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In ep 69, I go through every book read in May and June, transitioning from spring to summer reads, trying new genres, and more 🌷🧙🏻‍♀️💻

timestamps:

(00:26) intro

(02:08) May stats

(03:22) Margo’s Got Money Troubles

(06:19) Heartless Hunter *need to go back and add text boxes and images from here

(09:43) The Good Part

(13:07) The Picture of Dorian Gray

(14:31) What Happens in Amsterdam

(16:51) I Know Who You Are

(18:15) The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion Vol. 2

(19:53) Powerless (Elsie Silver)

(23:00) Pachinko

(28:53) June stats

(30:31) Dolly All The Time

(33:23) I Hope This Finds You Well

(36:59) Just Friends

(41:35) The Last Time I Lied

(43:40) Rebel Witch

(45:42) The Someday Garden

(49:30) outro

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In ep 68, I go through all my 2026 stats, goals, and highlights for the year so far 📋🏆🌟

timestamps:

(00:26) intro & current read

(01:31) mid-year stats

(06:35) goal/challenge check-in

(13:04) mid-year highlights (fav books so far)

(16:46) fav non-fic so far

(18:44) biggest disappointment

(20:01) biggest surprise

(21:28) prettiest cover so far

(23:11) new favourite author

(24:55) best new to you author

(26:51) anticipated releases for rest of 2026

(29:36) books to read by end of 2026

(33:37) outro

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In episode 67, I go through all my summer book recs and tbr to fit every warm weather mood ☀️😎

(00:26) intro & current read(s)

(03:25) One Italian Summer

(05:00) The Summer of Broken Rules

(06:26) Seven Days in June

(07:42) Everything by Carley Fortune

(10:33) The Ex Vows

(12:51) I Hope This Finds You Well

(15:05) Summer Fridays

(16:35) The Someday Garden

(17:49) Blue Sisters

(19:26) Meet Me At The Lake

(20:48) The Five Star Weekend

(23:17) outro

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In episode 66, I got to sit down with June Hur and talk all things Behind Five Willows, how rejection re-wrote her journey by shifting to Korean historicals, and more 🌸📝🇰🇷

(00:36) welcome & June’s publishing journey

(03:40) switch from British to Korean historical fiction

(05:57) reception to her novels

(08:27) hitting the NYT best-seller list & success moving forward

(12:42) idea & inspo for Behind Five Willows

(20:03) research process for Behind Five Willows & previous novels

(23:25) how June plans her writing process

(26:07) importance of using the Korean language

(30:22) promotion & fan reactions for Behind Five Willows

(32:03) title ideation for Behind Five Willows

(34:49) Behind Five Willows ultimate takeaway

(37:09) upcoming novel tease

(38:02) rapid fire round

(39:36) final q & outro

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In episode 65, I go through all the fun books I picked up in March and April for the start of spring and more 🌸🐣📝

timestamps:

(00:26) intro

(01:50) March stats

(02:11) March DNF

(03:54) February roll-over

(06:43) Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow

(09:50) Once Upon A Broken Heart

(12:28) Flawless

(14:49) Love Redesigned

(17:36) Project Hail Mary

(21:36) I Who Have Never Known Men

(24:16) My Husband’s Wife

(27:12) Courage to Soar

(28:41) The Night We Met

(34:12) April stats

(35:58) Ready or Not

(39:16) Behind Five Willows

(42:53) Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

(44:45) The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion (Vol 1)

(47:17) Sometimes I Lie

(49:46) Mere Christianity

(51:44) Heartless

(54:04) The Ballad of Never After

(55:26) Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

(59:00) outro

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In episode 64, I have Serene Illustrations (first pod guest!) on to chat all things illustration, collaborating with authors, as well as illustrating her own children's book ✨🎨🥠

timestamps:

(00:26) welcome & recent growth

(01:39) beginnings & illustration journey

(05:21) moving into fantasy artwork & bookish illustrations

(09:28) fan vs. author art

(12:25) author artwork & collaboration process

(16:47) first published children’s book & future inspo

(23:50) balancing 9-5 and art business

(31:08) Serene’s personal favourite artwork

(33:33) my favourite artwork of Serene’s

(34:56) upcoming collab with Laurie Gilmore

(37:13) rapid fire round

(39:44) how to connect with Serene

(40:28) outro

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In episode 63, I go through all my spring book recs, hopefuls, and tbr 🌷🪞🐣

timestamps:

(00:26) intro + current read (& ARMY excitement)

(03:02) spring book rec

(05:23) spring hopefuls

(11:14) Ready or Not

(12:51) What Happens in Amsterdam

(14:43) The Love of My After-Life

(16:04) The Picture of Dorian Gray

(17:15) The Unselected Journals of Emma M Lion

(18:51) Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop

(19:55) outro

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