Books and Bisexuals

This week we talk about library frustrations, eat popcorn, and wear the same shirt for multiple days.
Brianna finds a soup she likes, Nikki has a TikTok resurgence, and we learn about the Omegaverse.
Featured books include: Crescent City: House Of Flame And Shadow by Sarah J Maas, The Curse Of The Dragon (Southern Shifter Royals #1) by Eliza Gayle, The Soul Of The Dragon (Southern Shifter Royals #2) by Eliza Gayle, To Kiss A Thief by Susanna Craig, Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Trigger Warning: Death and Grief talk 27:00- 44:30

Sarah J Maasiverse spoilers: 1:05:50-1:29:00

This week we talk about the Loblaw change, being uncomfortable, and Brianna's vacation. We discuss terminal diagnoses, how to make a good thriller, and annotating books.

Featured books include: The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner, The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel, We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, Crown Of Midnight by Sarah J Maas, Heir Of Fire by Sarah J Maas

Sarah J Maasiverse Spoilers at 24:40 - 42:30

This week we talk about Nikki's new set-up, our intentions for the year, and releasing grief. We talk about trying therapy, capitalism, and agoraphobia.

Featured books include: Throne of Glass and Crown Of Midnight by Sarah J Maas, The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay, The Other Mothers by Katherine Faulkner, Anna O by Matthew Blake

Maasiverse Spoilers at 48:30 - 1:07:30

This week we talk about the chaos of December, the difficulty of self promoting, and Brianna apologizes. We delve into Doctor Who, SpoilerMaas begins, and we talk about fictional world maps.

Featured books include: Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes by Suzanne Collins, The Lie Maker by Linwood Barclay, Throne Of Glass by Sarah J Maas.

This week we talk about coffee, shopping cart etiquette, and construction in Halifax. We prefer paperbacks to hardcovers, Brianna buys SJM, and we talk book taxes.

Featured books include: Love Buzz by Neely Tubati Alexander, Ballad Of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, The Manor House by Gilly MacMillan, Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

This week we talk about non-alcoholic gin, free cake, and bookseller events. We lament traffic, stores after a closure, and a change in meat paste egg rolls.

Check out @bethanylouisebooks on TikTok!

Featured books include: Love Buzz by Neely Tubati Alexander, Hunt On Dark Waters by Katee Robert, Romance Rules For Werewolves (Charming Cove 3) by Linsey Hall

Spoilers: For The Sarah J Maas Universe: 13:50 to 18:30, Spoilers for I See You In My Dreams: 19:20 to 24:10

This week we talk about show makeup, play SJM This-or-That, and Brianna spoils many things. We talk about the Blanchard Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy case, and Nikki recommends the movie, Chained (2012).

Featured books include: I See You In My Dreams by Laura May (@lauramayauthor), Assistant To The Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (@hannahnicolemae), Love Buzz by Neely Tubati Alexander, Harmony by Whitney Hanson (@whitnesyhansonpoetry)

This week the microphone malfunctions, we talk about Halloween, and the first snow. Brianna refuses to read popular books and struggles to read this week, and Nikki is so close to finishing Lost.

Spoilers for ACOTAR @23 - 23:30

Featured books include: Water Under The Bridge by Kels and Denise Stone.

This week we talk about rude theatre goers, bad TV, and Taylor Swift (again). Brianna hates stupid breakups, Nikki is watching Lost again, and we consider guests.

Featured books include: Murder In The Family by Cara Hunter, Madame (Salacious Players Club #6) by Sara Cate, Berries And Greed by Lily Mayne

This week we talk about podcasts, bad weeks at work, and hating change. We talk Thanksgiving, inflation, and the seminal TV show, Lost.

Featured books include: Hunting By Stars by Cherie Dimaline, Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, Murder In The Family by Cara Hunter

This week we watch live theatre, Nikki goes to a writing retreat, and we talk about the changing retail landscape. We love Fall, talk anniversaries, and Tristan goes back to work!

Featured books include: The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline, The Cabin At The End Of The World by Paul Tremblay, The Locker Room by Meghan Quinn, See Me After Class by Meghan Quinn

This week we talk about Hurricane Lee, cigarettes, and treats. We discuss the age old asker vs guesser debate, Brianna has major feels about the read order of the Maas-iverse, and Nikki tries a new app.

Featured books include: Charming Cove Series (The Modern Girls Guide To Magic, How To Fake Date A Vampire) by Linsey Hall

This week we talk about neck injuries, grief, and IBS. Nikki sees local theatre, Brianna (understandably) doesn't read, and we talk about Clowning.

Featured books include: The Takeover by T.L. Swan, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

This week we talk about clothes, our favourite apartments, and Ikea. We talk about mundane magic, SJM re-reads, and running.

Featured books include: Stay A Spell Series (Don't Hex And Drive, Witches Get Stitches) by Juliette Cross, Crescent City: House Of Sky And Breath by Sarah J Maas

TW: Talk of eating disorders (43:15 - 45:40)

This week we talk video games, the importance of natural light, and Brianna's Birthday! Brianna explains Girl Maths, goes a little too deep into her own psyche, and tells Nikki about "Tism Rizz".

Special guest star: Jetters

Featured books include: Wolf Gone Wild (Stay A Spell #1) by Juliette Cross, Don't Hex And Drive (Stay A Spell #2) by Juliette Cross, Crescent City: House of Sky And Breath by Sarah J Maas

This week Brianna is grumpy, we drink mocktails, and Nikki goes cod jigging. There's a pen conspiracy, Brianna introduces Nikki to H20: Just Add Water, and we talk the Lizzo situation.

Featured books include: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston, Flirting With Disater (Calico Cove) by Hailey Shore, Can't Take The Heat (Calico Cove) by Haliey Shore, Right Time, The Vancouver Agitators (Kiss And Don't Tell, Those Three Little Words, Right Man, Right Time) by Meghan Quinn, The Demon's Bargain by Katee Robert, The 2000s Made Me Gay by Grace Perry.

This week we talk about Tide-To-Go sticks, gush over The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz, and phone cameras. We love on Ikea, The Spare Room (again), and SJM.

Featured books include: The Spare Room by Andrea Bartz, The Gargoyle's Captive by Katee Robert

This week we talk about sight reading, cryptids, and groceries. We talk dumb billionaires, economics, and renting.

Featured books include: Rainbows and Unicorns (The Holidate Series) S.N. Moor, Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

This week we talk about our absence, renovations, and humming with your nose plugged. Brianna literally stans Our Lord and Tay-vior Taylor Swift, Nikki talks about the Amazon Rainforest, and we speed run books.

Featured books include: The Café Series (Wrong, Right, Fling, and Trust) by Jana Aston, Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez, The Nanny by Lana Ferguson, The Psychology Of Money by Morgan Housel

This week we talk about pressing the snooze button, dismantling purity culture, and therapy. We dream about Louboutins, talk about our high school musicals, and talk ASL.

Featured books include: Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey, Highest Bidder by Sara Cate

This week we talk about loathing being late, dream travels, and our relationship with chores. We talk hair colour, being in a reading slump, Brianna joins the Fleabag fan club.

Featured books include: Unbroken Bonds by J. Bree, The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest

This week we talk Roll Up The Rim, terrible sleep, and being medium risk-takers. We take a week off books, confuse Mississippi with Missouri, and sigh a lot (sorry!).

No Books this week.

TW: discussion of death, suicide, zombies

This week we talk about false starts, Radio ads, and how pretty Nova Scotia is. Brianna gushes about (and spoils) the books this week, we fear the future, and are firmly against the privatization of Health Care.

Featured books include: Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni, The Calico Cove Series (Happily Ever Maybe?, Not My Prince Charming, The Grump, The Bride, & The Baby, Her Fake Date For Christmas) by Hailey Shore, Final Offer by Lauren Asher

TW: Talk of eating disorders

This week we talk about body image, the impossibility of growing up unscathed, and Cosmo Magazine. We learn about literal thinking, discuss white noise, and book banning in Florida.

Featured books include: Bunnies And Bowties by S.N. Moor, Fifty Shades Of Grey by E.L. James, Wasteland by Terry Goodkind

This week we talk about invalidating parents, Matthew McConaughey, and fascism. We contemplate ethical non-monogamy, talk ADHD, and struggle to trust the medical system.

Featured books include: Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt, Hateful Things by Terry Goodkind

TW: weight talk, ED mentions

This week we talk laundry, boundaries, and siblings. Brianna pretends she understands finances, Nikki cries over The Last Of Us, and we remember that the Oscars exist.

Featured books include: Fearless Finances by Cassandra Cummings, Hateful Things by Terry Goodkind, Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Happily Ever Maybe by Hailey Shore

TW: Medical talk

This week we talk about our week off, hint at Nikki's TV spot, and go into weird detail about medical procedures. 

Featured books include: The Scribbly Man by Terry Goodkind, Your Dad Will Do by Katee Robert, The Pact by Max Monroe, I Like You Like That by Kayla Grosse, Passing Emma by Cameron Fox

This week, Brianna talks about books in wholesomeness order, we talk about being over 30, and the caffeine in coffee. Nikki hires a new teacher, Indigo had an incident, and Ninja says hello. 

Featured books include: Elevation by Stephen King, Fantastic Tale Of Nothing and Lost Legends Of Nothing by Alejandra Green and Fanny Rodriguez, Radiant Sin by Katee Robert, The Kraken's Sacrifice by Katee Robert, Priest by Sierra Simone, Sinful Vows by Lilian Harris, Den Of Vipers by K.A. Knight, Cupid's Contract S.N. Moor

This week we talk about the abnormal weather, failing university, and sentimental hoarding. Brianna tells us about the license plate game, Nikki changes her username, and we find out that some people don't read prologues. 

Featured books include: Patricide by Joyce Carol Oates, Owen by Elle M. Drew, Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar

This week we start the New Year off by taking an extra week to relax, restarting our vitamin regimens, and setting goals. We recommend bath sheets, talk the new Throne Of Glass covers, and worry about budgets. 

Featured books include: Tangled In Tinsel by Trilina Pucci, The Fine Print by Lauren Asher, Terms And Conditions by Lauren Asher, Back In A Spell by Lana Harper, Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood, Beg For It Then by dBertie, In Her Wake by K.A. Tucker

Oh friends, it's been a week - we talk about a lot of random things in this episode, and Brianna gives us the low down on some more great reads! Nikki shares her brief encounter with one book.

(This just goes to show who is better at writing descriptions, and it isn't Nikki...)

This week we gush over Nikki's dance showcase, talk about unnecessarily long books, and find words particularly difficult.

Featured books include: The Witch of Willow Hall by Hester Fox, Let Your Hearts Be Light by Fae Quin, and The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer.

This week we struggle with concussions, a lack of sleep, and the sillies. We talk about auditions, audio editing, and bedazzled squids. 

Featured books include: The Witch Of Willow Hall by Hester Fox, The Seep by Chana Porter, Cursed by Marissa Meyer, The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd, Tis The Season For Revenge by Morgan Elizabeth, A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun, Holiday Hoax by Maggie Cole

This week we talk about music festivals, double mini trampoline, and the Boston Christmas Tree. We talk correct pronunciations, country hyperfixations, and platypodes. 

Featured books include: The Tomorrow Series by John Marsden, The Witch Of Willow Hall by Hester Fox

TW: Eating disorders

This week we talk about Taylor Swift, copyright law, and tattoos. We talk red wines, how to draw a star, and leaving your house for exercise. 

TikTok shoutout to @clovermama

Featured books include: I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy, Fairytale by Stephen King, The Witch Of Willow Hall by Hester Fox

This week we talk about birthdays, depression, and agoraphobia. We gush about Ninja, lament split shifts, and read books by men. 

TW: medical/reproductive talk. From 1:18 to 1:27:25

Featured books include: Survive The Night by Riley Sager, Verity by Colleen Hoover, Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, Fairytale by Stephen King

This week we finish out Witchy October, talk about perfection, and never writing a rough draft. We discuss French grammar, super long TBRs, and Brianna's irrational loathing of James Patterson. 

Featured books include: The Witch And The Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore, Spells For Forgetting by Adrienne Young, The Very Secret Society Of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna, A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

This week Brianna is back on her spoiling train, we talk about the Trevor Noah show, and Netflix's The Watcher. We discuss Halloween plans, Doctor Who, and the International Phonetic Alphabet. 

Featured books include: Court Of The Vampire Queen by Katee Robert, The Witch Of Willow Hall by Hester Fox, Extra Witchy by Ann Aguirre

This week we talk about fog lights, PCOS, and best before dates. Brianna talks about her anniversary, Nikki tells us about Blind Forest Books in Sackville, N.B., and we talk movies. 

Featured books include: PCOS Diet For The Newly Diagnosed by Tara Spencer, Oh, She Glows by Angela Liddon, Charming Your Dad by Sarah Blue, A Soul To Heal by Opal Rayne, Such A Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester, The End Of Men by Christina Sweeney-Baird

This week Brianna talks about her 100th book since March, dying her hair at home, and talks a lot so sick Nikki doesn't have to. We get annoyed by social media, get creeped out by bodies, and enjoy being homebodies. 

Featured books include: Worth It by C.M. Owens and S.M. Shade, Fuck It by C.M. Owens and S.M. Shade, In The Shadow Garden by Liz Parker, The Witchery by S. Isabelle, Boss Witch by Ann Aguirre, The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling, Love In The Time Of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson, Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin

This week we talk migraines, false memories, and VCRs. Nikki goes to a panel on directors, Brianna learns she doesn't want to read monster romances, and we lament that we can't to go the Trevor Noah show. 

Tiktok shout out to @tillyoddyblack

Featured books include: Off-Limits series by Catharina Maura, A Soul To Keep by Opal Reyne, The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

This episode we talk about movies, learn terrifying squid facts, and talk soup facts. We discuss kinks, how hard it is to remember to take your pills, and the hellish experience of menstruation. 

Featured books include: The Wait With Me Series by Amy Daws, Salacious Players Club Series by Sara Cate