49:59 Caitlin Bea says Colleen Hoover is the gateway back to reading
The BookTok creator who read Colleen Hoover's entire backlist defends why the most-mocked author in publishing is actually the smartest first book to hand so...
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38:13 Olivia Ponton's friends say lying about reading books to men is a survival skill
In a friends takeover episode, the host's inner circle reveals their reading confessions, from bathroom ChatGPT cram sessions to never finishing books everyo...
40:53 Emma Brooks says Throne of Glass is better than ACOTAR for world-building
Olivia Ponton's best friend Emma Brooks makes the case for why one Maas series trumps the other, and it's not the one everyone talks about.
16:27 Olivia Ponton says 'The Deal' is too unrealistic to take seriously, and that's the point
Ponton admits the fake-dating hockey romance is 'a little too unrealistic and just a little dramatic and honestly a little weird at times', but argues that's...
16:01 Olivia Ponton says Ana Huang writes obsession so readers don't have to wade through 800 pages of talking
The Twisted series dominates BookTok not despite its possessive heroes, but because possessiveness eliminates uncertainty faster than conversation ever could.
52:18 Alex Aster says Lightlark's biggest betrayal is the friendship, not the romance
The author who writes at 6 a.m. and can't visualize her own scenes reveals what readers missed about her viral fantasy's most devastating twist.