Death by a Thousand Books
by Cierra
Welcome to Death by a Thousand Books podcast!💘 Every episode starts with a book review and ends with a Taylor Swift song. It’s a podcast for book lovers, Swifties and everyone in between. Together, we deep dive into characters, plots and the best moments from our favorite books. Then I use my swiftie power to breakdown songs & lyrics that I think would fit that book best. For any newbies who are just getting into reading, this podcast might be the perfect place to start your tbr! (and if you don’t know what a tbr is, don’t worry you’ll get there). Whether you’ve been here from the beginning or just tuning in, I’m happy you’re here!! I started this podcast because I could talk for hours endlessly about two things: books & Taylor Swift. So I found a way to combine my love for both. I have always wanted to be a part of the book community but had no idea where to start. If even just one person picks up a new book after listening to one of these episod
Episodes
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A Court of Wings & Ruin (ft. The Archer)
Who’s ready for combat? 🩷🏹 It’s been a year since our A Court of Mist and Fury episode, and with the release of A Court of Splintered Harmony less than a week away… we’re heading back to Phyrthian to revisit the chaos before the next chapter begins. I forgot how much of a hold this universe has...
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When In Rome (ft. You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home)
Get in loser, we're going to Rome, KY!!! Starting off a new season of podcasting strong with one of my favorite comfort authors: Sarah Adams and the small town romance of Noah & Amelia. 🎤 🏡 🥧 🚜 🤍 ✨ Amelia is a popstar. Noah is a small town guy that bakes pie for a living. I don't know what...
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The Life of a Showgirl
HAPPY TS12!!!🧡 I love myself for prewriting this description bc it’s currently 11:58 on October 3rd and I just finished editing 2.5 HOURS of footage for today’s episode. Today we’re celebrating The Life of a Showgirl together, we’re dusting off our eras tour outfits and heading to the movie...
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The Life of a Book Girl
Welcome back to DBATB podcast, holy crap! Is this real life? 🥹 You’re in for an exciting new season of podcasting and I’m so excited to share the first episode with you. There has never been a better time to be a book girl. We are being gifted with too many screen adaptations to count. The…
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The Deal (ft. King of my Heart)
⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: There are mentions and flashbacks throughout of rape and domestic violence, emotional abuse, like some really tough conversations. They are a big part of this book and I will be touching on these topics later in the episode, so please know that before reading this book or...
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Daydream (ft. You are in Love)
With this episode, Hannah Grace officially becomes the most talked about author on this podcast and she deserves it! Every time I read one of her books, I’m smiling & blushing the whole time. And I’ve been WAITING for Henry’s book since the day I finished Icebreaker. Henry Turner has a special...
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How My Neighbor Stole Christmas (ft. I Think He Knows)
Tis the season for a small town, enemies to lover holiday romance🎄 Despite the mixed reviews that I've seen, this book single-handely put me in the Christmas spirit. It put me in such a perfect mood for this time of year, and yes, it was a 5 star for me. I listened to the official audiobook on...
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The Pumpkin Spice Cafe (ft. Everything Has Changed)
While I support anyone who already has their tree and decorations up, I live in a house where we wait and decorate on Black Friday. So it is not too late for a cutesy fall small town romance!!🧡 It’s still fall in my world, and it’s technically still fall in everyone’s world for a few more weeks.…
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Bride (ft. Anti-Hero)
Halloween special!!!!👻 Getting into the spooky szn vibes with a vampire x werewolf romance🖤 Never would’ve guessed that I would like this book as much as I did, but I should’ve known better bc it’s @alihazelwood & I love anything she writes. I mean how could I not love an intelligent, witty fmc...
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Nothing like the Movies (ft. Haunted)
Welcome back, silly little love lovers to the sequel episode from last week - Nothing like the Movies by Lynn Painter 💜 I loved these books so much, and I hope someday in the lifetime of this podcast, we get the chance to talk about these books as movies but for now, we can at least admire their...
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Better than the Movies (ft. Fearless)
Petition to add Fearless to the soundtrack of Wes Bennett & Liz Buxbaum💛 A good old fashioned, rom com book that I loved so much I was running for the sequel when it hit the shelves! This is a double drop episode with Nothing Like the Movies next weekend!! Lynn Painter is not only a new favorite...
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Part of Your World (ft. But Daddy I Love Him)
This is episode is for my Disney princess girlies.🙊👑 I love sneaking in little Easter eggs for the songs I choose, and why, and I had a fun little one to sneak into this episode. The title of our book, Part of Your World and the title of our song But Daddy I Love Him are both a song and a quote...
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A Court of Mist & Fury (ft. ...Ready for It?)
This episode is sponsored by the Night Court, Rhysand, Cassian and Azriel, and my new bat boys sweatshirt which you can see me wearing for this episode live on YouTube. 🌃 It is in fact the second episode in a double drop for the series, and is not surprisingly longer than the previous one. So if...
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A Court of Thorns & Roses (ft. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?)
Who’s afraid of little old Feyre?? AMARANTHA SHOULD BE.⚔️ I am officially in my fantasy era by starting this series, but still living forever in my romance era because these books are still romance heavy (and breaking the spicy pepper scale).🌶️ I never expected to love this series so much. Now…
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Funny Story (ft. Call It What You Want)
I might be missing something bc i don’t understand where the lemons on the cover came from, but we’re going with it. I have to admit that this book got me! I enjoyed it so much more than I expected to. Most romance novels that I read, specifically second chance romance, end with the main couple...
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This Summer Will Be Different (ft. That's When)
This summer will NOT be different if there’s a cheating trope @carleyfortune 🤨 but there wasn’t so I’m happy and this book was my first and only 5 star read of the summer🌟💛 We are now entering our fall era - sweater weather, football, blankets, pumpkin spice, spooky season!👻 I am a very...
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Wildfire (ft. Cruel Summer)
Wildfire (ft. Cruel Summer)🐻 Let’s go back to Maple Hills! Soaking up the last few weeks of summer, this book fit every vibe I wanted it to, and gave me flashbacks to one of the best summers of my life being a camp counselor, so we’ll definitely be chatting about that in this episode - along…
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Eras Tour London recap (ft. I Can Do It with a Broken Heart)
Eras Tour London recap & I Can Do it with a Broken Heart music video (emergency episode) 🧡 Swiftieeeessss!!! Emergency episode!! A recap of the Eras Tour in London is ABSOLUTELY necessary so here we are. SO much to talk about, so much to clown over so here we go. Episode breakdown includes every...
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It Ends with Us (movie review)
It Ends with Us (movie review)🌸 You knew it was coming… i couldn’t resist. Blake Lively was an amazing Lily Bloom, and I did enjoy this movie but I enjoyed even more talking about it in this episode. I’m calling it the redemption episode for It Ends with Us because I 💩 on this book (and the...
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Just for the Summer (ft. The Prophecy)
A beautifully written song from TTPD for an equally beautiful book in today’s episode.🤍The Prophecy is one of my personal favorites from The Anthology (second to The Black Dog). My overall interpretation of this song is feeling like you’re left behind and wondering when it’s your turn to be…
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The Rule Book (ft. How You Get the Girl)
Sarah Adams never lets me down.🩵 This book had all of my favorite things: second chance romance, enemies to lovers, fake dating, dual pov, spice, smut it's all there. It’s only lacking for me in very small elements of the book that as a reader, just dont work for me and I’ll get more into that...
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First Down (ft. I Can See You)
The book that got me out of a reading slump💚 This is a debut novel for Grace Reilly and there will be a total of four books in her “Beyond the Play” series; all of which follow different sports and siblings of the Callahan family (all of which will be getting their own episodes as they come…
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My Life with the Walter Boys (ft. Fifteen)
Now entering the Walter boy era… Giddy up🤠 This book is a perfect read for a younger audience, especially those who loved reading the Summer I Turned Pretty! Ali Novak was only 15 herself when originally published it on Wattpad. Jackie Howard loses her family in a tragic accident and has to…
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The Eras Tour film (ft. You're on Your Own Kid)
We’re about to go on a little adventure together & that adventure is going to span three and half hours of epic concert history all thrown into one episode, and it’s gonna be called “The Eras Tour Film” - see you there.😚 The Eras Tour Movie is love a letter to fans across the entire world. It...
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The Eras era (part 2)
Leave it to @taylorswift to make an era out of all of her other eras, as if they weren’t already iconic enough. 🦋🌞☔️🎩🗽🚓🌈🌲🥂🦸🏼♀️ We want to give a shoutout to our favorite Anti-Hero for her 9 VMA awards this year (including Video of the Year) by putting out our first ever 2 part…
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The Eras era (part 1)
Leave it to @taylorswift to make an era out of all of her other eras, as if they weren’t already iconic enough. 🦋🌞☔️🎩🗽🚓🌈🌲🥂🦸🏼♀️ We want to give a shoutout to our favorite Anti-Hero for her 9 VMA awards this year (including Video of the Year) by putting out our first ever 2 part…
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The Red era
It feels like the perfect night… to drop the Red era.🤭 OUT NOW!❤️ In 2012, Taylor Swift was 22 and turning into a pop icon of our generation. Her fourth studio album RED had it’s moment 11 years ago, and it had its moment again in 2021 when it was rereleased as (Taylor’s Version). When…
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The Speak Now era
Grab your purple glitter gel pens, swifties 💜🏰🎆☔️🦸🏻♂️✨ We’re here to tell you everything you need to know about the Speak Now era🫶🏻 From being released in 2010 to being stolen from the vault and saved in 2023 (shoutout Taylor Lautner & Joey King!!!) Speak Now has been through an…
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The Barbie Movie (ft. The Man)
“It is the best day ever! So was yesterday, and so is tomorrow, and every day from now until forever!” That is becauseee we’re doing a crossover episode that is completely unmatched by any other! The fact that The Man isn’t on the Barbie soundtrack is honestly a crime. This song and movie…
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before (ft. All of the Girls You Loved Before)
If you need proof that Jenny Han & Taylor Swift are in kahoots with each other, this episode will only break the surface. If you have been with us for a while, you know that we live for Jenny Han & The Summer I Turned Pretty on this podcast; but, we are taking these episodes back to our PK & LJ...
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The Lover Era
If asked to choose between the Death by a Thousands Cuts bridge OR the Cruel Summer bridge, which one do you choose? We think the better question is: how do you choose? These are the kind of thoughts we have going into this episode. If DBATB had to pick it’s favorite era, Lover would steal the...
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The Love Hypothesis (ft. Mastermind)
Back in our Midnights era as we talk about Adam & Olive’s love story - our new favorite grumpy x sunshine couple!!! We are in our fake dating era lately and Hazelwood is the mastermind behind the trope. This episode is for all our scientific girlies If you’re not into the biology trope, you can...
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Love on the Brain (ft. Gorgeous)
Calling all nerds to tune in on this episode.🤓 Leave it to us to somehow tie neuroscience with the Reputation era. This episode is going to be a very interesting one. Love on The Brain is extremely nerdy but if we can still follow the story, then so can you. It’s your typical enemies to lovers...
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TSITP: Season 2 Trailer Recap (ft. August) (Cinematic Version)
Wowowowow, if there were ever a moment for an emergency episode…it’s right now🤯 We just have to talk about the season 2 trailer for The Summer I Turned Pretty immediately. So many clips, so many emotions, so many thoughts!!! From the opening hairshake, the infinity necklace, the tears - this...
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The Cheat Sheet (ft. Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince)
It’s been a long time coming… Friends to lovers AND fake dating AND a sports romance? Yes please, sign us up!!! This book is fun and light, perfect for a younger audience of readers. With that being said, there is a lot for us to say reading it as 25 year olds - but don’t let that deter you from...
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Happy Place (ft. Maroon)
Happy Place has little something for everyone: an intense soulmates, second chance love trope, a story of friendships and growing up, a melancholy feeling of losing someone that was once your everything, and that only breaks the surface of what this book is about. What we thought was going to be…
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We'll Always Have Summer (ft. This Love)
This episode is part three of three in the Summer I Turned Pretty series and probably the most controversial ending to be discussed. By this point in the series, we’ve all taken sides - Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah. You made it through the first two books and you have to complete the series...
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It's Not Summer Without You (ft. Coney Island)
This episode is part two of three in the Summer I Turned Pretty series. If you haven’t listened to episode 7, it is highly recommended before listening to this episode. At first read, this entire series is super cheesy and childish. It’s Not Summer Without You is honestly really annoying at…
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The Summer I Turned Pretty (ft. I'd Lie)
This episode is part one of three in the Summer I Turned Pretty series - sponsored by the Jenny Han fans that read this book before Noah Centineo stole our hearts in the Netflix original, To All The Boys I Loved Before. We’re talking circa 2009 - just three years after Taylor Swift’s Debut album....
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Meet Me at the Lake (ft. Enchanted)
Forget beach reads, we want lake reads. Currently planning our next trip to Canada to live out our Carley Fortune dreams, especially after finishing her second novel, Meet Me at the Lake. Told in our favorite style of alternating timelines, this book is a love story of how one single day turned...
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Verity (ft. Don't Blame Me)
Now entering the Rep era of Death by a Thousand Books podcast. Four episodes of fun, light hearted romance novels - now here we are giving you our take on an incredibly dark & twisted book called Verity by Colleen Hoover. It’s a perfect example of how there’s a Taylor Swift song for any book you...
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Icebreaker (ft. Lover)
Okay lovers, this one is for you.💗Booktok made us read this one, and we are pretty damn glad they did. It’s always hard jumping into a book from booktok or bookstagram because the expectation is already set so high by so many other people. Icebreaker by Hannah Grace may have set a new high...
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Every Summer After (ft. Back to December)
Continuing on the trend of our favorite Taylor Swift exes, this one’s for our Taylor Lautner girlies. If you dated Taylor Swift in her peak pop country years, you knew it was almost guaranteed she wrote a song about you. However, how you treated her in that relationship determined what kind of…
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It Ends with Us (ft. Red)
Who’s your favorite Taylor Swift ex to hate? If the answer is John Mayer, you’re correct. However, if the answer is Jake Gylenhaal, then we have a book for you. This is the first book from Colleen Hoover’s collection that is up for discussion but it will certainly not be the last time you hear…
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Love & Other Words (ft. Cardigan)
If you’re a sucker for the Folklore love triangle between Betty, James & Augustine, then we have a book for you. Without giving any spoilers, this book is told from the future (like Cardigan) but also references past points in time (like Betty and August). So we are getting different glimpses of...
About this show
Welcome to Death by a Thousand Books podcast!💘
Every episode starts with a book review and ends with a Taylor Swift song. It’s a podcast for book lovers, Swifties and everyone in between. Together, we deep dive into characters, plots and the best moments from our favorite books. Then I use my swiftie power to breakdown songs & lyrics that I think would fit that book best. For any newbies who are just getting into reading, this podcast might be the perfect place to start your tbr! (and if you don’t know what a tbr is, don’t worry you’ll get there).
Whether you’ve been here from the beginning or just tuning in, I’m happy you’re here!! I started this podcast because I could talk for hours endlessly about two things: books & Taylor Swift. So I found a way to combine my love for both. I have always wanted to be a part of the book community but had no idea where to start. If even just one person picks up a new book after listening to one of these episod
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