She likes to ramble about the books she read, podcasts she listened to, or articles she came across. Sometimes he likes to chime in with his “knows a little about a lot” type of knowledge. We’re not experts on anything.
Reviewing a GoodReads list about books published in the 90's and books set in the 90's. Plus a little sappy moment for the hell of it.
The reading wrap-up which contains no reading. The books I DNF'ed and the books I tried to get to.
Reading 5-star reviews of books that I gave 1 or 2 stars... and for funsies reading a bad review to remind myself why I hated these.
Reviewing House of Stassi - spoiler alert, I love all things Stassi so it was great.
All about the first week of school - we're exhausted but thriving over here!
Going through the last 6 years of my book of the month picks and seeing what I've read, what I've loved, and what is still staring at me from my bookshelf!
The very few books I got around to reading in July!
Books being published in July, August, and September that I'm excited about and I'll get around to... someday!
Bracket challenge for all of the books I read in April, May, and June!
All of the books with SUMMER in the title or that give me summer vibes. Water, thrillers, and girls moving to town for a month really do it for me in the summertime. Happy summer reading!
All of the books I read or attempted to read in June!
Mid-year survey of the books I've read so far!
Lately I've realized I really do love a good family drama so let's get into it.
Trying and failing to guess the first lines of the books I read last year. Maybe I need a word bank next time.
Everything I read in May plus the one I DNF'ed. Post T's surgery, he did great!
Exploring the album backlists of Hilary Duff and Kelsea Ballerini.
Recapping Season 3 of Vanderpump Villa!
Bracket challenge for all of the books I read in January, February, and March!
A fantastic reading month where everything was four and five stars! Everything I read or attempted to read in April.
All of the books being published in April, May, and June that I'm excited about!
Laguna Beach is 20 years old, which makes everyone who watched it old except me, because I was like 13. So I'm still a baby. Recapping the Laguna Beach Reunion.
Based on random meaningless data collected. Finding authors I have given at least five stars to.
A bunch of really great books and some interesting nonfiction! Everything I read or attempted to read in the whirlwind that was March.
Celebrating all things Thomas! We have a four year old!
Revisiting books on my 2025 TBR that I haven't gotten to yet.
Books that need more ratings and reviews or have too many in my opinion.
Shortest month of the year, longest yap session ever. Lots of okay books and one I really needed to rant about. Everything I read or attempted to read in February.
Walking back through the past year of the podcast, slightly discussing the future of things. Happy anniversary to me, thanks for listening!
It's my birthday! 313 is a terrible number for your birthday when you hate threes and ones. Ran out of fun birthday ideas so I took some silly personality quizzes and go into a few little tangents for the fun of it.
Going through lists of the best thrillers from each year - from 2016 to 2025.
A fantastic reading month full of five stars! Everything I read and the one book I DNF'ed in January.
Al of the new releases I'm excited for that are being published in the first quarter of the year.
Everything I read for the PopSugar Reading Challenge, and the challenges I failed to complete.
Turns out, I do not know myself. What books did I think I was going to give five stars to, and which books did I actually give five stars to?
Some silly little stats about my favorite books and authors from the year.
Everything I read and attempted to read in December -- spoiler alert, I DNF'ed as many books as I read.
The books I absolutely loved and many honorable mentions - as well as the books I really hated and some that just fell short.
Basically, all of the books I'm the most excited to read in 2026!
Round 1, Round 2, and the final winners of the GoodReads Choice Awards.
So much reading!! Everything I read or attempted to read in November.
Backstreet Boys or NSYNC - who's the winner?
Sometimes GoodReads ratings are wrong... sometimes they're lower or higher than they should be. Sometimes not enough people have rated the book. Either way, let's talk about things I think are overrated and underrated.
Reacting to the challenge and my issues with it over the years.
A bit of a shorter list than usual, but my tried and true faves from the year!
Everything I read or attempted to read in October 2025... vlog style! While dying a slow death. Fun!
New books coming out in October, November, and December!
In 2024 I gave these books 1 and 2 stars but lots of people gave them 5 stars. Reading reviews that help me change my mind a bit!
Of course we have to talk about The Life of a Showgirl. And I never made space to talk about The Summer I Turned Pretty so it makes sense to throw them together. ✨
Super rambly, it's been a while since I've felt chatty! All of the books I read or attempted to read in September!
Taken from an ever-changing GoodReads list - the top 100 books people think you should read at least once in your lifetime... even if that was in high school.
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