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Lesbihonest, this book is gay! That's right this is the second book of our sapphic month and we're reading Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously! We also give a little run down of what we've been reading this last episode and excitedly announce next month's theme!We hope you enjoy! (and apologize for some audio issues on Cat's end, she messed up her settings... wow so unprofessional tsk tsk)

LES-be honest, this book is gay! We kick off our Sapphic month with a little holiday gem (yes in May oops) from Haley Cass. Cat also discusses her latest MM read with a WILD plot.

I Think I've Read This Before? This is our second book we're reading for out retelling month! And this week we're reading A Dowry of Blood which is a Dracula retelling/inspired book! We also go through what Val has been reading and some classic booktok drama!

Have I read this before?! This month is all about retelling's and where better to start than a plus-size, reality tv show, Cinderella retelling, obviously!

Hey! I've been there! This week it's Cat's turn to pick a book set in a city she's lived in, per this months theme! We also talk about our other latest reads as well as some TikTok book drama and our audiobook thoughts!

Another queer fantasy book? No way! Yes, our next monthly theme is all about places we've lived and this book is set in a mysterious market under the streets of London. We review and yap.

We are reading our second "read by numbers" book AKA a book with a number in the title! We hope you enjoy! (We apologize for the elderly pug noises in this episode lol)

Read by numbers! This month we've picked books with numbers in the title cause why not? We're kicking it off with BookTok fave YA 'Six of Crows', a fantasy heist with a loveable ensemble! We talk heavy spoilers so beware.

Fantasy but make it sexy! What does that mean? Well for the month of January we decided that we're gonna be reading romantasy books! (or maybe book is more accurate lol) Cat has picked Swordcrossed by Freya Marske, a romance between rascal con artist and buttoned up struggling business man with a side of betrayal and intrigue! Check out our review! (and banter about booktok drama)

It's the last episode of the year so of course we had to reflect on all the books we read this year! We give your our top five best podcast books as well as our bottom five! We also do a few superlatives for the books and book characters we read this year!

Happy Holidays! Our holiday pick this year came from a series of unhinged TikTok's aimed at Val and sold her on this cute little Christmas themed book. We chat more about what we've been reading lately as well as Cat's beef with Casey McQuiston which might have a little something to do with Taylor Swift.

We dive into the world of The Pairing by Casey McQuiston this week, our second book from 2024! This is the fourth book of theirs we've reviewed on the podcast! Find out how we felt about this one! We also discuss Val's journey through Cat's recommendation PDF file and Cat talks about her new journey with mystery books!

It's books that came out this year month! (No we didn't change the theme literally at the last minute how dare you). We promised the rest of the year would be queer so that's what we've delivered! Apart from reviewing ‘You Should Be So Lucky' by our queen, Cat Sebastian, we also dive into the other queer books we've been reading the past few weeks!

For the final episode of October we are reading and reviewing Death in the Spires by KJ Charles and queer mystery! Which we all know is up Cat and Val's alley! And thankfully fits perfectly in out October theme "books with Death in the title!" Val also gives us a run down of the books she's read off of Cat's infamous recommendation PDF

For October our theme is veeerryyyy deadly! We are reading books with Death in the title (or any variants of the word) To start us off Val has picked Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates a murder mystery book! On the subject of mystery the gals also chat about the Netflix adaptation of A Good Girls Guide To Murder (the book being a podcast favourite!)

Buckle in folks this is a long one! We have a lot of strong feelings about this one! Welcome to the second episode of "authors we hate" month! and of course we're doing none other than Colleen Hoover. We hope you enjoy our review!

A new month means a new podcast theme! For September we've decided to choose books written by authors we have beef with. We'll be reviewing 'Wildfire' by Hannah Grace for our first pick and if you've listened to our 'Icebreaker' episode, you'll know why. …honestly, we kind of just wanted an excuse to be haters.

Welcome to trope month! That's right we're doing a different trope for every episode in August! And the last one is "Forced Proximity" and Cat has chose Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales about two girls who enter a reality TV show to win back their ex-boyfriend but end up falling for each other! Nothing more forced proximity than being stuck on a reality show together! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Forbidden love and queer hockey players - what more could you want? This episode is the culmination of years of Cat trying to convince Val to read her favourite book series so we really hope you enjoy and love these books and characters as much as we did!

Welcome to trope month! That's right we're doing a different trope for every episode in August! And the first one is "Marriage of Convenience". Cat mentions her favourite marriage of convenience she's read and the girls chat about the newest All For The Game book! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Lavender is 100% a colour which is why we picked it for the second episode of our colour book pick! We won't hear otherwise - enjoy! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

For July we're picking books with a colour in the title and the first book we're chatting about is Rouge by Mona Awad! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

This June we've decided the theme was going to be "Authors we love" and we couldn't have that theme without reading the newest Erik J Brown book! Long time listeners you know that Erik has written our favourite book of 2022 and 2023! So this was a no brainer! We also fangirl over the second part of season 3 of Bridgerton so beware of many spoilers ahead!! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

This June we've decided the theme was going to be "Authors we love" so we're going to be reading two authors that we've talked about a lot on the podcast and have been vocal about being fans of and first up is Alex Michaelides! Back in 2021 we read both The Silent Patient and The Maidens and were big fans of both! So tune in to see if The Fury lives up to our standards! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

This is the second book we are reading for the our Enemies to Lovers themed month! It's Cat's pick this time and she chose They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody and in honour of this months theme we also go through our ultimate favourite enemies to lovers book couples! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

It's the month of one of our very favourite tropes, enemies to lovers! We discuss Austin Chant's Peter Pan queer retelling of Peter Pan, Val's opinion of The Walking Dead and what to do when you're in a book slump!

It's our second episode for Saphic Month! This time we read Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburg by Rachael Lippincott! A fun time travel romance book! We also have a tragic case of Taylor brain and have been having a hard time thinking of anything that isn't The Tortured Poets Department! So obviously we have to discuss and talk about our favourite songs and parts of the album! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Welcome to Sapphic month! We cover the YA solo debut from Alyson Derrick, talk about a queer Romeo and Juliet retelling and draft Taylor Swift's Lover album. Disclaimer: Apologies for some sound issues this episode. Val's mic was playing up and Cat's dog Neville wanted to get involved - we hope you still enjoy!

The last book for our Book Adaptation Month is going to be The Duke and I by Julia Quinn which was popularized by the Netflix series Bridgerton! We are rather stuck on one particular scene from this book and we have a lot of opinions about it! (and it wouldn't be an episode with a little Taylor game!) Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Time to dive into our second movie adapted book, Leave the World Behind, which made waves on Netflix! But before we do, we continue our Taylor Swift ranking and Cat tries to convince us she's not shady, just lazy. Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Welcome to March our official Book adaptation month! Where we will be reading books that have either turned into a movie or TV show! And we're starting off with a big one! The classic The Great Gatsby and we compare it to the 2012 Baz Luhrmann version of The Great Gatsby movie! We also play a little game where Val tests Cat's skills when it comes to ranking! And you know it has to involve Taylor Swift! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

We're back with our TikTok BookTok rundown! This week we discuss The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, a dark YA fantasy about faeries that, if you have a TikTok account, you've most likely heard of. We also deep dive into some book pet peeves to see if we agree.

Welcome to the first episode of the year! For February we are all about BookTok books! Cat gets to pick first and she has gone for Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, the hockey book romance that's taken tiktok by storm! We also talk about some books weve read so far this year and of course we have a little Taylor Swift segment! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

So that's it! The year is over and we've read all 22 books, so now it's time to do Cat's favourite activity—rank! We discuss our top 5 and bottom 5 books of the year, both podcast and personal. We hope you've enjoyed listening and we love you for sticking with us. Happy Holidays!

Our last holiday book and our very last book of the year is here! We cover this queer 'Teachers in Love' romance to round of 2023. Also, as is tradition, we start by discussing our Spotify Wrapped so if you don't care (we don't blame you), feel free to skip! Side note, we recorded this when we were both sick so apologies for any extra noises. Enjoy and leave a review!

Welcome to holiday month! We are going to be reading holiday books! And Cat's pick is Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun, an author Cat and Val have been a big fan of in the past! We also rank the Taylor Swift albums and discuss our skips from each album Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Historical Fiction month is over! We ended it with Val's choice which was picked mainly because she'd a huge musical fan. We also reveal our top Vault Song picks and discuss some other queer historical fiction that come highly recommended by Cat! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Going into November it is now our Historical Fiction month! So first the book we are reading Weyward by Emilia Hart, a historical fiction that spans multiple centuries and has a bit of magic to it too! We also spend a good chunk (the majority) of the podcast talking about all things Taylor Swift, with a new re-recording and a new concert movie out there's a lot we have to catch up on! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Spooky season is coming to an end and we round off the month with Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt. We discuss all the gory details as well as going into some of the Saw films and a quiz for Val at the end all about Booktok drama! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

It's SPOOKY SEASON! You know what that means! We are officially diving into Horror Month! Cat and Val are big horror fans so to start off the month we'll be reading Sundial by Catriona Ward! We also give our two cents about the latest booktok drama! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

YA Fantasy month is over! We review Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot, Cat rants about a new book app and Val shares her strong opinion on Husband Material by Alexis Hall. Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

This month we're reading Young Adult Fantasy! and the first book is picked by Cat and it's So This Is Ever After by FT Lukens. We also dive into some pretty controversial booktok opinions and we do another Taylor song draft! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

The Red White and Royal Blue movie came out, so you know we spent a good chunk of this episode discussing our thoughts! Were our low expectations justified? We also deep dive into our second literary fiction book, Young Mungo and take part in a little quiz. Also, Cat was unable to sit still this episode so apologies for any background noise - we can't have amazing, hilarious AND be good editors... Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

This month we're reading literary fiction! The first book we're reading this month is Yellowface the newest book by RF Huang! We have a lot of fun discussing this one! and also Val gives Cat some homework this week that involves a discussion about our favourite book couples and Taylor Swift songs ;) We apologize if there's any sound issues, I (Cat) lost the files and when they got recovered they might have been a little distorted... sorry! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

It's the second of our Sci-Fi picks and this month we discuss a romantic novella set in a Time War (find out if we understood anything that was going on). We also discuss Speak Now vault tracks and dive in to what Cat's been reading this week. Beware we discuss spoilers!

Welcome to July our Sci-Fi month! The first book we've read for Sci-Fi month is Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell! We also have to talk about Speak Now Taylor's Version coming out! And Val gives us a mini review on a book she read recently! Beware we do discuss spoilers!

Happy last day of pride month! In this episode we decided to keep it chill, we reviewed a couple books we've read, talk about some booktok drama and played a few games! We hope you guys liked this little interlude episode! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Our next book for Pride Month is the second from Erik J Brown, author of our top podcast book from last year, All That's Left in the World. Find out if we rated this one as highly! We also talk about Happy Place, the new book by Emily Henry and put thoughts on some of the other LGBTQIA+ books we've been reading this month.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! This month we're reading books that are... you guessed it! Queer! The first book we're reading this month is In The Lives of Puppets the newest book by TJ Klune! Cat gives us a few recommendations on top of that and the girls also discuss authors who got their start writing fanfiction! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Our second fantasy book pick is The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean which we deep-dive into during the episode! We also discuss It Ends With Us and our controversial thoughts on the book as well as the continuation of Cat's gay hockey romance series!

We've now entered fantasy month! And the first book we're discussing this week is Reforged by Seth Haddon! Cat also spends sometime ranting about My Sister's Keeper, she's only a decade or two late on that one. Cat also gives us a mini review on her lates gay hockey romance book and Val shares her continued journey with the Carry On series! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread