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As you know, we’re very in love with books…but we’re also in love with TV and movies. When we find a fictional place that feels like home, sometimes we find additional stories that let us stay there a bit longer. Our friend Amanda stops by to discuss her favorite fanfic stories.

Links:

Independent Bookstore Day catalog https://www.bookweb.org/independent-bookstore-day-2025-exclusives-catalog

Sugarquill Archived

After The End on Fanfiction.net

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Hello, Should-Heads! We're giant fans of the Book of the Month Club and we've been subscribers for years. Mom of the Pod Becky comes on and we discuss our favorite picks and the ones we hope to get to soon.

Book News:

Tori Woods and Daddy's Little Toy

And there's an update! She was arrested.

For Fun!

Mom's Advent Calendar Minisode Episode

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You Should Read: All the Book News! (a minisode)

Should-Heads, you wouldn't believe what's going on these days. There's so much book news that we needed a special episode just to break it all down. (And as a bonus, Rachael and Kelly give an update on how their reading resolutions are going.)

STORIES MENTIONED:

Roxane Gay's book list

Louise Penny

Romance novel pulled pre-publication

JD Barker's contest (preorder the book)

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We’re not sure if there’s ever been a time when Rachael, Kelly AND our guest host Kathy have all been unsure of what to read next.

Fortunately, we’re better at choosing for other people…

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Hi, Should-Heads! Kindred Spirit of the Pod Bekki joins us to discuss books about friendship. We examine the differences between friendship and found family and, of course, a lot of book recs.

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Welcome back Should-Heads! Today we are joined by Dr. Sherna Ann Phillips to discuss more books by Black Authors! This time we are focusing on books that highlight different types of Love. Enjoy!

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Should-Heads, this episode will take you on quite a journey. AI has been increasingly prevalent and controversial of late, and so we talked to author Martha Brockenbrough about what all this means and what, if anything, can be done.

Links mentioned:

No more blurbs: https://lithub.com/in-a-dazzling-move-simon-schuster-is-dropping-their-blurbs-requirement/

Author apologizes for AI gaffe: https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/1i2nt9o/k_c_crowne_and_the_use_of_ai/

Find Martha Brockenbrough online: nothingtonovel.com

Martha’s book on AI: https://bookshop.org/p/books/future-tense-how-we-made-artificial-intelligence-and-how-it-will-change-everything-martha-brockenbrough/19748869?ean=9781250765925&next=t&next=t

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We’ve got a confession, Should-Heads. We’re not perfect. Our friend Christa joined us to discuss our bad book habits. We listen and we don’t judge (mostly).

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