Today is the big kick off of our Satanic Panic Series! We laugh, we cry, we use this platform to help heal ourselves, and hopefully you all, by discussing topics that are difficult, but ultimately helped to shape us as people.

First and foremost, take care of yourselves. Please be aware of Trigger Warnings, and adjust your listening as necessary. Your mental health comes first.

Ashley and Liz discuss 2 books (each) that we read as kids that drastically changed our outlook on life, and that we (as adults) do not think were age appropriate in content or theme.

Ultimately, as part one of this series, we hope to provide context for the following episodes that will focus on the “Satanic Panic” book banning of the 1990’s and early 2000’s, and our personal reclamation of that time through our HARRY POTTER BONUS SERIES coming in mid August.

Follow along @bestiesandthebookspodcast on Instagram and @bestiesandthebookclub on Fable for all the details.

And don’t you worry, we still deal with trauma through humor, so you can count on a fave and fail including a great bathtub fall and a readathon and a smash or pass if you were a mermaid or a duck!

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Today we’re back for our fourth installment in our “Books That Made Us” nostalgia series, covering our reread of a classic: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

We venture back to highschool in the early 2000’s to remember all the books that made the deepest impact on us, even if we didn’t realize it then. The themes, the quotes, the characters… everything holds up to make The Great Gatsby more enjoyable and immersive each time we read it. Find out how we rated it, and what we think about the classic Robert Redford 1970’s movie rendition vs. the Leonardo DiCaprio Baz Luhrmann remake.

Oh, and as a bonus treat, we take you even FURTHER down nostalgia street with a visit to the 90’s where we discuss our faves and fails: Millennial Roman Empire edition. Think POGS and the Oregon Trail! And don’t fret, we end with our classic unhinged smash or pass featuring messy bit*hes and a classic why choose SNL sketch style.

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We’re back at it with Part 2 of the popular series where we respond to “Am I The A Hole” Bookish Questions on Reddit, and then pose those same questions to you, our listeners!

Do we think getting upset at your coworker who won’t leave you alone about books is okay? Does telling your group of friends at a party that your husband isn’t “well read” make you an a hole? What about reading aloud on a cruise ship for everyone to hear?

You hear all of our opinions here first! Including our Tiny-Legged Cartoon and Sunball-themed Smash or Pass, and our recent bookish faves and fails.

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Welcome back to the BATB Podcast, where your hosts Liz and Ashley pick books for each other to read based on our most liked and least liked tropes so that we can talk to you about them! Well… sometimes that’s what we do!

Today is our first follow up episode to our favorite tropes / “non-icks,” where we report back on The Book of Azrael by Amber V. Nicole, the book Liz picked for Ashley based on her top five favorite tropes: a good twist (or several), slow burn, enemies to lovers, badass FMC who’s older than 20, and a good redemption arc.

Listen to the favorite book tropes video here! | https://www.buzzsprout.com/2317400/14988053

This book is such a popular read on Bookstagram and Booktok. Did it live up to the hype? Did Liz manage to find a book with all of Ashley’s favorite tropes? Listen on to find out.

Don’t forget, the first 15 mins (ish..) are spoiler free, so come chat with us about our faves and fails of the week. We discuss everything from bookish tattoos, to DOGMA the movie, ice cream shenanigans, and husbands. You know, the usual. And if you can, stick around for our weekly unhinged Smash or Pass segment, starring a horse with a great personality, and a hat expert.

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You all know that as proud Millennials, Ashley and Liz like to use this podcast as a way to take us all back.

So picture it. It’s 2004. You’re reluctantly reading some book your English teacher assigned. Maybe it’s The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, or Brave New World. You want to like it, you sort of do, but between the New Found Glory concerts and sneaking away to Warped Tour, it’s hard to focus. So you watch the movie version that gets wheeled in on the media cart during a school day with a substitute, and then realize years later that those books actually changed your entire brain chemistry.

Follow along as we talk about our top five books that made us in highschool and choose one to reread (and watch!) with you! We also have a nostalgic fave and fail highschool concert edition, and we end on our signature unhinged smash or pass, with a buff tree and a pirate!

As selected at the end of this episode we will be rereading The Great Gatsby! Join us on the read and look for the follow up episode! | https://fable.co/club/great-gatsby-pod-read-with-bestiesandthebookclub-496696550172

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Today we continue our ACOTAR Deep Dive Series into book two, A Court of Mist and Fury!

Come along this journey with us as we hash out all the major plot points, meet the inner circle, and ask important questions like IS TAMLIN REDEEMABLE? Do you want to discuss these books with us in real time? Find us on Fable @bestiesandthebookclub for more in depth discussion on this series, and all of our podcast, bookclub, and buddy reads!

ACOTAR buddy read on Fable | https://fable.co/club/acotar-buddy-read-with-thereallifeveganwife-414406472033
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We bring you all of this, a fave and fail edition which includes Liz procrastinating on this read and binging over 300 pages in one day, and a smash or pass with some classic animated friends.

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We love unpopular *book* opinions, yes we do! We love unpopular *book* opinions, how about you?!

On today’s episode Ashley and Liz delve into the world of unpopular bookish opinions sent in by you, our listeners and subscribers!

Do we cringe when a popular book is being torn up in order to be rebound? Do books set unrealistic expectations for men? Was Fourth Wing overhyped? Is Sarah J Maas just not that impressive? Do we annotate?

We respond to all these great questions, share our faves and fails regarding Liz’s husband, the outdoorsman and Aladdin the musical, and end on a classic monster / Disney villian smash or pass! What. A. Journey!

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Today is all about the book that started it all: A Court of Thorns & Roses by mother herself, Sarah J. Maas. We take a deep (ish) dive into book one, and kick off our five-part ACOTAR series, because we couldn’t soldier on with this podcast and just skip over such an important part of our book journey!

We also have a hilarious fave or fail of the week where we get into that good old time machine and head back to 1999, Aka the days of Kidz Bop and Teen Magazine heartthrobs. Who were our favorite guys? And who just didn’t do it for us? The answers may surprise you!

Lastly, we finish the episode with a unhinged smash or pass from the Grishaverse that might just stump Ashley… and an original monster romance pick that might just be too dangerous, even for Liz.

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Shout Outs:
Full In Depth ACOTAR over @CariCanRead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hCdrM4JPVs
Funny Quick Animated ACOTAR over @thecookierhino2385 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PaSCvzww0Q