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Welcome to Look What You Made Me Read, the podcast all about books and forcing your best friend to read the books you want to read, with host Val and Cat. Every week one of us will be recommending a book to the other and we’ll be (unprofessionally) reviewing it and going into detail about everything we loved and/or hated about it! Please leave a review and feel free to follow our socials! Beware we will be discussing spoilers! IG:@whatyoumademeread

Look What You Made Me Read


    • May 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 60:43


    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)

    When You Least Expect It - Haley Cass

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 61:51


    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.

    A Dowry of Blood - ST Gibson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 44:40


    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!

    If The Shoe Fits - Julie Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 66:10


    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!

    Last Night In Montreal - Emily St John Mandel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 64:38


    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!

    A Market of Dreams and Destiny - Trip Galey

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 52:41


    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.

    10 Things That Never Happened - Alexis Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 47:25


    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)

    Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 55:54


    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.

    Swordcrossed - Freya Marske

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 62:32


    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)

    Best and worst books of 2024!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 72:06


    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!

    The Nightmare Before Kissmas - Sara Raasch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 58:33


    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.

    The Pairing - Casey Mcquiston

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 65:20


    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!

    You Should Be So Lucky - Cat Sebastian

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 65:08


    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!

    Death in the Spires - KJ Charles

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 54:49


    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

    Dead of Winter - Darcy Coates

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 64:13


    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!)

    Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 100:21


    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!

    Wildfire - Hannah Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 81:01


    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.

    Never Ever Getting Back Together - Sophie Gonzales

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 62:05


    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

    Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 113:42


    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!

    Bride - Ali Hazelwood

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 70:08


    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 House - Lev AC Rosen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 52:31


    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

    Rouge - Mona Awad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 56:11


    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

    The Only Light Left Burning - Erik J Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 62:46


    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

    The Fury - Alex Michaelides

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 51:12


    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

    They Hate Each Other - Amanda Woody

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 59:56


    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

    Peter Darling - Austin Chant

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 57:24


    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!

    Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburg - Rachael Lippincott

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 58:36


    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

    Forget Me Not - Alyson Derrick

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 56:00


    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 Duke & I (Bridgerton) - Julia Quinn

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 52:23


    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

    Leave the World Behind - Rumaan Alam

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 62:53


    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

    The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 62:50


    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

    The Cruel Prince - Holly Black

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2024 74:05


    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.

    Icebreaker - Hannah Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 90:56


    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

    Our best and worst books of 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2023 61:32


    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!

    Mistletoe and Mishigas - M.A. Wardell

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2023 65:26


    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!

    Kiss Her Once For Me - Alison Cochrun

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 86:45


    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

    Fraternity - Andy Mientus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 66:40


    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

    Weyward - Emilia Hart

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 73:59


    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

    Tell Me I'm Worthless - Alison Rumfitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 73:48


    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

    Sundial - Catriona Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 62:09


    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

    Sixteen Souls - Rosie Talbot

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 63:51


    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

    So This Is Ever After - FT Lukens

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2023 73:19


    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

    Young Mungo - Douglas Stewart

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 66:08


    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

    Yellowface - RF Kuang

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 83:21


    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

    This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2023 58:30


    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!

    Ocean's Echo - Everina Maxwell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2023 55:44


    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!

    Mid Year Bonus Episode!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 86:45


    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

    Lose You To Find Me - Erik J Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023 74:07


    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.

    In The Lives Of Puppets - TJ Klune

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2023 64:43


    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

    The Book Eaters - Sunyi Dean

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 61:31


    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!

    Reforged - Seth Haddon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 76:19


    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

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