Look What You Made Me Read

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

Copper Script - KJ Charles

TAKE ALL MY MONEY! That's right, that's our theme this month AKA authors we will ALWAYS read their next book! These are the cream of the crop authors! And Cat has picked KJ Charles' latest release, she is one of our absolutely favourite historical romance authors so tune in to see if we loved this one as much as her previous books

06-20
48:05

The Best and Worst Books of 2025!

Welcome to the final episode of the year! We count down our top 5 but also bottom 5 podcast books of the year! We always have fun comparing our different (or similar) takes. We also, for the second year, did fun book superlatives and of course couldn't resist talking about our 2025 Spotify wrapped!

12-19
01:10:28

Mr. Frosty Pants by Leta Blake

The long awaited episode where we review Mr Frosty Pants. A book we've been talking about on the podcast for close to four years! This is the last book we're reviewing this year so savour it! But don't forget to tune next week for our end of year wrap up!

12-05
59:40

All of Us Murderers - KJ Charles

Tune in for our SECOND coverage of KJ Charles this year. We can't help it, she's our queen! We also go through why Cat is holding her latest book grudge.

11-22
55:11

When The Tides Held The Moon - Venessa Vida Kelley

Welcome to Retro Reads month! We're reading books set out of the present! So this first book we're reviewing is set in the 1910s. So come listen to our review of this romantic book set in 1911 New York City! We also chat about the other books we've read since the last episode!

11-07
53:09

Up in Flames - Eden Finley & Saxon James

We've completed our 'authors we have beef with' month and safe to say, the beef is still beefing, if not even more beefing! Find out why in this episode, as well as our thoughts on The Life of a Showgirl, Game of Thrones and the new Heated Rivalry Trailer.

10-24
01:04:57

The Teacher - Freida McFadden

This month we're exploring books written by authors we have beef with! We've had some negative experiences but we're not willing to blacklist them just yet! Ideally we want to squash the beef! So this week Cat has picked a book by Freida McFadden who she's recently started beef with after the ending of one of her other books (The Crash) sent her into a rage! Can The Teacher turn things around? Check out the episode to find out!

10-10
01:06:25

Bite Marks & Broken Hearts - TJ Rose

We're continuing our 'love at first knot' theme with a vampire-y paranormal romance from TJ Rose. We also cover our skips from each Taylor album and talk about Cat's power of premonition!

09-26
01:24:02

Exhale - Joel Abernathy

Welcome to September's book theme "Married at first knot"! That's our cheeky way of saying we're doing supernatural romances this month and the first pick by Cat is Exhale by Joel Abernathy, a queer werewolf romance! We discuss our thoughts (spoilers ahead!) and Cat also rants about a few mystery books she's read lately and Val talks about her new hyper fixation!

09-12
01:13:37

Something Like Summer - Jay Bell

We deep dive into some iconic love triangles and also discuss what could potentially be our worst book of the year.

08-29
01:26:52

EWB (Enemies With Benefits) - NR Walker

This week our tope of choice is Enemies to Lovers! A fan favourite in the book community and Cat has chosen EWB by NR Walker, an MM book about two guys who think they hate each other and all they have is sexual chemistry but who knows.... We also chat about what else we've been reading and for some reason our favourite vegetables?

08-15
49:48

The (Fake) Dating Game - Timothy Janovsky

FAKE DATING! You either love it or you hate it and we're low-key haters, so naturally we decided to do a whole episode on it.

08-01
57:29

Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins

This is our second episode where we are picking books that "Booktok made me read" and Cat has chosen Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, the Hunger Games prequel book! It's been a booktok fan favourite and we've wanted to read it since it came out so perfect opportunity !

07-18
01:00:53

God of Fury - Rina Kent

We've finally done it! After months of talking about this book, we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Can we still trust BookTok?

07-04
01:18:08

The Shots You Take - Rachel Reid

TAKE ALL MY MONEY! The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid was the perfect fit for this month's theme. Also we spend a lot of time talking about milk and peanut butter.

06-06
01:01:29

Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli

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)

05-23
01:00:43

When You Least Expect It - Haley Cass

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.

05-09
01:01:51

If The Shoe Fits - Julie Murphy

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!

04-11
01:06:10

Last Night In Montreal - Emily St John Mandel

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!

03-28
01:04:38

A Market of Dreams and Destiny - Trip Galey

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.

03-14
52:41

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