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This week we give you an updated list of winter/Christmas book recommendations! There is a mix of what we have read and some books that we haven’t but are excited about.    Currently Reading: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson   Check out our full list of books over on our Instagram and join us on Tiktok!  

In today's epsidoe, we are going to be sharing the 10 books we each want to read before the end of 2024! This is a fun trend on bookstagram that we had to join in on. It’s highly likely that Kyleigh and Hannah will complete the challenge but the jury is still out on if Micaela will get it done. We have complete faith in her (kind of, Kyleigh bet her $100 so she's motivated now). Check out our full list of 10 before the end books over on our Instagram and join us on Tiktok!

We finally made it to our Kingdom of Ash episode, and to the end of the Throne of Glass series! We know we say it all the time, but we truly cannot believe how fast it is going. We talk through all of the CRAZY things that happen in this book and series as a whole, and also how excited we are to continue on to Crescent City! Thank you for sticking with us thus far - only three more books to go! Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

BREAKING NEWS!!! This is not our Kingdom of Ash episode as we had previously planned but instead we have our October wrap up for you all! We will have our KOA epsiode ready next week so make sure to check back then! We collectively read 17 books which is low for us but overall it was still a good reading month. Kyleigh read her all time favorite memoir, Micaela is staying in the game with our book club books, and Hannah might be in her nonfiction era. Also annouced, our November book club pick is The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - make sure to grab your copy and join us on Fable!   Currently Reading: A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz Kingdom of Ash by SJM Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for The Dead Romantics starting at timestamp 24:40. For the first ~30 minutes of this episode, we are chatting about all of the exciting reading related news that was dropped on October 16. If you haven't read The Dead Romantics, the first half of this episode has plenty of content for you, too! And then we dive into our October book club pick, The Dead Romantics, by our girl Ashley Poston (as in Post Office, confirmed by the audio book). This is the third book of hers that we’ve read in our book club and it is definitely one of our favorites.    Currently Reading: Kingdom of Ash by SJM Fated Thrones by Susanne Valenti and Caroline Peckham The Right Thing to Do by LovesBitca8 Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

You're getting a little bit of everything in this episode: A recap of our girl's weekend, some pop culture things, our thoughts on the It Ends With Us movie, and a sprinkle of F1 (of course).  Check out the most fun card game, Flip 7!   Currently Reading: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Fated Thrones by Susanne Valenti and Caroline Peckham Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

This week we are going through the books we have read in August and September! Micaela has a whopping 5 whole books, and Hannah and Kyleigh of course read a lot. Stick around for some F1 chat (obviously) and Kyleigh threatening to kick Hannah and Micaela off of the podcast!   Currently Reading: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling The Right Thing to Do by Loves Bitca 8 Foxglove by Adalyn Grace Cursed Fates by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti   Added to TBR: The Wretched Divine by Adalyn Grace Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston All I Want is You by Falon Ballard Cats People by Tanya Guerrero Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez Crossroads by Devney Perry Wisteria by Adalyn Grace Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry   Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, The Assassin’s Blade, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn. Please come back once you’re all caught up! We cannot believe we are on the second to last book of the Throne of Glass Series!!! This book club is flying by and we hope you’re having so much fun reading along with us! Next month we’re talking about Kingdom of Ash and we are not ready for the series to end.   Currently Reading: The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone Foxglove by Adalyn Grace Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, The Assassin’s Blade, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, and Empire of Storms. Please come back once you’re all caught up!   We are back with our Sarah J Maas book club this week! We were excited to talk about Empire of Storms and see a lot of things from the past books come into play. Next week we are back to talk about Tower of Dawn, so if you did the tandem read you don’t have to wait long!   Currently Reading: Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousins Tower of Dawn by SJM Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

In this week’s episode, we tried something new and went through our Goodreads and re-rated books that previously got high ratings. There were so many books that just didn’t stick with us as much as we thought they would so they needed to get a new rating. This was a fun segment and definitely made us realize how generous we used to be with our ratings!   Currently Reading: Is She Really Going Out With Him? by Sophie Cousins Empire of Storms by SJM Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling Foxglove by Adalyn Grace Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

This week we are giving you all of our updated fall book recommendations since last fall! We give you a mix of some we have read, and some that are on our TBR for this fall. Stick around for a sneak peak of what next week's episode will be (hint: it will be unhinged).    Currently Reading: Empire of Storms by SJM Belladonna by Adalyn Grace Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti Remain Nameless by HeyJude19 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling   Head over to our Instagram to see the list of all of our recommendations!

We are back with another fun, just book chats episode! We love having unstructured time to talk about everything from F1 and Lando’s recent win to Tessa’s Summer Reading Challenge and our anticipated reads for the rest of the year.  As a reminder, we are not having our regular book club this month to make time for Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn for the SJM Book Club!   Currently Reading: Empire of Storms by SJM Impractical Magic by Emily Grimoire Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince by JK Rowling Vengeful by VE Schwab Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti   Added to TBR: Kiss an Angel by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Quicksilver by Callie Hart The Night and the Moth by Rachel Gillig Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

This week we are talking about our August book club, Vicious by VE Schwab. This was a fun switch from all of our fantasy books we have been reading lately and we all enjoyed aspects of this book. Stick around for some hints on what our October book club might be!   Currently Reading: Empire of Storms by SJM The Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand Where Time Stands Still by NS Perkins The God of the Woods by Liz Moore The Grandest Game by Jennifer Lynn Barnes   Added to TBR:  The One by John Marrs Pineapple Street Jenny Jackson A Curse Carved in Bone by Danielle L Jensen   Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!

PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, The Assassin’s Blade, Heir of Fire and Queen of Shadows. Please come back once you’re all caught up!   We are moving right along with our SJM book club and talking about Queen of Shadows on this week’s episode! There is a lot that happens in this book and we unpack it all. Thank you to everyone for sticking around and reading along with us, next up is the Tandem Read with Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn!   Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!   Currently Reading: Vicious by VE Schwab The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling  

This week we are finally talking about some books that will get you out of a reading slump! We all have been in a reading slump at some point this year, so we give you some of our tips and tricks that helped get us out of one as well as our favorite book recs!    Currently Reading: Queen of Shadows by SJM  The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling Where Time Stands Still by NS Perkins   Added to TBR: Grand Prix: An Illustrated History of Formula 1 by Will Buxton The One by John Marrs The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst   You can head to our Instagram to see all of the books we recommended!

Join us for this absolutely unhinged episode of the It Gets Good podcast. We're sharing all of the books we read in July, along with the spooky encounter that Kyleigh had last week at her house between a ghost and a folded shirt. We are in rare form this week and if nothing else, hopefully we can make ya laugh a little. You can head over to our Instagram to save our reading wrap up for future reference!

PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, The Assassin’s Blade, and Heir of Fire. Please come back once you’re all caught up! We are back with another deep dive into our Sarah J Maas book club! This is a favorite of all of ours (especially Micaela). This book everything takes a turn and we get a whole lot of character development for our favorite characters, plus many new faces are introduced!   Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!  

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston. Come back and listen once you've had a chance to read it! After a month off, we’re back with our regular book club and talking about A Novel Love Story by our favorite, Ashley Poston Boston Poston Post Office. Sadly, this one wasn’t a favorite but we all found some things that we loved about it! Announced in this episode: our August Book Club pick is Vicious by V.E. Schwab!! This book is available on Kindle Unlimited and Spotify as an audiobook. Make sure to grab your copy and read with us!   Currently Reading: Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner Manacled by SenLinYu Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni   Added to TBR: Drive Me Crazy by Carly Robyn Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Lauren Hillenbrand Glow of the Everflame by Penn Cole A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams Jump Start by Bridget L Rose   Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!  

PLEASE NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, and The Assassin's Blade. Please come back once you're all caught up! We are back with our SJM book club to talk about The Assassin’s Blade! The reading order for this book continues to be one of the most controversial topics within the SJM world and we are very happy with our decision to read it after Crown of Midnight for this read through. And so many of you agreed! Join us as we finally get to talk about Celaena's origin story. We're jumping back to the main storyline in Heir of Fire! Join us on Fable to chat about your thoughts as you're reading.   Currently Reading: Keeping 13 by Chloe Walsh Surviving to Drive by Guenther Steiner Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver   Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!  

How is it possible that we are halfway through 2024?! This year has already been so good to us when it comes to reading, so we're sharing all of the best (and worst) of it on today's episode; our favorite reads so far, the biggest disappointments, new favorite authors and fictional crushes and so much more. We're hopeful that the last half of the year will be just as good! Make sure to grab a copy of A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston for our July Book Club and join our fable group here!    Come hang out with us on Instagram and Tiktok!   Currently Reading:   The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J Maas Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young My Oxford Year by Julia Whelen The Nature of the Beast by Louise Penny   Added to TBR:   A Talent for Murder by Peter Swanson Colton Gentry’s Third Act by Jeff Zenter Binding 13 by Chloe Walsh Sunlight by Devney Perry The Veiled Kingdom by Holly Renee One Last Shot Betty Cayouette