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Novelbound: A Comedy Book Podcast
by Anna & Celine
Meet your new book besties. Settle in and get ready to spill that ACADEMIC tea. Novelbound is a podcast dedicated to making you laugh and keeping you company while we discuss our favorite books and the beauty of the literary world. We’re Celine and Anna, two best friends who have zero shelf control.In our weekly podcasts, we’ll discover new books and authors together and, with our friends, further explore the fun side of reading! We are building a community all about books, so tune in and join the fun. Our listeners can come on and dish all about their favorite books with us, so get ready!
Episodes
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The Legend of the 2010's YA Trilogy and What Young Adult is like now.
We grew up in the early 2000s, and when we crossed into the 2010s, a beautiful genre was bestowed upon us. No, not fallen angels or vampires (though those midnight showings were absolutely part of the initiation). We’re talking about the YA trilogy. Trilogies aren’t as common anymore, so we…
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If you liked KPop Demon Hunters, you're going to love these books.
Here’s the long-awaited (for us, at least) deep dive into K-pop Demon Hunters — aka the show we’ve been obsessing over daily and forcing our families to watch until they’re humming the soundtrack in their sleep. (It's not our fault, okay. They've put something in those songs.) From piggyback…
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The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren | Serial Killer Date Nights, Grocery Store Royalty & Summer Romance
Here's an absolutely chaotic (spoiler-filled!) recap of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren — the perfect steamy summer romance. From fake marriage tropes and Crazy Rich Asians-level wealth to awkward steam room encounters, canoe mishaps, and even a couples’ mud bath gone wrong, we dive deep...
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The Books that Ruined Us as Teenagers
We cover everything from John Green to The Vampire Diaries to Sarah Dessen and more!
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Speed Dating with Book Boyfriends (of the '10s and now!)
If you're wondering just a little of the boys we'll be discussing today, here's the list: Cardan Greenbriar Will Herondale Kaz Brekker Laurie Four Throne of Glass Prince Maxon Red Queen The Darkling v. Mal Peeta Mellark Xaden in Onyx Storm Lukas from Black Witch Gilbert from Anne of Green Gables...
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Books we can't wait to get our greedy little hands on | Winter 2025 Edition
If you're looking to know what books are heading out this winter, we've got you covered!
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The First Yap Session of 2025: Onyx Storm, Fourth Wing, Two Twisted Crowns and Writing Crisises
In all ways, shapes and forms, this is just a casual yap session. We're talking tiktok trends, the ban, the blake lively and justin baldoni theories, edits and Hosier, and of course, Onyx storm. We'll be reading and discussing it this month, so watch out for a full episode! This episode is one…
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Predicting the Future of Reading with Victoria Marini, Literary Agent! (Writers, you don't want to miss this!) Bloom Writing
Victoria spills the tea on what books are coming up in the future, talks about the changing publishing industry, and we even read her our queries LIVE and she gave us amazing advice on how to improve them! If you're about to start querying, this is the episode for you! If you're a reader and want...
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Mary E. Pearson | The Courting of Bristol Keats & The Magic of Worldbuilding
Hi, so we're Mary E. Pearson fangirls. We have been for such a longgggg time. This is Mary's THIRD time on our podcast because we are, respectfully, in love with her and her personality. Oh... and her writing. We loved the imagery, the faerie lore, the tension and the prose of The Courting of...
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Autumn Reads for our Romantasy Girls!
Hi, first off, we love you. Hope that you fall is going so good! And secondly, we have prepared a FULL COURSE MEAL of highly anticipated and very loved books for you to check out! The Dagger and the Flame by Catherin Doyle Encyclopedia for Faeries by Emile Wilde One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig...
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The Anatomy of a Love Story: Katherine Center with Bloom Writing!
Hi, so we're in love with this woman. Katherine Center's the Rom Commers has the magical ability to make us laugh and cry.... SIMULTANEOUSLY? So we dragged her into this podcast to discuss HOW SHE DID THAT. And bless her, she spilled her secrets. This woman is so down to earth, kind, and so…
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The One Where We Scream About Heartless Hunter
This book was giving EVERYTHING escapism and witchy. Anna had disregard all our other episodes to record because this one was SO IMPORTANT to discuss. We recap Heartless Hunter and give all our out of pocket reactions, the moments we laughed, screamed, and we share the story about a WILD dead…
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Shadow Hunters and Jace and Simon (and the angsty boys we never got over)
There's nothing better than reading Shadow Hunters for the first time. The Mortal Instrumental Series is EVERYTHING for a sixteen year old. As a 29 year old, the whole brother thing was a bit wild.... (and they did it TWICE, CASSANDRA CLARE) but it literally was such a fun romp, we had to put…
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Get out of your BOOK SLUMP with Prison Healer
Anna rants about Crescent City (No, she's STILL NOT OVER IT) and brings us on THE MOST BEAUTIFUL journey with Prison Healer. After MUCH urging from Celine and the Novelbounders (shoutout to Emma and Katie!) Anna gave into the peer pressure and ignored her family for three days straight as she...
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The Cruel Prince Recap: Nostalgia Tour 2024
This is the first episode of the NOSTALGIA TOUR 2024, where we go into the books of the 2000s and 2010s that had massive hype, and talk about them as we re-read them! First up, the classic book that started all the fae love we know today!
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Self Publishing for Dummies (It's us, we're the dummies) with Sheila Masterson | Bloom Writing
Over the last year, Anna and Celine have BOTH been writing books. And now, we're embarking on our next step: GETTING PUBLISHED. We're testing out both traditional AND self publishing, and thought we'd learn from someone who has ALL the knowledge and know-how!
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Teenage us LIVED for the FALLEN ANGEL BOOKS
Yes babes, we're going back to the era of CHUCKS, twilight, midnight premieres, and business casual outfits to go party. Anna takes us through her FAVORITE fallen angel books and their moody, beautiful hold on her and we'd LOVE to hear what books had YOU GUYS in a chokehold!
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WE ARE OBSESSED WITH THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS
we read the love hypothesis, and this is the wildest rampage (of us screaming about adam driver and about HEAs) ever.
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Crescent City 3 | SPOILER FILLED | Live Reaction | Sarah J Mass | House of Flame and Shadow
This is 30 Minutes of pure... unadulterated.... reacting. If you've read CC3 and want to know Anna's take on it and Celine's live reaction, here's what our thoughts are!
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THE Sarah J Mass Episode
If you wanted to know our unhinged, completely raw feelings about Sarah J Mass, here's all our thoughts! We start off with our faves and then share our thoughts on the Crescent City Series! THIS episode is Spoiler Free up to Crescent City 2!
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The One Where We Poorly Explain Plots
This episode is a non-apologetically OBSESSIVE discussion of the fandoms of our childhood. Peeta Mellark (which is a separate fandom from the Hunger Games, obviously) Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia and More are all discussed as we try to figure out what these poorly explained plots could be....
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The GREATEST, GUILTY PLEASURE HALLMARK Christmas Kindle Unlimited Reads (and Hanukkah!)
Hi. It's that time of year where you put down the halloween candy and PICK UP THE CHRISTMAS BOOKS. These books are full of fun christmas holidays and traditions BUT ALSO LOVE. And they're better than hallmark movies because it's not JUST ONE KISS. We have recs ranging from sweet to spicy, and...
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The Easiest, Most Delicious, & Pure Fun Contemporary Romances from 2023
Hi. It's that time of year again when you desperately need an escape. Whether it's an audiobook while you bake a million cookies for a school fundraiser or you're driving for ten hours to see family, or you're sick of your kids because they are animals at your parents house at Christmas.... these...
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Divine Rivals Recap
Sit and talk all things Divine Rivals with us, this is the episode to listen to before starting Ruthless Vows. We go through everything that happened and speculate about what will come! We go absolutely crazy over IRis and Roman, I mean the BANTER are you kidding us?! We devoured this book and it...
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The Fourth Wing Episode
What made Fourth Wing such an amazing book? In this episode, we discuss the perfection that is Fourth Wing, and how it blew up this summer. Why it was hyped, our favorite parts, and all the chaotic parts that will live forever in our brains. Also, for the first twenty minutes, you're treated to…
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We Talk Murder Mystery With Maureen Johnson
Sit and listen to the wise words of the one and only (and slightly sick) Maureen Johnson while she walks us through her magnificent brain.
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Hi Monster Books Scare Us
We wanted to come back strong for ya'll. Anna found some out of pocket monster book (let's be real they're all out of pocket..) recs. We just had to scream about the absurdity of them, let us know which one made you laugh the most on Instagram!
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Stacey McEwan!!!
On todays Podcast we talk with author of "Ledge" Stacey McEwan!! We talk about balancing being a mom, working, and writing a book. Tell about our worst rejections (received or given). We also answer some really fun game like questions, like "what would be your weapon of choice?". Lots of fun and...
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Books We Can't Wait For In 2023!
We're so excited for all the new books that are going to be hitting shelves in 2023! Here are a few we're most pumped about reading! Also, we talk about Meghan and Harry, a little about us in high school, and just our lives :)
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Q&A
We answer some your questions from our discord chats. We love hearing from you and answering all your questions, so if you have them, feel free to ask! We talk about our lives and what we hope our 2023 will look like! Thanks for listening!
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Top Books of 2022
We're back for the New Year!! But first, let's talk about our top books (both loved and not loved) of 2022!! If you need book recommendations for this year, this is the episode to listen to. We loved last years reads and we can't wait to read even more books in 2023!!
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Nolan's Birth Story
We're back with another episode! Anna gives us all the details about the day she gave birth to her newborn Nolan. Mothers and soon-to-be mothers, this is the episode for you! Cause when I say we give all the details- I MEAN ALL THE DETAILS!
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Christmas Recs
Do you want a book you can cozy up with a warm blanket and some hot chocolate with? If so, here's some books for all your Christmas/Wintry reading needs!
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Patreon Episode from the Past: TBR List
Thought we'd say thank you for all the fun this year with an episode only our Patreon have heard!
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YOUR CRAZY DRAMA
In this episode we read and react to the drama that has happened in your lives. It gets crazy!!! If you love hearing other people's drama, this is the episode for you!
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Adrienne Young- Spells for Forgetting
Warning: This is going to be a spoiler-filled episode!!!! If you haven't read Spells for Forgetting, be prepared to hear spoilers! We're so excited to share our interview with Adrienne Young! We talk about her new book "Spells for Forgetting"! A little about Adrienne: Adrienne Young is the New…
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Fall Books+Shade
We love the fall and all the books that come out with it, but what has happened to the YA world? We talk about the YA writing lately and throw a little bit of shade in this weeks episode ;)
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Stephanie Garber- The Ballad of Never After
Join us and Stephanie Garber as we talk about books, Vampire Diaries, and, of course, her new book The Ballad of Never After. This is a spoiler free episode, so feel comfortable to listen whether you've read the book or not (But you obviously should be reading it because it's amazing)! A little...
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A Haunted Wood: An Original Story Inspired by Salem
Anna and Celine have written original stories based off of Folklore. This one is Celine's story, and it's set in the 1850s in Salem, MA. Full of ghost stories and piano backing, here's something original to get into the spirit!
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Tropes That Deserve More Attention
We talk about all our favorite tropes that we LOVE (and maybe some that we're not a fan of). Give us some more book recommendations for tropes that you love that we should we read!
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NOTHING MORE TO TELL WITH ***THE*** KAREN MCMANUS!!!
We interview Karen McManus and talk to her about her new book Nothing More to Tell!! This will be a spoiler filled discussion so we can really dive into the plot and characters! A little about Karen: Karen M. McManus is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult...
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Love on the Brain with Ali Hazelwood
***WARNING THIS A SPOILER FILLED EPISODE FOR LOVE ON THE BRAIN BY ALI HAZELWOOD*** If you haven't read Love on the Brain yet, then DO IT! After reading this book, come listen as we squeal and gush over Ali's book with her. We loved talking with her and she may be the coolest/funniest person we've...
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What Makes an Enemies to Lovers Book
In this weeks episode we talk about what makes an enemies to lovers book. We'll go over the stages of how the characters of our favorite books go from enemies to friends to lovers. Also listen for how you can submit your story to be published in our anthology set in the Harry Potter world!
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Sad Girl Autumn
It may still be August, but we're honestly ready and in the mood for Fall. Listen as we catch up with Anna from her trip to Europe, discuss some spooky stuff like haunted houses and Hocus Pocus, and maybe even talk about a few books :)
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Some Mistakes Were Made (and one of them was NOT INTERVIEWING KRISTIN DWYER SOONER)
How lucky do we feel to have the literal TAYLOR SWIFT of writing on our podcast? Kristin has a magical way of bringing up the feelings and fears you pressed deep down into your subconscious, and then magically heals you by the end. This book is giving EVERYTHING. And we had to scream about it…
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This Golden State: Book Interview with Marit Weisenberg and Discussion on Building Tension for Your Readers!
This Golden State is an INCREDIBLE book, and we are so lucky to discuss the book with the author herself, Marit Weisenberg! We also go deep into building the tension and talk about the world after the book! It's spoiler-filled because this book is SOOOOOO tightly packed with twists we had to...
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Bloom Writing Series: Love Stories & Creating TENSION! And how to rock kindle unlimited!
Bloom Writing Series: Courtney Willis is an amazing regency author who dominates the kindle unlimited world! Her stories are compelling and the way she writes love is inspirational!
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Bloom Writing: Getting to Know Your Characters & Get DEEP with your story with Mckell!
This girl is here to teach us all the ways to understand your characters more. She's brilliant at creating powerful stories and characters, and we are so lucky to have her on!
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Bloom Writing Series: Exploring Fantasy with Beck Michaels
Ever wondered how to create a world all your own? Here's a deep dive we LOVED with Beck Michaels! If you're interested in the way fantasy gets written, here's the episode for you!
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Summer Books We Can't Get Enough Of
Y'all, it's JUNE! Summer is officially here, and these are the books we have been reading, and honestly REREADING!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Meet your new book besties. Settle in and get ready to spill that ACADEMIC tea. Novelbound is a podcast dedicated to making you laugh and keeping you company while we discuss our favorite books and the beauty of the literary world. We’re Celine and Anna, two best friends who have zero shelf control.In our weekly podcasts, we’ll discover new books and authors together and, with our friends, further explore the fun side of reading! We are building a community all about books, so tune in and join the fun. Our listeners can come on and dish all about their favorite books with us, so get ready!
HOSTED BY
Anna & Celine
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Meet your new book besties. Settle in and get ready to spill that ACADEMIC tea. Novelbound is a podcast dedicated to making you laugh and keeping you company while we discuss our favorite books and the beauty of the literary world. We’re Celine and Anna, two best friends who have zero shelf...
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