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Besties and the Books Podcast

Besties and the Books

We’re Ashley and Liz, two real-life besties who’ve loved books since we first learned to read, so naturally, we started a podcast! We would say the rest is history but in actuality, it"s just the beginning. So come join us in the next chapter of our lives as we introduce ourselves, and laugh our way through the world of books with a focus on Fantasy, Romantasy, and Dark Romance. Of course we have love for all book genres, but those are our absolute favorites!Don"t be shy, subscribe! New Podcasts

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101:25

Ep 40 we NEED to talk about WICKED & our 2025 Bookish...

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2024/12/10

Send us a textWe’re nearing the end of 2024. So naturally, Liz and Ashley are reflecting on the important things in life. Our goals, our hopes, our dreams… and of course, the most important thing of 2024: WICKED, Part 1 (and Jonathan Bailey).Let’s chat about Wicked in all of its glory! The movie, the play, and the books… and how they tie into our goals for the podcast in 2025! We discuss if bookish goals are useful and positive. Then move on to our individual and joint goals moving forward, i...

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Ep 39 A VERY (unhinged) & CRINGY CHRISTMAS READ! 💚 ❤️

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2024/12/03

Send us a textIt’s officially Christmas season over here on the BATB Pod and Ashley and Liz are kicking off December with two “cringy” Christmas novellas that double as unhinged! This go-around we dive into Mr. Jingle, a Christmas-themed paranormal monster romance by Layla Fae that (not unlike Full Sack) has unforeseen twists, turns, tentacles, and surprises around every corner! Then we dive into a dark romance Christmas treasure, Hunted in Holly by Leann Belle. Think: primal play and dubious...

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Ep 38 🦃 1st Annual Thanksgiving Special! AITA, Smash...

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2024/11/26

Send us a textHappy Thanksgiving Book Besties! Today Liz and Ashley are here to discuss all things even remotely related to Turkey Day, in all its glory… and we do it in special hats. You’re welcome. First, we’ll ask each other a series of Thanksgiving related questions like what our favorite memory is, our Thanksgiving family traditions, and what we like to eat and watch. Next, we bring the DRAMA with AITA Reddit threads dedicated to Thanksgiving family issues with things like ...

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58:42

we READ AND WATCHED the entire Twilight Saga for the...

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2024/11/22

Send us a textIt’s truly the end of an era. Our Twilight virgin era. We read all the books for the very first time, and rewatched all the movies since our original jump scare years ago, and now we’re here. We’re Ashley and Liz, new Twilight fans and just girls, ready to talk to you all about our innermost thoughts in regards to this fandom. We rate the book series as a whole, and then we choose which movie was our most loved and most hated, and which book we liked least and most. We go t...

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Ep 37 Let’s Play WOULD YOU RATHER! (Bookish edition)

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2024/11/19

Send us a textEvery Friday is “Bestie Card Friday” with Ashley and Liz over on the good old Instagram. We pick some cards, we answer an unhinged “would you rather” question, and you guys vote on what YOU would rather do. We’ve been doing that for almost eight months! And you guys wanted more.So here we are, playing “would you rather” for an entire episode. Would we rather live in Velaris or Terrasen? Would we rather only read hockey romance or watch Harry Potter movies forever? Choose between...

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Breaking Dawn was…anticlimactic? | Twilight Saga Book...

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2024/11/15

Send us a textHere we are! Ashley and Liz discuss the epic book conclusion of the Twilight Saga. We seriously need to sort some things out with y’all. Like: why is imprinting a thing? It’s so disturbing. How is there a team Edward vs. team Jacob rivalry when CLEARLY Jacob is trash? And how do we feel about all of that buildup leading us to THAT particular ending? We’ve got unanswered questions.Episode 4 covers book 4: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. The first five-ish minutes are spoiler fr...

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58:42

Ep 36 A VERY CRINGY THANKSGIVING READ!! 🤪 🦃 😆

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2024/11/12

Send us a textHave you ever wondered what smutty Thanksgiving themed novella books are out there on Kindle Unlimited? Are you wondering what holiday themed kinkz this very specific genre may unlock for you? Well, wonder no more. Ashley and Liz did the research for you and now we’re presenting the evidence. It’s just science. We read Full Sack by Layla Fae and Three Times the Fun by Blythe Reid. We’ve got a little bit of Thanksgiving magic involving a turkey, a MMC named Racoon, and expan...

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40:06

Eclipse…and the Forced Love Triangle | Twilight Saga...

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2024/11/09

Send us a textToday Ashley and Liz are discussing the problematic and rage-inducing “love triangle?!” that is the bulk of the content in Eclipse. Find out why we think imprinting and kissing women against their will is wrong to do! And why we think Jacob and Charlie can go kick rocks.Episode 3 covers book 3: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. The first five-ish minutes are spoiler free with our one sentence rapid star reviews. Then we jam pack this mini episode with an entire plot summary in five se...

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Ep 35 Reacting to Bookish HOT TAKES from the dregs of...

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2024/11/05

Send us a textAshley and Liz just got back from the When We Were Young fest and boy do we have some good faves and fails of the week, including Gerard Way’s sexy hair swoop heard ‘round the world. After we hash THAT out for all of our collective enjoyment, we get into our hot takes. We’ve got some from Reddit, we’ve got some from Threads… and we need to know. Do you agree or disagree? Should you count a book as “read” toward your goal if you DNFed it? Can something be overrated? Or is it...

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52:32

New Moon…Where You Been Loca? | Twilight Saga Book 2...

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2024/11/01

Send us a textWelcome back to Ashley & Liz’s vibey, angsty, fall-girl mini episode bonus series all about our FIRST TIME reading Twilight.Episode 2 covers book 2: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. The first five-ish minutes are spoiler free with our one sentence rapid star reviews. Then we jam pack this mini episode with an entire plot summary in five sentences, what our faves and fail characters and plot points are, our feelings, notable quotes, and end with a fun piece of Twilight Saga trivi...

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Ep 34 🎃 1st Annual Halloween Special! AITA, Smash or...

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2024/10/29

Send us a textHappy Halloween Book Besties! Today’s episode is all about one of our favorite holidays, and everything Liz and Ashley love about the spooky fall season! We decided to put together the perfect taster episode of all your favorite treats, but made it Halloween themed… and we did it in silly wigs. Just because we can! We answer a series of spooky questions like what our fave scary book, movie, Halloween treat, and costumes have been over the years so we can all get to kno...

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49:20

Reading TWILIGHT for the First Time! | Twilight Saga...

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2024/10/25

Send us a textWelcome to Ashley & Liz’s spooky mini episode bonus series: Twilight! If you’ve been following along and watched our “Why Vampires” episode then you know we’re fascinated with the lore and needed to be a part of this fandom! Just for the inside jokes alone…As late high school and early college age gals, we missed the boat in exchange for studying, partying, and working, so we’re reading these FOR THE FIRST TIME as mid 30’s fantasy obsessed book podcasters. And we’re tak...

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Ep 33 Why VAMPIRES? Vampires in Literature, Pop...

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2024/10/22

Send us a textToday on the Besties & the Books Podcast Ashley and Liz discuss some of our favorite monsters: Vampires, and attempt to understand why these undead, blood sucking creatures have dominated spooky lore, art, and literature throughout the ages… as a way to set the scene for our TWILIGHT Mini Episode Series launching THIS FRIDAY! Where did the idea of vampires come from? Depending on the geographical location and culture, it varies. Could it be as simple as a way for humans...

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Ep 32 Is A Court of Frost and Starlight ACTUALLY...

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2024/10/15

Send us a textToday on the pod, Ashley and Liz discuss A Court of Frost and Starlight, book four in the ACOTAR series by Sarah J. Maas, and a “sweet little Christmas special” of a novella to some. Is this book skipable? Is it full of Easter eggs and setup for book 5? Our differing opinions may surprise you! In our new deep dive episode style we react to our least and most favorite parts, tropes, and characters. Share unpopular and popular reviews and quotes, and include our fan favorite:...

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Ep 31 Totally Very Important UNHINGED QUESTIONS...

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2024/10/08

Send us a textToday on the podcast, we’re having a silly, good time. We asked you guys for unhinged book questions, and boy did you deliver. Ashley and Liz sit down and answer all of the things that you guys want to know, but let’s be honest, most of the questions are just about who we would smash because you all are thirsty girlies, and we love you for it.We also dive into some questions we came up with for each other, of the unhinged book edition category. So if you’d like to know if we wou...

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we READ all the Harry Potter Books for the first time...

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2024/10/04

Send us a textToday we’re here for the FINAL installment of our Harry Potter Mini Episode series. We laughed (sorta), we cried (not really), and some of you guys in the fandom came for us in the comments! Truly, it was a roller coaster over the last couple of months, and we’re just happy we came out of it relatively unscathed.In this episode we rate the Harry Potter book series as a whole, talk about our least and most favorite parts and characters, if we think this series was overhyped, and ...

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Ep 30 ACO-WHAT?! A Court of Wings and Ruin was wild!...

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2024/10/01

Send us a textHere we are, on episode 3 of our ACOTAR reread series with A Court of Wings and Ruin, by the Romantasy queen, Sarah J. Maas. And this go around, we’re doing things a little differently! Instead of doing a plot play-by-play for ACOWAR, because let’s be honest, there are better and more detailed channels for that, we incorporate the triangle, and our infamous plot outline in five sentences or less! Then we react to our favorite tropes, least favorite tropes, talk about these ...

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Deathly Hallows? More like deathly HOLLOW! | Harry...

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2024/09/27

Send us a textIt’s week 7… and the epic? … book conclusion of our Harry Potter mini episode series over here on Besties & the Books Podcast has officially happened… So let's discuss The Deathly Hallows.This series is over 3,500 pages of kid wizards, quittich, teen crushes, bullies, and magical probs. Was it worth our time? Was the finale epic and worth all the hype this franchise has implanted in our brains for the last 20+ years?! Listen on to find out.Join Ashley and Liz as they read th...

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Ep 29 We Read HOCKEY ROMANCE Books So You Don’t Have To!

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2024/09/24

Send us a textSo… we did it… for science. During one of our unpopular opinion episodes, you guys asked: “Why does hockey romance exist?” And because neither of us had read one, we did our best to answer, but knew we had to soldier on and do more research. So here we are. Ashley read the viral bestseller Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, and Liz read Consider Me, the popular first installment in the Playing for Keeps series by Becka Mack. Then we compared notes. And things got roast-y.Do w...

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Felt Nothing…Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince |...

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2024/09/20

Send us a textIt’s week 6 over here in our Besties & the Books Harry Potter Mini Episode Marathon! Today we’re discussing the second to last book! The finale eve, if you will. And truly… we felt nothing. So we need to know. Is it just us and our hollow tin chests? 😂 Or did you need to be 12 to get attached to these characters?!Join Ashley and Liz as they read the entire HP series for the first time as full grown adults! Do you want our commentary? How about our thoughts on whether or...

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