"This book is sexism and incest." This week Maddie and Beth discuss Scarlett St. Clair's 'a Touch of Ruin'. It is a rollercoaster ride. They discuss what they liked, disliked, and hated about the book before losing their minds over the Uncle x Niece situation. Want more content? Follow our Socials: Insta/Tik Tok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Gmail: offthebookpodcast@gmail.com Goodreads: Off the Book...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 14 min
In this weeks episode the girls discuss A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St.Claire. Tune in to hear as they highlight the key wattpad elements of this book, their new found love of Greek god retellings, and Beth's confession regarding Song of Achilles.
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This week we discuss the second half of 'A Court of Silver Flames' by Sarah J Maas. We talk about the weird Velaris medicine situation and how we want Eris to be as messy as possible. A lot of real world stuff has happened this week and we talk about Sarah Everard and Blessing Olusegun - as well as the situation surrounding the 'Reclaim the Streets' vigil. Want to see more content? Follow our socials: Tik Tok & Insta: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Gmail: offthebookpodcast@g...
Mar 15, 2021•2 hr 26 min
This week the girls talk about the first half of Sarah J Maas' 'A Court of Silver Flames'. There are tonnes of spoilers in this episode in regard to ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, and Crescent City but we do give warnings when we discuss these things - continue at your own risk... They insist that Feyre is a bad painter, talk about Rhys' shitty behaviour and discuss why Amren is potentially becoming an antagonist. Want to see more content? Follow our socials! Insta & Tik Tok: @offthebook_thepodcas...
Mar 08, 2021•2 hr 3 min
This week the girls discuss their experience at SJM's virtual tour - 'A night in with Sarah J Maas'. They discuss SJM's diversity issue, Moose gives his opinions, and they discuss which Archeron sisters they are.
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 23 min
In this weeks episode, the girls discuss These Violent Delights. You'll hear Beth nerding out over Shakespeare, the girls never ending love for the enemies to lovers trope, and their hesitant excitment for the new A Court of Silver Flames book. Want to see more content? Follow our socials! Tik Tok & Insta: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Gmail: offthebookpodcast@gmail.com Goodreads: Off The Book
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 47 min
In this weeks episode, Maddie and Beth discuss Alexandra Christo's To Kill A Kingdom! Within the episode the girls announce the winners of the book give away, discuss the superior YA trope (enemies to lovers) and debate the difference between a mermaid and a siren. Hint, they can't figure out the difference... Want more content? Follow our socials! Tik tok/ Insta: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Gmail: offthebookpodcast@Gmail.com Good Reads: Off The Book Mentioned in the episode:...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 20 min
"You're my favourite gremlin in the corner." This week the girls discuss C.A. Nicholas' 'Cycles of the Phoenix'. They, once again, discuss their hatred of Riverdale, make several Tik Tok references, and question why incest always has to be involved in fantasy books. Want more content? Follow our socials! Tik Tok/Insta: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Gmail: offthebookpodcast@gmail.com Goodreads: Off The Book...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 48 min
"Crows before hoes." This week the girls discuss Leigh Bardugo's 'Crooked Kingdom'. They briefly turn into an ASMR podcast (as well as create a hypothetical ASMR club), talk about their personal beef with celebrities that have absolutely no idea they exist, and say 'Fucking Kuwei?!' a lot. We're still trying to figure out the mic situation so bare with us - we promise it'll be better next week! Want more content? Follow our socials! Tik Tok/Insta: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod ...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 56 min
"They are young enough to still go to after school clubs." This week the girls talk about Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (AKA. The Morally Grey Avengers). They obsess over Kaz and Inej, rant about Riverdale, and get distracted a lot. Want to see more content? Follow us on our socials! Insta & Tik Tok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Email: offthebookpodcast@gmail.com Goodreads: Off the book...
Jan 19, 2021•2 hr 4 min
This episode is a little different - we decided to take a little reading break and do a Book tag/get to know us episode where we answer a whole bunch of book related questions! We talk about our favourites and worst books of all time, play fuck, marry, kill with fictional characters, and discuss our book related goals for 2021.
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 43 min
This week the girls talk about the final instalment in the Shadow and Bone Trilogy: Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo. They spend most of their time talking about their time at uni, recap on the year and talk about their aims for 2021, and discuss how they really disagree with how this series ended. Want to see more content? Follow us on our socials! Tik Tok & Insta: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Email us: offthebookpodcast@gmail.com Goodreads: Off The Book...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 49 min
This week the girls discuss the second book in the Shadow and Bone Trilogy: Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. They recap the shit show that has been 2020, simp over 2 out of the 3 love interests in the book and talk about their excitement and concern for the Shadow and Bone Netflix Show. Want to see more content? Follow us on our socials! Tik Tok and Insta: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Email us: offthebookpodcast@gmail.com Goodreads: Off The Book...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 45 min
This week the girls discuss Leigh Bardugo's 'Shadow and Bone'. They talk about how they desperately want a proper enemies to lovers story and morally grey characters, they simp over 'The Darkling' and Ben Barnes, and spend quite a lot of time discussing which Throne of Glass character they would be. Want to see more content? Follow us on our socials! Insta & Tik Tok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Email us: offthebookpodcast@gmail.com Goodreads: Off The Book...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 28 min
In this weeks Episode the girls discuss A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, the sequel in Jennifer Armentrout's From Blood and Ash series. Beth and Maddie talk about The Joining, Robert Pattinson, and one of the most confusing and unexpected book endings they’ve read (so far!). Want to see more content? Follow us on our socials! Instagram and Tiktok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod Goodreads: Off The Book Email: offthebookpodcast@gmail.com...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This week the girls discuss the first in the Crescent City Series: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas. They rank all SJM books (both from best to worst & most painful), discuss how SJM is the star of booktok right now, talk about the best scene in all of SJM books, and Maddie finally learns what a Wraith is. This is hopefully the last zoom podcast we have to do - thanks for sticking with us! Find us on socials: @offthebook_thepodcast (Insta & Tik Tok) @offthebook_pod (Twitter)...
Dec 01, 2020•2 hr 21 min
This week Maddie and Beth are discussing From Blood and Ash by Jennifer Armentrout. Tune in to hear Maddie’s world class sex scene spice rating, Beth ranting at the patriarchy (fictional and real), and listen as the girls once again simp over a man who is not real.... Get in contact: Instagram and Tiktok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: Offthebookpod Goodreads: OfftheBookthepodcast
Nov 24, 2020•2 hr 8 min
This week Maddie and Beth talk about the stunning 'Red, White & Royal Blue' by Casey McQuiston. The UK is in another lockdown so it's zoom podcasts for the foreseeable future, Maddie's sound has a bad echo - we're working on fixing this for next time, thank you for sticking with us. The girls have been super busy so this is kind of a crash course version of the podcast (even though it's still over an hour and a half long ); they're very confused about the turkey hotel room situation, they ge...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 18
In this weeks episode Maddie and Beth discuss The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller. From the get go, the girls have differing opinions on the book, lose their minds (which is a regular occurrence) and discuss their plan for the recording episodes over the new UK lockdown. Want to see more content? Follow us on our socials! Instagram and Tiktok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 47 min
In this weeks episode, Maddie and Beth discuss Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron. Within the episode Maddie and Beth start to lose their minds, discuss the treatment of women in the book and real life, and wish that they had access to books like this when they were growing up. Insta and Tiktok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod
Nov 02, 2020•1 hr 44 min
In this episode the girls talk about 'The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas, along with the film adaption by the same name. They discuss the books relevance, how they believe it should be taught in schools (fuck of mice and men), how everyone should read this book, and Starr's incredibly gen z behaviour. Please take a look at the resources below. If you want to follow us you can find us at; @offthebook_thepodcast (Insta & Tik Tok) and @offthebook_pod (Twitter). People and Resources mentioned thro...
Oct 27, 2020•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 15
In this weeks episode Maddie and Beth finally talk about the third and final instalment of the All Souls Trilogy: The Book of Life. If they're honest they really have no idea what happens or why anything happens in this book, they say 'I don't get it' A LOT, and once again struggle to keep up with the amount of characters. The layout is slightly different for this episode and the girls had to record not in person. If there are any audio problems we are so sorry, we hope everything will be sorted...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 8 min
In this episode, Maddie and Beth discuss the sequel in the All Souls Trilogy, Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. Within this episode, they question the amount of new characters, Mathew's possessiveness and how Beth has lost the plot with this series. Find us at: Insta & Tik Tok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 35 min
Happy spooky szn guys! We kick start October with the first book in the ‘All Souls’ trilogy, ‘A Discovery of Witches’. The girls talk about Diana’s awful attempt at avoiding magic, whether or not Matthew ran all the way to Scotland and how Maddie’s notes are a shambles (what’s new?). They haven’t seen the TV show; so their only reference of that is ‘a discovery of witches (crack #1-3), and of course they take a break from the podcast to watch them. There are some added spooky szn tv/film recomme...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 12
In today's episode Maddie and Beth discuss the extended epilogue of the ACOTAR series: A Court of Frost and Starlight. This is basically just a Nessian episode; they talk about their hatred of the new SJM cover and their theories for A Court of Silver Flames, their love for Nesta and how they hope she gets the redemption arc she deserves, and their thoughts on the bonus Nessian chapter in ACOMAF. Find us at: Insta/Tik Tok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 11
In this episode, Maddie and Beth discuss the third book in the ACOTAR series, A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas. As the threat of war starts looming in Prythian, we see fan favourite characters risk it all to bring peace to their world, or lose everything they love. The girls talk about tokenism in YA fiction, their love for fictional men that don't exist and some spooky things start to happen in the recording room... Instagram and Tiktok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 52 min
In this weeks episode, Beth and Maddie have a very long discussion about the second book in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas. Within this episode, there is a lot of love for the bat boys, possible theories for A Court of Silver Flames and the hosts question the lack of POC and LGBTQ+ representation in the world of Sarah J Maas. Instagram and Tiktok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod
Sep 14, 2020•2 hr 12 min
In this episode, Maddie and Beth discuss the second half of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. Within this episode you hear the girl's opinions on Tamlin start to shift, Rhysand becoming a favourite character and an unsurprising ammount of Tiktok references. Instagram and Tiktok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod
Sep 11, 2020•43 min
In this weeks episode, Maddie and Beth begin their new series discussing A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. At this point, they have been recording for several hours so there is a fun amount of chaos. Listen as they discuss Tamlin's qualities, whether or not fae can get STD's, some uncomfortable PDA and the Evil naughty Mr badman, who they later obsess over... @offthebook_thepodcast instagram & Tiktok @offthebook_pod
Sep 07, 2020•59 min
Maddie and Beth finish talking about the The third instalment in 'The Hunger Games' Trilogy; Beth continues to cry over Finnick and Maddie gets angry about the end of the book. Both of them forgot that Social Media exists so here are their handles: ig: @offthebook_thepodcast Tik Tok: @offthebook_thepodcast Twitter: @offthebook_pod
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 6