Look What You Made Me Read
Episodes
Anderson in Bloom - Jennifer Dugan
08 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lesbihonest this book is gay! This is our sapphic month! So we're reading books with sapphic romances in them! And to start us off Val has picked ...
Problematic Summer Romance - Ali Hazelwood
24 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Booktok made me read it month! This is the second book we're reading this month that was inspired by Booktok recommendation! And of course we can&...
Heated Rivalry - TV Show
17 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to a special edition episode! We're not reviewing a book but we decided we had a lot to say about the Heated Rivalry TV show, as...
Legends & Lattes - Travis Baldree
10 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Booktok made me read it! That's right one of our favourite themed months is back, this is always a controversial month because you really never kn...
Most Valuable Player - AM Woody
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to March Madness! AKA our Sports Romance month! This week we've read Most Valuable Player by AM Woody! We also chat about the Keira A...
Peaches and Pucks - MA Wardell
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
March Madness is a thing sports thing... so obviously needed to jump on that and make March our Sports Romance month! We decided to start off with a n...
Hungerstone - Kat Dunn
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is our second episode of February, which we have dubbed our "Female Rage" month! And this week we've read Hungerstone by Kat Dunn, ...
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're entering February and with it comes a new month theme and we're doing "Female Rage". We've picked up this witchy horror no...
Cleat Cute - Meryl Wilsner
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with our January theme "Second Chance Reads". Where we revisit books we've previously DNF and give them a second chance t...
Garron Park - Nordika Night
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of 2026! Yay! And to start we're doing "Second Chance Reads" in other words we're revisiting books we&#...
The Best and Worst Books of 2025!
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the final episode of the year! We count down our top 5 but also bottom 5 podcast books of the year! We always have fun comparing our differ...
Mr. Frosty Pants by Leta Blake
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The long awaited episode where we review Mr Frosty Pants. A book we've been talking about on the podcast for close to four years! This is the last...
All of Us Murderers - KJ Charles
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in for our SECOND coverage of KJ Charles this year. We can't help it, she's our queen! We also go through why Cat is holding her latest b...
When The Tides Held The Moon - Venessa Vida Kelley
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Retro Reads month! We're reading books set out of the present! So this first book we're reviewing is set in the 1910s. So come list...
Up in Flames - Eden Finley & Saxon James
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've completed our 'authors we have beef with' month and safe to say, the beef is still beefing, if not even more beefing! Find out why i...
The Teacher - Freida McFadden
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This month we're exploring books written by authors we have beef with! We've had some negative experiences but we're not willing to blackl...
Bite Marks & Broken Hearts - TJ Rose
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're continuing our 'love at first knot' theme with a vampire-y paranormal romance from TJ Rose. We also cover our skips from each Taylor...
Exhale - Joel Abernathy
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to September's book theme "Married at first knot"! That's our cheeky way of saying we're doing supernatural romances this month and the first ...
Something Like Summer - Jay Bell
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We deep dive into some iconic love triangles and also discuss what could potentially be our worst book of the year.
EWB (Enemies With Benefits) - NR Walker
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week our tope of choice is Enemies to Lovers! A fan favourite in the book community and Cat has chosen EWB by NR Walker, an MM book about two guy...
The (Fake) Dating Game - Timothy Janovsky
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
FAKE DATING! You either love it or you hate it and we're low-key haters, so naturally we decided to do a whole episode on it.
Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is our second episode where we are picking books that "Booktok made me read" and Cat has chosen Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Colli...
God of Fury - Rina Kent
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've finally done it! After months of talking about this book, we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Can we still trust BookTok?
Copper Script - KJ Charles
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TAKE ALL MY MONEY! That's right, that's our theme this month AKA authors we will ALWAYS read their next book! These are the cream of the crop ...
The Shots You Take - Rachel Reid
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TAKE ALL MY MONEY! The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid was the perfect fit for this month's theme. Also we spend a lot of time talking about milk an...
Imogen, Obviously - Becky Albertalli
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lesbihonest, this book is gay! That's right this is the second book of our sapphic month and we're reading Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obvi...
When You Least Expect It - Haley Cass
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
LES-be honest, this book is gay! We kick off our Sapphic month with a little holiday gem (yes in May oops) from Haley Cass. Cat also discusses her lat...
A Dowry of Blood - ST Gibson
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I Think I've Read This Before? This is our second book we're reading for out retelling month! And this week we're reading A Dowry of Blood...
If The Shoe Fits - Julie Murphy
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have I read this before?! This month is all about retelling's and where better to start than a plus-size, reality tv show, Cinderella retelling, o...
Last Night In Montreal - Emily St John Mandel
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hey! I've been there! This week it's Cat's turn to pick a book set in a city she's lived in, per this months theme! We also talk about...
A Market of Dreams and Destiny - Trip Galey
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another queer fantasy book? No way! Yes, our next monthly theme is all about places we've lived and this book is set in a mysterious market under ...
10 Things That Never Happened - Alexis Hall
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are reading our second "read by numbers" book AKA a book with a number in the title! We hope you enjoy! (We apologize for the elderly pug...
Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Read by numbers! This month we've picked books with numbers in the title cause why not? We're kicking it off with BookTok fave YA 'Six of ...
Swordcrossed - Freya Marske
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fantasy but make it sexy! What does that mean? Well for the month of January we decided that we're gonna be reading romantasy books! (or maybe boo...
Best and worst books of 2024!
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the last episode of the year so of course we had to reflect on all the books we read this year! We give your our top five best podcast books as w...
The Nightmare Before Kissmas - Sara Raasch
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Holidays! Our holiday pick this year came from a series of unhinged TikTok's aimed at Val and sold her on this cute little Christmas themed book...
The Pairing - Casey Mcquiston
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We dive into the world of The Pairing by Casey McQuiston this week, our second book from 2024! This is the fourth book of theirs we've reviewed on the...
You Should Be So Lucky - Cat Sebastian
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s books that came out this year month! (No we didn’t change the theme literally at the last minute how dare you). We promised the rest of the y...
Death in the Spires - KJ Charles
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of October we are reading and reviewing Death in the Spires by KJ Charles and queer mystery! Which we all know is up Cat and Val...
Dead of Winter - Darcy Coates
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For October our theme is veeerryyyy deadly! We are reading books with Death in the title (or any variants of the word) To start us off Val has picked ...
Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle in folks this is a long one! We have a lot of strong feelings about this one! Welcome to the second episode of "authors we hate" month! and of ...
Wildfire - Hannah Grace
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new month means a new podcast theme! For September we've decided to choose books written by authors we have beef with. We'll be reviewing &#...
Never Ever Getting Back Together - Sophie Gonzales
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to trope month! That's right we're doing a different trope for every episode in August! And the last one is "Forced Proximity&quo...
Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Forbidden love and queer hockey players - what more could you want? This episode is the culmination of years of Cat trying to convince Val to read her...
Bride - Ali Hazelwood
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to trope month! That's right we're doing a different trope for every episode in August! And the first one is "Marriage of Conveni...
Lavender House - Lev AC Rosen
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lavender is 100% a colour which is why we picked it for the second episode of our colour book pick! We won't hear otherwise - enjoy! Feel free to...
Rouge - Mona Awad
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For July we're picking books with a colour in the title and the first book we're chatting about is Rouge by Mona Awad! Feel free to follow and intera...
The Only Light Left Burning - Erik J Brown
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This June we've decided the theme was going to be "Authors we love" and we couldn't have that theme without reading the newest Erik J Brown book! Long...
The Fury - Alex Michaelides
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This June we've decided the theme was going to be "Authors we love" so we're going to be reading two authors that we've talked about a lot on the podc...
They Hate Each Other - Amanda Woody
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second book we are reading for the our Enemies to Lovers themed month! It's Cat's pick this time and she chose They Hate Each Other by Ama...
Peter Darling - Austin Chant
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's the month of one of our very favourite tropes, enemies to lovers! We discuss Austin Chant's Peter Pan queer retelling of Peter Pan, Val&#...
Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburg - Rachael Lippincott
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's our second episode for Saphic Month! This time we read Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburg by Rachael Lippincott! A fun time travel romance boo...
Forget Me Not - Alyson Derrick
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Sapphic month! We cover the YA solo debut from Alyson Derrick, talk about a queer Romeo and Juliet retelling and draft Taylor Swift's L...
The Duke & I (Bridgerton) - Julia Quinn
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The last book for our Book Adaptation Month is going to be The Duke and I by Julia Quinn which was popularized by the Netflix series Bridgerton! We ar...
Leave the World Behind - Rumaan Alam
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Time to dive into our second movie adapted book, Leave the World Behind, which made waves on Netflix! But before we do, we continue our Taylor Swift r...
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to March our official Book adaptation month! Where we will be reading books that have either turned into a movie or TV show! And we're startin...
The Cruel Prince - Holly Black
17 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're back with our TikTok BookTok rundown! This week we discuss The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, a dark YA fantasy about faeries that, if you hav...
Icebreaker - Hannah Grace
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of the year! For February we are all about BookTok books! Cat gets to pick first and she has gone for Icebreaker by Hanna...
Our best and worst books of 2023
29 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
So that's it! The year is over and we've read all 22 books, so now it's time to do Cat's favourite activity—rank! We discuss our top...
Mistletoe and Mishigas - M.A. Wardell
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our last holiday book and our very last book of the year is here! We cover this queer 'Teachers in Love' romance to round of 2023. Also, as is...
Kiss Her Once For Me - Alison Cochrun
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to holiday month! We are going to be reading holiday books! And Cat's pick is Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun, an author Cat and Va...
Fraternity - Andy Mientus
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Historical Fiction month is over! We ended it with Val's choice which was picked mainly because she'd a huge musical fan. We also reveal our ...
Weyward - Emilia Hart
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Going into November it is now our Historical Fiction month! So first the book we are reading Weyward by Emilia Hart, a historical fiction that spans m...
Tell Me I'm Worthless - Alison Rumfitt
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Spooky season is coming to an end and we round off the month with Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt. We discuss all the gory details as well...
Sundial - Catriona Ward
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's SPOOKY SEASON! You know what that means! We are officially diving into Horror Month! Cat and Val are big horror fans so to start off the mont...
Sixteen Souls - Rosie Talbot
22 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
YA Fantasy month is over! We review Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot, Cat rants about a new book app and Val shares her strong opinion on Husband Materia...
So This Is Ever After - FT Lukens
08 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month we're reading Young Adult Fantasy! and the first book is picked by Cat and it's So This Is Ever After by FT Lukens. We also dive in...
Young Mungo - Douglas Stewart
25 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Red White and Royal Blue movie came out, so you know we spent a good chunk of this episode discussing our thoughts! Were our low expectations just...
Yellowface - RF Kuang
11 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month we're reading literary fiction! The first book we're reading this month is Yellowface the newest book by RF Huang! We have a lot of...
This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
28 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's the second of our Sci-Fi picks and this month we discuss a romantic novella set in a Time War (find out if we understood anything that was going ...
Ocean's Echo - Everina Maxwell
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to July our Sci-Fi month! The first book we've read for Sci-Fi month is Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell! We also have to talk about Sp...
Mid Year Bonus Episode!
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy last day of pride month! In this episode we decided to keep it chill, we reviewed a couple books we've read, talk about some booktok drama a...
Lose You To Find Me - Erik J Brown
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our next book for Pride Month is the second from Erik J Brown, author of our top podcast book from last year, All That's Left in the World. Find o...
In The Lives Of Puppets - TJ Klune
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! This month we're reading books that are... you guessed it! Queer! The first book we're reading this month is In The Lives o...
The Book Eaters - Sunyi Dean
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our second fantasy book pick is The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean which we deep-dive into during the episode! We also discuss It Ends With Us and our cont...
Reforged - Seth Haddon
05 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've now entered fantasy month! And the first book we're discussing this week is Reforged by Seth Haddon! Cat also spends sometime ranting ab...
Five Survive - Holly Jackson
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The final book in our Young Adult month is by the fabulous Holly Jackson who we loved reading from her 'Good Girl's Guide to Murder series'...
The Toll (Book 3 of the Arc of a Scythe)
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to April the month we've officially deemed to be Young Adult book month! To start off this month Cat has picked The Toll to read the third boo...
A Flicker in the Dark
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our second Mystery Month book pick brings us to 'A Flicker in the Dark' by Stacey Willingham. We take up a good chunk of time discussing The F...
Just The Nicest Couple
11 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new month and with a new month comes a new genre! And for March we're reading mystery books! Cat's picking this weeks book and we're reading Ju...
The Dead Romantics
24 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Finishing off romance month with a cute little rom-com from Ashley Poston! We also discuss some of the Taylor Jenkins Reid movie adaptations, Val's bo...
Red White And Royal Blue
10 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
WELCOME BACK! We are back in the new year for a new episode! And this February is Romance month! So to start off the season we had to go with a modern...
The Finale
30 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the final podcast of the year! So we're doing what all the popular apps are doing and having a book year in review. We discuss our top books of t...
The Santa Suit
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Val and Cat are reading The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews and we both have very strong opinions about this book! We also discuss the most s...
In The Winter Woods
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Festive season is here! We're kicking off with the fairly niche LGBTQ+ Christmas murder mystery book by Isabelle Adler, 'In The Winter Woods'! We also...
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
18 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we continue our journey into YA dystopian books! We've decided to read The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins, the Hunger Gam...
Thunderhead
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's been over a year but on this week's much-anticipated episode, we finally discuss the Scythe sequel, 'Thunderhead' by Neal Shusterman! Turns out, ...
The Last House On Needless Street
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are discussing The Last House On Needless Street by Catriona Ward! Cat's pick for Spooky month! We hope you enjoy our discussion. We also...
The Saturday Night Ghost Club
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's finally spooky season! This month, we're kicking things off with a coming of age horror which turns out not to be so horrific after all. It would...
Love On The Brain
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Cat and Val discuss the romance novel Love On The Brain by Ali Hazelwood! We also talk about Leonardo Dicaprios questionable conditions for ...
All That's Left in the World
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Cat and Val dive into the post-apocalyptic, queer romance All That's Left in the World by Erik J Brown - a book that you could argue was ma...
The Book of Cold Cases
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are talking about The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James and we actually disagree with our opinions on this book! Some might say some ...
One True Loves
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cat and Val review the heartbreaking story 'One True Loves' by Taylor Jenkins Reid. We're also back with our Hollywood movie casting of the book and t...
Beartown
30 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new episode and this week we're talking about Beartown by Fredrik Backman! Be warned we do trash talk Teen Wolf (in a loving way!) We discuss h...
The Paris Apartment
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we're continuing the French theme with The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley. We discuss our book slumps, our perfect casting for the characters...
The Home For Unwanted Girls
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Canada Day! This week we decided to read The Home For Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman a historical fiction novel set in Quebec which felt very ...
The Guncle
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Cat and Val talk all things 'The Guncle' by Steven Rowley. They also discover a questionable guilty pleasure of Val's, discuss...
I Kissed Shara Wheeler
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks podcast we talk about the latest Casey McQuiston book I Kissed Shara Wheeler (spoiler alert Casey does not disappoint us!) We also discu...
The Thursday Murder Club
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We dive into another popular murder mystery this week! Will this be the one to finally impress us? (spoiler, it doesn't) We also discuss the Eurovisio...
The Atlas Six
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on the podcast we discuss the dark academia book The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake! We also spend a good amount of time talking about our love o...