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In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 33 - I'm Tired of This Grandpa: ARC discourse part 38292We have dipped our toes into Threads and if you thought Twitter was a hellscape... don't look into bookthreads!Books / TV mentioned:My Roommate is a Vampire, Jenna LevineSex, Lies & Sensibility, Nikki PayneBridgerton seriesCoach & Blitz by Devney PerryCheck & Mate, Ali HazelwoodNot In Love, Ali HazelwoodHoney & Spice, Bolu BabalolaThe Friendship Study, Ruby BarrettLove and Other Conspiracies, Mallory MarloweIf I Stopped Haunting You, Colby WilkensHaunt Your Heart Out, Amber RobertsInto the Dark, Jessa HastingsOn the Line, Naomi LoudEight Seconds to Ride, Dirt Road Secrets, Ashley James The Gentlemen (Netflix TV series) Cardinal Sins, Charlotte HouseTell Me Everything: A Me...2024-03-271h 10In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 32 - BookTwt is the Wild WestBookTwitter is a scary place most of the time but this parody page from the Darkest Corner of the Heart cracked us up even if it was poorly labeled as a joke. Come giggle with us! You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-03-2115 minIn the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 31 - A Not So Mini EpisodeWe were going to have a mini episode but you can't keep us from blabbing. This week we talked about the Olive & June Colleen Hoover collab and new books in March. Books mentioned:On The Line, Naomi LoudFlawless, Elsie SilverRevive Me, JL SeegarsThat Sik Luv, Jescie HallHockey Gods series by S. MasseryThe Summer We Fell, Elizabeth O’RoarkThis Could Be Us, Kennedy RyanAlways Be My Duchess, Amalie HowardDraco Malfoy and The Mortifying Ordeal of Being In LoveInto the Dark, Jessa HastingsJT GeissingerSmall Town Swoon, Melanie HarlowThe Homewrecker, Sara CateSwift & Saddled, Lyla SageDone & Dusted, Lyla SageLove Remedy, Eli...2024-03-151h 03In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 30 - Special Guest: Mr. ShanireadsWe gave a man a microphone and the world didn't become a worse place because of it. Seasoned romance reader (he's read 2) Mr Shanireads joins us to chat about reading in general and makes a case for Bonnie to read Brandon Sanderson.You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-03-0559 minIn the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 29 - Cover ArtSteamyLit special edition of Ali Hazelwood's Bride kicked up a lot of opinions and obviously we had to discuss! Don't worry we're also incapable of not talking about Magnolia Parks.You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-02-291h 09In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 28 - Magnolia Parks UniverseTake a drink every time we say we hate BJ. This week we chitchat Magnolia Parks Universe now that Bonnie has also jumped in with both feet.You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-02-2356 minIn the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 27 - Manacled to AlchemisedSenLinYu's Manacled got a trad pickup and we speculate wildly on how the iconic Dramione gets transformed into a trad pub book. We've also been gluing ourselves to the TV watching true crime, True Detective season 4 and ... Heart? of? Dixie? You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-02-161h 07In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 26 - Happy Chuck Tingle Valentine's DayHappy Valentine's Day! We have a special treat for all you loves: a dramatic reading of Chuck Tingle's classic Turned Gay by the Living Alpha Diner. You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-02-1442 minIn the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 25 - Authors Behaving Badly, vol. 2948502Surprise, double episodes this week! We just had to get together for a roundup on authors doing things on the internet. Chuck Tingle remains our unproblematic king, though. NOTE: During the episode we refer to author Xiran Jay Zhao by the incorrect pronouns and would like to apologize: they use they/them and it was an oversight on our part to not check before recording. You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-02-021h 10In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 24 - Nikki SloanuaryTime to make it official: we are Nikki Sloan stans through and through. Guess which of her books is our favorite? It's not the one you think...!You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-01-311h 19In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 22 - St. Martin's Press BoycottThis week Shani & Mary get into reader etiquette in online spaces and we parse out the details behind the St. Martin's Press Marketing Boycott. Check out @readersforaccountability for all organizing info!You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-01-1750 minIn the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 21 - Ins and Outs for 2024Happy New Year! This week we talk about what's in and what's out for 2024 for us and the bookish community. The usual chaos of this pod is IN, just so we're setting listener expectations...You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-01-101h 17In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 20 - Mini ITMF: Book Community CringeHappy New Year besties! For this mini we give ourselves full-body cringe talking about reader Facebook groups and bookish thirst trappers with Krystal from @leelovesbooks_.You can always email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on TT and Instagram at @inthemoodfor_pod
2024-01-0323 minIn the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 17 - In the Mood For... Book BansThis week we're talking about book bans and Caitlin of @cbg_reads, a friend of the pod and high school teacher, joins us to chat about what is and isn't book banning. Of course we also spend lots of time meandering through what we're in the mood for, everything and anything from omegaverse to dark academia to Magnolia Parks.Check out booklooks.org to learn why some books are under the fire, often completely unfairly. Media mentioned in this episode:The Fake Mate - Lana FergusonLola and the Millionaires - Kathryn MoonLavender Moon - Sa...2023-12-121h 24In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 16 - In the Mood For... Giana Darling (Maybe)This week Krystal of @leelovesbooks_ joins us to chat about the two-year wait for Giana Darling's newest release Caution to the Wind and we try to figure out what happened with the original release date.Books mentioned:Magnolia Parks - Jessa HastingsThe Woman in Me - Britney SpearsDark Obsession - Katee RobertKings of Sin series - Ana HuangBergman Brothers series - Chloe LieseButcher & Blackbird - Brynne WeaverFinal Offer - Lauren AsherRestore Me - JL SeegarsRed Zone Rivals series - Kandi SteinerSea of Ruin, Dark Notes - Pam GodwinDoes It Hurt - HD CarltonCaught Up - Liz T...2023-12-051h 17In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 15 - In the Mood For... TikTok ShoppingThis week the delightful Marie Maravilla joins us to discuss the TikTok Shop and all the things she's learned selling her books. You can find her books on KU, and save the date for her third book, City of Salvation, coming out on January 18th, 2024!You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_podBooks mentioned:Deviant Hearts - Jagger ColeSkeletons of Society & Syndicate of Sins - Marie MaravillaObsidian Brotherhood Series - Delaney FosterPrinces of Ash - Angel Lawson & Samantha RueBlood Ties Series...2023-11-281h 06In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 14 - In the Mood For... WTF Tillie Cole?This week we are completely baffled by all things Tillie Cole and her Hades Hangmen series, not to mention people who have supported the series in the light of the recent controversy regarding the white supremacist elements of Darkness Embraced.You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod
2023-11-151h 13In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 13 - In the Mood For... Author DramaAuthors have been wilding on social media: we catch you up on the snowed-in why choose hubbub and Jodi Picoult giving her two cents on indie publishing.Please note that we discuss Gothikana by RuNyX at the start of the episode. At the time of the recording, we were not aware that the book was acquired by Bramble, an imprint of Macmillan books. Macmillan also owns St. Martin's Press and Wednesday Books who still have not addressed the Islamophobic and racist comments made by their employee on social media. In the Mood For Podcast and us hosts u...2023-11-071h 02In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 12 - In the Mood For... Fanfic, Part 2This week Bella @abookishbelle_ joins us for a two-parter on all things fanfic and book binding. In this part we talk about unhinged AO3 tags, Dramione in more depth and Bella makes an impassioned plea for everyone to read Measure of a Man even though it's 580,000 words.You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.
2023-10-3134 minIn the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 10: In the Mood For... Catching UpThe Gang's back together! Mary is back from her wedding hiatus, Shani bookishly embarrassed herself at said wedding and Bonnie can't get out from the hockey romance era but is gonna try with Gothikana. You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.
2023-10-181h 03In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 9: In the Mood For... October ReleasesBonnie and Shani run down the wild list of October releases while Mary honeymoons. We also chat specifically about Hannah Grace's Wildfire and Sara Cate's Madame.You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.Books mentioned:Collide - Bal Khabra Consider Me and Play With Me - Becka MackWreck the Halls - Tessa BaileyWildfire - Hannnah GraceA Holly Jolly Ever After - Sierra SimoneHopeless - Elsie SilverWatch Your Mouth - Kandi SteinerBetter Hate Than Never - Chloe LieseLore Olympus Vol 5 - Rachel SmytheMadame - S...2023-10-0352 minIn the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 8: In the Mood For... ARCs@bookish.teresa joins us again, this time to talk about Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) and the whole wide world of reviewing books online, and demands we all get a little praise for the work we do!You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.
2023-09-191h 21In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 7: In the Mood For... FomoThis week we get into books we haven't read but have FOMO about, Mary starts rumors, Shani cracks the code in naming Rina Kent books and Bonnie gets sucked into yet another Twisted Sisters series. You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.Books mentioned: 1 Last Shot - Nikki CastleFoxglove - Adalyn GraceThe Kingmaker - Kennedy RyanThings We Left Behind - Lucy ScoreBrutal boys of Everlake Prep - Caroline Peckham and Suzanne ValentiPunk 57 - Penelope DouglasFallen Men Series - Giana DarlingFilthy Rich Americans Series...2023-09-121h 08In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 6: In the Mood For... C*msl*tWe can explain... No we can't. Sometimes you just need a raunchy novella. We also chat about fall TBRs, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty and reading while traveling.You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.Books mentioned: C*msl*t - B. SobjakkenSugar Daddies, Strangers in My Bed, Poison - Jade WestFoxglove - Adalyn GraceMilking My Sister - B. SobjakkenA Taste of Wicked Series - Andi SimmsFate at Fault - Andi SimmsWas I Ever Free - Naomi LoudYou Again...2023-09-051h 04In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 5: In the Mood For... ConventionsThis week Teresa of @bookish.teresa joins us for a slightly chaotic chat about SteamyLit 2023, awkward moments meeting other readers, special editions and taboo books. You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.Books mentioned:Hush Hush - Lucia FrancoReckless - Elsie SilverOut on a Limb - Hannah Bonham-YoungAccidentally Ours - Erin HawkinsBabymoon or Bust - Ava HunterThe Devils series - Elizabeth O'RoarkBrutal Boys of Everlake Prep - Caroline Peckham and Suzanne ValentiIron Flame and Fourth Wing - Rebecca YarrosOnce Upon a Broken Heart...2023-08-311h 20In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 4: In the Mood For... IcksThis week author Naomi Loud @naomiloud joins for a chat about our icks in books, romance that straddles multiple genres and find out Bonnie has never read fanfic!You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.Books mentioned:Losers by Harley LaRouxDirty Broken Savages series - Eva AshwoodHades series by Tate JamesBelladonna - Adalyn GraceThat Sik Luv - Jescie HallHideaway Heart - Melanie HarlowButcher & Blackbird - Brynne WeaverWildfire - Hannah GraceForget Me Not - Julie SotoThe Auction - LovesBitca8Finn Rhodes Forever - Stephanie...2023-08-221h 10In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 3: In the Mood For... Bad BooksThis week we are joined by the amazing Muftiat of @moof_outdaway. We go deep in on books that really aren't great but how sometimes, you just can't help but love them for their craziness. You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.Books mentioned in the episode:Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne CollinsUnderworld University - Bex DeveauLawyer’s Daffodil - ChaSireeWas I Ever Free - Naomi LoudRevive Me - JL SeegarsUnravel Me - Becka MackBook Lovers - Emily HenryEntangled - R. Phi...2023-08-151h 05In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 2: In the Mood For... Creating ContentThis week we are joined by the lovely and hilarious Alexandra of @literaryalexandra. We chat about paranormal romance, creative burnout and the changes we've seen in the bookish online community over the past couple of years. You can email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com and find us on Instagram and TikTok at @inthemoodfor_pod.Books mentioned in the episode:Inked in Lies / Fallen Men series by Giana DarlingDating Dr. Dil / Tastes like Shakkar by Nisha SharmaDivine Rivals by Rebecca RossBelladonna by Adalyn GraceWas I Ever Free by Naomi LoudOnce Upon a Broken Heart by S...2023-08-081h 19In the Mood For: A Bookish PodcastEpisode 1: In the Mood For... Bookish Origin StoriesShani, Bonnie & Mary introduce themselves in this pilot episode and talk about how they joined the communities of Booktok and Bookstagram. They touch on what they love (and don’t love) about romance books and the dynamic community surrounding them, as well as what listeners can expect from the podcast in future episodes.You can find us at @inthemoodfor_pod on Instagram and @inthemoodfor_pod TikTok or email us at inthemoodforpod@gmail.com
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