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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