Full Transcript for Obsessed with Obsession? A TBR for Feeling Obsessed

like it? 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:01.759 I loved it. 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:05.599 Okay, because remember I told you I wasn't completely sold on the Shield of Sparrows. 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:11.280 I did like the second one better than the first, but Amber's not a fan of the genre hopper. 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:11.599 Yeah. 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:17.279 Like if Stephen King starts to start writing romance, like cowboy romances, I'm gonna be like, say now, look. 00:04:18.160 --> 00:04:20.800 No, I I thought it was done really well. 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:28.240 It was there was a lot more substance to it than like some of the other cowboy romances you might read. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:28.879 All right. 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:33.199 So I it's one that I will go back and finish the series. 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:33.680 Okay. 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:34.319 Yeah. 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:37.519 My last writ, A Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. 00:04:37.680 --> 00:04:38.480 Armantrout. 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:39.519 I finally did it, guys. 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:46.000 I did the first Flesh and Fire, the accompaniment to the Blood and Ash series. 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:49.040 I met Amanda's boyfriend Nikto in there. 00:04:49.600 --> 00:04:50.480 I'm not 100%. 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:54.079 I mean, he's he's good, but he's not Castile. 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:56.480 So I don't I don't know. 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:57.040 We'll see. 00:04:57.199 --> 00:04:57.600 I love me. 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.560 There's still three more books that I gotta read. 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:04.240 So but I am reading them in the suggested order. 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:04.800 Right. 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:05.439 All right. 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:12.079 So in process, I have gone back to finish up the Plated Prisoner series. 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:14.720 I got through the first four books. 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:19.600 That fourth book, it was hard to get through. 00:05:21.040 --> 00:05:22.480 Series, there's always one book. 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.759 Yeah, there's always like that one book in a series that's long. 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:29.439 That's just your like it's kind of like a filler book, you feel like. 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:30.399 And that was it. 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:35.600 And so I needed a break, and I've come back, and I'm glad that I did because I actually I'm really enjoying it. 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.439 Um, so this one's Gold by Raven Kennedy, book five. 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:42.240 There are six, and it is a completed series. 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:46.000 We've got our MMC, Slade Ravenger, in this one. 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:56.000 And if you listen to it, the voice is so it's so deep and gravelly and like oh god, I do love that name. 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.399 That makes me think of like Slade Ravinger. 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:02.399 Very like um 80s of him, like Slade. 00:06:02.720 --> 00:06:06.399 Well, I I keep thinking about like Ravenger, like what are you ravaging? 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:12.639 It kind of like Slade makes me think of um did you ever watch Pretty Pink with Molly Greenwald? 00:06:12.879 --> 00:06:16.720 Yes, and Zucky, she tells him her love interest name is Blaine. 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:18.560 Like Blaine, what is he? 00:06:18.639 --> 00:06:19.600 An appliance? 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:21.519 Slade feels like that. 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:22.560 Like Slade? 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:23.279 What? 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:25.920 So I I would read it just for the name. 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:30.079 Yeah, well, his his alternate name is King Rot. 00:06:30.399 --> 00:06:32.480 I would not call him that. 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.759 No, that's that's not sexy at all. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.879 Um, all right, so I'm staying on my bandwagon. 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:48.319 So now my suggested reading for Miss Armitrout's books is the fourth book in the Blood and Ash series, The War of Two Queens. 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:54.079 And immediately, chapter one, I was like, there's Castile. 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:56.480 I just there he is. 00:06:56.560 --> 00:07:05.439 Like he's so obsessed with how like vicious Poppy is, and like I just, I mean, first chapter, the he's been kidnapped. 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:14.959 The evil queen is like, oh yeah, your wife sent me a little gift, and it's the evil queen's husband's head, and he was like, Oh my god, that's so hot. 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:18.079 Like, I I love to think that she probably did that herself. 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:21.279 And he was like, I just love her already. 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:23.360 I was like, I love you too, Castile. 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:26.959 So I'm gonna keep rolling with it. 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:28.959 I don't, they're such big books, too, though. 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:35.439 I don't know if I'm gonna have to take a little breather because we do have two more, and then there's three more that I've got to read of Flesh of Fire. 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:38.879 It's a lot, it's a lot, it's a lot, so we'll we'll see. 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:39.680 But it's so good. 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:40.720 She does it so well. 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:41.519 She really does. 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:49.839 She's tying them together very well because the Flesh of Fire is what, like a couple hundred years before Poppy and Castile. 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:54.399 She's tie, and if you read the suggested order, it she does it very well. 00:07:54.639 --> 00:08:00.639 Yeah, I I don't typically like a prequel because I'm like, I already know what's gonna happen. 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:15.199 But she did it in a way where the prequel, if you read it in the order where it's like the first what, three you read of the Blood and Ash series, and then you read the first Flesh and Fire, it's literally tying in things that you're reading from each other. 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:17.120 I do not know what's happening. 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:24.480

Like I know where it ends because we pick up with Castile and Poppy, you know, several hundred years later, but I have no idea how the Neat Toast story ends. 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:24.639 Yeah. 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.160 And how he's gotten where he's gone. 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:27.920 So it's it's a good time. 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:28.639 Yeah. 00:08:28.879 --> 00:08:30.000 Okay, TBR. 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:32.159 Me and Amanda have the same TBR. 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.799 Oh, yeah, because she's a crazy gal. 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:39.440 So first reading, Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon. 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:43.919 We have made this our August uh book club, lit on lit between the pages. 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:45.759 I've worn her down, everyone. 00:08:46.000 --> 00:08:47.519 She wore me down. 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.600 I it okay. 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:51.360 You you just have to see what's to come. 00:08:51.679 --> 00:08:54.240 Just tune in to see if Amber enjoyed it or not. 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:55.919 Okay, look. 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:59.919 This is just so you know, I want to give you a warning here, okay? 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:02.799 Ice Planet Barbarians is a good time. 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:04.240 It's an interesting time. 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:06.480 It's not a long time, but it's a good time. 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:11.279 Well, it is if you read all of them because there's a lot of them, but it's a novella, right? 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:11.919 It's short. 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:13.840 It's it was only like a five or six hour. 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:16.080 Yeah, it's very short. 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:22.639 It is not, if you're someone that like serious, takes your books really serious, right? 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:24.559 Which I feel like this is not for you. 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:26.960 If you're listening to me in Amanda, you probably don't. 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:32.080 Um if you don't like smut, this is not for you. 00:09:32.320 --> 00:09:33.360 That's not for you. 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:42.960 Um, if you are a little more open-minded, like you like some smut, you like some world building, you might have a good time with this, okay? 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:44.320 What is it, George Trade? 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:46.320 I'm not here for a long time, I'm here for a good time. 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:46.639 Yeah. 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:48.720 That's that's these books. 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:52.000 They're not here for long, but they're here for a good time. 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:52.399 Yeah. 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:54.000 Okay. 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:55.279 Here we go. 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:56.799 So let's get into it. 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:58.000 Obsession. 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:02.559 Okay, so before we touch these books, I feel like we probably need to talk about the movie a little bit. 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:03.039 Yes. 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:07.440 So people know what the heck why we're recommending these crazy unhinged books. 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:08.080 Okay. 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.960 Amanda's gonna give you a 30-second premise. 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:11.519 Okay. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.080 So Bear is our main character. 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:15.519 Bear, like the animal bear. 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:15.679 Yeah. 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:17.200 And I need you guys to understand that. 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:20.320 He is in love with his childhood friend Nikki. 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:22.399 Look, right there, that should tell you. 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:24.480 Nikki's be crazy. 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:30.000 Um, problem is that Nikki doesn't feel the same way. 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:31.600 Solution? 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:33.919 There should not be a solution. 00:10:34.159 --> 00:10:36.080 Unfortunately, Bear finds one. 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:38.879 Enter the one wish willow. 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:44.320 It's a mysterious object that gives Bear exactly what he thinks he wants, Nikki's love. 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:49.279 Except Nikki doesn't just love him, she becomes obsessed with him. 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:56.399 And suddenly the fantasy of being desperately wanted starts looking a whole lot more like a nightmare. 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:02.000 It's I mean, it's uh we've all seen this movie before. 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:04.000 Like the be careful what you wish for first. 00:11:04.240 --> 00:11:04.480 Yeah. 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:08.480 I felt like I was like, oh, it's kind of like the before I watched it. 00:11:08.799 --> 00:11:16.720 I'm like, oh, it's kind of like big, you know, where like he goes and he finds the game and he makes his wish, and it's like, oh, be careful what you wish for, kind of thing. 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:17.679 There's Amanda. 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:18.879 She's cute. 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:19.919 Right-ish. 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:22.080 It's making a horror film. 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:26.000 Like, so what what did you think of the movie overall? 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:31.360 I like first time watching it when we saw it in theater, I was like, oh my gosh. 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:39.600 Like, I did think I agree with your husband, I do think like it's a fresh take on the the whole be careful what you wish for thing. 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:44.240 Like it had the same kind of mojo to it, but it was done really, really well. 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:44.559 Yeah. 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.919 Like I was on board with it. 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:46.399 Yeah. 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:48.000 I am not a horror. 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:50.320 Listen, I have not watched a horror movie. 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:56.639 Amanda's dreading the October month for worse to do movie books where she has to read a drawer. 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:02.240 The la the last horror movie that I watched was The Exorcism of Emily Rose. 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:04.159 Okay, I don't know why you picked that one. 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:09.360 Because uh

that one was scary as that is Amber doesn't do the devil business. 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:10.879 I don't either. 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:14.399 And but Donald and I watched it and it freaked us both out. 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:18.320 That is the moment we started turning the TV on at night to go to bed, too. 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:20.639 I just like it. 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:24.320 So it has been a very long time since I watched a horror movie. 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:26.639 And I will say, like, I didn't hate it. 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:29.360 Like it was it was done really well. 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:34.080 I think their suspense was unsafe. 00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:41.840 When they're sitting in the car and you can they specifically have they specifically have the camera. 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:48.960 Which side note, before you guys listen any further, if you haven't watched obsession, go read it because Manda and I will talk about a couple of spoilers, and if you you'll watch it. 00:12:49.039 --> 00:12:49.200 Yeah. 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:49.519 Yeah. 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:54.639 If you love a junk scare, go watch it first because we don't want to ruin it. 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:56.480 So, or you can just fast forward a little bit. 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:56.879 Yeah. 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:05.519 They have this, like, it's they have the camera and it's focused on the person, but they're on the right hand of the screen. 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:08.080 So you see, you see her coming as a horror. 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:13.519 The whole thing is like covered with the rest of the window, and you're like, what's gonna come through that window? 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.879 You're looking, you're like, there is something about to scare me. 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:21.919 And when she comes and you see her, it's so fast that you're like, oh my god. 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:33.120 Like that was one of the jump scares where it happened so fast that even RJ and I in the theater, like, we both were like, oh dude, it but it was it was also like everybody knew it was coming. 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.360 And that's why I love to, yeah, you knew something. 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:38.159 The suspense was there, so you're wound tight. 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:38.480 Yeah. 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:45.679 And then it's like all of a sudden it happens, and you're like, I shouldn't, it shouldn't surprise me, but it still happens so fast. 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:48.559 And that's why I was so glad that we saw it in the theater. 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:57.919 Because I mean, when it happens, like the whole theater was like, oh god, like everybody's jumping, like everybody, you're sitting next to you is jumping, and everybody's like, ugh, it was amazing. 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:00.480 Were you scared though? 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:02.240 Yeah, I was. 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:05.200 I don't, I mean, I wasn't really scared, I was just like, oh shit. 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:12.480 I think it was more that anticipation because they had so many times where you're like, ugh, I know something bad's about to happen. 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:14.240 There were so many. 00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:15.360 So many. 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.559 So many. 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:21.120 Okay, so was it more disturbing or more like fun scary? 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:23.120 It was hella disturbing. 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:25.200 Oh, yeah, I was gonna say it's disturbing. 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:29.279 Nothing about what this girl when he wakes up in the middle of the night and she's in the corner. 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:30.159 Oh my god. 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:31.120 And he's like, What are you doing? 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:33.200 She's like, like, did it bother you? 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:37.519 Like, okay, she had those moments where she was like super quiet, but then she also yelled. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:37.759 Yeah. 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.519 And you were like, What is that? 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:41.919 Like, which but she when he wakes up and does that, like, what are you doing? 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:43.039 She's like, go to sleep. 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:45.039 Yeah, you're like, what the fuck? 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:47.679 And then he just lays down like the fact that I was like, No. 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:51.039 No, I told Donald, I was like, I could not sleep, I wouldn't be able to sleep. 00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:55.679 Well, then she started moving weird all of a sudden, and you're like, what the hell? 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:56.879 And it was a flower. 00:14:57.120 --> 00:15:01.039 So she like weird walks in here, and I'm like, no. 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:07.279 I think we'll we'll wait to get to our yeah, what we know is the most disturbing, I think is the most disturbing part. 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:07.679 Okay. 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.879 But we'll do that in a second. 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.279 Okay. 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:14.000 Um, did his obsession feel believable? 00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:15.600 He bothered me a bit. 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:20.240 Like, Bear bothered me because, like, something that's weird. 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:31.519 So when she's moving around like that, and his whole idea of like how to fix it is just like sitting her down, he's like, Okay, no more moving weird, no more watching me sleep, like just to have a discussion with her. 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:38.080 Like the part where she's like, Have a good day at uh work, and he turns around to leave, and the door is like duct tape shut. 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.840 I'm like, did you think that the just like having a conversation with her was gonna work? 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:51.279 Right, like obviously there's something a little a little worse here, and then especially when he comes back from work, is she's just literally stood there all day. 00:15:51.519 --> 00:15:57.200 Well, and that it took him as long as it did to go back to the store like to try to

reverse it. 00:15:57.360 --> 00:16:01.440 Like he was really hoping he was just like that this was gonna work out. 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:06.960 So his obsession was I mean, it was believable, but it was kind of like, dude, what are you doing? 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:07.919 Yeah. 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:10.960 I mean, obviously he was scared shitless too. 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:12.000 So that's the thing too. 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:14.639 I'm like, you're not in love with her anymore, you're terrified. 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:15.759 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:21.200 Like you're like, this dude we move in, this girl we move in, like, she's a robot. 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:21.600 Yeah. 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.960 And I was like, mm-mm. 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:30.480 What at what at what point do you think his desire for her would start to become the becoming disturbing? 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:37.679 I think for that, when like when his idea of it was when all this like the weird stuff started happening. 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.399 Like he sees the duct tape and he's just like, that's okay, I'll just pull it open. 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:44.879 And the fact that he's eating his pet cat. 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:46.480 Okay, that was my part. 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:48.559 That's my that's my most disturbing part. 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:55.519 I'm just like, at what point in your obsession with her are you like, I think I've messed up here. 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:56.320 Yeah. 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:07.039 Yeah, it's that was the part that I was just like because I think it was like after they, it wasn't very long after they were because they show the little scenes where they're having a great time, whatever. 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:14.960 But when she does the whole thing with the cat and she's like, I made it as a like a memorial, she digs his cat up and like puts candles around it. 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:16.000 There's flies everywhere. 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:17.200 He's like, This is okay. 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:19.440 He's like, No, you can't do this. 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:21.759 I'm like, that's when we call the number on the ground. 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:24.000 Right, like it's okay, we can work through this. 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.480 What? 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.039 Like, no. 00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:26.319 I'm just gonna tell her. 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:33.680 Because I think that in the beginning, right, leading up to him making this wish, it feels very common, right? 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.000 Like, yes, this is a very normal. 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:46.799 I already didn't like Bear because she when she went at the beginning of the movie, when he drives her home, she comes back to the car and she's like, Do you like me? 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:48.400 She flat out asked him. 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:48.799 Yeah. 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:53.519 And he still chickened out and was like, No, we're friends, and like, you're an idiot.

00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:57.039 Like, she literally just asked you, like, that was your perfect opportunity. 00:17:57.119 --> 00:17:57.440 Yeah. 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:02.400 To just be like, Did you did you know from the beginning that her and that other guy were having sex? 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:02.880 Oh, yeah. 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:03.920 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:05.839 I figured too for sure. 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.240 What do we think about the one wish willow? 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:12.000 I think it's a neat premise, yeah, kind of a thing. 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:18.240 I don't know if I was on board with the shop owners, like the people working at the shop. 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:18.640 Yeah. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:21.039 Like when he comes back in and he's like, why don't you warn people? 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:24.400 And they just seem like it's normal that everyone else gets their will. 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:26.960 And I was like, I don't know. 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:28.000 Like if somebody's coming. 00:18:28.240 --> 00:18:29.599 Yeah, I mean, it definitely wasn't believable. 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.240 It was weird. 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:33.440 Yeah, the the shop people were a little unbelievable on it. 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:37.680 Would you ever use a uh a one-lish willow after this, huh? 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:40.480 Yeah, like I don't well look. 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:44.880 The one guy, he's like, okay, I want a billion dollars. 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:47.039 And he gets a billion dollars. 00:18:47.359 --> 00:18:49.440 But then also is killed. 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:49.759 Yeah. 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:54.720 So it's like killed so doesn't get to a but could there be anything really terrible that comes with that? 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:57.759 I feel like when you that's what I think the whole premise is. 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:01.279 Like when you get what you wish for, because everybody always thinks they know what they want. 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:04.160 But then when you get it, just like they say, what is it? 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:05.279 The curse of the lottery. 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.759 Yeah. 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:08.880 Like everybody who wins the lottery to just they end up losing their money. 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:12.160 They lose their money, they have a horrific death, or something. 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:15.920 You you think that this is the answer, and then it turned out to be no right. 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:20.319 You're better off for what's one thing you would wish for? 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:22.000 No, no, I'm not doing that. 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.519 I would just be like, you know what? 00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.880 I'm not doing that. 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:30.400 So overall, I think the movie I was it was good. 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:35.119 I definitely need to, if I watch any more horror movies, they have to be during the day. 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.519 Yeah. 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:42.559 Um I need to have some some time in between to like because I am someone that will have really bad nightmares. 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.359 I should have done. 00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:44.400 Because I kept telling him it. 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.759 I'm like, it's not scary. 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:47.599 It's not really like it's scary. 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:50.640 It's like it's not scary for you. 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:55.839 Yeah, it's kind of like the premise of I'm like, well, I'm not obsessed with her, and she's not obsessed with me, so I'll be fine. 00:19:56.160 --> 00:20:01.599 Because it's not one of like, it's not like a serial killer where like Michael Myers, where he's just out killing everybody. 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.079 Right. 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.519 Or where it's super believable. 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:09.680 Because there's certain ones, and like, yeah, I don't I don't mess with like the the possession and the like religious. 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:10.960 Yes. 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:16.559 Anything that's a little bit too believable for me, I well, I wouldn't say believable. 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:21.839 Anything that deals with the devil, like my Christian nature is like, nope, not gonna do it. 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.240 Yeah. 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:26.079 Because even the same thing, like I've never seen the exorcist, none of none of that. 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:30.880 Because my mom, I remember when they redid the exorcist, and I told her I was gonna go see it. 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:32.160 I mean, my mom was like in tears. 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:36.720 She was like, hammer, you're just gonna open yourself up to that kind of horror from Satan. 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:38.160 Like you're just opening yourself up. 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:39.839 And I was like, Okay, mom. 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:44.400 But then, like the older I got, I was like, Yeah, I don't, I don't want that around. 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:51.440 The new evil deads, oh, they are next level crazy that I'm like, nope, not gonna do it. 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.480 It's too much. 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:59.200 Yeah, but now you throw a scream or you throw a crazy serial killer at me, okay. 00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:02.000 But it's so like fantastical. 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:13.039 It's I mean, granted, it's not that it couldn't happen, it's just it's one of those like generic, you know, like Halloween, or I just so I I like to be scared. 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:18.240 I don't like to be um maybe what I would call like terrified. 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:20.640 I like creepy things. 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:24.000 I like a ghost, I like a haunted house. 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:30.559 Um, movies that I can't get behind are anything where it's just random. 00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:36.799 Like I can get behind Michael Myers, he just really hated the town, and he really needed a sister scream. 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:38.400 There's a whole thing with

it. 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:46.160 I don't like like movies like The Strangers, where they're t tormenting these people in their in their home, and they're like, Why are you doing this? 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.759 And they were like, Oh, because you're home. 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.960 Can't get on board with that. 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:50.480 Yeah, there needs to be some purpose. 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:52.480 I need a purpose behind your mayhem. 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:54.480 Same thing with Texas Chainsaw Massacre. 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.759 That all creeps me the hell out. 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:59.599 Look, okay, so one of the last ones I watched as well, it was like right after. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.519 No, that was saw. 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:01.920 Okay. 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.000 Saw freaked me out. 00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:04.960 Can't do saw. 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:10.160 Um, but I that was around the same time we went and we saw like a Friday the 13th that came out. 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:15.039 I I got like so nauseous watching it and I had to like look away. 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:15.279 Yeah. 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:18.240 Because it was legit torture. 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.880 And I can't I can't get behind that. 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.160 Like that's the thing too. 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:27.440 And to me, it's like, what is wrong with us as a people that like this is entertaining? 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:30.319 I like a scary movie. 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.960 I don't like a gory movie. 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:36.720 I don't mind it if if it's gory, like if it's a kill bill kind of gory. 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:36.960 Yeah. 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:42.480 Like the last um screen, the seventh one that just came out this February. 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:46.400 Like there's some gory parts because he's literally like slicing people with a knife. 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:52.319 And so there's some gory, like, ooh, I don't like like torture for the sake of it. 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:52.720 Yeah. 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:56.079 So I'm I'm like a mid-stary movie. 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:59.920 Like I can't do gore, torture, any of that business. 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.319 Yeah. 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.440 Devil. 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.720 He's gotta stay out of it. 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.039 Yeah. 00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:05.039 I don't think that's with this stuff. 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.960 Okay, all right. 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:09.279 So we've got a couple categories. 00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:15.200 There's a lot of um different obsessions, obsessive behaviors in this movie. 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:20.559 So maybe you're interested in the I love you so much I might ruin your life. 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.640 Yeah, maybe that's what you're about. 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:24.799 Maybe you're about that obsessive love. 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:27.039 You know, you're very possessive. 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:29.119 Maybe

that leads to stalking. 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:33.599 Maybe it leads to fixation, maybe a a desire that has completely escaped the building. 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:36.319 We definitely have something that you could add to the list. 00:23:36.880 --> 00:23:37.680 Or sure. 00:23:37.839 --> 00:23:40.240 Now Amanda's read this one and I've read this one. 00:23:40.400 --> 00:23:40.880 Yep. 00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:42.480 And there is a new one coming out. 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.519 Is there? 00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:43.920 Yeah. 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:48.160 I read this like years before they made it into a show. 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:50.880 And I remember seeing the preview, and I was like, wait a minute. 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.839 I'm pretty sure I read that. 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.960 That sounds very clear. 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.640 Um of course. 00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:59.119 I think I can't remember if it's already come, it might have already come out, but it's I think it's called Before You. 00:23:59.359 --> 00:23:59.839 Oh, okay. 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:00.480 Something like that. 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.759 So it's kind of like a prequel. 00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.160 Okay. 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:05.599 So we kind of get to see the lead up to our dear friend Joe Goldberg. 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:10.960 If you don't know what we're talking about already, it's you by Caroline Keptness? 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:11.759 How do you say that? 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.559 Keptiness? 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:14.079 I think I've always said Keptnes in my head. 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.200 Okay. 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:24.720 So this one has layers of unsettling intimacy, of living on the inside of the mind of someone who has convinced himself that obsession is love. 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:27.440 So you is told from first person. 00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:30.480 So we get we're inside Joe Joe Goldberg's head. 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:32.240 It's not a safe place to be. 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:37.200 We know what obsessive romantic fixation looks like because you've already been inside his head. 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.319 So we we know. 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:47.279 And he's the type you see his head, and it's I think he's a scary type of obsessive because like everything in his head is justifiable. 00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:52.480 Like he's talking her, he's very possessive of her before they're even together. 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:58.480 Yeah, he's already created this whole like relationship almost in his head before. 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.400 He's like, oh, she's doing that for me. 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:04.559 It's like, dude, she literally know you. 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.359 She'll know you. 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.599 Yeah. 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:07.839 You came in your bookstore and you said a couple words. 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:13.359 But I think especially, especially the show, uh, but I think the book as well. 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:19.599 Like it's kind of the reader is intended to have these like moral like dilemmas, right? 00:25:19.680 --> 00:25:22.000 Of like, yes, this is wrong. 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:27.119 But then there's also moments because you're in his mind, where you're kind of sympathizing with him. 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:30.400 And then there's moments where you're like, okay, he's batshit crazy. 00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:34.079 This kind of tension there of like, yes, this is wrong. 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:50.559 I feel like it shows you, like, because coming from his mind, it kind of shows you that this kind of behavior could be anybody, and that's even more terrifying that you're like, oh my god, did I accidentally say hello a little too much to the barista at this work? 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.559 Like, what are we talking about here? 00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.359 Yeah. 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:58.000 Um, now here's one that I haven't read: The Collector by John Fowles. 00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.960 Did you read this one? 00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.680 I haven't. 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:06.559 This one's possession, it kind of masquerades devotion and the horrifying belief that having someone means loving. 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:10.400 This one's about a man who becomes obsessed with a young woman and ultimately abducts her. 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.519 Oh, okay. 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:16.319 So it kind of gives you a darker version of the same Joe question. 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:18.240 Which remember, he does do that. 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:18.559 Yeah. 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.839 Does abducts. 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.559 Yeah. 00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:26.079 But again, you see the same kind of thing from them on the inside of it's for your own good. 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.039 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.559 That's keep you safe. 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:30.880 They truly believe that what they're doing is not wrong. 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.359 Yeah. 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:33.279 And that's creepy as hell. 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:35.680 Romance, obsession, possession, control. 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:38.720 That's that's what we're getting from from these fellas here. 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:44.880 Uh, we do have a third, our kind of cruelty by Aramanita Hall. 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:52.960 Okay, this one is a narrator who's absolutely certain the woman he loves is secretly communicating with him through everything she does. 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.079 Sounds familiar. 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.400 Yeah. 00:26:54.559 --> 00:27:06.480 The story is told from the perspective of Mike Hayes, an obsessed and deeply unreliable narrator who convinces himself that his ex-girlfriend Barry's engagement to another man is just a continuation of a secret game they used to play. 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:07.039 Oh. 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.960 That's kind of interesting. 00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:20.480 So this one is very, it's this this category is

very much for the if you like the I'm totally crazy and obsessive, but I feel like I'm doing it for your best interest. 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.480 If that speaks to you. 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:25.119 So we're gonna move on to our next kind of category. 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.759 Oh, yeah. 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:32.720 And this is for the people who liked the aspect of the movie that is the be careful what you wish for side. 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:35.440 Um, this is the one wish willow shelf. 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:40.319 You wanted something, congratulations, you got it, and that was your first mistake. 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:43.119 So you're gonna want to add these to your TBR. 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:46.079 The first one is The Monkey's Paw by W. 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.480 W. 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.519 Jacobs. 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:52.799 It's short, it's foundational, and it lets you understand the DNA of obsession. 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:55.759 And this one actually has a direct connection. 00:27:56.079 --> 00:28:05.279 Barker has said obsession was inspired by monkey's paw tradition via The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:10.480 So wishes come true, just never in the way that you imagined. 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.599 We all know this one. 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:17.519 We all know the monkey paw, and it's yeah, you got the monkey paw, and then when you make the wish, like puts a finger down. 00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.000 Oh. 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.559 I don't know. 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.440 Do you never see that? 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:19.920 Oh yeah. 00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:21.279 No, I haven't. 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:27.759 Yeah, and it's very reminiscent of like um, you know, genie and a layup to me. 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.319 Oh yeah. 00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:30.000 Too like you have to be like so specific. 00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.839 Very specific to what you say. 00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.799 Mm-hmm. 00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:40.480 Um, the next that's going on the TBR is The Husbands by Holly Grimasio. 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:43.519 Um, this one came out in 2024. 00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.480 Oh, I saw that. 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:46.319 This one's a fairly yeah. 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:56.160 Um, a woman discovers her addict can produce an endless succession of husbands, allowing her to keep replacing them in search of the perfect one. 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:58.079 Why we're so interested. 00:28:58.319 --> 00:29:04.000 Because it's a much lighter interpretation of what if you could magically get exactly what you wanted? 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:07.359 And how do you know when you've gotten enough? 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:11.440 This is what kind of interests me because I'm like, what does she do with the husband? 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.319 That she doesn't want. 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:13.119 That she doesn't want. 00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.359 Yeah. 00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.960 Like, are you constantly I'm intrigued. 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:21.359 Like, is this an issue of like that book I read, Bunny, where like you're having to dispose you're having to dispose of them? 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:25.680 Like, if you're having to do that, I'd be like, listen, this is Or you're just setting them free into the world. 00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.319 Like, what's going on? 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:28.799 They did do that in Bunny with the couple up though. 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.279 Okay. 00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:33.119 Sometimes they didn't always work out well. 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:40.480 Um, another one we have, same uh from 2024 as well, the other valley by Scott Alexander Howard. 00:29:40.720 --> 00:29:46.240 A girl lives in a valley surrounded by two other versions of the same place. 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:50.319 One 20 years in the past and one 20 years in the future. 00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:52.559 Why we're interested about this one. 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:59.279 Um, this is one about choices, consequences, and the temptation to interfere with things that aren't yours to change. 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:01.359 That's very interesting premise. 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.799 That's an interesting premise. 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:04.079 I'm gonna get on board with that. 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:10.319 That's very like, let's see, we're in 20, like, would I want to live in the early 2000s again? 00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.279 I don't, I don't know. 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:13.279 You know, I was in high school. 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:15.039 You know, I like a frostotips. 00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.920 I don't know. 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:18.319 Do you love a frost shell necklace? 00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.480 Focus shell necklace, and I love everything that came out of the DLIO's catalog. 00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.839 So I don't know. 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:27.599 Um, maybe, or would I want to live like 20 years in the future? 00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:32.079 Why, why I'm I yeah, I'm already getting up there in age. 00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.799 I don't know. 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.599 That's the thing too. 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.480 Like, what's the premise? 00:30:34.640 --> 00:30:36.720 Like, do we get to do we get to say the same age? 00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:38.160 Like we just move over? 00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.680 That's an interesting premise. 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:42.240 Yeah, I wouldn't I need more information before I walk on. 00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:43.200 We we need more. 00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:44.880 Okay, another category. 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:48.240 What if you want to do a love as body core? 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:50.880 Okay, we all know we do things for love. 00:30:51.119 --> 00:31:00.480 So, what happens when something that should feel intimate becomes invasive when desire isn't just emotional anymore, when love gets into your body. 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:09.599 So we've got some stuff to add to your TBR, Rouge by Mona Awad,

2023. 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.880 She is the one that wrote, if you guys love that book, Funny. 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:14.960 I was gonna say she sounds like familiar. 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.559 She's the one who wrote Funny. 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:19.759 A woman becomes increasingly consumed by beauty. 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:24.160 Her mother's death mirrors in a mysterious skincare world. 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:27.759 Why it works, beauty, obsession, surrealism, and horror. 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:33.440 This is the what if your desire to be beautiful became a genuinely terrifying book. 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.079 Interesting. 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:43.839 I kind of am like into these sort of books because it does a lot of them like kind of paint that black cloud on the like beauty industry. 00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:52.720 And I think Ashna Kutcher did something too. 00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.799 Oh check out Netflix, y'all. 00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:58.640 Oh, his was um Ashna Kutcher's was called Beauty and it was an FX. 00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.440 Oh, okay. 00:31:59.599 --> 00:32:00.559 An FX show. 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.880 But it's you know, same premise. 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:07.599 So we also have another one for this, Youth Juice by E.K. 00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:10.319 Sahuth Sathu? 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.400 Sethu sounds right. 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:18.160 Sophia is addicted to her He Bie lifestyle, especially youth juice. 00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:23.200 The fatty, smooth, soothing moisturizer tree has asked Sophia to test. 00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:35.119 But when cracks in He B's infrastructure start to worsen and Sophia learns the gruesome secret ingredient at the heart of youth juice, she has to decide how far she's willing to go to stay beautiful forever. 00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.559 Like when is it? 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.359 What is it? 00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.880 Yeah, the blood of the blood of children. 00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:41.039 The blood of newborn children. 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:42.319 What is it? 00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:47.039 So I kind of dig that little sub-genre of mask because I think it does. 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:50.640 It's very satirical to think of how much money we spend. 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.640 I mean personally, freaking out the other day. 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.599 I thought I saw a new wrinkle. 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.279 It wasn't a wrinkle, don't worry, guys. 00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:59.200 But how obsessed we are with like staying young and beautiful. 00:32:59.359 --> 00:32:59.759 Interesting. 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:04.960 Next subcategory, it's the I don't know what's real anymore category. 00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:14.079 So the vibe is psychological horror, unreliable perception, reality slowly slipping sideways. 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:18.559 So what we're gonna add to your TBR, I think both Amber and I read this one. 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:22.640 The silent patient by Alex McLeadies. 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.400 Yeah, something like that. 00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:26.799 I feel like we've settled on a last name and as we change it. 00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.680 Yeah, yeah. 00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:30.720 You know, it's just it's always changing. 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:40.799 So this one's not supernatural, but it scratches the like psychological mystery, obsession, secrets, unreliable perspectives. 00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:43.359 The what what is actually going on here? 00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:45.599 Like we all know there's something else going on here. 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:49.680 Really totally like when you got to the twist, were you like, Yeah, it got me. 00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:50.559 Yeah. 00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:54.400 Like when I got to the twist on that one too, I was like, What? 00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:57.599 Yeah, so there is a huge twist in this one. 00:33:57.839 --> 00:34:05.680 So if you have been living under a rock and haven't heard of the silent patient, this is a good psychological thriller mystery. 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.960 Highly recommend. 00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.680 Love it. 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.000 The next one is one I haven't read. 00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:13.440 It's called Come Closer by Sarah Grant. 00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:30.000 What starts as a strange tapping sound in Amanda, Amanda's apartment quickly spirals into something much darker as she begins losing control of her behavior and hearing a voice that doesn't feel like her own. 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:37.039 She has to figure out whether she's experiencing a psychological breakdown or something far more sinister. 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:41.360 It's creepy, intimate, and genuinely unsettling. 00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:44.480 That I might be out on that one. 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.559 Some of this is her name's Amanda. 00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:55.440 No, I think that's why like poltergeist scared me so much as a kid because I looked identical to that little girl. 00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:57.280 You can still know you really do. 00:34:57.440 --> 00:35:03.519 Like, but but we have both had that like super blonde hair, same type of features. 00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:05.440 Yeah, it freaked me out. 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.880 Oh, girl. 00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:13.519 All right, the next one we have for this one is We Used to Live Here by Marcus Cliver. 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:20.320 Eve and Charlie think they found the perfect house until a family shows up claiming they used to live there. 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:26.880 Eve makes the mistake of letting them inside and suddenly who does that? 00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:28.639 The family won't leave. 00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:32.079 Strange things begin happening and Charlie disappears. 00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:39.360 The deeper Eve digs, the harder it becomes to tell what's actually happening and what might be in her head. 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:44.960 Oh Lord, I do have I do actually own this book, so it

is technically on the TBR. 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:45.440 Yep. 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:45.840 Yep. 00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.639 I've seen it. 00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:53.679 Why in the world would you let somebody like if somebody showed up at my door and said, I used to live here, I'd be like, that's cool. 00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.639 Yeah. 00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.760 Close the door. 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.400 Yeah. 00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:58.960 I would I would not invite you in for tea. 00:35:59.039 --> 00:35:59.760 Yeah, so sorry. 00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:01.679 Look at it from the outside. 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.400 Yeah. 00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:04.480 Remember all your fond memories. 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:10.239 The last one is The Last House on Needless Street by Katriona Ward. 00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:11.280 Amber read this one. 00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:12.239 I did read this one. 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:21.599 Um, this one is at the end of the at the end of a Dead End Street sits a boarded up house occupied by a troubled man, a teenage girl who isn't allowed outside. 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.480 That's weird. 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:24.639 And a very unusual cat. 00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:30.800 When a new neighbor arrives, determined to uncover what happened to her missing sister years ago. 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:33.760 Long buried secrets begin to surface. 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:36.239 Go in knowing as little as possible. 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:39.039 This is a book where the less you know, the better. 00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.679 It is. 00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.880 It's a very good book. 00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:48.400 It's interesting because you do get you have multiple points of views, but one of the points of views is a cat. 00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.679 What yes. 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.079 Okay. 00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:51.679 So it's very interesting. 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:54.159 It does give some silent patient vibes. 00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:54.719 Oh. 00:36:55.039 --> 00:36:57.280 But it was, I think I gave it four. 00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:59.039 I don't think I gave it five. 00:36:59.280 --> 00:37:02.400 Was this like scary or just more like psychological? 00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.280 Psychological. 00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.599 Okay. 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:07.760 It wasn't not scary at all because it is kind of like you're trying to uncover a mystery. 00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:08.079 Yeah. 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:11.280 So it is very thrillery, but not not scary. 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:13.119 Good for her. 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.719 That's feminine rage. 00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:25.360 I think a man and I say this a lot when we're uh for everyone who watched Nikki go increasingly feral and had one tiny, deeply inappropriate thought of well, good for her. 00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:29.199 This part of it did when I was looking at it, I'm like, Well, you asked for this in effort. 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.679 Right. 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:32.000 You know, like whatever. 00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:32.880 Right. 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:37.840 Well, it was weird too, because you had the certain moments where I feel like she got like kind of lucid. 00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:41.360 She had those moments of like, we didn't even talk about the hearts. 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:50.000 Okay, so something I didn't like about the movie, which, spoiler alert, they never explain what is in her. 00:37:50.159 --> 00:37:57.039 And that kind of bot that's the only thing, like, if I were to give, like, if this had been a book, that I would have bumped it down to four stars. 00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:59.679 Because that's something that bothered me heavily. 00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:10.480 That I was like, the creepiest part that I thought was in the movie was when he goes to leave to meet his other friend in the park at like two o'clock in the morning, and she says, Help me. 00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:13.119 And she's asleep, like she's full on asleep. 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.519 Yeah. 00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:16.800 And he's like, says something about being with Nikki. 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:18.880 And she says, I've never been with you. 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:25.039 It's almost like whatever took a hold of her, yeah, but it's almost like a it's a possession. 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:26.719 And Nikki's in the back. 00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:29.119 And so then the possession part of her was sleeping. 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.239 And finally, Nikki was able to say something. 00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:36.239 And to me, that was like the creepiest part where she's like, I've never been with you. 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:38.400 I'm like, then what was with them? 00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:46.719 And they never tell you because even at the end, where she f he, you know, dies and she finally like comes out of it. 00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:48.079 It's what were you possessed by? 00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:48.960 Like, what? 00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:50.000 What was it? 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:51.199 I need to know. 00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:58.000 So I I was not happy with that because I needed to know. 00:38:58.239 --> 00:38:58.559 Okay. 00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:04.639 Because otherwise it would it would have just been a switch and you would she would never have those lucid moments. 00:39:04.800 --> 00:39:05.119 Yeah. 00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:08.880 It would just, is it just you're possessed by the obsession itself? 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.480 Is it is it what? 00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:14.480 But the fact that she makes that comment, and don't get me wrong, because it was creepy as hell. 00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:14.800 Yeah. 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:16.400 When she's like, I've never been with you. 00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:18.239 I'm like, oh my god, did you just been with him? 00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.639 Yeah. 00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.440 This whole time. 00:39:20.880 --> 00:39:23.760 Did you love like her facial expressions and shit? 00:39:24.000 -->

00:39:25.679 The actress who played her. 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:26.239 Oh, I know. 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:28.000 Like Mickey did so good. 00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:31.679 And then when she would like hit herself, yeah, you'll go look off. 00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:36.000 Were you, did you love the part where the so they're at the friend's house at that party? 00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.480 Oh my god. 00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.760 And then they're playing that game, and she's like, kiss the person to your left. 00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.639 Oh my god. 00:39:42.320 --> 00:39:45.679 I was like, and then she like scoots her over. 00:39:45.840 --> 00:39:49.280 Yeah, and then she just still making that face and like scoots her over. 00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:52.880 I was like, what if everybody's watching this? 00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:55.199 And I'm like, somebody needs to do something. 00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:57.840 Well, and then she had read that thing like that. 00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:59.440 Yeah, what the hell must that the part? 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:04.800 If this was me at the party, I would be like, What are we doing? 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:08.400 What that's why this whole movie, I was just like, what is happening? 00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.920 It's a it's a good movie. 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:11.199 It's fantastic. 00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:15.039 Okay, first book we have for Good For You. 00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.559 Good for you, girl. 00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.760 Feminine Rage. 00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:20.320 Boycards by Eliza Clark. 00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:29.519 Irina is an artist with a very specific obsession, photographing men she finds on the streets of Newcastle and turning them into subjects for her provocative art. 00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:40.960 When she gets the chance to revive her career with a prestigious gallery exhibition, her already messy life takes a darker turn, especially when a shy supermarket employee catches her attention. 00:40:41.199 --> 00:40:49.840 So this one's very twisted, darkly funny, uh a descent into obsession, control, and just how dangerous the person behind the camera can be. 00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:51.519 Like it. 00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:55.599 Because that was kind of the thing with obsession too. 00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:59.440 Like you kind of have that dark humor because you're laughing at parts because you're like, what is going on? 00:40:59.599 --> 00:40:59.840 Yeah. 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:04.239 Like I say, with when she's making that face, you're like, come on. 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:08.559 And then everybody's just kind of sitting there like, This is so awkward, but nobody's saying anything. 00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:09.920 Yeah, yeah. 00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:13.840 Except the friend did say, Nikki, are you okay? 00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:14.400 Yeah. 00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:18.320 So then we also have A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. 00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:19.119 Summers. 00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:27.920 Dorothy Daniels is a

successful food critic with impeccable tastes, a glamorous career, and a secret that makes Hannibal Lecter look like a picky eater. 00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:28.320 Oh. 00:41:28.559 --> 00:41:36.719 For Prison, she recounts the men she loved, the meals she savored, and the increasingly disturbing path that led her to her downfall. 00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:41.679 Decadent, feminist, wildly funny, and absolutely not for anyone who wants to know what's in the kitchen. 00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:42.719 Oh God. 00:41:43.119 --> 00:41:44.880 I mean, it's kind of like I'm so curious. 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.679 I know. 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:49.199 Like you go, girl, because I know damn well you're cooking the men up in the kitchen. 00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:53.840 Okay, last one, this one was really creepy when I gave like when I was looking at it, so I was like, oh god. 00:41:54.480 --> 00:42:01.119 Okay, this one's Mae Fly by C CJ Leed with an E on the end. 00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:05.440 Uh by Dame Maeve is an ice princess at an amusement park. 00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.639 Who wouldn't love that? 00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:12.719 By night, she's drinking on the sunset strip, obsessing over her favorite books, and quietly harboring a much darker side. 00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:19.679 When a new man enters her life, Maeve decides to stop suppressing her impulses and discovers just how far she can take them. 00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:27.920 So on this we'll think like American Psycho meets feminine rage, Hollywood excess, and a whole lot of blood. 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.360 So this one's a great mess. 00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:30.079 Wow. 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:30.639 Okay. 00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:33.119 But I feel like when it's feminine rage, it has to be. 00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:33.519 Yeah. 00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:34.639 Like we gotta get messy. 00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:36.480 Girls don't mind getting messy, I think. 00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:42.400 The the only thing I'm I'm I'm wondering feminine rage to me is usually when it's justified, right? 00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:45.920 Like you almost know like it should be justified. 00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:49.519 Notice though, none of these we've read in this category, so I'm wondering. 00:42:49.679 --> 00:42:49.920 Yeah. 00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:51.360 I'm wondering if that's the case. 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.079 Yeah. 00:42:52.400 --> 00:42:52.880 Let's see. 00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:56.400 Maybe the chick cooking them up in the kitchen dessert. 00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.840 What did you what did you do? 00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.239 Yeah. 00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:01.599 And remember, sometimes mana neighbor get a little iffy on. 00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.719 Yeah, they deserve that. 00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:03.280 Yeah. 00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:05.280 I can see it. 00:43:05.840 --> 00:43:06.800 Um, okay. 00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:10.320 Next subcategory is the I want obsessive love. 00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:14.000 Eyes are the best part by Monica Kim. 00:43:14.079 --> 00:43:16.719 This is our first recommendation for this one. 00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:19.360 2024 is when it came out. 00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:27.039 G1 becomes increasingly fixated on her mother's boyfriend and his blue eyes. 00:43:27.280 --> 00:43:30.719 And that fixation takes a horrifying turn. 00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:34.559 I don't like anything else about him, but his eyes are amazing. 00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:43.039 Uh, why it immediately belongs on the list is it's got desire, jealousy, obsession, violence, and body horror. 00:43:43.280 --> 00:43:53.760 Yay! And this one actually appeared in current reader discussion, specifically looking for books that like scratch that obsession itch. 00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:56.559 And I'm like, what is she about to do with his eyes? 00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:59.760 Maybe she eats up or just carry them around in like a jar. 00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.280 You know? 00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:04.079 What's that song Jar Hearts? 00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.639 Yeah. 00:44:07.440 --> 00:44:12.480 Next one is Sophie Standing There by Megan Beg Meg Mason. 00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.000 I know. 00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.719 I was like, wait a minute. 00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:17.360 I'm not we're not on those terms, Meg. 00:44:17.679 --> 00:44:21.440 Um this one is a new one, came out in 2026. 00:44:22.159 --> 00:44:33.119 A woman becomes intensely fascinated with a famous author, and that admiration turns into an increasingly consuming fixation when their lives intersect. 00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:36.239 So this is a parasocial obsession. 00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:38.960 It's not I want you to love me. 00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:43.920 It's more of I have created an entire version of you in my head. 00:44:44.239 --> 00:44:47.519 So I mean that's very Yeah, we're readers. 00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:48.559 Who has it though now? 00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:49.039 Yeah. 00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.840 Oh yeah. 00:44:50.079 --> 00:44:54.960 I mean, in my head, me and JK Rollin have have already been friends for years. 00:44:59.199 --> 00:45:04.960 So what I'm hearing is maybe you shouldn't ever go see her in person. 00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:09.119 It's kind of like I would think it would be one of those where like, you know, they tell you never to meet your heroes. 00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:09.599 Yeah. 00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:12.480 I would probably I don't know. 00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:14.320 I mean, I've listened to her on podcasts. 00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:15.760 I feel like she's pretty ch chill. 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:22.079 Yeah, I mean, I feel like the relationship that cooked up in my head is probably pretty on par. 00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.039 Yeah. 00:45:23.199 --> 00:45:24.320 For me and me and JK. 00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:25.599 I feel like she'd let me call her Joanne. 00:45:26.320 --> 00:45:26.960 Or Joe. 00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:30.320 I feel like I feel like Joe would be the terms that we are on. 00:45:30.800 -->

00:45:31.760 Is all I'm saying. 00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:38.880 Okay, so if you want to just generally be creeped out and you're just like, I just need that whole level of like, oh my god. 00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:41.679 Bloom by Delilah S. 00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:42.639 Dawson. 00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:49.599 A woman becomes fascinated by another woman who seems almost impossibly perfect, and the relationship takes a dark and surreal turn. 00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:55.760 This one has also been suggested by readers specifically looking for obsession adjacent books. 00:45:56.239 --> 00:46:01.440 So it's very abtraction, obsession, transformation, and horror. 00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:04.079 My god feeling sews herself to this. 00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:04.800 Oh gosh. 00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:09.920 So I was thinking, like, what is this like a single white female kind of vibe? 00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:12.639 But it seems like a little bit more horror than that. 00:46:12.880 --> 00:46:17.599 Not a sound meaning, the man was like, this is single white female, and I'm like, oh my god, she like sewed themselves together. 00:46:17.760 --> 00:46:17.840 Yeah. 00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:20.559 So that they could be Siamese twins. 00:46:21.599 --> 00:46:22.800 Okay, so I love that. 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:25.840 Like when we talk about books, it's the personality comes out. 00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:32.239 The next subcategory is I want the autonomy and the control part. 00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:41.519 So because one of the most disturbing things about obsession isn't simply that Mickey becomes obsessed, but it's that she doesn't have a choice. 00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:43.599 Like she didn't choose this. 00:46:43.760 --> 00:46:45.760 Um, it was completely out of her control. 00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:52.880 So books that kind of have that side to it would be Annie Bought by Sierra Greer. 00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:54.559 This one came out in 2024. 00:46:54.880 --> 00:47:00.559 Annie is an AI companion created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner. 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:06.559 But she begins developing curiosity and secrecy and desires of her own. 00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:12.239 This one was also specifically like created in the library list of around obsession. 00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:21.679 And this could be a really interesting companion to it because instead of the I made you love me, it's more of the I created you to love me. 00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:28.239 And then what happens when the thing created to fulfill your desires develops desires of its own? 00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:34.880 This is probably one thing that scares me about AI is people really start talking of these things. 00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:35.840 Oh, I know. 00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:36.559 It's weird. 00:47:36.880 --> 00:47:37.360 No, it's scary. 00:47:37.679 --> 00:47:43.440 It's fun in games when I'm watching the commercial for Chat GPT, and it's this old lady, and she's like, I'm knitting a sweater for my grandson. 00:47:43.599 --> 00:47:44.639 What'd you say your name was? 00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:46.800 And she's like, You could just call me Chat GPT. 00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:50.079 She's like, Oh, okay, Chat GPT, and she's chatting away and it's like funny. 00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:52.320 But then you're like, yikes. 00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:52.960 Yeah. 00:47:53.199 --> 00:48:02.639 Now I already thought COVID was the worst thing that happened because of the shutdown, and like the whole social interaction with people created a really big problem, especially for the youth. 00:48:02.800 --> 00:48:05.280 This AI business is like leading us down in the same way. 00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:06.480 It's yeah, yeah. 00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:07.280 It's terrible. 00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:09.920 You can have a fake friend online if you're lonely. 00:48:10.079 --> 00:48:10.239 Yeah. 00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:14.800 So that is everything that we have for you to put on your TBR list. 00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:17.519 I feel like we gave you a lot if you're craving that obsession. 00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:18.000 Yeah. 00:48:18.159 --> 00:48:18.400 Yeah. 00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:22.960 And a lot of these are like, I'm I'm genuinely putting on my TBR. 00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:29.760 So basically, we started this episode because we watched Obsession and thought, okay, what the hell do we read now? 00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:34.800 And then we ended up with an entire TBR about people wanting things way too badly. 00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:37.920 So you've got everything you need. 00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:44.000 You've got obsessive love, manufactured love, supernatural obsession, beauty, success, belonging, and the original. 00:48:44.159 --> 00:48:45.679 Be careful what you wish for. 00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:47.920 So here's the thing: we haven't read any of these yet. 00:48:48.079 --> 00:48:49.679 A couple we did tell you about that we have. 00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:53.360 So this is officially your post-obsession reading experiment. 00:48:53.679 --> 00:49:01.199 If you've read any of these, tell us did we just put something amazing on your TBR or did we completely miss the mark? 00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:02.800 We watched Obsession. 00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:08.320 Now we're gonna find out what happens when the Obsession follows us into our TBR. 00:49:08.480 --> 00:49:09.599 Oh my God. 00:49:10.239 --> 00:49:10.559 Okay. 00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.840 Y'all have a good week. 00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:12.880 Thanks for listening. 00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:13.360 Bye. 00:49:13.679 --> 00:49:14.079 Bye. 00:49:21.119 --> 00:49:30.239 You can find LitUnlit on Instagram at lit underscore on underscore lit underscore podcast, Facebook at lit on lit, and book talk. 00:49:30.320 --> 00:49:35.039 And of course, you can always email us at litonlitpodcast at gmail.com. 00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:38.880 Until next time, keep your books open, your cocktails dropped.