It's a tale as old as time - Rachel, Ali, Jane, and Rachel all met in college, fell out of touch after graduating, and started a mini book club to stay in touch. Now, we want to invite all of you to join! Books can be a way to escape, to better understand each other, to laugh, and to cry your eyes out. We love to read, but we love to talk about what we're reading just as much.
In each episode we'll talk through the entirety of a book (spoilers included!). We'll discuss our fave moments, hot takes, and ultimately, whether we'd read it again. We each have our own favorite genre and won't limit our picks to one in particular. We have so much fun talking about these books, we hope you enjoy it too!
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It's a tale as old as time - Rachel, Ali, Jane, and Rachel all met in college, fell out of touch after graduating, and started a mini book club to stay in touch. Now, we want to invite all of you to join! Books can be a way to escape, to better understand each other, to laugh, and to cry your eyes out. We love to read, but we love to talk about what we're reading just as much.
In each episode we'll talk through the entirety of a book (spoilers included!). We'll discuss our fave moments, hot takes, and ultimately, whether we'd read it again. We each have our own favorite genre and won't limit our picks to one in particular. We have so much fun talking about these books, we hope you enjoy it too!
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When the leaves start to change, I always get nostalgic for school. Walking between classes with friends, studying together in the library, happy Friday afternoons chatting about plans for the weekend that obviously include at least two school-sponsored events, and of course journeying to hell to recover a professor with my academic rival, right? Dive into this fantasy, questionably romantic, adventure/academic think-piece with us in our episode on Katabasis by R.F Kuang. It's our spoiler-free preview, so tune in to see if you should read on or wait to hear us descend further into the layers of hell, I mean this book, during our full episode, coming soon! Have your own thoughts? Let us know! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod, on tiktok @bookedonsundays, and on substack @bookdonsundays. And tune in next month for our episode on The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays!
Katabasis book blurb:
Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own.
Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality—her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world—that is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault.
Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands, and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the same conclusion.
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Full Episode alert! It's OCTOBER which means it's time for mystery! Intrigue! Warm beverages! Light hearted crime! And in this case, cute animals!! This month we are reviewing Shady Hollow by the author duo known as Juneau Black. Join as we traipse through the cozy hollow and speculate about whodunnit, what makes this genre special, and what animals we would be. Did we miss something in our discussion? Let us know! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod, on tiktok @bookedonsundays, and on substack @bookdonsundays. Tune in next month for our episode on Katabasis by RF Kuang. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays!
Shady Hollow blurb:
The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony--until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case.
Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to Shady Hollow. The fox has a nose for news, so when she catches wind that the death might be a murder, she resolves to get to the bottom of the case, no matter where it leads. As she stirs up still waters, the fox exposes more than one mystery, and discovers that additional lives are in jeopardy.
Vera finds more to this town than she ever suspected. It seems someone in the Hollow will do anything to keep her from solving the murder, and soon it will take all of Vera's cunning and quickness to crack the case.
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It's OCTOBER which means it's time for mystery! Intrigue! Warm beverages! Light hearted crime! And in this case, cute animals!! This month we're review Shady Hollow by the author duo known as Juneau Black. Join as we traipse through the cozy hollow and speculate about whodunnit, what makes this genre special, and what animals we would be. Did we miss something in our discussion? Let us know! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod, on tiktok @bookedonsundays, and on substack @bookdonsundays. Tune in next month for our episode on Katabasis by RF Kuang. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays!
Shady Hollow blurb:
The first book in the Shady Hollow series, in which we are introduced to the village of Shady Hollow, a place where woodland creatures live together in harmony--until a curmudgeonly toad turns up dead and the local reporter has to solve the case.
Reporter Vera Vixen is a relative newcomer to Shady Hollow. The fox has a nose for news, so when she catches wind that the death might be a murder, she resolves to get to the bottom of the case, no matter where it leads. As she stirs up still waters, the fox exposes more than one mystery, and discovers that additional lives are in jeopardy.
Vera finds more to this town than she ever suspected. It seems someone in the Hollow will do anything to keep her from solving the murder, and soon it will take all of Vera's cunning and quickness to crack the case.
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Thanks for sticking with us on this two-part episode adventure! Here is Part 2 on The Shepard King Duology which includes One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig. Did we miss something in our discussion in the first part? Let us know! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod, on tiktok @bookedonsundays, and on substack @bookdonsundays. Tune in next month for our episode on Shady Hollow by Juneau Black. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays!
Two Twisted Crowns blurb:
In the luscious, dark sequel to One Dark Window, Elspeth must face the consequences of what she's wrought - perfect for readers of Hannah Whitten's For the Wolf and Alexis Henderson's The Year of the Witching.
Elspeth and Ravyn have gathered most of the twelve Providence Cards, but the last, and most important one remains to be found: The Twin Alders.
If they are going to find it before the Solstice and cure the kingdom of the dark magic infecting it, they will need to journey beyond the dangerous mist-cloaked forest that surrounds their kingdom.
And the only one who can lead them there is the monster that shares Elspeth's head. The Nightmare. And he's not eager to share any longer.
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As the sunlight dwindles and the breeze begins to chill, as the evenings get darker and the nights feel longer - we are doing what we can help to escort you into a lovely autumn with our gothic romantic fantasy pick this month. AND we really leaning into our Tortured Poets era (while we still can) and have made it a double album (episode) release!!
Here is Part 1 on The Shepard King Duology which includes One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig. Have your own thoughts on the card magic, romantic interests, or general tree-themed names? We'd love to hear them! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod, on tiktok @bookedonsundays, and on substack @bookdonsundays. Tune in next month for our episode on Shady Hollow by Juneau Black. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays!
One Dark Window Book blurb:
Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her.
Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets.
But nothing comes for free, especially magic.
When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason.
Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.
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Tune into our opening act, and ready for the rest of the show? Here is our FULL EPISODE of Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen. Not yet sure you want to adventure with us into this historical magical realism - tune in anyways, this book could be for everyone or maybe it's for no one? You'll have to listen in to hear our opinions on it! Have your own thoughts? We'd love to hear them! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. We are going on a little summer break for August - but we will be back with a spooky September read. In the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
From RuPaul’s Drag Race winner and host of HBO’s We’re Here comes an inventive, wondrous novel about American hero Harriet Tubman that remixes history into a fresh, dynamic novel about love, freedom, salvation, and music.
In an age of miracles where our greatest heroes from history have magically, unexplainably returned to shake us out of our confusion and hate, Harriet Tubman is back, and she has a lot to say.
Harriet Tubman and four of the enslaved persons she led to freedom want to tell their story in a unique way—by following in the footsteps of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. Harriet wants to put on a show about her life, and she needs a songwriter to help her.
She calls upon Darnell Williams, a once successful hip-hop producer who was topping the charts before being outed by a rival at the BET Awards. Darnell has no idea what to expect when he steps into the studio with Harriet, only that they have one week to write a Broadway caliber musical she can take on the road. Over the course of their time together, they not only mount a show that will take the country by storm, but confront the horrors of both their pasts, and learn to find a way to a better future.
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Have you been been asked who you want to have dinner with, dead or alive? Well we think we may know Bob the Drag Queen's answer - it's Harriet Tubman. In this quick historical fiction, Harriet Tubman is back and...putting on a concert? We were as intrigued as you are to dive in. Listen in to our SPOILER FREE preview of Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by the Bob the Drag Queen to hear us talk about middle school history curriculums, books by celebrities, and our love of a staged play. Have your own thoughts? We'd love to hear them! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. And check out the spoiler-full episode of Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert coming soon! Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
From RuPaul’s Drag Race winner and host of HBO’s We’re Here comes an inventive, wondrous novel about American hero Harriet Tubman that remixes history into a fresh, dynamic novel about love, freedom, salvation, and music.
In an age of miracles where our greatest heroes from history have magically, unexplainably returned to shake us out of our confusion and hate, Harriet Tubman is back, and she has a lot to say.
Harriet Tubman and four of the enslaved persons she led to freedom want to tell their story in a unique way—by following in the footsteps of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. Harriet wants to put on a show about her life, and she needs a songwriter to help her.
She calls upon Darnell Williams, a once successful hip-hop producer who was topping the charts before being outed by a rival at the BET Awards. Darnell has no idea what to expect when he steps into the studio with Harriet, only that they have one week to write a Broadway caliber musical she can take on the road. Over the course of their time together, they not only mount a show that will take the country by storm, but confront the horrors of both their pasts, and learn to find a way to a better future.
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Have you solved the mystery yet? Not yet? Well good thing we're here with our full episode on The Museum Detective by Maha Khan Philips, a thrilling mummy-included mystery. Listen to hear our thoughts and how we did or did not unfold the mystery! Have your own thoughts? We'd love to hear them! Submit a footnote!
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Book blurb:
When Dr. Gul Delani receives a call in the middle of the night from the Sindh police, she thinks they may have finally found her niece, Mahnaz—a precocious, politically conscious teenage girl who went missing three years prior. Gul has been racked with grief since Mahnaz’s disappearance, and distracts herself through she’s a talented curator at the Museum of Heritage and History in Karachi, one of the country’s leading experts in archaeology and ancient civilizations, a hard-won position for a woman.
But there is no news of Mahnaz. Instead, Gul is summoned to a narcotics investigation in a remote desert region in western Pakistan. In her wildest dreams, Gul couldn’t have imagined what she’d find amid a drug bust gone wrong, there is a mummy—life-size, seemingly authentic, its sarcophagus decorated with symbols from Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The discovery confounds everyone. It is both too good to be true, and for Gul, too precious to leave in careless or corrupt hands.
Aided by her team of unlikely misfits, Gul will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of it, even as her quest for the truth puts her in the throes of a dangerous conspiracy and threatens to collide with her ongoing search for Mahnaz. A portrait of a city fueled by corruption and a woman relentlessly in pursuit of justice, this engrossing crime novel builds to an unforgettable, emotional conclusion readers won’t soon forget.The Museum Detective is an exciting, gritty new crime thriller that announces a whip-smart and brilliant sleuth and builds to a stunning, emotional conclusion that readers won’t soon forget.
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It's early summer aka mummy time - yes, we said it: mummy time! We are thrilled to bring you our spoiler free preview of the The Museum Detective by Maha Khan Philips, a thrilling mummy-included mystery. Listen to hear our thoughts and the potential just initially unfold the mystery as we talk about the excitement of meeting our central characters and hearing more about the setting of Karachi. Have your own thoughts? We'd love to hear them! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. And check out the spoiler-full episode of The Museum Detective coming soon! Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
When Dr. Gul Delani receives a call in the middle of the night from the Sindh police, she thinks they may have finally found her niece, Mahnaz—a precocious, politically conscious teenage girl who went missing three years prior. Gul has been racked with grief since Mahnaz’s disappearance, and distracts herself through she’s a talented curator at the Museum of Heritage and History in Karachi, one of the country’s leading experts in archaeology and ancient civilizations, a hard-won position for a woman.
But there is no news of Mahnaz. Instead, Gul is summoned to a narcotics investigation in a remote desert region in western Pakistan. In her wildest dreams, Gul couldn’t have imagined what she’d find amid a drug bust gone wrong, there is a mummy—life-size, seemingly authentic, its sarcophagus decorated with symbols from Persepolis, the capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The discovery confounds everyone. It is both too good to be true, and for Gul, too precious to leave in careless or corrupt hands.
Aided by her team of unlikely misfits, Gul will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of it, even as her quest for the truth puts her in the throes of a dangerous conspiracy and threatens to collide with her ongoing search for Mahnaz. A portrait of a city fueled by corruption and a woman relentlessly in pursuit of justice, this engrossing crime novel builds to an unforgettable, emotional conclusion readers won’t soon forget.The Museum Detective is an exciting, gritty new crime thriller that announces a whip-smart and brilliant sleuth and builds to a stunning, emotional conclusion that readers won’t soon forget.
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It's our FULL EPISODE on All Fours by Miranda July! Haven't read the book yet and worried you'll listen past a multiple warnings and breaks to get to the spoiler-full section? Check-out our earlier spoiler free preview!
Tune in as we unpack this woman-goin-through-it buzzy questionably explicit novel. This one is for anyone who's ever regretted a road trip, made charcuterie with avocados, or dedicated serious time to learning a tiktok dance. Have your own thoughts? We'd love to hear them! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. And check out the spoiler-full episode of A All Fours coming soon! Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
An irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life
A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to New York. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.
Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.
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Spring is a time of growth, rebirth, a welcome after a cold winter season. So why not kickoff our spring season with a book where our main character grows through a series of interesting, or maybe questionable decisions. Tune in as we unpack this woman-goin-through-it novel in our SPOILER FREE preview of our full episode on All Fours by Miranda July. This one is for anyone who's ever regretted a road trip, made charcuterie with avocados, or dedicated serious time to learning a tiktok dance. Have your own thoughts? We'd love to hear them! Submit a footnote!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. And check out the spoiler-full episode of A All Fours coming soon! Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
An irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life
A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country, from LA to New York. Twenty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the freeway, beds down in a nondescript motel, and immerses herself in a temporary reinvention that turns out to be the start of an entirely different journey.
Miranda July’s second novel confirms the brilliance of her unique approach to fiction. With July’s wry voice, perfect comic timing, unabashed curiosity about human intimacy, and palpable delight in pushing boundaries, All Fours tells the story of one woman’s quest for a new kind of freedom. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic, and domestic life of a forty-five-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectation while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Once again, July hijacks the familiar and turns it into something new and thrillingly, profoundly alive.
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Love is in the air with our read for this month! Tune into our FULL EPISODE for our first historical romance read of the pod, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera. Hear learn our passionate feelings about the main characters getting passionate, and submit a footnote with your opinions on just how ridiculous the descriptions and word choice concerning copulation can really get!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. And tune in next month for our episode on All Fours by Miranda July. Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
Paris, 1889
The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every corner of the globe. Luz Alana Heith-Benzan set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances is she to fall in love.
The City of Light is where Luz Alana will expand Caña Brava, the rum business her family built over three generations. It’s a mission that’s taken on new urgency after her father’s untimely death and the news that her trust fund won’t be released until she marries. But buyers and shippers alike are rude and dismissive; they can’t imagine doing business with a woman…never mind a woman of color.
From her first tempestuous meeting with James Evanston Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, Luz Alana is conflicted. Why is this man—this titled Scottish man—so determined to help her? And why, honestly, is he so infuriatingly charming?
All Evan Sinclair ever wanted was to find a purpose away from his father’s dirty money and dirtier politics. Ignoring his title, he’s built a whiskey brand that’s his biggest—and only—passion. That is, until he’s confronted with a Spanish-speaking force of nature who turns his life upside down.
Evan quickly suspects he’ll want Luz Alana with him forever. Every day with her makes the earl wish for more than her magnificent kisses or the marriage of convenience that might save them both. But Luz Alana sailed for Paris with her eyes on liquor, money and new beginnings. She wasn't prepared for love to find her.
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This month we are spicing it up with our SPOILER FREE Preview of our full episode on our first historical romance read of the pod, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera. Listen in to learn our passionate feelings about the main characters getting passionate, and submit a footnote with your opinions on just how ridiculous the descriptions and word choice concerning copulation can really get!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. And check out the spoilerful episode of A Caribbean Heiress in Paris coming soon! Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
Paris, 1889
The Exposition Universelle is underway, drawing merchants from every corner of the globe. Luz Alana Heith-Benzan set sail from Santo Domingo armed with three hundred casks of rum, her two best friends and one simple rule: under no circumstances is she to fall in love.
The City of Light is where Luz Alana will expand Caña Brava, the rum business her family built over three generations. It’s a mission that’s taken on new urgency after her father’s untimely death and the news that her trust fund won’t be released until she marries. But buyers and shippers alike are rude and dismissive; they can’t imagine doing business with a woman…never mind a woman of color.
From her first tempestuous meeting with James Evanston Sinclair, Earl of Darnick, Luz Alana is conflicted. Why is this man—this titled Scottish man—so determined to help her? And why, honestly, is he so infuriatingly charming?
All Evan Sinclair ever wanted was to find a purpose away from his father’s dirty money and dirtier politics. Ignoring his title, he’s built a whiskey brand that’s his biggest—and only—passion. That is, until he’s confronted with a Spanish-speaking force of nature who turns his life upside down.
Evan quickly suspects he’ll want Luz Alana with him forever. Every day with her makes the earl wish for more than her magnificent kisses or the marriage of convenience that might save them both. But Luz Alana sailed for Paris with her eyes on liquor, money and new beginnings. She wasn't prepared for love to find her.
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Ready to dive into the depths of lore, religion, love, and power? Tune into our review of The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, and let us know your own thoughts about the book or our discussion by submitting a footnote here!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
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Ready to dive into the depths of lore, religion, love, and power? Or maybe you want to just dip your toes in? Tune into our SPOILER FREE Preview of our full episode on The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon. We try to keep it high level for this high fantasy, talking about the origins of the world and initial thoughts in this preview. Read the book already or have your own thoughts, or simply just excited about dragons? Submit a footnote here!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. And check out the spoilerful episode of The Priory of the Orange Tree later this month! Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
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If you tuned in to our preview - thanks! This is the full episode, starting spoiler free, and transitioning to spoiler full. Not sure you want to risk hearing any spoilers? Check out our spoiler free preview!
Welcome back! We are excited to return to your ears with season 3 of Booked On Sundays. We are starting off our season with an episode we recorded all together in the same room, which if there's something I know about love it's that love is being together with your best friends. Speaking of, our first book of season 3 is Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton!
Read the book already or have your own thoughts, or do you know something about love that neither us nor Dolly mentions? Submit a footnote here!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. Tune in next month for our episode on The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon! Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough.
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Welcome back! We are excited to return to your ears with season 3 of Booked On Sundays. We are starting off our season with an episode we recorded all together in the same room, which if there's something I know about love it's that love is being together with your best friends. Speaking of, our first book of season 3 is Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton! We are also excited to announce a little change to our release schedule. We will now post the SPOILER FREE beginning section of each episode a few weeks ahead of the full episode so folks who haven't read the book can tune in without fear of listening to far and getting spoiled! Read the book already or have your own thoughts, or do you know something about love that neither us nor Dolly mentions? Submit a footnote here!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. And check out the spoilerful episode on Everything I Know About Love later this month! Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough.
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If you've come here for a discussion on a self-help book on how to lose a time war, I'm afraid you're in the wrong place. However, if you are here for one our giggliest episodes yet discussing the lush and vibrant worlds of Red and Blue in This is How You Lose the Time Way by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, then you are absolutely in the right timeline. This is our season finale for Season 2, so we are going out in a bang! Join us as we pour over letters of time battles, gush over the romance of fish guts, and wonder if we will ever find this type of love. Per usual, we will continue with our Season 2 spoiler-free intros, where we will discuss our initials thoughts about the book before turning spoiler full in the second half of the show. We encourage you to tell us your own thoughts through a footnote, which you can submit here!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. We will be back in the new year with Season 3, but in the meantime, don't forget to book your Sundays!
P.S. This is one of our favorites.
P.P.S I do feel like we learn how to lose the time war so maybe if are looking for that sort of guidance, you might actually find it here.
Book blurb:
Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.
Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.
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E.T phone home? More like fax home. Join us this month as we fangirl over our favorite alien Adina in Marie-Helene Bertino's Beautyland. This book is really the whole package - it made us think, made us cry, and made us laugh. Adina provides original (or unoriginal depending upon who you ask) takes on the human world that are downright hilarious. Amongst the laughter over her dry humor, we discuss the emotional journey we all had with this book as we follow Adina's life on Earth and her interactions with her superiors. Per usual, we will continue with our Season 2 spoiler-free intros, where we will discuss our initials thoughts about the book before turning spoiler full in the second half of the show. We encourage you to tell us your own thoughts through a footnote, which you can submit here!
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Book blurb:
From the acclaimed author of Parakeet, Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a wise, tender novel about a woman who doesn't feel at home on Earth.
At the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space carrying its famous golden record, a baby of unusual perception is born to a single mother in Philadelphia. Adina Giorno is tiny and jaundiced, but she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognizes that she is different: She possesses knowledge of a faraway planet. The arrival of a fax machine enables her to contact her extraterrestrial relatives, beings who have sent her to report on the oddities of Earthlings.
For years, as she moves through the world and makes a life for herself among humans, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and surprising joys of their existence. Then, at a precarious moment, a beloved friend urges Adina to share her messages with the world. Is there a chance she is not alone?
Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland is a novel of startling originality about the fragility and resilience of life on our Earth and in our universe. It is a remarkable evocation of the feeling of being in exile at home, and it introduces a gentle, unforgettable alien for our times.
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It's spooky season witches, and we are scared. Scared of what you may ask? The twist and turns, and utter chaos of Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street, our read for this month. Questionably located in the Pacific Northwest, we explore a haunting story through many lens and we are throughly spooked. Trust me you'll want to read this one in the daylight hours only. Also, do not Google this book - as Google AI will give away the end, and you will want to find out for yourself. Per usual, we will continue with our Season 2 spoiler-free intros, where we will discuss our initials thoughts about the book before turning spoiler full in the second half of the show. We encourage you to tell us your own thoughts through a footnote, which you can submit here!
For more bookish content, check us out on instagram @bookedonsundayspod and on tiktok @bookedonsundays. Next month we are journey to outer space and back with Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino, Don't forget to book your Sundays!
Book blurb:
This is the story of a serial killer. A stolen child. Revenge. Death. And an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.
All these things are true. And yet they are all lies...
You think you know what's inside the last house on Needless Street. You think you've read this story before. That's where you're wrong.
In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, lies something buried. But it's not what you think...
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