Lit Chicks Read

44. Lit Chicks Chat about our Costa Rica book vacation, aka bookcation! We took a group of women to Costa Rica to relax, read, and have adventures! Listen to hear all about it: will we see you on a future bookcation?-------------Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for.Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksreadJoin our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksreadE-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

The Lit Chicks chat about "The Idea Of You" movie; now streaming on Prime Video. Check out our episode 1 about the book "The Idea of You" and episode 2 for a chat with the author, Robinne Lee. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks Read "Crescent City House of Flame and Shadow" by Sarah J. Maas. 3rd book in the CC series and we couldn't wait to talk about it. Full discussion of the book plus references to the ACOTAR and Throne of Glass series so be aware if you haven't read them. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks Read "Crescent City House of Sky and Breath" by Sarah J. Maas. This episode also references the Throne of Glass series and the ACOTAR series by SJM. Use our code LITCHICKSREAD for 10% off at www.litographs.com Use our code LIT10 for 10% off at www.caffeineandcurses.com ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks Chat their favorite books of 2023! Head to www.litographs.com for art inspired by your fave books like the A Court of Mist and Fury blanket Sheryl mentions in this episode! Use LITCHICKSREAD for 10% off! And our friends at Satisfyer were kind enough to give YOU a coupon code for 30% off! Listen to our last two episodes to hear more about Satisfyer products and their amazing app! Use Lauren30 and have FUN!

Lit Chicks chat about "Wreck The Halls" by Tessa Bailey after unboxing a very special delivery! Thank you to Satisfyer for giving us an early holiday gift! Check out satisfyer.com to see the Curvy 1+, Ultra Power Bullet 7, Heat Wave, Yoni Power 2, Pro 2 Generation 3, and the festive Penguin Holiday Edition, and to learn more about their Connect App!

Lit Chicks Chat about the first Steamy Lit Con: a convention for romance readers, held in Anaheim CA in August 2023. Listen for the scoop about the con and hear from other attendees and authors as well as the convention founder! General public tickets for the 2024 SLC go on sale in January. Follow @steamylitcon on Instagram for updates! Thank you to Satisfyer for making the SLC goody bags truly exciting! We're so excited to use the Satisfyer Connect App (a vibrator connected to erotic stories? Amazing!). Check out @satisfyercom on Instagram or www.satisfyer.com to check out their range of sexual wellness products.

The Lit Chicks read the first Crescent City novel, "House of Earth and Blood" by Sarah J. Maas. We moved up our planned timeline to podcast this book because of an interview that Christina Lauren did with SJM (will link that on our IG if we can!) that we didn't want to miss! Check out Caffeine & Curses on Etsy for awesome officially licensed SJM merch, including Crescent City. Use code LIT10 for a discount! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

It's time for "Kingdom Of Ash (Part 2)" by Sarah J. Maas, which finishes off our Throne of Glass series! If you haven't listened to our ACOTAR episodes yet, do that next! Soon to come…Crescent City! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks LOVED "Fourth Wing" by Rebecca Yarros! Can't wait for the sequel. Link to Lauren's sticker of Tairn and Adarna coming! Link to Valkyrie shirt @themicrosquad on IG ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

The Lit Chicks are almost done the "Throne of Glass" series by Sarah J. Maas: book 7 is "Tower Of Dawn". ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks Read "Happy Place" by Emily Henry. Check out Emily's other books: People We Meet on Vacation, Beach Read, & Book Lovers. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks are SO excited to chat with Christina Lauren, authors of "The True Love Experiment". Yes, you read that right. Christina Lauren is a plural: Christina AND Lauren! Listen to find out more! Books recommended in our chat: "First Comes Like" by Alisha Rai, "Lessons in Chemistry" by Bonnie Garmus, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin, "Horse" by Geraldine Brooks, "Hidden Valley Road" by Robert Kolker, "I Know This Much Is True" by Wally Lamb, "Love Theoretically" by Ali Hazelwood, "Pack Up the Moon" by Kristin Hannah, "My Lovely Wife" and "A Twisted Love Story" by Samantha Downing, "The Housemaid" by Freida McFadden, "The Perfect Marriage" by Geneva Rose, "The Golden Couple" by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. Look for "The Honeymoon Crashers" releasing on audiobook August 1st! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

"The True Love Experiment" by Christina Lauren is a followup to "The Soulmate Equation", and is also known as "Fizzy's book" because the female main character is so compelling. It's a love letter to the romance genre from these authors and we LOVED it. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

We are onto book 6 in the Throne of Glass series: "Empire of Storms" by Sarah J. Maas. Want some officially licensed SJM merch? We love ours from www.caffeineandcurses.com and you can get 10% off with the code LIT10. These are the bookish shops Lauren was browsing while we recorded: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1337209731/comfort-colors-original-design-sjm-merch?click_key=7b5bb6b34c169fc3e66ccaf75b99adc71565a3f5%3A1337209731&click_sum=07afcce3&external=1&rec_type=ss&ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-1&pro=1&frs=1 https://www.etsy.com/shop/Guarelle?ref=cart_shop_name_click&cart_id=8127824439 ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

The Lit Chicks are so excited to chat with Abby Jimenez, author of "Yours Truly". Check out Abby's business Nadia Cakes (delivery available nationwide!) at https://www.nadiacakes.com/, and read her previous books: "The Friend Zone", "The Happy Ever After Playlist", "Life's Too Short", and "Part of Your World"! Abby's Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheFriendZoneBook/ Abby's TikTok and Instagram: @authorabbyjimenez Abby's Twitter: @AuthorAbbyJim Please consider blood and organ donation if you are well and able. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks LOVED "Yours Truly" by Abby Jimenez. Abby's books are: The Friend Zone, The Happy Ever After Playlist, Life's Too Short, Part of Your World, Yours Truly. We've got a couple of awesome discount codes for you! Get your own book boyfriend bookmarks/stickers of Abby's characters from @stephsbooktherapy on Etsy with LITCHICKSREAD10. And if you want a penis (or breast) shaped charcuterie board like Jacob's mom has in this book, use LIT15 at www.cockuterieboards.com (and know that 5% of the purchase price is going to testicular cancer research). ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

It's time for book 5 in the Throne of Glass series: "Queen of Shadows" by Sarah J. Maas. Check out www.caffeineandcurses.com and use code LIT10 for 10% off awesome, officially licensed SJM merch! In 2 weeks, the episode on Empire of Storms will be released, so go read! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Bonus Episode! Sheryl and Lauren chat with Kate Clayborn, author of "Georgie, All Along". Listen to episode 24 to hear us discuss the book. Kate recommended "After Hours on Milagro Street" by Angelina M. Lopez; anything by Kennedy Ryan; "The True Love Experiment" by Christina Lauren; "Ana Maria and the Fox" by Liana de la Rosa; and "Knockout" by Sarah MacLean. Find Kate online @kateclayborn.author on Instagram and www.kateclayborn.com ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lauren and Sheryl chat about "Georgie, All Along" by Kate Clayborn. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

"Heir of Fire" is the 4th book in the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas. Listen to hear about Fae, magic, witches, and more! Use code LIT10 to save 10% on officially licensed SJM merch at www.caffeineandcurses.com ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

"Daisy Jones & The Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid: we chat about the book, the audiobook, and the TV series and our current obsession with all things DJ. SHOW NOTES: Link to the music: https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/daisy-jones-the-six/1666114844 Go here to learn more about Blackened Whiskey: https://blackenedwhiskey.com ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

It's book 3 of the Throne of Glass series: "Crown of Midnight" by Sarah J. Maas. SHOW NOTES: We have an exciting collab to tell you about! Caffeine and Curses has awesome, officially licensed Sarah J Maas bookish merch. Use LIT10 for a discount: tag us in a pic on Instagram so we can see what you got! Find her on IG and TT @caffeineandcurses, on Etsy, and https://caffeineandcurses.com Check out the wyvern art Sheryl and Lauren discussed: https://strangefellowsbrewing.com/portfolios/guardian-i-p-a/ We also mentioned: Beauty & the Beast, Labyrinth, Wakanda Forever, Captain Marvel, Black Widow. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks Read "Neon Gods" by Katee Robert, book 1 in the Dark Olympus series. Listen to the book for free here: https://open.spotify.com/album/1wrGWA7Vyvn0vxFUqoD5qZ SHOW NOTES: Check out the tropes/tags/content warnings for this book (and Katee Robert's others) here: https://www.kateerobert.com/neon-gods Here's the beer I was drinking while recording: https://www.persephonebrewing.com Here's the site Lauren referenced for the Hades/Persephone myth: http://thisenchantedpixie.org/2013/09/22/the-story-of-persephone-and-the-pomegranate-seeds/ We also mentioned: ACOTAR (of course!), 50 Shades of Grey, Gossip Girl, the French tale of Bluebeard, Star Wars, Twilight, Keanu Reeves, Colleen Hoover, the Never After series TikTok fan cast: https://www.tiktok.com/@pagespreader/video/7126961164260511018?_r=1&_t=8aGT3MtVQAv Katee Robert's TikTok of her Hades/Persephone inspo image: https://www.tiktok.com/@authorkateerobert/video/6984089711132331270?_r=1&_t=8aGPPIqvpwr We have an exciting giveaway for you to go along with this, our 20th episode! Look on our Instagram www.instagram.com/litchicksread ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

"Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas: it's book 2 in the series; check out our last episode for book 1 "The Assassin's Blade". SHOW NOTES: We mentioned: The Hunger Games, A Court of Thorns and Roses, the collector's edition of Throne of Glass, Etsy maps of Erilea, cheap books at Book Outlet, Game of Thrones, Taoist philosophy, Sam Heughan, "Text for You" by Sofie Cramer, Ant-Man, ------------- Join Instagram book content creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Leave us a voice message at www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread with thoughts on the show or any of the books we are covering! Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

We are starting our coverage of Sarah J. Maas' Throne of Glass series with "The Assassin's Blade". This is a collection of 5 novellas that take place immediately before Throne of Glass. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks discuss "The Cane Brothers Series" by Meghan Quinn. SHOW NOTES: Listen to the episode for a special surprise!!! "A Not So Meet Cute", "So Not Meant To Be", and "A Long Time Coming" are the three books in the series, though "Untying the Knot" is also connected. We also mentioned the Miles High series by TL Swan; "The Wedding Game", "The Locker Room", "Kiss and Don't Tell", "Boss Man Bridegroom", "The Highland Fling", "See Me After Class", "That Second Chance", "Runaway Groomsman", "The Lineup", "Royally Not Ready", all by Meghan Quinn. We also chat our fave board games, Disney (which inspired a spontaneous trip for Sheryl after we recorded this: visit Instagram @sherylbeeshares to see posts about it!). ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

We are chatting "Ice Planet Barbarians" by Ruby Dixon aka blue alien smut. SHOW NOTES: We discussed 7 books in this series: Ice Planet Barbarians, Barbarian Alien, Barbarian Lover, Barbarian Mine, Barbarian Prize, Barbarian's Mate, Lauren's Barbarian. Also mentioned: "A Guide to Being Just Friends" by Sophie Sullivan; the "Throne of Glass" series by Sarah J Maas; Star Wars. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

We are looking at the books we read this year, and chatting about our faves! SHOW NOTES: These are the books we mentioned during this chat (in no particular order!); to see more of what we read this year, check out our Instagram! Meghan Quinn "Put Me in Detention", "Highland Fling", "The Mother Road", "Vancouver Agitators" series, "Royally Not Ready", "Untying the Knot"; TL Swan "Miles High Club" series; Christina Lauren "The Holidaze", "Soulmate Equation", "Wild Seasons" series, "The Unhoneymooners"; Colleen Hoover "November 9", "Verity", "Heartbones", "It Ends with Us"; Lucy Score "Things We Never Got Over", "By a Thread", "Forever Never"; Robinne Lee "The Idea of You"; Kate Stewart "Ravenhood" series, "Bittersweet Symphony" duet, "The Plight Before Christmas", "Someone Else's Ocean"; Trilina Pucci "Tangled in Tinsel"; Tessa Bailey "Happenstance", "Window Shopping", "My Killer Vacation"; Sarah J Maas "A Court of Thorns and Roses" aka "ACOTAR" series; Emily Henry "People We Meet on Vacation"; Josie Silver "One Night on the Island"; Abby Jimenez "Life's Too Short", "Part of Your World", "Yours Truly"; Sophie Sullivan "How to Love Your Neighbor"; Tia Williams "Seven Days in June"; KA Tucker "Wild" series, "Say You Still Love Me"; Devon Daniels "Meet You In the Middle"; Kate Clayborn "Love Lettering"; Casey McQuiston "Red, White & Royal Blue", "One Last Stop"; Ella Maise "To Love Jason Thorn", "To Hate Adam Connor"; Mia Sheridan "Archer's Voice"; Brittainy Cherry "The Mixtape"; Elle Kennedy "Good Girl Complex", "Bad Girl Reputation"; Ruby Dixon "Ice Planet Barbarians"; Emily McIntire "Never After Series"; KC Dyer "Finding Fraser"; Hannah Grace "Icebreaker"; Ivy Owens "Scandalized"; Rachel Griffin "Wild is the Witch"; Ashley Polston "The Dead Romantics"; Sangu Mandanna "The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches"; Erin Sterling "The Ex Hex"; Sarah Adams "When in Rome", "The Cheat Sheet", "The Off Limits Rule"; Amy Lea "Set on You"; Lia Louis "Eight Perfect Hours"; BK Borison "Lovelight Farms"; Morgan Elizabeth "'Tis the Season for Revenge"; Alina Jacobs "Eating Her Christmas Cookies"; Sonya Lalli "A Holly Jolly Diwali"; Liz Maverick "Bright Winter Lights"; Jean Seltzer "The Matzah Ball"; Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone "A Very Merry Meet Cute"; Carley Fortune "Every Summer After". ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Ivy Owens, aka Lauren Billings, chats with us about "Scandalized". We are big fans of her work as half of the writing duo Christina Lauren and were so excited to speak with her! SHOW NOTES: This was a great discussion! Send us a note on our Instagram and tell us what you thought. We mention Twilight, Outlander, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, Star Wars, ComicCon, the Ripped Bodice bookstore in LA, Terry Jacks and the Poppy Family, and more. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

"Scandalized" is a steamy romance written by Ivy Owens, aka Lauren Billings (of Christina Lauren fame). SHOW NOTES: We mentioned "The Stopover" by TL Swan, "Outlander" and Sam Heughan, "The Last Kingdom", "Yellowstone", "Beautiful Bastard" and the "Wild Seasons" series by Christina Lauren, the Kama Sutra, John Oliver, Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, "Office Space", Doctor Who, & Wonder Woman. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Spooky season calls for a disturbing read, so we're discussing Verity by Colleen Hoover. As always, we recommend you read the book first, as the podcast is a full discussion of the content (including the newly released bonus chapter). Trigger warnings are available for this book online. Colleen has some nice bookish merch at https://www.bonfire.com/store/coho-merch/ . Express your position loud and clear: Team Manuscript or Team Letter! And here is her Facebook group: https://facebook.com/groups/colleenhooverscohorts/ ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lauren and Sheryl chat about "A Court of Silver Flames" by Sarah J. Maas (book 5 in the ACOTAR series). It's a very spicy one! SHOW NOTES: Gluten free drinks: Cisco Brewers, Angry Orchard, Whistler Brewing's Forager. The Azriel Bonus Chapter was included in the Books-a-Million edition of ACOSF. For some excellent Nesta fan art: https://nessiandaily.tumblr.com/post/667022410235641857/nesta-goddess-of-death-art-blueillusionart Grab a copy of Verity by Colleen Hoover with the new epilogue as we will be discussing that one soon! And if you want to weigh in on ACOTAR, thoughts, theories, questions, anything... leave us a message on Speak Pipe (link below) as a full series episode is coming! Special perk for our listeners! Try the Valkyrie workout from @bodysamantix of @themicrosquad (follow on Instagram!). The code LITCHICKSREAD is good for 2 workouts per listener until December 31. Here's the scoop: Micro Squad strives to bring you a new type of workout experience: a virtual studio experience. We keep it fun and want to make sure your form is in check, the proper muscles are activating, and you're feeling the micro-adjustments whether you're at home or in person. In Valkyrie Squad, we follow the footsteps of Nesta, Emerie, and Gwyn in A Court of Silver Flames where you will strengthen your body, defend yourself, clear and steady your mind. This in-depth series takes you from the very beginning, giving you the essentials of core engagement, foot work, balance, and breathing. Every week we'll layer on more techniques and after 4 weeks you'll advance through Blade and into Valkyrie. (p.s. they also have awesome Valkyrie merchandise! Sheryl will be doing the workout too, so follow along on Instagram @sherylsharescolour). ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

It's time to chat about the Miles High Club series! Book 4, "The Do-Over" by TL Swan is our focus here, but we discuss all 4 books in this episode. SHOW NOTES: We mention: "The Stopover", "The Takeover", "The Casanova", and "The Do-Over" by TL Swan; "How to Shit in the Woods" by Kathleen Meyer; Tushy travel bidets; Therm-a-rest sleeping pads. If you're a current backpacker, listen and tell us if this is an accurate picture of modern backpacking! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

ACOWAR time! SHOW NOTES: Short notes this time! We mention: Game of Thrones, Twilight, The Great, Harry Potter, The Last Kingdom. Start reading A Court of Silver Flames, that episode is coming soon! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

"Drive" by Kate Stewart was a story that will stick with us for a long time. We couldn't wait to talk about it, so we're bringing you this episode ahead of schedule! SHOW NOTES: Find this book on Kindle Unlimited and make sure to listen to the playlist while you read! You can find it on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0bMLy9wsjH0foU9apCot4s?si=tpd56J0KSJGRNJLRtKo45g, and if you're an Apple Music user, other users have created it there too. Here's one: https://music.apple.com/ca/playlist/drive-kate-stewart/pl.u-06oxDjWuY15zVmy We mention: the books "It Ends With Us" by Colleen Hoover, "Royally Not Ready" by Meghan Quinn, "The Happy Ever After Playlist" by Abby Jimenez, "The Idea of You" by Robinne Lee, "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J Maas, "Flock" by Kate Stewart; the films "Xanadu" and "Twilight"; music by Kurt Cobain, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, and more! Join our Patreon community (only $1 a month!) and get the spicy margarita recipe from this episode and a link to Lauren's classic rock playlist. Coming up next is the sequel to "Drive": "Reverse" by Kate Stewart, and then we'll get back to our regularly scheduled programming ("A Court of Wings and Ruin" by Sarah J Maas). Thanks for listening! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

BONUS EPISODE! It's part 2 of our Meghan Quinn double feature: "Royally Not Ready". SHOW NOTES: We mention: "The Princess Diaries", "50 Shades of Gray", "Lilac" by B.B. Reid, characters from Sarah J Maas' "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series, Lucy Score, "Drive", "Reverse", "Flock", and "Exodus" by Kate Stewart, "Happy Ever After Playlist" by Abby Jimenez, "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer, "The Mother Road" by Meghan Quinn, the song "Big Energy" by Latto, "Verity" by Colleen Hoover. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

It's a Meghan Quinn double feature! First up in this part, "The Highland Fling". Part 2 "Royally Not Ready" coming very soon. SHOW NOTES: We love Meghan Quinn books and they are easily available on Kindle Unlimited! Some of our faves besides this one are "The Mother Road", and the Vancouver Agitators series: "Kiss and Don't Tell" and "Those Three Little Words". In this episode, we mention: Colleen Hoover's "Reminders of Him"; Kate Stewart's "Drive" and "Reverse"; Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish's "Clanlands" and "Clanlands Almanac"; "It Happened One Summer" by Tessa Bailey; "Finding Fraser" by KC Dyer; The Johnnie Walker Experience in Edinburgh (and our wonderful guide Fraser); the Scottish landmarks of Dornie, Loch Duich, Eilean Donan Castle, Inverness, Kyle of Lochalsh, and the Isle of Skye. Check out The Kilted Yogis on Instagram @kiltedyogis and TikTok @scottishyogaboy Sheryl has some Scotland fun to share with our Patreon subscribers before posting on our IG page, and exclusive whisky cocktail recipes from Scotland! Sign up here, only $1 a month! www.patreon.com/litchicksread Sláinte mhath! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lauren and Sheryl discuss the second book of the ACOTAR series: "A Court of Mist and Fury" by Sarah J. Maas. Sexy faeries part 2! SHOW NOTES: - Our chat references: "The Hunger Games", "Twilight", "It Ends With Us" by Colleen Hoover, the film "Se7en", "Husband Material" by Alexis Hall, Mother Gothel from Rapunzel, the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus, the cycle of abuse, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. - Sheryl's friend has a small shop with excellent ACOTAR merch! If you put LIT CHICKS in your order notes ("Add Special Instructions to Seller"), she will send you an extra gift! Go to our Instagram @litchicksread for a link or check her out here: www.bitsandbobbinsshop.com - We are advocates of mental health care. Please reach out to your health care provider if you think you might need support in this area. - This book demonstrates aspects of an abusive relationship and one of our callers shares their story of the same. If you are in an emergency situation, PLEASE call emergency services for your area (e.g. 9-1-1). If you or someone you know might be experiencing domestic violence, please reach out to community resources for your area. This isn't a simple situation and the support needed is individual. Please seek it out. ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread Leave us a message and you might hear yourself in a future episode! Go to www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lit Chicks Read "Every Summer After" by Carley Fortune. Nostalgic and Canadiana and wonderfully written! Especially for a debut novel! SHOW NOTES: "The book of the summer!" For our beverage recipes, join our Patreon! www.patreon.com/litchicksread Related books that we recommend: "Love and Other Words" by Christina Lauren; "Say You Still Love Me" by K.A. Tucker; "Holidaze" by Christina Lauren; "The Mother Road" by Meghan Quinn; "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens; "The Paper Palace" by Miranda Cowley THANK YOU to those that left us a message on Speak Pipe! Leave us a message and you might hear yourself on a future episode! www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread We are advocates of mental health care. Please reach out to your health care provider if you think you might need support in this area. You are valuable. Stay with us. You are loved. Subscribe for our next episode: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (continue the Persephone theme from this book!) ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

Lauren and Sheryl discuss the first book of the ACOTAR series: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. Bring on the sexy faeries (these are not your childhood Tinkerbell-type fairies!)! SHOW NOTES: - Inspiration for the story: "Beauty and the Beast", Scottish legend of "Tam Lin", Norwegian story "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" - Our chat references: Hunger Games, Legally Blonde, Tremors, Twilight, Cupid and Psyche, Persephone and Hades, Game of Thrones' sequel - Join our Patreon to get Sheryl's recipe for faerie wine! - Stay tuned for A Court of Mist and Fury, as well as the rest of the series. To leave us a message about these books (you might hear yourself in an episode of the podcast!), visit https://www.speakpipe.com/litchicksread Thanks for listening! Subscribe and share! ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

We loved talking with Robinne about her amazing book and much more! Thanks for being our first guest! SHOW NOTES: Robinne recommends: - In Vancouver BC Canada: Honey's Doughnuts, Bao Bei, Sutton Place Hotel for celeb spotting and Robson Street for shopping - Books: "Seven Days in June" by Tia Williams; "The Last Thing He Told Me" by Laura Dave; "The Paper Palace" by Miranda Cowley Heller; "Malibu Rising", "Daisy Jones and the Six", and "Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Listen to Robinne narrate "The Idea of You" and "Daisy Jones and the Six" audiobooks, watch her in "A La Carte" streaming now on ALLBLK, and keep an eye out on Netflix this fall to see her in "Jigsaw". To follow Robinne: IG and Twitter @robinnelee and on Facebook @therobinnelee (and maybe we'll see you in The Idea of You FB group!). ------------- Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book cub experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread E-mail: litchicksread@gmail.com

In this premiere episode, Lauren and Sheryl talk about one of their favorite books: The Idea of You by Robinne Lee. Considered the “sleeper hit of the pandemic”, Robinne's debut novel has earned quite a following of devoted fans (including us!). Be sure to check out the audiobook narrated by Robinne Lee herself! You can see more of what she's up to at www.robinnelee.com and if you loved The Idea of You as much as we did, take a look at www.facebook.com/TIOYclub/ ————— Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the book club experience you've been waiting for. Follow us on Instagram and TikTok for book recs and fun: www.instagram.com/litchicksread www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread Email: litchicksread@gmail.com

LIT CHICKS READ: The Podcast Trailer Join Instagram book creators Lauren and Sheryl from @litchicksread as they chat about their favorite books, interview guest authors, and more. This unscripted, uncensored, conversational podcast will give you the fun book club experience you've been waiting for. In this intro episode, learn how they met, what they like to read, and what to expect from this podcast! SHOW NOTES: The amazing Outlander community we bonded in can be found at www.instagram.com/obsassenachs We mention Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Erica Jong's Fear of Flying, the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by Anne Rice (writing as A.N. Roquelaure), Red Dress Ink, Colleen Hoover, Christina Lauren, and A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas. Instagram: www.instagram.com/litchicksread TikTok: www.tiktok.com/litchicksread Join our exclusive community and help support this podcast: www.patreon.com/litchicksread Email: litchicksread@gmail.com