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Join two sisters, one book nerd and one novel novice, as they review their latest read every other week while sipping a themed cocktail.
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
68 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
159 episodes
since Feb. 8, 2022
episodic
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In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Dan Brown’s 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code. Topics include book monogamy, AP Art History, Robert Langdon aka Kayla’s Dream Man aka Cooler Dan Brown, the top-drawer mystery, why the church/men hate the idea of Jesus getting it on, the overall appeal of …
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In this week’s From-the-Patreon-Vault episode, we bring it all home with Breaking Dawn AND Midnight Sun (because we’re monsters, Bella!). Topics include “having a hair up your butt”, the end of an era(s tour), the imprinting on a baby of it all, the unnecessary length of Midnight Sun (and how it do…
In this week’s From-the-Patreon-Vault episode, we somehow manage to get through the 3rd book in the Twilight Saga, Total Eclipse of the Fart. Topics include the one good line in the book, the “love triangle”, Jacob being a total asshole (oh my god are we Team Edward??), the absolutely cringe way B…
In this week’s From-the-Patreon-Vault episode, we (cliff) dive into the second book in the Twilight series: New Moon. Topics include the complete lack of fun Edward and Bella have together ever (meanwhile Aro is over in Italy have the most fun), tying your self-worth to a man, Kayla valiantly playi…
In this month's Patreon episode, we begin a new series: The Twilight Saga, by Stephanie Meyer. We start with…Twilight! Topics include our initial reactions to reading this book as emotional teens, Vampire Garbage Edward Cullen, Human Bowl of Oatmeal Bella, the unnervingly fast timeline of this…
In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Tom Lin’s 2026 novel Babylon, South Dakota. Topics include traveling to the Dakotas, sentences with “good mouth feel”, the confusing concept of the Methuselah Project (we try our best), the unexpectedly tragic ending, and the souls of animals.
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In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Jeffrey Eugenides’s 2002 novel Middlesex. Topics include proper name pronunciation, iced coffee orders, surprising narrative decisions, the immigrant experience in America and the disillusionment of the American dream, Calliope/Cal and the turbulence…
In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Louis Sachar’s 1998 novel Holes. Topics include childhood memories, the questionable Texas justice system, the tragic tale of Kissin’ Kate Barlow and Sam the Onion Man, coincidence or magic, Stanley’s growth, and terrible adults. Plus, we talk about …
In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Xochitl Gonzalez’s 2026 novel Last Night in Brooklyn. Topics include the Great Gatsby parallels, bringing previous book characters back (oh hi Lily King), different types of privilege, brunch confrontations, nostalgia for the cities you lived in, ear…
In this week’s episode, Kayla and Taylor discuss Mieko Kawakami’s 2026 novel Sisters in Yellow. Topics include Mieko’s aesthetic, problems and difficulties with Japanese to English translation, immersion in time and place and expanding our conception of Japan, Hana’s (and other’s) dependence upon a…
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