A Hot New Bombshell Has Entered The Bookshelves | BOTB x CaitsBooks
08 Oct 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain! We are so excited for this special bonus episode with ...
A Death Goddess Causes Infrastructure Problems and more! | Books on the Brain x Hannah Whitten
27 Aug 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain! It is the season 5 finale and we are so excited to hav...
BOTB Reads Reddit Stories
20 Aug 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are r...
These Books Have Us Giggling, Blushing, and Crying | Bookish 20 Questions
13 Aug 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are a...
Book Report: Little Free Library Legacy and Book Bug Infestations! Oh My!
06 Aug 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre give ...
The TBR Awards!
30 Jul 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre host ...
Omegaverse, Clothes Say What, And A Zodiac Sign Showdown...It's Powerpoint Party Night ft. Baskinsuns
23 Jul 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are hosting a PowerPoint Pa...
Thirty, Flirty, and Thriving! We Turned 30 and We Read Some Books.
16 Jul 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre celeb...
Our Favorite Bookish Guessing Game | Name The Book Based On It's 1 ⭐️ Review
09 Jul 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre make each...
Book Report: Crazy Bookish Inventions and the OG Book Fan Boy
02 Jul 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are back ...
Pride Party
25 Jun 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. This week's episode is one we look forward to reco...
What We Missed While We Were Sleeping! A Bookish News Round Up
18 Jun 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are r...
Sapphic Vampiric Immortals? Sign Me Up! BOTB x VE Schwab
11 Jun 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre interview...
We're Back Baby! Welcome to Season Five of Books on the Brain
04 Jun 2025
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are back ...
Book Report: The Email That Shook Booktok and Book Contraptions of Years Gone By
20 Mar 2024
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In this month's installment of our book reports we are talking about the email sent to book infl...
Big Bookish News! This month's Page to Screen announcements, The Hugo Award TLDR, the Beauty Industry and Books and more!
06 Mar 2024
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For this week's episode we've been gathering book news from the last month and compiled it i...
The Ins, Outs, and Under Reviews for 2024
07 Feb 2024
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are b...
The First Annual BOTB Awards- Season 4 Premiere
17 Jan 2024
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are b...
Big Bookish News! Scholastic Diverse Book Display Opt-Out, St. Martin's Press Boycott, Delayed Award Ceremony for Palestinian Author Adania Shibli
01 Nov 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are b...
What We Read, Did, and Saw this Summer- we're back!
18 Oct 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are b...
Book Report: More and More Book Bans and What Makes A Beach Read?
26 Jul 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre dive ...
Yearly Reading/ Life Goals Check In- oooh, we're halfway there!
21 Jun 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre catch...
Get Unready With Us: Bookish Edition
17 May 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre take ...
Book Report: Lovecraftian Horror and Hoax Books
03 May 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle is diving into th...
BOTB x Novel Tea Show with special guests @ezeekat & @kevintnorman
29 Mar 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are visited by our dear...
Book Report: The Paused Bestsellers List and A Big Debate on Book Censorship
15 Mar 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are diving into the current...
Here's What You Missed in Bookish News: February Edition- GQ Booktok Article and In Defence of ... ROAST
08 Mar 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are wrapping up all of the ...
The Big Debate: Good vs Evil. Who would survive the hunger games? And what even is reality?
01 Mar 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are engaging in some of our...
Here's What You Missed in Bookish News: Booktok breakdown
22 Feb 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are wrapping up all of the ...
Book Report: This author did WHAT because of a goodreads review?! and AI: the future of audiobooks?
15 Feb 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are back with our Book Repo...
Where Have We Been?
08 Feb 2023
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Hello and welcome back to Season 3 of Books on the Brain! On this week's episode, we are catching up...
Books on our Brains: A bookish dump of epic proportions
24 Aug 2022
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OMG hey you! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we update you on all the gr...
Books on the Brain x BookTalk Event: A Bookish Game Show with special guests Azanta (@azantareads), Ayman (@aymansbooks), and Rachel (@amodelwhosread)
22 Jul 2022
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OMG hey! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we are partnering with the amaz...
How to be a Book Influencer 101: everything you need and want to know
15 Jul 2022
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OMG hey! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we answer your questions about ...
Gay Titanic in Space... SAY LESS! With special guest Aiden Thomas (@aidenschmaiden)
29 Jun 2022
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Hello! Welcome back to Books on the Brain, a podcast of books and nonsense! In this week's episode, ...
Hey, behind on your reading goal? Let's CATCH UP together!
22 Jun 2022
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OMG hey! Welcome back to Books on the Brain, a podcast of books and nonsense! On this week's episode...
Uma Thurman is our President and we are feeling Red, White & Royal Blue all over with special guest Greg (@justgreggy)
15 Jun 2022
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Hey besties! Welcome back to Books on the Brain, a podcast of books and nonsense! In this week's epi...
PRIDE STACKS! Your inclusive (and extensive) guide to LGBTQIA2S+ book recommendations this pride month (and all year long).
08 Jun 2022
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Happy Pride! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we give you so many LGBTQIA...
We Fell In Love Hook, Line, and Sinker with special guest Tessa Bailey (@authortessabailey)
25 May 2022
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Heyyy! Welcome back to Books on the Brain, a podcast of books and nonsense! In this week's episode, ...
Book Report: Who owns The Vampire Diaries? Because it's not LJ Smith?! & Can you love books too much? the story of the man arrested for stealing book manuscripts.
11 May 2022
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OMG hey! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we have another wild book repor...
An Oldie but a Goodie: Chaotic 1 Star Reviews 2.0
20 Apr 2022
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Hello! Welcome back to Books on the Brain, a podcast of what... BOOKS AND NONSENSE! NEW LOGO, ...
To Our Listeners: A Message From Carli
13 Apr 2022
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To our listeners, Carli has decided to take a step back from the podcast. We created this passion pr...
Creating the Bookish Equivalent to The Fast and The Furious Franchise with special guest Katee Robert (@authorkateerobert/@katee_robert)
16 Mar 2022
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we are lucky enough to set down with the...
The Quiet Act of Reading Makes All The Bookish Introverts Unite with special guest V.E. Schwab (@veschwab) (yeah... we also can't believe this happened.)
02 Mar 2022
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***THIS IS A SPOILER-FREE EPISODE! THERE ARE NO SPOILERS FOR GALLANT OR ANY OF VICTORIA'S OTHER BOOK...
When Booktok Meets ASMR with special guest Jenna (@jennaslitpicks)
23 Feb 2022
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we are sitting down with the wonderful, ...
Sitting Down with the Ruler of Romance Books: with special guest Talia Hibbert
14 Feb 2022
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! Holy smokes! On this extra special bonus episode, we chatted wit...
2022 Reading Goals: better late than never
09 Feb 2022
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Welcome back to this week's episode of Books on the Brain. Reading goals, love them or hate them, we...
This Episode is 100% Bob Ross Approved with special guest Kelsey (@munnyreads)
26 Jan 2022
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If you hear breathing in this episode... no, you don't. It's definitely not me basically eating my m...
Reunited and it feels so good: welcome to season two of Books on the Brain!
19 Jan 2022
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Welcome back, our beautiful listeners! Thank you for tuning in to our second season. Time does fly w...
The Bone(r) Cage: A Title Made to be Vandalized in a School Library with special guest Victoria Aveyard (100% Dad Approved)
15 Dec 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we sit down with the lovely Victoria Ave...
Book Report 4: A Real Life Book Conspiracy, Let's Talk About Appropriation And The Twilight Saga, & If you ALLEGEDLY Get Away With Murder, Maybe Don't Write A Book About It??
10 Nov 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we bring you another installment of our ...
Spicy Book Recs, Squealing about Taylor Swift, Sharing Insider Info on Dating Dr. Dil with special guest Nisha Sharma (@nishawrites)
27 Oct 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! On this week's episode, we sit down with the lovely Nisha Sharma...
Book Report 3: A Confusing Banned Books List, What Is A Crawdad? & Why It's Time To Stop Supporting JKR
13 Oct 2021
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Hello! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we bring to you another ins...
Sipping Margaritas, Spreading Positivity, and a Squirrel Library Update With Special Guest Laura (@lauraslibraryy)
29 Sep 2021
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are delighted to sit down a...
Genre Deep Dive: Audiobooks
15 Sep 2021
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we are diving deep into the wo...
Time's 100 Best YA Books Of All Time List: yes this episode did clock in at 3.5 hours before the edit. we are serious about our craft.
01 Sep 2021
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Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, we went through all 100 books ...
A Crash (and burn) Course to The Infernal Devices/Mortal Instruments Series, Arc Etiquette, and Answering Follower Questions with special guest Tre (@treofpaperbacks)
25 Aug 2021
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SKIP AHEAD TO ABOUT 17 MINS IN TO AVOID POTENTIAL MORTAL INSTRUMENT SPOILERS!!! Hello and welcome ba...
Book Report 2: Did Twitter Break YA?, #PublishingPaidMe, The Rise & Fall of the Most Unrelatable Self-Help Author
18 Aug 2021
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Hello! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we bring to you another ins...
Banned Books: Canada vs. USA
11 Aug 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we explore the topic of banned and chall...
AITA*: Bookish Edition 2: revenge of the reddit thread
04 Aug 2021
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Hello! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we bring to you another ins...
Beautiful Life Advice, Baffling Audiobook Speeds, and a Booktok Hype House with Special Guest Meghan (@meghansbooks)
28 Jul 2021
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Hello! Welcome back to Books on the Brain! Look at our new fancy logo!! SO BEAUTIFUL! In this week's...
Book Report: NYT Bestseller Heist, Romance Community Tension, & Thriller Novel IRL
21 Jul 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this weeks episode, we decided to bring to the table some wil...
Missed Connections: the ideal online dating experience for introverted bookworms
14 Jul 2021
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Missed Connections- 25:00 Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we chat about ...
Let's Chat: the state of booktok
07 Jul 2021
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CW: Jen.Lit- Lesbophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, Racism Audiobook: Ableism and Classism R...
PRIDE PARTY: we're here. we're queer. get reading.
30 Jun 2021
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Happy Pride to all of our beautiful LGBTQIA2S+ friends, we hope you spent some time celebrating your...
The Epic Highs and Lows of Goodreads: A Hero's Journey
23 Jun 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! This week, we tasked ourselves with finding the best and least g...
Genre Deep Dive: Quick Reads
16 Jun 2021
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Hello hello hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we talk about our ...
Reading Goals: 6 months later and what do we have to show for it?
09 Jun 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we are checking in on our yearly reading...
AITA*: Bookish Edition
02 Jun 2021
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* AITA- means (Am I the ***hole). The acronym is used to reference a Reddit community where users su...
Manga, Moms, and A Deep Dive into the Blood and Ash Series with Special Guest Montse (@montse_reads)
26 May 2021
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Time Stamps (approx): From Blood and Ash and A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire Spoilers: 34:08:00 A ...
Genre Deep Dive: Retellings
19 May 2021
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Welcome back to this week's episode of Books on the Brain! We conducting another genre deep dive, ju...
Q&A: A Study in Stream of Consciousness
12 May 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we pull back the curtain and let you kno...
5 ⭐️ Reviews on our 1 ⭐️ Reads: The Chaos Saga Continues
05 May 2021
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Hello bookish friends, we are back this week with a hilarious episode all about our least favourite ...
Genre Deep Dive: Stand-Alone Edition
28 Apr 2021
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In this episode, we make a highly anticipated return to our well-loved Genre Deep Dive series. This ...
Success, Surprising Coronavirus Book Celebrity Status, and a Shadow and Bone Deep Dive with Special Guest Cait (@caitsbooks)
21 Apr 2021
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**TIME STAMPS**: Shadow and Bone spoilers begin at 43:25 minutes in. King of Scars and Rule of Wolve...
Pet Peeves: Bookish Things That Get Us REALLY Peeved
14 Apr 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this weeks episode we discuss Reading Pet Peeves and break it...
Characters: The Best and Worst Fiction Has To Offer
07 Apr 2021
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In this episode, we discuss our favourite and least favourite fictional characters, beings, and ever...
Appreciation, Accomplishment, and A Deep Dive into The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue with Special Guest Ayman (@aymansreads)
31 Mar 2021
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ADDIE LA RUE SPOILERS FROM 49:00-1:34:00! In this episode, we sit down with Booktok celebrity Ayman ...
1⭐️ Reviews on our 5⭐️ Reads: Our Villain Origin Story
24 Mar 2021
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In this weeks episode, we gathered the most ridiculous 1 star reviews we could find on our 5 star re...
Genre Deep Dive: YA Edition
17 Mar 2021
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In this episode we kicked off our new reoccurring series called 'Genre Deep Dive' where we will be p...
International Women's Day: Celebrating Women in Literature
10 Mar 2021
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In this episode we celebrate International Women's Day by talking about our favourite female authors...
Bookish Confessions: Repent, Read, Repeat.
03 Mar 2021
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In this episode we dive into our bookish confessions and reveal some of our listeners most shocking ...
Accessibility, Adult Nonsense, and Ashton Kutcher With Special Guest Emily (@grumpybeyonce)
24 Feb 2021
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In this episode, we chat with the one and only Emily @grumpybeyonce. We get into conversations aroun...
TBR: To Be Read or To Be Really Badly Neglected
17 Feb 2021
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In this episode we break down our intimidating TBR’s, what does TBR mean, how do we each approach ...
Valentine's Day: Looking for Love in all the Bookish Places
10 Feb 2021
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SPOILER WARNING! From 1:04:57 - 1:08:10 we have a spoilery chat about Daisy Jones & The Six. Wel...
Black History Month: Black Authors, Black Voices, Black Stories
03 Feb 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this weeks episode we chat about books we read in school, the...
Booktok, Burnout, and Banter With Special Guest: Ezeekat
27 Jan 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we have a very special guest! We welcome...
Books We Read In School: New Curriculum, Who Dis?
20 Jan 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this weeks episode we chat about books we read in school, the...
Reading Goals: To Goodreads or not to Goodreads?
13 Jan 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we discuss our reading goals for 2021, a...
Film to Screen Adaptations: I Haven't Seen That One...
06 Jan 2021
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain! In this week's episode, we discuss anything and everything about...
2020: The Good, The Bad, The TBR List
30 Dec 2020
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Welcome back to Books on the Brain, A podcast about books and nonsense! In this episode, we reflect ...
Welcome to Books on the Brain: A Chaotic Introduction!
30 Dec 2020
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SOUND WARNING! There is a loud champagne cork popping sound 0.29 seconds into the podcast! Proceed w...