Episode Summary
In honor of April Fool’s Day, we’re talking about the ways books can trick you—the good and the bad—and sharing the books that tricked us! WARNING: Because of some of the bookish topics, this isn't an episode to listen to with your kids in the car. ;)
Highlights:
- The worst prank Dawn experienced
- Why Roni can’t hear the 80s song “Don’t Treat Me Bad” without having prank flashbacks
- Good twists vs. bad twists
- Books that switch genres on you
- Misleading book covers
- Secondary plots that take over
- The “It was all a dream…” Dallas cliche
- Dawn’s fraught relationship with Nicholas Sparks
- The book that didn’t play fair (in our opinions)
- URNs and the Gone Girl effect
- Non-fiction can trick us too!
- Book expectations vs. the reality - why the mismatch?
- Horror vs. thriller
- Great books that tricked us
- RAD Reading Recs of the week
- Roni’s written a steamy story for a charity anthology to help Ukraine, pre-order Nightingale today!
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