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Unofficial Book Club PodcastYou Can’t Stop Me, I Can’t Stop Me, I’m Going to Finish Every Book with Zahra ThalebIn this episode Zahra Thaleb joins me again to discuss her relationship to reading and all of her favorite books!
Authors Discussed in this Episode:
Ali Hazelwood
Emily Henry
Kristina Forest
Books Discussed in this Episode:
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
A Hundred Other Girls by Iman Hariri-Kia
The Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-Kia
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
The Sword of Kaigen: A Theonite War Story by M. L. Wang
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
Love on t...2025-07-1054 min
Besties and the Books PodcastRanking & Wrap Up FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Trilogy + Parody! | Bonus MinisodeSend us a textToday is the epic conclusion of our Fifty Shades of Grey miniseries fondly titled "Fifty Shades of May" series, and boyyy are we excited. Come on this first time journey with us as we do the ultimate book and movie ranking / showdown of the entire trilogy! We give our overall star and spice ratings of the Fifty Shades of Grey book trilogy by E. L. James, the movie trilogy, and even include our thoughts on the Fifty Shades parody book: Fifty Shames of Earl Grey. What did we l...2025-05-231h 07
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 61 MILLENNIAL NOSTALGIA | Books That Made Us “The College Years”Send us a textWhat iconic things from millennial “yesteryear” do you miss? We kick off this super nostalgic episode with an ode to simpler times. Let’s take a moment of collective silence for: the mall (in general), Borders Books (and more!), cheap concert tickets (like $50!??), and makeup when it was creative (what a time to be alive!). Our faves and fails of the week are all about those things that we miss as we amp up to share our favorite reads from the early to mid 2000’s.Ashley and Liz present their top five col...2025-05-131h 02
Besties and the Books Podcast50 Shades DARKER?…YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?? 🤨 | Book 2 Review & Summary | Bonus MinisodeSend us a textGuess What? It’s officially grey! We are in it. Oh my! It’s Fifty shades of May over here on the Besties and the Books podcast. Welcome back to our spring mini episode series all about the extremely popular yet widely discredited book series: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. We’re officially into book two and things are not exactly going as planned…If you’ve been following along and watched our “Dark Romance Enters the Chat” episode then you know, we trace romance novels wayyy back to...2025-05-0947 min
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 60 Sarah J Maas’ “SECRET BOOK” CATWOMAN | Unpopular Books by Popular AuthorsSend us a textWelcome to our newest series reading “UnPopular Books by Popular Authors”! Today we’re kicking it off with Sarah J Maas and Catwoman: Soulstealer! ***A huge thank you to The Bookish Queen for Sponsoring this episode!*****Check out the ultimate bookish shop and use discount code “BESTIEBOOKS15” to save 15% on your order @ https://bookishqueen.com/discount/BESTIEBOOKS15 Follow and get Inspo from them on Instagram @bookishqueenshop**Have you already read this somewhat “secret” book by Sarah J. Maas and just want to hear m...2025-05-061h 12
Besties and the Books PodcastOUR FIRST TIME🤭… Reading 50 SHADES OF GREY! | Book 1 Review & Summary | Bonus MinisodeSend us a textGuess What? It’s gonna be grey…It is grey! It’s Fifty shades of May over here on the Besties and the Books podcast. Welcome to our spring mini episode series all about the extremely popular yet widely discredited book series: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. If you’ve been following along and watched our “Dark Romance Enters the Chat” episode then you know, we trace romance novels wayyy back to their origin so we can discuss what societal conditions helped to pro...2025-05-021h 12
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 58 “Unmasking The Monsters” in This Monster of Mine | Deep Dive Book Review & SummarySend us a textLiz and Ashley are locked and loaded and ready to talk about everything This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara. Today’s episode is the spoiler-y follow up to our spoiler FREE author interview that dropped last month for Shalini’s big romantasy debut! Watch our Author Interview with Shalini Abeysekara here | https://youtu.be/dMoOSLW1vTE?si=5iTgTD7AOw5robs5We discuss the reasons this book is so unique, and unlike any other romantasy we’ve read… because it’s a full-blown murder mystery with an Ancient Rome inspired s...2025-04-221h 03
Besties and the Books PodcastEp 56 MEET YOUR NEW OBSESSION! 🥵 This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara | Author InterviewSend us a textToday we have a very special spoiler free* interview with romantasy writer and Library Journal’s science fiction / fantasy debut author of the month for February, Shalini Abeysekara! We chat all things This Monster of Mine to celebrate the release of her very first published book!(*Author interviews will always be spoiler free so everyone can enjoy them and determine whether or not to add these books to our never-ending TBR. So, proceed with absolutely NO caution!*)Pick up your paperback copy or kindle download of This Monster of Mi...2025-04-0851 min