In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we decide if we'll live and thrive in a variety of fictional worlds. From different versions of our world to completely different fantasy realms, we discuss the pros and cons of living in them. Chapter 110: What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Done and Dusted (Revel Blue Ranch #1) by Lyla Sage That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros Glitch (Next Level #1) by Briana Michaels Fangirl: ...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 13
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we take a quiz to find new recommendations. We talk through the Bookfinity Quiz and how we answered each question to find out what type of readers we are and what recommendations they would suggest. The link to the quiz will be below. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune and narrated by Daniel Henning Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert The Yellow Wife by Sadequa Johnson and narrated by Robin Miles Kingdom o...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 12
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we play a fun guessing game we originally found on TikTok - guessing one-star reviews! We each picked books for one another and read one star reviews and make the other guess the book. It turns into a bit of a laughing fest when you realize we share one brain cell. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner and narrated by Jorjeanna Marie and Xe Sands The Yellow Wife by Sadequa Johnson and narrated by Robin Miles Fr...
Jul 25, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 11
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we talk about the authors we've read before and, for a variety of reasons, have decided to call it quits. Sometimes it's hard to give up on reading specific authors, but our tastes can change as we grow older. Let us know if there are any authors you've lost interest in throughout the years. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Fourth Wing (Empryean #1) by Rebecca Yarros In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune and narrated by Michael Leslie Be Prepared b...
Jul 18, 2023•56 min•Season 5Ep. 10
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we take a look at the rating differences in our favorite books and least favorite books. We get a bit animated when talking about books we hate and others love, so if you love those books please don't take offense. These are just our opinions. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Curves for Days (Big Love from Galway #1) by Laura Moher. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. Archer’s Voice by Mia ...
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 50 min•Season 5Ep. 9
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we discuss the highlights, disappointments and surprises from the first half of the year. What books did we love this year? Which ones were duds? Listen and let us know what books you were surprised by this year! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Fangirl Vol. 3 the Manga by Rainbow Rowell and illustrated byGabi Nam. Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review Curve...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 8
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we talk about exciting book releases coming out in July, August and September. Let us know if you've heard of any of these or if you have any other releases we didn't mention! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: The Dark King (Deviant Kings #1) by Gina L. Maxwell Forget Me Not by Julie Soto- Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy. Reckless (Chestnut Springs #4) by Elsie Silver A Crown of Ivy and Glass (The Middlemist Trilogy #1) ...
Jun 27, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 3
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we take a look at our five-star reads throughout the past few years and try to find things in common between them. What makes a book a five-star read? Found family trope? Paranormal romance? Listen and find out! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Pax (Pax #1) by Sara Pennypacker Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hildebrandt and narrated by Erin Bennett Witch King by Martha Wells and narrated by Eric Mok- Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced co...
Jun 20, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 4
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we test ourselves to see what the "classics" are actually about. Do we know the plot of The Great Gatsby? Is the Call of the Wild about wolves? Honestly, we probably have no idea. Listen to find out how little we know! Trigger Warnings: SA, CP (Duggers and IBLP) What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston and narrated by Ramon de Ocampo Witch King by Martha Wells and narrated by Eric Mok- Thanks to NetGalley and...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 38 min•Season 5Ep. 3
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we make each other laugh with cringe-worthy bookish pick-up lines. Would you be handing this person your number or would you be giving them the cold shoulder? What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Off to the Races (Gold Rush Ranch #1) by Elsie Silver In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune and narrated by Daniel Henning The Stardust Thief (The Sandsea Trilogy #1) by Chelsea Abdullah and narrated by Nikki Massoud and Sean Rohani Witch King by Martha Well...
Jun 06, 2023•52 min•Season 5Ep. 2
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we celebrate our 100th episode with an episode of favorites. From our favorite episodes to our favorite movies, we talk about the things we love to honor 100 weeks of this podcast. If you're just finding us or have been with us since the beginning, we thank you! We can't wait for 100 more! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Powerless (Chestnut Springs #3) by Elsie Silver Pucking Around (Jacksonville Rays #1) by Emily Rath In the Lives of Puppets by...
May 30, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 1
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we discuss what characters we'd follow on social media and what their social media pages would be like. Is Cath from Fangirl's Instagram just full of Simon and Baz character art? Is Murderbot's Twitter hilarious and full of confusion about human nature? We talk about all of that and everything in between! Let us know what character's you'd follow on social media? What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia. T...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 24
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we talk about our experience attending the North Iowa Book Bash, a book-ish event held in Northwood, Iowa, with many authors there in person to meet, talk with and sign books. It was such a fun experience and we will be adding this event to our calendar every year. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Flawless (Chestnut Springs #1) by Elsie Silver Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia Fairy Tale by Stephen King Daisy Jones and the Six by T...
May 16, 2023•51 min•Season 4Ep. 24
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we have our final installment of our A Day of Fallen Night read-along! We have been reading ADOFN, Roots of Chaos #0 by Samantha Shannon, for five week's and we've finally reached the conclusion of the story. We dive into unanswered questions, theories and our overall opinion on the prequel to Priory of the Orange Tree. Did we love it? Did we hate it? Listen and find out! What We’ve Read and What We’re Reading: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins R...
May 09, 2023•2 hr 47 min•Season 4Ep. 22
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we finish part three - Age of Fire - in A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. We have been reading A Day of Fallen Night, which is Roots of Chaos #0 and the prequel to Priory of the Orange Tree, over the past several episodes. We dive deep into spoilers as we as gearing toward the end and try to figure out how all these characters survive... because of them might not make it in this world on fire. What We’ve Read and What We’re Reading: Wet Hot Allo...
May 02, 2023•2 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 21
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we dive into the third section of our A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon read-along! This is a prequel to A Priory of the Orange Tree which we read last year throughout several episodes. Read along with us this month as gear toward the ending of this book and try to figure out how everything is going to wrap up. Will our predictions come true? Guess we'll have to read to find out! What We’ve Read and What We’re Reading The Witch and the Vampire by...
Apr 25, 2023•2 hr 41 min•Season 4Ep. 20
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we delve deeper into our read-along of A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. This is a prequel to A Priory of the Orange Tree which we read last year throughout several episodes. Read along with us this month as we dive into this world again, try to figure out how all the perspectives are going to be connected, who will end up with who and what exactly is a wyrm. We are reading this book in five separate parts. Part one is pages 1-181 and through ch...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Season 4Ep. 19
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we begin our month-long readalong of A Day of Fallen Night, Roots of Chaos #0, by Samantha Shannon. This is a prequel to A Priory of the Orange Tree which we read last year throughout several episodes. Read along with us this month as we dive into this world again, try to figure out how to pronounce everyone's names and try to piece together who belongs to where, what everything means and what exactly ichneumons look like. 1We are reading this book in fo...
Apr 11, 2023•2 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 18
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we wrap up our Bookish March Madness a little late! We extended our March Madness because of our busy schedules, but what book do you think won our brackets? We also talk about the exciting book releases coming out in April, May and June 2023. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman and narrated by George Newbern Tempt by Melanie Harlow (Cloverleigh Farms #9) Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert and na...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 17
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we are coming close to finishing out our Bookish March Madness brackets! It was supposed to be the last week, but some life things got in the way and Morgan barely read anything! Enjoy us talking about books for about half the episode and be rambly the rest of the episode! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Tryst in the Dark (Omega Lottery #1) by Grace McGinty Ensnared by the Werewolf (Monstrous Matches #2.5) by Lillian Lark Missing Clarissa by Rip...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 16
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we update our Bookish March Madness brackets and talk all about the books we've read over the past week. What book do you think will be the best book of the month? Let us know what you're reading this month! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Tryst in the Dark (Omega Lottery #1) by Grace McGinty Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J Maas and narrated by Elizabeth Evans Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng and narrated by Jennifer Lim High...
Mar 21, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 15
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we discuss the second week of our March Madness brackets! We each read several books and talk about how they fit in our different brackets. What book do you think is going to be our favorite book of the month? Let us know! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Tryst in the Dark by Grace McGinty (Omega Lottery #1) White Bird by R. J. Palacio I’m Glad Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy and narrated by the author A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall and narrated b...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 4Ep. 14
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we dive into our first official week of Bookish March Madness! We talk about the books we read as part of our brackets and how they rank! Did you make your March Madness brackets? Let us know! TW: Discussion of SA, Child Trafficking, Stalking What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Mistakes Were Made by Cheryl Wilsner and narrated by Quinn Riley and Stephanie Németh-Parker A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone and narrated by Joy Na...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 13
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we talk about our kickoff to our annual March Madness brackets! We created our own book-related tournament filled with books we want to read throughout the month of March. We eventually narrow it down to the best book of the month! In this episode we talk about what is on our TBR for the month. Let us know if you're making your own bracket for March and who you predict will be the winner. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: What Was Meant to Be by Q...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Season 4Ep. 12
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we dive into our next installment of Reading Pages where we both read the same book and talk about all the spoilers. This installment is To Get to the Other Side by Kelly Ohlert, a book that has its own back story with us in a funny way. If you know, you know! Spoilers ahead for chicken-centered rom-com. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Legends & Lattes by (and narrated by) Travis Baldree The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin and narrated by The...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 52 min•Season 4Ep. 11
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we're celebrating Valentine's Day a little differently - by discussing anti-love books! Let us know what books you've read that don't feature a love story or are anti-love! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: A Man Called by Frederik Backman Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto and narrated by Risei Mei The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah Holes by Louis Sachar Cultish: The Language of Fantacism by Amanda Montell Legends and Lattes by Tr...
Feb 14, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 10
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we done our gear and head off on our next adventure as we discuss books we think our Dungeons and Dragons characters would enjoy. We are both beginner DnD players and are getting to know our individual characters, an elf and a half-ling, and are loving it! Do you play Dungeons and Dragon? Let us know about your character and what books do you think they'd like? https://bookriot.com/dd-character-based-on-a-book-character/ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/bl...
Feb 07, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we dive into the things we books that give us "the ick." These are things in books that just don't sit well with us, from tropes to characters and everything in between. Let us know what pops up in a book that gives you the ick! We talk about a lot of positive things, but sometimes it's fun to talk about the negatives too. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert Four Aunties and a Wedding (Aunties #2)...
Jan 31, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 4Ep. 8
It's bitter cold outside, so what better way to warm us up than to take about "hot" books! In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we talk about the hot and spicy books we love to read! From aliens to an ex-boyfriend's dad and everything in between, we love reading spicy books! There is a trigger warning in this episode for a brief discussion of suicide. What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen and narrated by Michael Gallagher and Rachanee Lum...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 7
In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we take a break from our regular content to bring you bloopers from our third season. We meant to post these a few weeks ago at the true end of season three, but time got away from us. Enjoy the things that don't make it into our weekly episodes! Thanks for three seasons of Pages n' Pages and we can't wait for many more! What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading: Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead and narrated by A...
Jan 17, 2023•55 min•Season 4Ep. 6