Dramatic Goodreads Readings & Five-Star Shade

Episode Title: Dramatic Goodreads Readings & Five-Star Shade

 

Book reviews, dramatic readings, and a little friendly shade—what more could you ask for?

In this episode of Can I Bring My Book, Kat confronts Amanda about her ahem generous Goodreads ratings and challenges her to revisit old book reviews. Cue the dramatic readings, cringey commentary, and some surprising reflections.

We talk about:

• The books we used to love (or not)
  
  
• The evolution of our reading tastes
  
  
• Amanda’s villain origin story as a 5-star reviewer
  
  
• Tropes of the week: Time Travel Romance and Forbidden Love
  
  

📚 Books we mention:

• Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  
  
• The Year of Less by Cait Flanders
  
  
• Tongue by Kyung-Ran Jo
  
  
• The Witch Elm by Tana French
  
  
• Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
  
  
• Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
  
  
• The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
  
  
• Twisted Love by Ana Huang
  
  
• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  
  
• One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
  
  
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
  
  
• The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
  
  
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
  
  
• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  
  

Let us know what your oldest or most dramatic Goodreads review is—tag us and spill the bookish tea.

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