Saved by the Books Podcast

Today we're chatting all about the January buddy read: Once and For All by Sarah Dessen! We definitely had some thoughts that would have made this book a fun one to vlog about. Unfortunately, we didn't vlog it, BUT we did keep track of our thoughts! Come check it out once you've read the book!

Today we're answering questions for a tag we created for the readathon happening in the Creating & Co Book Club! Be sure to stop by the group on Facebook to answer the questions too! 1. Book that made you fall in love with reading. 2. Book you can always reread 3. OTP: Who is your favorite pairing? 4. Book you hate to love 5. Book you love to hate 6. Favorite genre 7. Book Other People Love But You Haven’t Read Yet 8. Favorite Romance Tropes 9. Hated Romance Topes 10. If you could have one literary significant other, who would it be? 11. Favorite Romance Cover 12. Anticipated Book release that you know you will love 13. Favorite Rom-Com 14. Favorite Valentine’s day treat 15. Favorite Place to Read a Book

In this episode, we're chatting all about our bookish goals and the things we want to do and get out of 2020! Grab your planner and chat with us!

We're back! It's time to wrap up where we went for a couple of months and the year in general. Let's chat about what happened in 2019 and some of our fave reads and talk about our last buddy read, Serpent & Dove

Halloween Book Tag we found on "Zezee with Books" Carving pumpkins: What book would you carve up and light on fire? Trick or treat: What character is a treat, what character is a trick? Candy corn: What book is always sweet? Ghosts: What character would you love to visit you as a ghost? Dressing up in costume: What character would you want to be for a day? Wizards and witches: What is your favorite Harry Potter moment? Blood and gore: What book was so creepy that you had to take a break from it for awhile? If you could pick any author to go trick or treating with, who would you pick? If you could dress up as any bookish character for Halloween, who would you be? If you could find anything, from any book, in your trick or treat stash, what would you hope to find? In what fictional world would you like to go trick or treating? What book villain would you not like to meet alone in a dark alley on Halloween? Would you rather dress up as a vampire, zombie, werewolf, or a shadowhunter? Pick a candy (just one) from Harry Potter that you would love to find in your stash? What is your favorite Halloween candy?

In the month of September, we read I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella! Unfortunately, it is not one of our new favorites, but we're giving you all the details why! This episode may just get a little rant-y so grab a snack and lets get into it!

Today we're chatting all about some of the common tropes that we see in books. From love triangles to the chosen one to false royalty, we're covering as many as we can think of! Can you guess which ones we love and which ones we hate?

In this episode, we're talking about something we've been seeing around the book community lately. Namely, should we have more defined age ranges? Should some young adult books be classified as new adults? Should bookstores change their shelving systems? What should be classified as new adult? We talk about all of that and more!

Today, we're chatting all about our August buddy read, which was Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody! We both loved the book that was composed of a dark fantasy world where the mafia-like casino owners and gang lords ruled. We're sharing our favorite parts, the parts that made us think and maybe a couple of things that weren't our fave. We hope you'll read the book and then give this episode a listen!

Today we're talking about reading ruts, but not only that, we're talking about the pressure that we put on ourselves to always be reading and how it affects our desire to read. After all, reading is supposed to be a hobby for so many of us, so why do we let it feel like a chore sometimes?

Today we're talking about romance. How we feel about reading it, how much do we read it? Do we feel shame reading it in public? Plus, we talk a bit about the trends we've been seeing in the romance genre and how soon, we may not even realize romance is that different at all!

Today, we're sitting down to chat about hype. What makes us buy books? What makes us not buy books? How do we decide if we're going to read something or not? We'd love to have you listen in and join us in the discussion!

In this episode, we decided to chat about books and what we've been reading lately and what better way to do that than with a tag video? We just searched online and managed to find two of them that we wanted to answer the questions for.    Tag 1 (Courtesy of Jesse the Reader) 1. Expecto Patronum: A childhood book connected to good memories 2. Expelliarmus: A book that took you by surprise 3. Prior Incantato: The last book you read. 4. Alohamora: A book that introduced you to a genre you had not considered before. 5. Riddikulus: A funny book you've read. 6. Sonorus: A book you think everybody should know about. 7. Obliviate: A book or spoiler you would like to forget having read. 8. Imperio: A book you had to read for school. 9. Crucio: A book that was painful to read. 10. Avada Kedavra: A book that could kill (interpret as you will).   Tag 2:  Accio: An upcoming release you wish you could get your hands on right now Alohomora: Favorite series starter Cheering Charm: a book that gave you all the warm fuzzies Aguamenti: A book that made you ugly cry Expecto Patronum: A bookish hero or heroine you want around to protect you in real life Lumos: A book you intentionally spoiled for yourself Imperio: A book you wish you could make everyone read b/c you loved it so much Engorgio: A book series you wish never ended Wingardium Leviosa: A book with an uplifting ending or message Oblivate: A book you wish you could forget you read Anapneo: an author whose books always get you out of a slump Jelly-Legs Jinx: A swoon-worthy hero or herione Aresto Momentum: a book that caused you to stop doing all other things until you finished it Crucio: a book that was painful to read or broke you Rictumsempra: a book that had you laughing out loud expelliarmus: a book that made you want to send it flying Portus: a bookish world you wish you could visit Stupefy: A book with a shocking twist or ending Avada Kedavra: A character death that destroyed you Finite Incantatum: best series conclusion

In this episode, we're chatting all about our July buddy read, The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen! Both of us really enjoyed reading it! Paige felt a major connection to the main character and Becky really loved the things that brought the family together. We also announced our August buddy read which is Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody. We hope you'll join us for that read and chat as well!

In this episode, we're chatting all of our most anticipated releases for the rest of the year! We go over a ton of books so grab a snack and your planner so you can write down some new books!

In this episode, we chat everything reading for our mid year check in! We go over some of our favorites, the readathons we've participated in, the author and book events we've gone to and the series we've read! Come sit and chat with us!

In this week's episode, we discuss our June buddy read: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee. This episode contains alllll the spoilers as we talk about the world-building, plot, and the characters within this read. 

In this episode, we talk about ARCs. What are they? Who gets them? What's the etiquette involved when you get them? And what the heck is this #arcsarefree drama that's been happening in the book community?

In this episode, we tell you all about our Bookcon 2019 experience! From buying the tickets, the things we didn't understand as first time attendees and how we managed to walk away with some books! Plus, we talk a bit about our trip to NYC and the favorite things we did and the things we didn't like so much.  Bookcon Haul: https://youtu.be/qaInGuc4bAs Bookcon Vlog: https://youtu.be/oP84f1dAdVw Goodreads Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/950861-saved-by-the-books-podcast-buddy-reads-book-club

In this episode, we chat all about book to screen adaptations, whether they've been made into movies or tv shows. We mention some of our favorites, some of our least favorites and our feelings about the quality of adaptations and whether we think there should be more or less of them!

Today we're discussing the book we read for May, What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty! Both of us have a lot of conflicting feelings about the book and it'll definitely be an interesting chat.    Be sure you join the goodreads group to chat throughout the month for our group reads.  We have been slacking on getting it all set up and ready to go, but it'll be good to go for our June read, The Thousandth Floor. 

In this episode, we decided to do another tag, because quite frankly, we're kind of exhausted after the exciting month that was April. There was just so many readathons and projects that we wanted to have a bit of a break!    The Reader Problems tag was created in 2014 by About to Read on Youtube and here are the questions:  1. You have 20,000 books on your TBR. How in the world do you decide what to read next? 2. You’re halfway through a book and you’re just not loving it. Do you quit or are you committed? 3. The end of the year is coming and you’re so close, but so far away on your Goodreads reading challenge. Do you try to catch up and how? 4. The covers of a series you love do. not. match. How do you cope? 5. Every one and their mother loves a book you really don’t like. Who do you bond with over shared feelings? 6. You’re reading a book and you are about to start crying in public. How do you deal? 7. A sequel of a book you loved just came out, but you’ve forgotten a lot from the prior novel. Will you re-read the book? Skip the sequel? Try to find a synopsis on Goodreads? Cry in frustration?!?!?!? 8. You do not want anyone. ANYONE. borrowing your books. How do you politely tell people nope when they ask? 9. You’ve picked up and put down 5 books in the last month. How do you get over your reading slump? 10. There are so many new books coming out that you’re dying to read! How many do you actually buy? 11. After you’ve bought the new books you can’t wait to get to, how long do they sit on your shelf before you get to them?

In this podcast episode, we talk about star ratings for books. Do we use them? Do we like them? Who knows? Plus, we go over some surprising examples of some books that we rated--both the good, the bad and the flat out ugly!

In this episode, we talk about how we have opposite reading tastes and what each of us like, as well as give you some background info for how we got started reading. 

In this episode, we share all the things about readathons: what they are, how to find them, how we pick our books, and even how we fit in all that reading time. 

In our very first episode of the Saved by the Books podcast we talk a little bit about who we are and answer a bunch of questions from the Ultimate Book tag so you can get to know a little bit about our reading tastes.