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a bookish podcast | two twenty-something girls ranting about their favorite books and characters, more than a review page we’re here to really get into the latest, greatest, trends and more so if you’re ready-- let’s dive between these paper sheets! happy reading ;)

bury our bones in the midnight soil book review 🥀 // is this toxic lesbian vampire book worth it??

addie larue's darker older sister, BOBIMS is a vampire novel like none other. we've got original folklore feeling vampires AND gay romances all with v.e. schwab's beautiful prose??we're so in. so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚(every review has a non-spoiler review AND spoiler section for if you want just a taste or the whole juicy details)

12-01
38:03

the WORST books we read in 2025 👀❌

our top betrayal list of the books we read and HATED from this year but had to finish anyways.... 💔so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

11-24
29:00

[LIVE REACTION] to goodreads 2025 awards 🏆📚

Live react to the 2025 Goodreads Awards! We cover the Romantasy, Fantasy and YA Fantasy/SCI categories with some others sprinkled in. What books do you think deserved to be on the list...and maybe some that don't?!

11-17
27:13

the 10 books we need to read before the end of 2025 📚

finalize our 2025 tbrs with us as we chat the 10 books we need to read before the end of 2025 👀so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

11-10
35:00

mate by ali hazelwood 🐺 // is this spicy alpha romance worth it?? 👀😅

returning to the world of bride— we’re back with another paranormal / romantasy ali hazelwood! this time following serena and her alpha keon (it’s better than it sounds we SWEAR) 💚so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

11-03
27:29

we read primal of blood and bone so YOU don't have to ⚔️ // from blood and ash 12 review

we're back with a bone to pick with the release of book 12 of the fbaa series Primal of Blood and Bone and boy has it gotten worse!! chat with us on the stupidest plot lines and ridiculous length of this never ending series 💀so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

10-28
43:54

fantasy book recs based on THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL ❤️‍🔥

hey swifties! the girlies are going through the 12 tracks of taylor swift's latest album and letting you know which NEW fantasy books you should read based on your favorite songs from the life of a showgirlso join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

10-21
01:01:46

Q3 in review 📚 // 20+ book wrap-up from july to september in 2025 ⭐☕

welcome back book babes! we're finally in fall the official bookish season!! and we're going through the 20+ books we read in this quarter :)))let's go through all the books we read in Q3 of 2025 ✍️so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

10-13
56:11

wild reverence by rebecca ross // return of yearning

we return to the world of divine rivals for an adult romantasy prequel with wild reverencethis is a story of when a god falls in love with a mortal, of yearning and devotion, and the threads of fate. it's beautiful, it's an original myth, and YOU NEED TO READ IT so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚AND JOIN THE HARDCOVER FAM 🤍 / @hardcoverpodcast0:00 Non-Spoiler Review13:50 Star Rating17:59 Spoiler Section#booktube #romantasy #fantasybooks #divinerivals

10-06
43:30

we read tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow... was it worth it? // full book review

back in may the girlies read tomorrow x3 with their book club and it's time to dive into this new age classic for a review! this baby is a life story literary fiction with the added on genre of book club? and you know what... it was a great book club book so if you're interested in potentially picking it up, just want to know what it's all about, or want to reminisce about an old favorite (or that NPC chapter iykyk)– we've got you covered! so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

09-29
01:07:18

can we guess our favorite books by their ONE STAR reviews?? 👀

we are challenging ourselves to guess our favorite fantasy books by only their one star reviews... and getting our feelings hurt in the process 😭so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

09-25
27:17

katabasis by rf kuang 🏛️📚 // addressing the textbook allegations

does katabasis read like a textbook? girl, absolutely not. this book was one of our most anticipated reads of the year. and we are so excited to sit down and chat about it (at LENGTH). from the worldbuilding and the magic to the romance- we're going through ALL the courts of hell and literature 🕯️so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

09-16
01:16:44

we read warrior princess assassin so you don't have to 😅📖 // romantasy book review

sooo we read our first why choose... and it went about as well as you can expect. we're talking romance, fantasy?, and maybe the tiniest little scraps of plot with this review of warrior princess assassin so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

09-10
33:07

should you read a theory of dreaming?? ☕🏛️ // fantasy dark academia

return to the world of a study in drowning with this fantasy dark academia sequel with a darker, quieter story that reckons with deconstructing our heroes and sitting with our struggles 🤎so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚AND JOIN THE HARDCOVER FAM 🤍 / @hardcoverpodcast0:00 Non-Spoiler Review12:34 Star Rating16:26 Spoiler Section#booktube #darkacademia #fantasybooks

09-01
41:35

ranking popular booktok books // romantasy & fantasy edition

the correct ranking of 20+ popular romantasy and fantasy books that we picked up because of booktok!!!so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

08-26
01:01:56

10 new fantasy fall book releases of 2025 🍂📚

straight from the hardcover calendar- we've got our 10 most anticipated fantasy books releasing this fall ⚔️so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

08-18
29:43

a curse carved in bone review ⚔️ // is it worth it?

we return to our viking romantasy with a darker, angrier freya after being betrayed by her lover son-in-law bjorn in the final book in the saga of the unfated duology 🔥so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

08-11
42:10

the 10 books we're MAD we haven't read yet

some books get trapped on the TBR pile and do NOT deserve it. so today we are convincing each other to read those "want to reads" that make us mad that we haven't just done the damn thing yet 👀so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

08-04
45:08

a study in drowning review ☕📜 // fantasy dark academia

this haunting, atmospheric dark academia has been a long time coming for the girlies but with book two coming out in a week it was the perfect time to review 🤎we've got a spooky manor on a cliffside, a mystery over the authorship of our fmc's favorite book, AND hallucinations of the fabled fairy king?? count us in. so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚

07-28
41:23

reacting to the 88 most POPULAR romantasy books ❤️🔥🐉

goodread's has assembled the top 88 most popular romantasy books of the past 3 years (with a star rating above 3.5)- so let's see how many we've read and if they're worth it 👀so join us with a cup of coffee as we dive between these paper sheets ☕📚follow along: https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2969-readers-88-favorite-romantasy-books-of-the-past-three-years?content_type=all AND JOIN THE HARDCOVER FAM 🤍 / @hardcoverpodcast 0:00 Goodread's List1:37 88-697:30 68-4916:47 48-2926:36 28-934:28 top 843:38 how many we've read

07-23
45:44

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