Episodes
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Episode 19: Dating, ARCS, And Lethal Kiss
Buckle up for a real fun episode of Books & BS! In this episode you'll hear Eb talk about dating in her 40s, Alyssa will catch you up on a few of the ARCs she's been reading, and you'll hear an interview with author Taylor Grothe about their upcoming saphic monster romance, Lethal Kiss! This...
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Episode 18: Interviewing Authors, Scary Reads And New Release Drama
Welcome to episode 18 of the Books & BS Podcast! This week our hosts Eb and Alyssa are sharing their experience hosting and interviewing best-selling author LaDarrion Williams, talking about their recent romantasy/fantasy/fiction/scary reads, and discussing the drama around the release of…
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Episode 17: Book Reviews, Busy Weeks And Spotify Leaks
Your two favorite hosts are back with another episode! In this one you'll get some reading updates, a rant about larger companies that release books early, and a fun little trendy game. As always, this episode is spoiler free. All the books we discuss are listed below, with links to indie shops...
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Episode 16: Grief, Good Books And Bad Book Reviews
We're back with another fun episode, but PLEASE NOTE: this one does have about 5 minutes of spoilers in it. At about th 53 minute mark we begin sharing some of our theories for the upcoming release of Burn Of the Everflame by Penn Cole until the 60 minute mark. If you have not read this series so...
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Episode 15: Smutty Smut, DCC And Book Influencers
In this week's Books & BS episode Eb and Alyssa are back and sharing a whole lot of fantastic reads, personal life updates and, of course, some unhinged thoughts about misandry and other topics. We get into Black Romance Book Festival, hear some updates on Eb's mother, talk about our latest…
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Episode 14: Life Updates, Lots Of Books, And Movie Drama
Welcome back to another episode with your favorite hosts, Eb and Alyssa. This week we're giving y'all an update on everything that's been going on and why we're one week late with this new episode (so sorry and we love you forever!). We're also ranting about special editions and some of the…
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Episode 13: Fantastic Books, ARCs, And Reading Black Trauma
We're thrilled to have another new guest on this episode: That's Novel Bookseller Dezanii! We were lucky enough to snag an advanced reader's copy of Mazywood, Tananarive Due's newest book coming out September 22. Tananarive Due is one of Dezanii's favorite authors, so she devoured the book and...
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Episode 12: Lots Of Books And Alt-Bezos Recommendations
This week's episode as a whole lot of great book recommendations thanks to Eb and Alyssa getting a bunch of quality reading time in the past few weeks! On top of that, they're returning to their Amazon swaps discussion, with recommendations for alternatives for audiobooks and e-readers for those...
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Episode 11: Trademarks, 6-Month Check-Ins, And Don't Tell Me To Smile
Eb and Alyssa are back in a solo episode this week, and boy is it a fun one. They start off hot with some celebrity gossip and how to respond to cat callers before moving into a check-in to see where they are 6 months into the year. They also chat about the recent bookish trademark drama that's...
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Episode 10: Men, Undeserved Redemption Arcs And The Kindred's Curse Saga
A big heads up before you begin this episode: THERE ARE SPOILERS. Around 1 hour 20 minutes, we begin discussing the Kindred's Curse Saga by Penn Cole in more depth. If you have not finished all three books in this series, we do not recommend listening past that point unless you are okay with...
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Episode 9: Special Guest Author Marissa Serrao And The Return To The Amazon Discussion
Welcome back to another fun episode of Books & BS with your favorite hosts, Eb and Alyssa. In this one you'll get some fantastic reading updates from each, but we've got another special treat: Charlotte romantasy author Marissa Serrao is joining us and giving us all the nitty gritty of what…
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Episode 8: Interview With Bestselling Author Nisha J. Tuli
Welcome to a particularly exciting episode of Books & BS! In this episode Alyssa and Eb give an update on their hectic month, they finally discuss the book recommendations they gave each other, AND they interview best selling author Nisha J. Tuli. You might know her for her Artefacts of Ouranos...
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Episode 7: Amazon, Book Crawls, and Everything Is FINE
Welcome back to another epsidoe of Books & BS. In this one you'll hear Eb and Alyssa talk about the realities of business ownership and life, the bizarre books they've been enjoying, and all things Amazon: the latest kindle news, their predatory practicies, and more. As always, this episode is...
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Episode 6: Chaotic Rolling Opens And Our Fav FMCs
Welcome back to another chaotic episode of Books and BS. Today you're going to hear about our parenting woes, our witchy Hollywood theories, the books we've been reading and our top five favorite female main characters. As always this episode is spoiler free. Below are the books we discuss: Flock…
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Episode 6: Romance, Why Choose, and the SJM Controversy
Your two favorite hosts are back after an extra week off, and we've got an extra long episode for you because of it! You're going to get some updates on Alyssa's trip, Eboni's daugther and everything they've been reading (including Eb branching out a bit)! We also talk about the SJM controversy,...
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Episode 5: Book Recommendations, Prison Boyfriends and B&N
Your two favorite hosts are back with another chaotic episode! In this one, Eb and Alyssa finally share their book recommendations with each other, they connect over their shared New York experience (upstate for Alyssa, city for Eb) and they discuss the importance of intentional diversity…
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Episode 4: Guests, Book Boyfriends and Accents
We're thrilled to welcome our first ever podcast guest to the show, Fayelee Overman! Fayelee is one of the book sellers at That's Novel Books and friends with our hosts, Eboni and Alyssa. In this episode they discuss the Super Bowl half time show, their top 5 book boyfriends, what they're…
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Episode 3: Smut, Kinks and Anti-Intellectualism
In this episode, Eboni and Alyssa get NSFW. There's a lot of discussion around dark romance and various kinks, so proceed with caution. They also discuss what they're currently reading, Black History Month, the anti-intellectualism movement on BookTok, and a whole lot more. Books mentioned in…
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Episode 2: 2025 Wrapped, All Time Favorites and 2026 Goals
Welcome back, book babes! This episode Alyssa and Eboni are sharing what they've been reading, a look at their "2025 wrapped," they're discussing a little online drama that happened when Alyssa vague-posted something, and they're sharing some tips on how to read more this year. Of course, they...
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Episode 1: Welcome To Books and BS
Welcome to the Books and BS podcast, a That's Novel Books production hosted by Alyssa and Eboni. We're a bookstore owner and manager living and reading in Charlotte, NC, and we love to talk about books, business and a whole lot of bs. This episdoe we're introducing ourselves and talking about our...