Let's go through YOUR unpopular opinions and bookish hot takes. Do we think audiobooks count as reading, do we love or hate insta-love, what are our thoughts on sprayed edges? Find out in this episode!

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(00:00 ) intro & current reads

(05:10 ) I'm a fan of instalove

(07:20 ) smut is boring and ruins a book

(10:03 ) second chance romance is hard to get right

(12:13 ) Emily Henry is overrated

(16:22 ) I hate Lizzie (Boys of Tommen)

(18:14 ) Iron Flame was great, and gets too much hate

(20:59 ) cracking spines and folding corners is OK

(23:39 ) sprayed edges are so overdone

(25:34 ) romantasy is overrated

(29:25 ) people mostly down on romantasy because it's a genre women love

(31:22 ) there is no reason romance books need to be over 400 pages

(34:15 ) people who read only one or two genres, or only romance, need to be more diverse

(36:52 ) I hate colour coded bookshelves

(39:16 ) Silver Elite hate only started because people felt entitled to the author's identity

(43:11 ) Carley Fortune books have no substance

(45:25 ) listening to audiobooks is not reading

(49:01 ) big books are normally better

(50:30 ) every fairy/fae book is boring