what I would um, say.

868

: 00:32:14

Speaker: That makes sense.

869

: 00:32:15

Speaker 2: Which is a

fascinating read by the way.

870

: 00:32:17

Speaker: That makes sense.

871

: 00:32:18

That's makes sense.

872

: 00:32:19

Okay.

873

: 00:32:19

Jumping to memoir, I

actually went with Ms.

874

: 00:32:23

Tina and I think Ms.

875

: 00:32:25

Tina has the biggest

name recognition there.

876

: 00:32:27

Mm-hmm.

877

: 00:32:27

Francesca went with careless people.

878

: 00:32:31

I am currently switching to, where is it?

879

: 00:32:34

Memoir?

880

: 00:32:35

Here we go.

881

: 00:32:36

So our nominees for memoir are many.

882

: 00:32:40

We have the Elizabeth Gilbert

listen, I think who read this?

883

: 00:32:43

Oprah, Oprah Club.

884

: 00:32:44

Read the Elizabeth Gilbert.

885

: 00:32:47

Listen, wasn't

886

: 00:32:47

Speaker 2: there something

controversial about that book though?

887

: 00:32:50

Speaker: Yes, but just,

888

: 00:32:51

Speaker 2: I, I can't

remember now, but I, it's, I,

889

: 00:32:55

Speaker: I know

890

: 00:32:55

Speaker 2: recognition again.

891

: 00:32:57

Yeah.

892

: 00:32:57

Very strong possibility there.

893

: 00:32:59

Speaker: We also have Amy Griffin

with the Tell, uh, Malala.

894

: 00:33:04

I haven't read this Malala book.

895

: 00:33:06

Everyone.

896

: 00:33:06

I, I didn't, um, who else

has name recognition?

897

: 00:33:09

We have Cher up here.

898

: 00:33:12

Um, who else?

899

: 00:33:13

Kamala Harris has name recognition.

900

: 00:33:15

Tina Knowles.

901

: 00:33:17

Listen, I love you.

902

: 00:33:18

Y Lee.

903

: 00:33:19

The last book down here, I read

this, this is great, but YY Lee

904

: 00:33:23

is known to us literary girlies.

905

: 00:33:25

Okay.

906

: 00:33:26

I'll think she has the general name

recommendation, uh, recognition.

907

: 00:33:31

I'm gonna go and say, I'm going, it's

gonna be Elizabeth Gilbert or Miss

908

: 00:33:35

Tina, because I'm just, I don't know.

909

: 00:33:39

That's, that's my feeling.

910

: 00:33:41

Speaker 2: I, I think either one of

those would be my, my prediction.

911

: 00:33:45

Speaker: Mm-hmm.

912

: 00:33:46

Mm-hmm.

913

: 00:33:46

Mm-hmm.

914

: 00:33:47

Mm-hmm.

915

: 00:33:48

Um, oh, Sy uh, Chrissy said, uh, maybe

the Allison Stoner in the memoir.

916

: 00:33:55

Hmm.

917

: 00:33:56

I could see that.

918

: 00:33:58

I could see that.

919

: 00:34:00

All right, let's switch to,

um, what category am I in?

920

: 00:34:05

Why isn't this moving last category after

memoir is, or history and biography?

921

: 00:34:13

Now I actually read my, um, vote.

922

: 00:34:16

I, I voted for a marriage at

sea, a, a true story of love,

923

: 00:34:20

obsession, and shipwreck.

924

: 00:34:21

Absolutely brilliant.

925

: 00:34:23

This reads like a novel.

926

: 00:34:24

Francesca went with How to Kill a Witch.

927

: 00:34:28

So let me get our last

category up on screen.

928

: 00:34:31

We have history and biography.

929

: 00:34:34

Here we go.

930

: 00:34:36

Oh, nope.

931

: 00:34:37

Wrong one.

932

: 00:34:37

Share screen.

933

: 00:34:39

There we go, people.

934

: 00:34:41

All right.

935

: 00:34:41

So we have Jane Austin's

bookshelf, which, um.

936

: 00:34:46

I didn't get around to reading, but

I'm looking forward to, we have the

937

: 00:34:49

Zo, we have a Stephen Greenblatt for

people who love history and biography.

938

: 00:34:53

That's a very common name.

939

: 00:34:54

Rick Atkinson as well.

940

: 00:34:57

Who else is over here?

941

: 00:34:58

Um, we have the books we

voted for next to each other.

942

: 00:35:02

Um, 1929.

943

: 00:35:04

Oh yes, everyone.

944

: 00:35:05

This is about, um, the financial

crisis of that time when people

945

: 00:35:09

were legit jumping outta buildings.

946

: 00:35:11

That guy has been doing interviews

all over the place about the

947

: 00:35:13

book Mark Twain by Ron Chernow.

948

: 00:35:17

I read that book and love that book.

949

: 00:35:18

It is great.

950

: 00:35:19

We also have a James Baldwin,

um, book up here as well.

951

: 00:35:23

Who do I think is gonna window?

952

: 00:35:24

Hmm, who is,

953

: 00:35:26

Speaker 2: I'm torn between.

954

: 00:35:28

Um, again, I'm trying to like predict name

recognition and who people would vote for.

955

: 00:35:34

I'm either thinking that they'll go with

the Jane Austen because going again on

956

: 00:35:38

your assumption that Jane Austen is fresh

in the minds of people, or James Baldwin.

957

: 00:35:45

Speaker: Oh, interesting take.

958

: 00:35:47

Speaker 2: That would be my prediction.

959

: 00:35:51

Speaker: Okay.

960

: 00:35:51

Alright, well let us know your

predictions in the comments.

961

: 00:35:55

Okay.

962

: 00:35:55

Replay crew.

963

: 00:35:56

We'd love to hear from you as well.

964

: 00:35:57

We have our live chat crew chiming in.

965

: 00:36:00

Let me see, what have I missed?

966

: 00:36:02

What are comments that I have, um, missed?

967

: 00:36:05

Okay, let's go back here.

968

: 00:36:07

So, sunrise on the reaping, we agree.

969

: 00:36:09

Mm-hmm.

970

: 00:36:09

Will probably take the win.

971

: 00:36:11

Speaker 2: Yeah.

972

: 00:36:11

Speaker: Um, according to Christie,

Christie also says, YA always is

973

: 00:36:15

good with the queer books, but that

is not always reflected in adult.

974

: 00:36:17

But sci-fi this year had a handful

and horror as well was good.

975

: 00:36:21

Yes and yes.

976

: 00:36:23

Erin says, it's interesting to me

that YA does seem to lead the charge.

977

: 00:36:27

Mm-hmm.

978

: 00:36:27

Speaker 2: Always.

979

: 00:36:28

Speaker: Can I stick a

pin and just say, mm-hmm.

980

: 00:36:31

YA is always leading the charge.

981

: 00:36:32

I'm also gonna throw in children's books.

982

: 00:36:35

Speaker 2: Yeah.

983

: 00:36:35

Speaker: There's so many

children's books winning right now.

984

: 00:36:39

I mean, for from the little,

little babies mm-hmm.

985

: 00:36:41

To the middle grade.

986

: 00:36:41

Those books are winning.

987

: 00:36:43

I have a card right here with books.

988

: 00:36:45

I'm excited to recommend to

you all as gift guide picks.

989

: 00:36:48

And just to round out the, uh,

I do think there's something

990

: 00:36:52

freeing in that side of the genre.

991

: 00:36:54

Mm-hmm.

992

: 00:36:55

I, I feel passionate about that as well.

993

: 00:36:57

Um, Chrissy saying, yep.

994

: 00:36:58

John Green will probably win.

995

: 00:37:00

How did I blank on this genre?

996

: 00:37:02

Fran, Fran brought it

to the forefront though.

997

: 00:37:04

Facts.

998

: 00:37:05

Um, Erin gives me hope for

the future despite being Gen

999

: 00:37:08

X and allergic to hope so.

: 1000

00:37:09,555 --> 00:37:10,575

We can be allergic.

: 1001

00:37:10,575 --> 00:37:11,185

We need to Yes.

: 1002

00:37:12,015 --> 00:37:13,725

We need to be hopefully ulu.

: 1003

00:37:13,965 --> 00:37:13,995

Ah,

: 1004

00:37:16,065 --> 00:37:17,235

Speaker 2: I, I'm so allergic.

: 1005

00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:18,165

I don't know what to tell you.

: 1006

00:37:19,545 --> 00:37:21,765

Speaker: I'm trying to be in the ulu.

: 1007

00:37:21,795 --> 00:37:22,335

Okay.

: 1008

00:37:22,935 --> 00:37:26,595

Um, oh yeah, I did mention the

Allison Stoner in the memoir.

: 1009

00:37:26,835 --> 00:37:31,185

Um, Erin says, I want James Baldwin

to win, but I suspect China will win.

: 1010

00:37:31,395 --> 00:37:32,835

See, that is interesting.

: 1011

00:37:33,255 --> 00:37:34,185

I did read that book.

: 1012

00:37:34,305 --> 00:37:37,875

Um, I, I think I probably recommended

that this summer for the Mark Twain.

: 1013

00:37:39,010 --> 00:37:39,580

Hear me out.

: 1014

00:37:39,580 --> 00:37:44,860

I think the timing of that Mark Twain

book is just, 'cause a lot of people are

: 1015

00:37:44,860 --> 00:37:49,000

talking about Huckleberry Finn because

of, you know, James and this and that.

: 1016

00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,600

I think there are a lot of things

that might point to churn out.

: 1017

00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,220

Plus there's that name recognition.

: 1018

00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:54,460

Speaker 2: Yeah.

: 1019

00:37:54,550 --> 00:37:57,445

Speaker: Listen, I'm hoping

for anything I will take, um,

: 1020

00:37:57,445 --> 00:37:59,290

the wild cards at any moment.

: 1021

00:37:59,590 --> 00:38:03,910

But before we leave, let me just not

leave before we get off this topic.

: 1022

00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:08,410

Um, when is the dates again for

the, we're gonna come back, I think

: 1023

00:38:08,410 --> 00:38:11,530

it's after Thanksgiving thereabouts,

or right before Thanksgiving.

: 1024

00:38:11,830 --> 00:38:13,990

We're gonna get the second round.

: 1025

00:38:13,990 --> 00:38:14,440

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

: 1026

00:38:14,740 --> 00:38:18,040

Speaker: So, um, we're gonna

go live for that for sure.

: 1027

00:38:18,310 --> 00:38:19,720

I don't have the date up in here.

: 1028

00:38:19,720 --> 00:38:23,710

See, this is how I'm not prepared

folks, but, um, stay tuned.

: 1029

00:38:23,710 --> 00:38:24,550

Stay tuned.

: 1030

00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:28,840

And I think we're gonna take up

Erin, on the, the books we wish.

: 1031

00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:29,080

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

: 1032

00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:30,340

Speaker: Were on the list.

: 1033

00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:31,000

Okay.

: 1034

00:38:31,060 --> 00:38:32,590

Um, and then we'll go from there.

: 1035

00:38:32,590 --> 00:38:33,430

But yes, so.

: 1036

00:38:34,335 --> 00:38:34,875

Stay tuned.

: 1037

00:38:34,875 --> 00:38:35,595

Stay tuned folks.

: 1038

00:38:35,595 --> 00:38:36,825

But we have APAC show.

: 1039

00:38:36,825 --> 00:38:37,815

We have a lot to go through.

: 1040

00:38:37,815 --> 00:38:41,174

Can you believe we were just

talking all about good reads.

: 1041

00:38:41,174 --> 00:38:43,515

We still have to get into

this week's new releases.

: 1042

00:38:43,634 --> 00:38:44,565

Speaker 2: We'll go quick through that.

: 1043

00:38:44,569 --> 00:38:44,790

We'll

: 1044

00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:45,150

Speaker: go quick

: 1045

00:38:45,150 --> 00:38:45,390

Speaker 2: through that.

: 1046

00:38:45,390 --> 00:38:45,400

Yes,

: 1047

00:38:45,670 --> 00:38:49,755

Speaker: what we're reading and

we're watching listen a lot today.

: 1048

00:38:50,295 --> 00:38:55,484

However, comma, let me just readjust

things here on my back end to jump

: 1049

00:38:55,484 --> 00:38:56,835

into this week's new releases.

: 1050

00:38:56,835 --> 00:39:01,424

So we will be sharing six books

each, a piece on new books that have

: 1051

00:39:01,424 --> 00:39:06,765

come out this week, November 9th

through to November 15th this year.

: 1052

00:39:06,884 --> 00:39:10,035

So first on my list is an academic affair.

: 1053

00:39:10,035 --> 00:39:11,535

I read this one, I enjoyed it.

: 1054

00:39:11,535 --> 00:39:15,825

We have two rival English professors

who fake a marriage to secure.

: 1055

00:39:15,855 --> 00:39:16,935

Um, uh, you know this.

: 1056

00:39:17,315 --> 00:39:20,465

Uh, position in their work, but of

course they discover pretending to

: 1057

00:39:20,465 --> 00:39:24,065

love each other is just, you know, a

fast, they actually like each other.

: 1058

00:39:24,065 --> 00:39:24,694

It's a romance.

: 1059

00:39:24,725 --> 00:39:25,115

Okay.

: 1060

00:39:25,625 --> 00:39:32,225

Then we have the Amber Glow

Candy Store by Hi Yoko, csu.

: 1061

00:39:32,315 --> 00:39:33,725

Odds are I butchered that name.

: 1062

00:39:33,725 --> 00:39:36,185

But listen, this is delightfully.

: 1063

00:39:36,380 --> 00:39:39,380

Cozy escapist, borderline magical realism.

: 1064

00:39:39,380 --> 00:39:44,750

We have a mysterious fox spirit that

runs this moonlight candy shop, and

: 1065

00:39:44,780 --> 00:39:48,800

every customer, every time they come

in a suite forces them to confront

: 1066

00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,920

their lives and truths and things

they've been avoiding in their lives.

: 1067

00:39:52,370 --> 00:39:57,680

We also have New this week, um,

not You Again by Erin LaRosa.

: 1068

00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,500

I personally haven't read this

one, but it says there's um, two

: 1069

00:40:00,500 --> 00:40:02,540

people in a chaotic time loop.

: 1070

00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:06,530

This is on my TBR this week,

but this is out and new.

: 1071

00:40:06,980 --> 00:40:11,270

Also out this week is a

Sunshine Man by Emma Stonex.

: 1072

00:40:11,300 --> 00:40:13,940

This one I read and listen, it is a ride.

: 1073

00:40:14,270 --> 00:40:18,320

It's a thriller, but it's more

literary vibes, and we have a woman

: 1074

00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,300

who is haunting her sister's killer.

: 1075

00:40:20,910 --> 00:40:25,140

She ends up in this, you know, cat and

mouse chase with this man who had some

: 1076

00:40:25,140 --> 00:40:26,580

dealings with her family in the past.

: 1077

00:40:26,580 --> 00:40:28,140

And she has secrets.

: 1078

00:40:28,140 --> 00:40:29,130

And she has secrets.

: 1079

00:40:29,130 --> 00:40:30,900

It's a whole mess, but it's so good.

: 1080

00:40:31,319 --> 00:40:37,140

Next up, we have, um, next time

will be our turn by Jesse Custo.

: 1081

00:40:37,140 --> 00:40:40,799

I personally haven't read this one, but

it's about a grandmother sharing with

: 1082

00:40:40,799 --> 00:40:45,029

her granddaughter, you know, her life

story and her love story and everything

: 1083

00:40:45,029 --> 00:40:48,480

to help her granddaughter now understand,

you know, her life and her future.

: 1084

00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:53,250

So that's on my TBR and also

out this week is revenge.

: 1085

00:40:53,655 --> 00:40:57,075

Served Royal by s Celeste Nelly.

: 1086

00:40:57,525 --> 00:40:59,355

Um, this is supposed to be a cozy mystery.

: 1087

00:40:59,355 --> 00:41:00,255

I haven't read it.

: 1088

00:41:00,285 --> 00:41:01,695

This is book three in a series.

: 1089

00:41:01,695 --> 00:41:04,815

I haven't read this series, but

it looks cute 'cause I'm just

: 1090

00:41:04,815 --> 00:41:06,405

discovering it now at book three.

: 1091

00:41:06,405 --> 00:41:10,545

But it's like Agatha Christie

meets like the royal family,

: 1092

00:41:10,575 --> 00:41:12,465

um, kind of cozy mystery vibe.

: 1093

00:41:12,465 --> 00:41:18,105

So, um, those are my six books on my

list, but I know Francesca has, um,

: 1094

00:41:18,105 --> 00:41:20,055

some book recommendations as well.

: 1095

00:41:20,055 --> 00:41:23,415

So I'm excited to hear about

the books that are on your list.

: 1096

00:41:23,415 --> 00:41:23,895

Fran.

: 1097

00:41:24,335 --> 00:41:24,545

Speaker 2: Yeah.

: 1098

00:41:24,545 --> 00:41:28,235

So the first one is the Seventh

Champion by Sylvia Mercedes.

: 1099

00:41:28,235 --> 00:41:33,995

So this is romantic, but more like

slow burn a little bit ya in vibe.

: 1100

00:41:34,265 --> 00:41:38,705

And it's basically our heroin is

a dragon princess and there is a.

: 1101

00:41:39,384 --> 00:41:42,774

There's some trials to

basically marry her off.

: 1102

00:41:42,774 --> 00:41:45,234

That's what her family is doing.

: 1103

00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:48,984

And she ends up meeting with this one guy.

: 1104

00:41:48,984 --> 00:41:50,544

She thought it was a bodyguard.

: 1105

00:41:50,815 --> 00:41:53,785

Um, but it turns out it was actually

this guy that's an assassin.

: 1106

00:41:53,785 --> 00:41:55,194

He went there to kill her.

: 1107

00:41:55,225 --> 00:41:57,714

Things didn't work out in the

moment where she found him.

: 1108

00:41:57,714 --> 00:41:59,754

So he unveils his identity.

: 1109

00:41:59,754 --> 00:42:03,565

He is actually a prince and

he joins the competition now.

: 1110

00:42:03,565 --> 00:42:06,205

She didn't want to do any of

that, so she wants to escape.

: 1111

00:42:06,205 --> 00:42:11,335

And it's, it's kind of a cute,

um, story where she's very strong

: 1112

00:42:11,335 --> 00:42:13,674

and, you know, trying to like

do her own thing and go away.

: 1113

00:42:13,674 --> 00:42:16,194

So she's a healer, he's an assassin.

: 1114

00:42:16,194 --> 00:42:17,935

It's, it's got a nice dynamic.

: 1115

00:42:18,145 --> 00:42:22,645

And also, um, Selia Mercedes was

on the blog this week recommending

: 1116

00:42:22,645 --> 00:42:27,475

some slow burn, romantic her

top five, which was really fun.

: 1117

00:42:27,475 --> 00:42:29,335

There's one in there

that I absolutely love.

: 1118

00:42:29,335 --> 00:42:33,355

So I have a link in the show's description

if you wanna check out her favorites.

: 1119

00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:37,589

Then the next one that I am actually

in the middle of reading already is

: 1120

00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:39,690

Your Knife, my Heart by KM Anova.

: 1121

00:42:40,770 --> 00:42:45,359

So this one we have a killer, so it's

kind of like military dark romance.

: 1122

00:42:45,359 --> 00:42:48,480

The guy is part of this

elite organization.

: 1123

00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:53,160

He is like the super, super killer, like,

you know, no feelings and everything.

: 1124

00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:54,839

And the heroin gets assigned.

: 1125

00:42:54,839 --> 00:42:55,710

It's the new recruit.

: 1126

00:42:55,710 --> 00:43:02,370

She gets assigned to the unit and she

has to kind of like guide her in and

: 1127

00:43:02,370 --> 00:43:04,109

you know, things ensue from there.

: 1128

00:43:04,109 --> 00:43:05,100

A little bit of chaos.

: 1129

00:43:05,925 --> 00:43:07,125

Questionable morals.

: 1130

00:43:07,425 --> 00:43:11,895

The next one is another

Mafia Dark Romance.

: 1131

00:43:11,895 --> 00:43:13,695

It's indulged by Luna Mason.

: 1132

00:43:13,695 --> 00:43:19,575

Now this one is about a mafia arranged

marriage or marriage of convenience, but

: 1133

00:43:19,575 --> 00:43:24,620

the heroine is engaged to this one guy

and it ends up where she's kind of having

: 1134

00:43:25,005 --> 00:43:28,245

a relationship with his twin as well.

: 1135

00:43:28,965 --> 00:43:31,935

So I don't know, but I saw

the, the promo for this before,

: 1136

00:43:31,965 --> 00:43:33,345

like a couple of months ago.

: 1137

00:43:33,810 --> 00:43:36,240

And I immediately marked it on

my TBR 'cause I'm like, that

: 1138

00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:37,650

sounds like a whole ass mess.

: 1139

00:43:38,130 --> 00:43:39,510

So I need to read that.

: 1140

00:43:39,810 --> 00:43:41,880

Um, and I think that comes

out either today or tomorrow.

: 1141

00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,500

The next is Genive Adamovich.

: 1142

00:43:43,530 --> 00:43:47,850

I mean, I have, I used to love every

Genive Adamovich book that comes

: 1143

00:43:47,850 --> 00:43:50,610

out, and I went off for a little

bit, but this one sounds good.

: 1144

00:43:50,610 --> 00:43:56,910

It's a artifact heist caper, um,

and it's basically the heroin with

: 1145

00:43:56,910 --> 00:43:59,310

her ex-husband going along with it.

: 1146

00:43:59,310 --> 00:44:03,270

So that sounds really good,

especially as in, you know, we're

: 1147

00:44:03,450 --> 00:44:05,790

dealing with the Louvre heist.

: 1148

00:44:06,090 --> 00:44:09,990

So I think that it's very opportune

timing and it's kind of like Oceans 11.

: 1149

00:44:10,230 --> 00:44:11,340

So I'm excited for that.

: 1150

00:44:11,340 --> 00:44:14,310

Then there's a matter

of murder by Tza price.

: 1151

00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,590

So this is Lizzie Bennett and Mr.

: 1152

00:44:16,590 --> 00:44:18,360

Darcy solving murders together.

: 1153

00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:18,960

So it's a.

: 1154

00:44:19,245 --> 00:44:23,174

Cozy murder mystery with

them, um, you know, solving

: 1155

00:44:23,174 --> 00:44:24,524

cases and it's a whole series.

: 1156

00:44:24,524 --> 00:44:26,504

So there's other books

already in that series.

: 1157

00:44:26,835 --> 00:44:30,435

And the last, it's, so my ex-boyfriend

is a serial killer by Kylie Scott.

: 1158

00:44:30,705 --> 00:44:34,515

Now this one I read months ago 'cause

it originally released as an audiobook.

: 1159

00:44:34,515 --> 00:44:36,375

So this is just the ebook release of it.

: 1160

00:44:36,705 --> 00:44:42,045

And the heroin, her ex-boyfriend ended

up getting caught as a serial killer.

: 1161

00:44:42,045 --> 00:44:45,345

He's in jail, but everybody in

the town, she thinks that she

: 1162

00:44:45,345 --> 00:44:46,515

had something to do with it.

: 1163

00:44:46,665 --> 00:44:50,234

And this is the romance between her

and her next door neighbor as she's

: 1164

00:44:50,234 --> 00:44:54,585

dealing with, you know, maybe some other

bodies coming up now and people thinking

: 1165

00:44:54,585 --> 00:44:56,205

that it was actually her all along.

: 1166

00:44:56,205 --> 00:45:00,435

So those are my six books, six

new releases for this week.

: 1167

00:45:01,095 --> 00:45:01,845

Speaker: Yes.

: 1168

00:45:01,904 --> 00:45:03,315

Exciting new releases.

: 1169

00:45:03,315 --> 00:45:03,325

Exciting.

: 1170

00:45:04,095 --> 00:45:04,785

Yes.

: 1171

00:45:04,845 --> 00:45:07,845

Lots of great books we're

putting up on screen.

: 1172

00:45:07,905 --> 00:45:08,265

Okay.

: 1173

00:45:08,295 --> 00:45:12,435

Or a little chart of new

releases, so they're all numbered.

: 1174

00:45:12,465 --> 00:45:14,775

So let us know in the chat.

: 1175

00:45:14,805 --> 00:45:15,045

Okay?

: 1176

00:45:15,045 --> 00:45:17,235

If you're watching live, let

us know in the live chat.

: 1177

00:45:17,565 --> 00:45:18,825

If you're watching the replay.

: 1178

00:45:18,855 --> 00:45:21,045

Replay crew, we wanna

hear from you as well.

: 1179

00:45:21,285 --> 00:45:25,635

Let us know the new releases that

have caught your eye that you're like,

: 1180

00:45:25,635 --> 00:45:27,765

yes, I'm gonna add this to my TBR.

: 1181

00:45:27,765 --> 00:45:28,695

So for me.

: 1182

00:45:29,305 --> 00:45:31,944

On my TBR would be number four.

: 1183

00:45:31,944 --> 00:45:35,605

That, um, that Erin LaRosa,

that sounds interesting.

: 1184

00:45:36,024 --> 00:45:39,640

Um, the Julie Soto, uh,

Jesse Satanto, sorry book.

: 1185

00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:39,920

Mm-hmm.

: 1186

00:45:40,004 --> 00:45:42,535

Sounds super interesting as well.

: 1187

00:45:42,774 --> 00:45:46,375

I would pick five, but it would mean I

wanna go read the other two books first.

: 1188

00:45:46,375 --> 00:45:50,964

So from my list, I'm definitely gonna

say four and six, but from, from

: 1189

00:45:50,964 --> 00:45:53,855

Francesca's, list number 11 is on my list.

: 1190

00:45:54,410 --> 00:45:57,170

Number 11 is on my TBR 10.

: 1191

00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,020

Sounds super interesting, but

how many books are in that one?

: 1192

00:46:00,770 --> 00:46:04,370

Speaker 2: I think there's

gonna be at least three before.

: 1193

00:46:04,460 --> 00:46:05,240

Speaker: Three before.

: 1194

00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:05,540

Speaker 2: Okay.

: 1195

00:46:05,540 --> 00:46:06,530

If I remember correctly.

: 1196

00:46:06,530 --> 00:46:07,550

Yeah, maybe more.

: 1197

00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,010

It's been going on for several years.

: 1198

00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:11,660

Speaker: Oh, I'm just hearing about it.

: 1199

00:46:11,660 --> 00:46:14,150

But what books, um, are on your TBR?

: 1200

00:46:14,150 --> 00:46:15,080

What sounds interesting?

: 1201

00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,710

Speaker 2: So for sure, I already

had the number four on my TBR

: 1202

00:46:19,010 --> 00:46:21,140

because it sounds really cute.

: 1203

00:46:21,140 --> 00:46:24,200

And I did read her books

last year, I think.

: 1204

00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:27,740

So definitely that sounds,

um, that sounds good.

: 1205

00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:32,600

I definitely will add number

eight from my list to my TBR.

: 1206

00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:38,390

Like I said, Janet Ivanovich and

I have a love hate relationship

: 1207

00:46:38,390 --> 00:46:40,580

lately, so we'll give her a try.

: 1208

00:46:41,180 --> 00:46:45,620

But I definitely think number six is

also a high contender for the TBR 'cause

: 1209

00:46:45,620 --> 00:46:49,970

I love Jessica Ceto and that sounds

like a hard warming story for sure.

: 1210

00:46:49,975 --> 00:46:50,355

Speaker: Mm-hmm.

: 1211

00:46:50,595 --> 00:46:50,955

Mm-hmm.

: 1212

00:46:51,185 --> 00:46:51,675

Speaker 2: Comfort.

: 1213

00:46:51,785 --> 00:46:52,275

Comfort.

: 1214

00:46:52,415 --> 00:46:52,955

We need comfort.

: 1215

00:46:54,130 --> 00:46:55,210

Speaker: Yeah, we need comfort.

: 1216

00:46:55,240 --> 00:47:00,250

Erin is going with 11, 12 and two.

: 1217

00:47:00,700 --> 00:47:02,170

Two is fun.

: 1218

00:47:02,225 --> 00:47:03,100

I, I read too.

: 1219

00:47:03,100 --> 00:47:03,880

It's nice.

: 1220

00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:07,900

It's, it's escapist, you know, um,

a little magical realism in the mix.

: 1221

00:47:08,350 --> 00:47:12,910

Um, Chrissy, Chrissy is saying six and 11.

: 1222

00:47:12,940 --> 00:47:13,690

Sounds great.

: 1223

00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:15,250

I love these combinations.

: 1224

00:47:15,250 --> 00:47:15,340

Speaker 2: Yes,

: 1225

00:47:16,180 --> 00:47:16,960

Speaker: yes.

: 1226

00:47:17,110 --> 00:47:18,640

Um, yeah, definitely.

: 1227

00:47:18,640 --> 00:47:19,150

I love it.

: 1228

00:47:19,150 --> 00:47:20,230

And they're opposites too.

: 1229

00:47:20,290 --> 00:47:24,069

So those are on my TBR as well, so, yeah.

: 1230

00:47:24,069 --> 00:47:26,710

So that's it for this week's new releases.

: 1231

00:47:26,710 --> 00:47:29,020

Again, if you're watching

the replay, replay crew, we'd

: 1232

00:47:29,020 --> 00:47:30,580

love to hear from you as well.

: 1233

00:47:30,850 --> 00:47:33,310

And we also wanna shout

out Brown girl Reading.

: 1234

00:47:33,310 --> 00:47:34,000

Hey Deedee.

: 1235

00:47:34,045 --> 00:47:34,585

Hi Deedee.

: 1236

00:47:35,140 --> 00:47:37,180

Hope you're doing good over there, girl.

: 1237

00:47:37,180 --> 00:47:40,750

And as we are wrapping new

releases, we're gonna jump into.

: 1238

00:47:41,490 --> 00:47:45,930

The what we're reading segment, and I

don't have much to report to you all.

: 1239

00:47:45,930 --> 00:47:49,380

I'm really stewing on my winter

reading guide, the books I've

: 1240

00:47:49,380 --> 00:47:54,150

been reading for that, however,

coincidentally, and it is not timed.

: 1241

00:47:54,210 --> 00:47:54,780

All right.

: 1242

00:47:54,780 --> 00:48:01,200

But I was listening to the,

okay, I'm not making this up.

: 1243

00:48:01,380 --> 00:48:03,150

So it was fresh in my mind.

: 1244

00:48:03,210 --> 00:48:07,830

Um, when Good Reads, um, awards

just kind of came out this week,

: 1245

00:48:07,830 --> 00:48:09,060

I was like, oh, perfect timing.

: 1246

00:48:09,060 --> 00:48:09,930

Well, let me tell you something.

: 1247

00:48:10,380 --> 00:48:14,760

I'm loving this cast, so I am

here to endorse this version.

: 1248

00:48:14,940 --> 00:48:15,240

Speaker 2: Nice.

: 1249

00:48:15,330 --> 00:48:20,100

Speaker: Um, of Jane and you know,

again, just in time for Jane two 50.

: 1250

00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:20,610

Mm-hmm.

: 1251

00:48:20,616 --> 00:48:22,620

But what is on your reading list?

: 1252

00:48:22,620 --> 00:48:23,550

What have you been reading?

: 1253

00:48:23,550 --> 00:48:24,930

What have you been lobbying?

: 1254

00:48:25,350 --> 00:48:29,070

Speaker 2: So the first thing is I

finished over the weekend cold wire by

: 1255

00:48:29,070 --> 00:48:31,200

Chloe Gong, which came out last week.

: 1256

00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:34,260

I talked about it in the new releases,

and I picked up the audiobook

: 1257

00:48:34,260 --> 00:48:36,990

immediately while I was doing my

planning, playing with my planner.

: 1258

00:48:38,130 --> 00:48:39,360

Love this book.

: 1259

00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:44,640

So it's very, um, it's, it's

kind of like virtual reality.

: 1260

00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:50,310

So our heroine technically not gonna

spoil it, but there's like, um, the,

: 1261

00:48:50,310 --> 00:48:53,580

the real world and then they get

plugged in a little bit matrix style,

: 1262

00:48:53,580 --> 00:48:58,170

and then they go into the virtual

reality and she has to work for an

: 1263

00:48:58,170 --> 00:49:00,750

organization that it's very much like the.

: 1264

00:49:01,140 --> 00:49:05,009

Kind of like the corporation that oversees

everything and the surveillance and all

: 1265

00:49:05,009 --> 00:49:06,810

of this stuff, of all the civilians.

: 1266

00:49:07,140 --> 00:49:13,470

And so she works for them and they are

trying to go and capture this rebel that

: 1267

00:49:13,470 --> 00:49:15,990

is trying to, you know, start some stuff.

: 1268

00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:21,630

So it's basically her working with her

organization and then that rebel captures

: 1269

00:49:21,630 --> 00:49:24,390

her and forces her to be a spy for them.

: 1270

00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:26,490

So like he sets her up in this thing.

: 1271

00:49:26,820 --> 00:49:31,799

When I tell you that this was so much fun,

if you like, like all the virtual reality,

: 1272

00:49:31,799 --> 00:49:36,840

but also the little bit more dystopian

elements, like this needs to be a movie.

: 1273

00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:38,070

It was just so good.

: 1274

00:49:38,370 --> 00:49:40,049

There's a cliffhanger at the end.

: 1275

00:49:40,049 --> 00:49:41,580

I cannot wait for book two.

: 1276

00:49:41,820 --> 00:49:42,420

So.

: 1277

00:49:42,670 --> 00:49:44,170

I'm really excited for this one.

: 1278

00:49:44,470 --> 00:49:48,790

And then the one that I am currently

reading, I picked it up because of Vibes.

: 1279

00:49:48,790 --> 00:49:52,840

It comes out next week and this

week we had like the, oh, we

: 1280

00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:54,310

might see the Northern Lights.

: 1281

00:49:54,310 --> 00:49:59,200

So I was like, I saw a book that's

coming out that has the Northern Lights.

: 1282

00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:00,850

Let me pick that up.

: 1283

00:50:00,910 --> 00:50:03,580

'cause you know, in Florida we

don't really get to see them.

: 1284

00:50:03,970 --> 00:50:07,630

So, um, it's Secret Nights

and Northern Lights, which is

: 1285

00:50:07,630 --> 00:50:09,370

basically a second chance Romance.

: 1286

00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:14,890

The heroine goes on this assignment, kind

of like a travel journalist writer, and

: 1287

00:50:14,890 --> 00:50:16,450

she's been trying to get her big break.

: 1288

00:50:16,450 --> 00:50:22,000

She gets an assignment to go for

someone else to Iceland, and this

: 1289

00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,670

photographer goes with her, is assigned

to go with her, and it happens to

: 1290

00:50:24,670 --> 00:50:29,500

be her ex who was also, it's an ex

that nobody knows they were together

: 1291

00:50:29,500 --> 00:50:31,270

because it's her brother's best friend.

: 1292

00:50:31,710 --> 00:50:35,520

So off they go to Iceland and it's just

them reconnecting and you know, the

: 1293

00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,650

beautiful scenery and all of the things.

: 1294

00:50:37,650 --> 00:50:41,400

So it's probably great for

like the winter season.

: 1295

00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:43,080

You know, it's cozy so far.

: 1296

00:50:43,080 --> 00:50:45,509

So I'll report back on

how I end up liking it.

: 1297

00:50:46,140 --> 00:50:47,400

Speaker: I'm gonna spoil it.

: 1298

00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:48,240

I loved it first.

: 1299

00:50:48,240 --> 00:50:48,360

Oh good.

: 1300

00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:49,825

I love it.

: 1301

00:50:50,085 --> 00:50:52,840

So like, like it, I don't care.

: 1302

00:50:53,130 --> 00:50:53,790

I loved it.

: 1303

00:50:56,310 --> 00:50:58,410

But that's it for what

we're currently reading.

: 1304

00:50:58,410 --> 00:51:02,250

You let us know in the comments

what you are reading as well.

: 1305

00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:05,610

Um, Chrissy says, A Northern

Lights one has piqued my interest.

: 1306

00:51:05,819 --> 00:51:06,810

Listen, I loved it.

: 1307

00:51:06,810 --> 00:51:07,890

It it was fun.

: 1308

00:51:07,895 --> 00:51:10,230

I, I, I, I had a good time with it.

: 1309

00:51:10,965 --> 00:51:12,495

It's perfectly timed because mm-hmm.

: 1310

00:51:12,735 --> 00:51:15,645

Everyone's sharing pictures right now,

but I think it's a great winter read.

: 1311

00:51:15,675 --> 00:51:15,795

Speaker 2: Yeah,

: 1312

00:51:16,425 --> 00:51:19,245

Speaker: I would definitely add

it to a winter reading list.

: 1313

00:51:19,275 --> 00:51:19,545

Speaker 2: Yeah.

: 1314

00:51:19,545 --> 00:51:23,325

And plus also different settings, like

aren't we tired of always reading about

: 1315

00:51:23,325 --> 00:51:24,975

the same settings and the same thing?

: 1316

00:51:24,975 --> 00:51:28,545

So it was, so far it's been

refreshing to see other things.

: 1317

00:51:29,025 --> 00:51:30,225

Speaker: Yeah, I had fun with it.

: 1318

00:51:30,225 --> 00:51:31,785

It was incredibly delightful.

: 1319

00:51:32,145 --> 00:51:35,985

Um, but let us know in the comments

what you are reading as well.

: 1320

00:51:35,985 --> 00:51:36,555

Replay crew.

: 1321

00:51:36,555 --> 00:51:37,905

We wanna hear from you as well.

: 1322

00:51:37,965 --> 00:51:40,965

Um, Erin is saying Same re

Northern Lights, so we, we

: 1323

00:51:40,965 --> 00:51:41,865

need something different.

: 1324

00:51:42,135 --> 00:51:42,405

Yes.

: 1325

00:51:42,405 --> 00:51:43,995

We need something different for sure.

: 1326

00:51:44,685 --> 00:51:49,540

Alright, so wrapping things up, we are

jumping into the, what we're watching bit.

: 1327

00:51:49,540 --> 00:51:49,820

Mm-hmm.

: 1328

00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:53,055

You know, because this, and we read,

but we also watch things on telly

: 1329

00:51:53,085 --> 00:51:55,095

and you know what, it's storytelling.

: 1330

00:51:55,125 --> 00:51:56,655

It's all storytelling in the end.

: 1331

00:51:56,895 --> 00:52:02,115

So I've been reporting to you all week in,

week out on the Great British Baking Show.

: 1332

00:52:02,609 --> 00:52:06,660

Because this has been my appointment

television Friday evening, I'm on

: 1333

00:52:06,660 --> 00:52:08,279

the couch and I'm just watching it.

: 1334

00:52:08,279 --> 00:52:09,120

And I love it.

: 1335

00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:11,250

It's a great way for me to unwind.

: 1336

00:52:11,310 --> 00:52:13,290

And unfortunately, we

have come to the end.

: 1337

00:52:13,770 --> 00:52:14,940

We have come to the end.

: 1338

00:52:15,149 --> 00:52:18,359

So of course we start with how many

bakers do we always start with?

: 1339

00:52:18,359 --> 00:52:19,319

Like a dozen of them.

: 1340

00:52:19,379 --> 00:52:20,129

I don't remember.

: 1341

00:52:20,190 --> 00:52:21,420

You can count them on screen.

: 1342

00:52:21,420 --> 00:52:22,410

That's this year's crop.

: 1343

00:52:23,009 --> 00:52:26,009

Um, but you know, you start with

a whole bunch of, uh, bakers and

: 1344

00:52:26,009 --> 00:52:30,149

I think the thing I love about

this show is don't come for me.

: 1345

00:52:30,149 --> 00:52:35,279

But unlike American, you know, competition

shows this is like competition.

: 1346

00:52:35,279 --> 00:52:35,970

Yeah.

: 1347

00:52:36,270 --> 00:52:38,759

But these are people helping

each other, you know what I mean?

: 1348

00:52:38,759 --> 00:52:41,730

Like if someone needs, um, you

know, extra this or that, or does

: 1349

00:52:41,730 --> 00:52:45,149

anyone have, you know, a knife or a

measurement spoon, it doesn't matter.

: 1350

00:52:45,149 --> 00:52:47,670

Like they're sharing and

they're helping and I love it.

: 1351

00:52:47,670 --> 00:52:50,700

So it's like, it's a competition,

but you can tell they make

: 1352

00:52:50,700 --> 00:52:51,960

lifelong friendships here.

: 1353

00:52:52,410 --> 00:52:56,725

Um, last week I did say, um,

we were down to the final.

: 1354

00:52:57,615 --> 00:52:59,385

These were our final three.

: 1355

00:52:59,685 --> 00:53:03,435

That gal in the middle was in

medical school doing her medical

: 1356

00:53:03,435 --> 00:53:06,555

school exams while doing Bake Off.

: 1357

00:53:06,615 --> 00:53:08,115

Again, that blew my mind.

: 1358

00:53:08,595 --> 00:53:10,725

Um, the guy to for her.

: 1359

00:53:11,625 --> 00:53:12,165

Yeah, I know.

: 1360

00:53:12,165 --> 00:53:12,675

It's insane.

: 1361

00:53:13,005 --> 00:53:16,875

The guy to the left on your

screen, he is the one who I

: 1362

00:53:16,875 --> 00:53:21,915

thought should have left like two

competitions ago if y'all were here.

: 1363

00:53:21,915 --> 00:53:23,505

And I was saying, or Short King.

: 1364

00:53:23,655 --> 00:53:24,525

Okay.

: 1365

00:53:24,525 --> 00:53:27,675

'cause we call it as Lucy on

British Television, the short

: 1366

00:53:27,675 --> 00:53:29,655

king left and I was gotted.

: 1367

00:53:29,685 --> 00:53:32,895

I felt, um, he should have

left instead of Short King.

: 1368

00:53:33,285 --> 00:53:37,965

Um, and then we had Toby who left after

that and I felt, no, he should have left.

: 1369

00:53:38,175 --> 00:53:40,125

Well listen, he redeemed

himself in the final.

: 1370

00:53:40,125 --> 00:53:41,835

I was very impressed with his piece.

: 1371

00:53:42,225 --> 00:53:47,835

And then the guy to, all right,

listen, he is a great baker.

: 1372

00:53:47,865 --> 00:53:51,525

I dunno how he ended up in the final,

but I was so happy for him because low

: 1373

00:53:51,525 --> 00:53:54,315

key, you know, I was sharing for him,

and I'm not gonna tell you all the

: 1374

00:53:54,315 --> 00:53:55,880

window just in case you wanna watch, but.

: 1375

00:53:56,700 --> 00:53:57,930

In the final three.

: 1376

00:53:57,930 --> 00:54:01,590

The person who won was the person we knew

was always gonna win in the beginning.

: 1377

00:54:01,590 --> 00:54:03,540

But I love Bakeoff.

: 1378

00:54:03,600 --> 00:54:07,920

I, I just, I I do, there's just

something about it that provides

: 1379

00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:09,870

comfort when the world is in chaos.

: 1380

00:54:09,930 --> 00:54:10,020

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

: 1381

00:54:10,770 --> 00:54:14,730

Speaker: Um, so, you know, that's, that's

kind of where I am with what I'm watching.

: 1382

00:54:15,420 --> 00:54:16,140

And, um,

: 1383

00:54:16,230 --> 00:54:19,320

Speaker 2: also totally missed opportunity

'cause I counted and they had 12

: 1384

00:54:19,320 --> 00:54:21,600

contestants and it's a baking show.

: 1385

00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,570

It should have been a baker's

dozen and it should have been 13.

: 1386

00:54:25,890 --> 00:54:27,295

Speaker: Oh, that's a good catch there.

: 1387

00:54:27,755 --> 00:54:27,975

Yes.

: 1388

00:54:28,355 --> 00:54:29,160

Speaker 2: Why are there 12?

: 1389

00:54:29,880 --> 00:54:30,510

Speaker: Lemme tell you.

: 1390

00:54:30,510 --> 00:54:34,920

It's 10 weeks in the tent that has

been standard since the beginning.

: 1391

00:54:35,250 --> 00:54:37,740

So the last one you're gonna have three.

: 1392

00:54:37,745 --> 00:54:38,015

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

: 1393

00:54:38,235 --> 00:54:40,410

Speaker: So that means each

week you have to eliminate.

: 1394

00:54:40,410 --> 00:54:41,670

So that would be nine.

: 1395

00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:43,800

Speaker 2: They could have,

they could just add one week.

: 1396

00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:45,870

Speaker: So 9, 10, 11, 12.

: 1397

00:54:46,260 --> 00:54:47,880

You know what they could have given us?

: 1398

00:54:47,880 --> 00:54:48,120

Yeah.

: 1399

00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:48,990

They could add a week I'm, or

: 1400

00:54:50,055 --> 00:54:51,480

Speaker 2: the first week to go home.

: 1401

00:54:52,110 --> 00:54:52,860

Something.

: 1402

00:54:53,475 --> 00:54:56,415

Speaker: Ooh or no, let two go near

: 1403

00:54:56,415 --> 00:54:59,805

Speaker 2: the, I think, I think

Project Runway used to do that.

: 1404

00:54:59,805 --> 00:55:03,315

Like the first week sometimes it was

like, oh, I think two people go home.

: 1405

00:55:03,315 --> 00:55:06,645

Like there were always once in a while

people like, oh two go home this week.

: 1406

00:55:07,305 --> 00:55:08,595

Speaker: Yes, I think

: 1407

00:55:08,595 --> 00:55:08,685

Speaker 2: so.

: 1408

00:55:08,685 --> 00:55:09,915

Missed opportunity to

: 1409

00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:11,100

Speaker: missed opportunity.

: 1410

00:55:11,670 --> 00:55:13,245

Missed opportunity for sure.

: 1411

00:55:13,695 --> 00:55:16,665

Um, let me just hop to

the comments real quick.

: 1412

00:55:16,695 --> 00:55:19,875

Uh, technology will let me,

okay, so Didi was saying she was

: 1413

00:55:19,875 --> 00:55:24,285

reading Bleak House, the Romantic

and narrative of Sona of Truth.

: 1414

00:55:24,285 --> 00:55:25,725

So that's what DEI is reading.

: 1415

00:55:25,725 --> 00:55:28,125

So you'll need to share with us

what you are reading as well.

: 1416

00:55:28,575 --> 00:55:31,515

Um, also, Eric, oops,

here we go with the chat.

: 1417

00:55:31,515 --> 00:55:34,845

Erin is saying, I've been trying to

finish series and rereading Wayward

: 1418

00:55:34,845 --> 00:55:38,295

Children for coziness work is

being a pain, so my brain is tied.

: 1419

00:55:38,295 --> 00:55:38,895

I get that.

: 1420

00:55:38,955 --> 00:55:40,185

I get that a hundred percent.

: 1421

00:55:40,755 --> 00:55:42,345

Um, great British Baking Show.

: 1422

00:55:42,375 --> 00:55:43,065

Yes.

: 1423

00:55:43,065 --> 00:55:43,545

Can we can?

: 1424

00:55:43,634 --> 00:55:44,115

Yes.

: 1425

00:55:44,115 --> 00:55:47,055

Snaps, snaps for Great

British Baking Show.

: 1426

00:55:47,384 --> 00:55:50,445

Um, Erin says it is so much less drama.

: 1427

00:55:51,450 --> 00:55:52,830

Um, where did that comment go?

: 1428

00:55:53,069 --> 00:55:53,640

Oh, here we go.

: 1429

00:55:54,060 --> 00:55:55,410

It's so much less drama.

: 1430

00:55:55,410 --> 00:55:56,640

I love that about this one.

: 1431

00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,520

American shows seem to on highlight,

which is, let me tell you.

: 1432

00:55:59,665 --> 00:55:59,884

Speaker 2: Yes.

: 1433

00:56:00,180 --> 00:56:00,870

Speaker: Yes.

: 1434

00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,720

And that is coming from a Housewives fan.

: 1435

00:56:03,779 --> 00:56:04,319

Okay.

: 1436

00:56:04,665 --> 00:56:04,884

Oh.

: 1437

00:56:05,275 --> 00:56:07,140

Says I do Miss Ian.

: 1438

00:56:07,140 --> 00:56:08,730

It's the Short King people.

: 1439

00:56:09,120 --> 00:56:13,020

I keep calling him the

Short King, but that Ian.

: 1440

00:56:13,020 --> 00:56:13,470

Okay.

: 1441

00:56:13,470 --> 00:56:15,240

We love more Short King.

: 1442

00:56:15,299 --> 00:56:15,960

Yes.

: 1443

00:56:16,350 --> 00:56:17,130

Ian was great.

: 1444

00:56:17,130 --> 00:56:18,720

I, I, listen, I loved Ian.

: 1445

00:56:19,259 --> 00:56:23,069

Um, Deedee says they still

aren't showing it on Netflix.

: 1446

00:56:23,069 --> 00:56:23,250

France.

: 1447

00:56:23,250 --> 00:56:24,210

Say how

: 1448

00:56:24,509 --> 00:56:26,339

Speaker 2: it's been gone for a while.

: 1449

00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:27,569

Speaker: It's over now.

: 1450

00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:29,790

Well, they were dripping

it to us week by week.

: 1451

00:56:29,835 --> 00:56:31,410

Week now the series is complete.

: 1452

00:56:31,410 --> 00:56:32,759

You should get this.

: 1453

00:56:32,910 --> 00:56:33,299

Speaker 2: Yeah.

: 1454

00:56:33,305 --> 00:56:33,485

Speaker: Hello?

: 1455

00:56:33,795 --> 00:56:34,085

Speaker 2: Yeah.

: 1456

00:56:34,290 --> 00:56:34,620

Speaker: Hello.

: 1457

00:56:34,860 --> 00:56:35,790

And Deida said, yeah.

: 1458

00:56:35,790 --> 00:56:37,740

Short Kings can get Oh yes.

: 1459

00:56:37,740 --> 00:56:39,150

Married to a short King.

: 1460

00:56:39,150 --> 00:56:39,630

Yes.

: 1461

00:56:39,660 --> 00:56:41,285

Let, I gotta put Ian

back up on the screen.

: 1462

00:56:42,005 --> 00:56:45,360

Ian is number 1, 2, 3 in the front row.

: 1463

00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:46,140

He's seated.

: 1464

00:56:46,170 --> 00:56:47,520

He's a gentleman seated from.

: 1465

00:56:48,225 --> 00:56:48,735

To write.

: 1466

00:56:48,735 --> 00:56:52,785

Listen, we love a short king

and Ian was great on the show.

: 1467

00:56:52,785 --> 00:56:57,345

He will be missed and um,

I've been savoring, Chrissy

: 1468

00:56:57,345 --> 00:56:58,605

says, I've been savoring.

: 1469

00:56:58,605 --> 00:57:01,305

Nobody wants this, this last week.

: 1470

00:57:02,445 --> 00:57:02,505

Okay.

: 1471

00:57:02,505 --> 00:57:03,045

Alright.

: 1472

00:57:03,585 --> 00:57:07,305

Yes, we love the recommendations

and on the notes of, you know, um,

: 1473

00:57:07,365 --> 00:57:10,965

American TV being chaotic, I have

been watching Real Housewives of

: 1474

00:57:10,965 --> 00:57:12,525

Salt Lake City, which is chaos.

: 1475

00:57:12,525 --> 00:57:14,025

I ain't getting into that this week.

: 1476

00:57:14,415 --> 00:57:17,685

And I'm also watching Real Housewives

of Potomac, which is also chaos.

: 1477

00:57:17,685 --> 00:57:20,595

What I'm telling you, salt

Lake is the ultimate chaos.

: 1478

00:57:22,165 --> 00:57:22,485

Ultimate.

: 1479

00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:25,285

But Fran, what are you, um, watching?

: 1480

00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:27,520

Speaker 2: I am bringing

all the mess this week.

: 1481

00:57:28,450 --> 00:57:29,350

All the mess.

: 1482

00:57:29,620 --> 00:57:33,280

So, because I actually started

watching, so last week I finished the

: 1483

00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:34,660

interview with the Vampire series.

: 1484

00:57:34,660 --> 00:57:37,270

I did start watching the May

for Witches, but I took a break.

: 1485

00:57:37,420 --> 00:57:38,410

I am finishing it now.

: 1486

00:57:38,410 --> 00:57:39,610

We'll talk about that next week.

: 1487

00:57:39,940 --> 00:57:42,730

But I ended up randomly

picking up some stuff.

: 1488

00:57:42,730 --> 00:57:45,280

'cause you know, I like to watch

shows that are from other countries.

: 1489

00:57:45,280 --> 00:57:47,320

So my Netflix is like, what about this?

: 1490

00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:53,230

Um, so I picked up the

Rules of Fortune series.

: 1491

00:57:54,105 --> 00:57:57,045

Which it rulers, sorry,

rulers a fortune series.

: 1492

00:57:57,045 --> 00:58:00,225

Now I think this is a

brand new release,: 2025

: 1493

00:58:00,585 --> 00:58:06,705

And it is kind of like crime

organization, not necessarily cartel,

: 1494

00:58:06,705 --> 00:58:09,195

but like crime organization in Brazil.

: 1495

00:58:09,405 --> 00:58:12,795

Now the guy there in the middle, he

is just an up and coming, you know,

: 1496

00:58:12,795 --> 00:58:17,055

he is not part of the main houses

that are like in the, in the club.

: 1497

00:58:17,475 --> 00:58:23,025

Um, but he wants to be, you know,

so he is working his way in and he's

: 1498

00:58:23,025 --> 00:58:25,065

doing what he has to do to get there.

: 1499

00:58:25,065 --> 00:58:29,175

And of course there's the, the whole

thing, like as you're going through

: 1500

00:58:29,175 --> 00:58:33,015

the series, you know, that the

big secret is that he is actually

: 1501

00:58:33,015 --> 00:58:39,045

the son of one of the wives from

the, you know, the, the main guys.

: 1502

00:58:39,315 --> 00:58:44,655

So she's been helping him, but like on a,

oh, I need your help, but not necessarily

: 1503

00:58:44,655 --> 00:58:48,195

like she's telling him that you're my

son, so I want to help you get in there.

: 1504

00:58:48,705 --> 00:58:49,845

It's messy.

: 1505

00:58:50,270 --> 00:58:53,150

It's ridiculous, but it was a good time.

: 1506

00:58:53,630 --> 00:58:54,799

It was a messy good time.

: 1507

00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:58,850

Um, and it is, you know, set in Brazil

and you're seeing all the locations,

: 1508

00:58:58,850 --> 00:59:01,160

which that was, uh, nice and entertaining.

: 1509

00:59:01,430 --> 00:59:04,460

And the second book that I did,

uh, sorry, book show that I did

: 1510

00:59:04,460 --> 00:59:06,500

enjoy more is Amsterdam Empire.

: 1511

00:59:06,799 --> 00:59:09,049

Now, this one is about this guy.

: 1512

00:59:09,650 --> 00:59:14,270

He has a coffee shop chain, so he's

like one of the main guys in Amsterdam

: 1513

00:59:14,270 --> 00:59:16,040

with a coffee shop selling pot.

: 1514

00:59:16,549 --> 00:59:23,660

And the, the wife, so he's been cheating

on his wife, and the wife finds out and he

: 1515

00:59:23,660 --> 00:59:27,410

decides that, you know, he's in love with

the mistress, so he's going to leave her.

: 1516

00:59:28,130 --> 00:59:32,840

And the wife is like, oh, but I've

been here for like 30 years and

: 1517

00:59:32,840 --> 00:59:34,790

I've helped you build all this shit.

: 1518

00:59:34,940 --> 00:59:37,790

And so he's trying to like buy

her out of the divorce for like

: 1519

00:59:37,790 --> 00:59:39,665

$20 million and she's like, no.

: 1520

00:59:40,440 --> 00:59:42,240

I want, I want the whole thing.

: 1521

00:59:42,779 --> 00:59:47,730

And she goes on a revenge rampage doing

all these crazy things to him, and I

: 1522

00:59:47,730 --> 00:59:49,730

was the whole time cheering for him.

: 1523

00:59:49,730 --> 00:59:51,779

Like, yes, yes, girl.

: 1524

00:59:51,900 --> 00:59:57,180

Get him like she's reporting where he

is, got the, the grow farm and like the

: 1525

00:59:57,180 --> 00:59:59,460

police are coming to like, it got messy.

: 1526

00:59:59,819 --> 01:00:01,500

I thoroughly enjoyed it.

: 1527

01:00:04,380 --> 01:00:07,320

Obviously it is set in

Amsterdam, so like, it was fun.

: 1528

01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:12,330

The whole family's messy, but like I was

cheering for this woman, um, to get her

: 1529

01:00:12,330 --> 01:00:16,770

thing in the end so that I did enjoy that.

: 1530

01:00:16,830 --> 01:00:17,400

It was fun.

: 1531

01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:21,360

Speaker: It sounds so messy, but so good.

: 1532

01:00:21,360 --> 01:00:24,540

Listen, if you think you're

gonna leave and I'm just gonna

: 1533

01:00:24,540 --> 01:00:25,980

take whatever you're giving me.

: 1534

01:00:26,070 --> 01:00:26,290

No sir.

: 1535

01:00:26,315 --> 01:00:26,535

She

: 1536

01:00:26,535 --> 01:00:27,535

Speaker 2: was like, no,

: 1537

01:00:28,515 --> 01:00:28,735

Speaker: no.

: 1538

01:00:29,235 --> 01:00:29,655

Mm-hmm.

: 1539

01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:31,590

I'm here for that.

: 1540

01:00:31,590 --> 01:00:32,310

I'm here for that.

: 1541

01:00:32,310 --> 01:00:32,730

Miss.

: 1542

01:00:33,060 --> 01:00:33,570

There you go.

: 1543

01:00:33,570 --> 01:00:34,290

Netflix.

: 1544

01:00:34,680 --> 01:00:34,710

Speaker 2: Oh,

: 1545

01:00:34,710 --> 01:00:35,190

Speaker: God, yes.

: 1546

01:00:35,190 --> 01:00:36,270

Giving us all the miss.

: 1547

01:00:36,690 --> 01:00:37,410

Oh my gosh.

: 1548

01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:39,060

Um, Erin is fighting for deedee.

: 1549

01:00:39,060 --> 01:00:39,780

How dare.

: 1550

01:00:39,900 --> 01:00:40,320

France.

: 1551

01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:42,870

We need baking show.

: 1552

01:00:42,870 --> 01:00:43,740

We need baking show.

: 1553

01:00:43,980 --> 01:00:45,300

Welcome to Derry is so good.

: 1554

01:00:45,300 --> 01:00:50,760

I had that on my list because I, I

just love the Stephen King book set.

: 1555

01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:53,250

I, I love the, the town of Derry.

: 1556

01:00:53,280 --> 01:00:55,890

I just haven't got around to it,

so I think I might give it a go.

: 1557

01:00:55,890 --> 01:00:58,855

Didi's asking, have you watched

Frankenstein on Netflix?

: 1558

01:00:59,100 --> 01:01:00,840

Speaker 2: No, but it's on my list.

: 1559

01:01:01,910 --> 01:01:03,140

Speaker: I haven't watched it yet.

: 1560

01:01:03,230 --> 01:01:03,530

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

: 1561

01:01:04,040 --> 01:01:09,380

Because also the Jane Austen ruined my

life is on my list, which is a movie.

: 1562

01:01:09,680 --> 01:01:13,370

So that's also on my immediate watch list.

: 1563

01:01:13,370 --> 01:01:14,540

But yeah, both of those.

: 1564

01:01:15,120 --> 01:01:18,810

Speaker: This is a Frankenstein version

that was in cinemas and now on Netflix.

: 1565

01:01:18,810 --> 01:01:18,900

Mm-hmm.

: 1566

01:01:19,140 --> 01:01:19,230

Right.

: 1567

01:01:19,230 --> 01:01:19,710

It's that new one?

: 1568

01:01:20,340 --> 01:01:20,970

Speaker 2: I think so.

: 1569

01:01:20,970 --> 01:01:21,000

I think so.

: 1570

01:01:21,300 --> 01:01:21,660

Speaker: Okay.

: 1571

01:01:21,780 --> 01:01:21,990

Okay.

: 1572

01:01:22,380 --> 01:01:23,880

We are adding it to the watch list.

: 1573

01:01:23,885 --> 01:01:24,265

Mm-hmm.

: 1574

01:01:24,345 --> 01:01:26,880

But again, you know, if you're

watching the replay, replay crew,

: 1575

01:01:26,910 --> 01:01:31,530

let us know what you have been

watching and loving in the comments.

: 1576

01:01:31,800 --> 01:01:32,400

Now here's the thing.

: 1577

01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:35,790

If you just joined us, you know, we're

at the end of the live, um, we're

: 1578

01:01:35,790 --> 01:01:40,590

wrapping things up now, but we went

through the Good Reads Choice Award.

: 1579

01:01:40,590 --> 01:01:42,510

So if you haven't already,

again, now is a great time.

: 1580

01:01:42,510 --> 01:01:44,850

Just go back to the

beginning, catch up on that.

: 1581

01:01:45,180 --> 01:01:46,620

We went through each category.

: 1582

01:01:46,650 --> 01:01:49,050

We shared all the books we voted for.

: 1583

01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:49,950

'cause we voted already.

: 1584

01:01:49,950 --> 01:01:53,850

We took the screenshots, we came with

the receipts, but we also shared who

: 1585

01:01:53,850 --> 01:01:55,620

we actually think is going to win.

: 1586

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

Because who we vote for doesn't mean,

you know, that's, um, who's gonna win.

: 1587

01:01:59,700 --> 01:02:02,640

We also got into this week's new

releases, what we're reading and

: 1588

01:02:02,700 --> 01:02:06,780

what we're watching, and we do this

every Thursday, 12 noon Eastern time.

: 1589

01:02:06,780 --> 01:02:07,785

So mark your calendars.

: 1590

01:02:07,950 --> 01:02:08,280

Okay.

: 1591

01:02:08,490 --> 01:02:10,860

If you're at work, get

the little air buds in.

: 1592

01:02:10,860 --> 01:02:13,320

If you're in the cubicle,

whatever you're doing, tune in.

: 1593

01:02:13,694 --> 01:02:19,424

Or join the replay crew 'cause again, the

replays are are there as we end the live.

: 1594

01:02:19,424 --> 01:02:22,395

So yeah, subscribe to our channels,

like the video, and we're looking

: 1595

01:02:22,395 --> 01:02:24,165

forward to seeing you all next week.