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Rants and Reviews
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Lacking some much-needed R&R? Tune into Rants and Reviews for bookish thoughts and discussions, hosted by Sophie Melligan and Anjali Kay.
Episodes
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#040 | Awesome Albertalli: We Chat About All Things Becky Albertalli
Welcome back to Rants and Reviews! This is episode 40 and we can't quite believe we've made it this far. In this episode, we're chatting about one of the authors we really enjoy: Becky Albertalli. We talk about 5 of her books she's written so far, and a quick look at her novella which came out in...
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#039 | Story Suggestions: If you liked this book, try these books!
Welcome back to Rants and Reviews! In this episode, we're recommending books to check out based on 10 books on the Best Young Adult Books list on Goodreads. If you liked this book, try these books!
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#038 | Midyear Madness: Where we're at 6 months into 2020
Time for a mid-year update! In this episode of Rants and Reviews, we take a look at 2020 so far and chat about how our Goodreads challenge is coming along, the 5 books on our Vow to Read list, the 5 books on our Vow to Reread list, and which books have been our favourite books so far!
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#037 | Nostalgic Novels: Anjali and Sophie share their favourite childhood stories
Welcome back to episode 37 of the Rants and Reviews podcast. Today we're talking about all our childhood favourites: the books we read as kids and fondly 'aww' at whenever we talk about them.
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#036 | Worldly Words: We travel around the world through books
Welcome to episode 36! In this episode we’re travelling around the world! Well, via the books we’ve read. Seeing as international travel is limited at the moment we thought it was a good opportunity to take a trip to some of the cities and countries that are the settings to books we’ve read over...
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#035 | Terminated Tomes: 10 series we won't be finishing
Welcome to episode 35! Today we’re talking about all the series that we don’t see ourselves finishing. You know the ones: you’ve read two of them and then the third one is so far down your TBR list and you know you’re never going to get round to reading it … but you also have books four and five...
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#034 | Rapid Reviews: We have 30secs to explain the plot and give a review of 10 books
Welcome back to Rants and Reviews! We're super excited to be getting back into recording podcast episodes for you guys, and have a really fun season lined up! In today's episode, the first of season 4, we're taking 5 books each that we've read between seasons 3 and 4 and try to give you a…
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#033 | Bumbling Baboons: The season three blooper reel
Get ready for the season three blooper reel! Full of our stumbles over words that should be easy to say, never heard before snippets of conversations, and other funnies that didn't make it to the original episode. Enjoy!
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#032 | Shusterman Stories: We chat about YA author Neal Shusterman
Well back, podcast listeners! You’ve heard us talk about Neal Shusterman a lot recently, so we thought it was about time he got his own episode. Stay tuned for more Shusterman! SPOILERS: While there aren’t too many major spoilers in this episode, if you haven’t read the first book in the Arc of…
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#031 | Riddikulus Reread Part 2: Sophie and Anjali reread Harry Potter
Welcome back to another Harry Potter episode! In episode 29 we began our chat about our recent reread of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. There were a lot of questions raised, some events which had been entirely forgotten, and even a conspiracy theory thrown in for good luck. Make sure…
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#030 | Twenty Twenty: Summing up 2019 and looking at 2020
Happy New Year! Happy 2020! We realise we’re well into the year by now, but we thought we’d share a bit of a round up of 2019 and also take a look at 2020. We’re going to be sharing our 2020 Goodreads Challenge, five books we vow to read this year, and five books we vow to re-read. Keep listening...
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#029 | Riddikulus Reread Part 1: Sophie and Anjali reread Harry Potter
Welcome back, dear listeners! Today we’re looking back at one of our favourite books from childhood: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Yes, that’s right; we did read it again! Stay tuned to hear what we thought.
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#028 | Captivating Covers: Books with beautiful covers
Welcome back to Rants and Reviews. In this episode we’re talking about some of our favourite book covers. We realise this is audio only, but we’ll be doing our best to describe the covers in detail. We’ll be sharing some of these on Instagram and Twitter so you can see the covers we’re trying to...
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#027 | Snowy Stories: Let It Snow, the book and the movie
It’s beginning to look like Christmas! In this episode we get a little bit festive as we chat about Let It Snow, the YA short story compilation by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. It might sound a little familiar if you’re on Netflix on a regular basis; it’s been made into a movie,...
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#026 | Foodie Fiction: Books that make us hungry
You’d better go get some snacks, because in this episode we’re taking all about food and those books that make your mouth water the entire time you're reading it. You know the ones. We’re talking about our favourites and even have some recipe book shout outs.
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#025 | Stalled Series: Series we haven't finished
Welcome back to Rants and Reviews! In this week’s episode we’re taking a look back at some of the series that we’ve started over the years but for whatever reason have yet to finish. Keep listening to find out which contemporary series Sophie needs to keep reading, and which books Anjali needs to...
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#024 | Magical Moments: Talking all things magic
Welcome to the second episode of season three! We're celebrating Halloween on this episode, and getting spooky with one of our favourites things: magic! Stay tuned to find out some of our favourite magical books!
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#023 | Future Fiction: Books we're looking forward to in the next six months
Welcome back to Rants and Reviews! We’re very excited to be kicking off season three, and we hope you’re ready for another great season of book chatter. In our first episode of the season we’re taking a look at the next six months and share some of the books being released by authors we already...
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#022 | Silly Stumbles: The season two blooper reel!
It's time for another blooper reel! Tune in to here us stumble over words, get tongue-tied, and have long off topic chats. We've also thrown in a few never-heard-before pieces of audio that were cut from the original episode. Enjoy!
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#021 | Chapter Complete: Wrapping up the last six months
Welcome to the last episode of season two! Today we're wrapping up the last 6 months of 2019. We chat about how our reading challenges are going, and our favourite books of the year. Stick around for a whole lot of recommendations!
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#020 | Captivating Comics: We chat all things graphic novels
Welcome to episode 20! Today we're talking all about graphic novels and comics; the ones we've enjoyed, the ones on our TBR piles, and the ones coming out soon that we just can't wait to get our hands on.
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#019 | Frustrating Fiction: Books we found incredibly disappointing
Sometimes you’ll read a book that won’t quite live up to expectations. In this episode we’re chatting about the books that we’ve found disappointing. Stay tuned to find out what we’ve put on our lists, and be warned; there’s quite a few, so buckle up!
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#018 | TBR Tower: 10 books that have been on our TBR piles for too long
Welcome to episode 18 of Rants and Reviews! Today we’re talking all about our TBR pile, and those books that have been sitting on the pile for years, even though we really want to read them. Stay tuned to find out our top five!
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#017 | Accio Alphabet: The N - Z of the Harry Potter world
Welcome back to our Harry Potter alphabet episode, part 2. We’re continuing on from episode 15 by picking up where we left off halfway through the alphabet. Sophie kicks us off with N, and while we hard a time near the end of the alphabet, we get there in the end. Stay tuned to hear about some of...
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#016 | Stupendous Schwab: Anjali and Sophie discuss Victoria Schwab's books
If you've listened to an episode of Rants and Reviews before, you may have heard us talk about the Darker Shades of Magic series by Victoria 'VE' Schwab. Stick around because we're talking about that and more in this week's episode!
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#015 | Accio Alphabet: The A - M of the Harry Potter world
It’s time for another Harry Potter episode! In this episode we run through the alphabet and share some of the great aspects of the wizarding world for each letter. Keep listening to find out which creature was chosen for C, how many things we could think of for J, and enjoy possibly our longest...
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#014 | Cute Couples: Our favourite couples and best friends in fiction
‘Okay, Okay’. ‘As you wish.’ ‘You’re my person.’ All famous round the book world for being catchphrases of beloved couples and adored best friends. But are these our favourite couples? Stay tuned to find out!
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#013.5 BONUS EP | Penguin Post: Turning Pages by Penguin Books NZ unboxing
Welcome to Turning Pages by Penguin Books NZ! Penguin Books NZ contacted us recently, telling us about a cool new endeavour they were embarking on. They're kicking off a Goodreads community called Turning Pages, which is going to be a place for discussions, reviews and recommendations (among…
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#013 | Brothers’ Books: We chat about John Green and Hank Green novels
How many Katherine’s did Colin date? What was it that April found on a busy city street? And what is it that Augustus can’t fathom into constellations? We discuss it all in this week’s episode of Rants and Reviews by chatting about the novels written by both John Green and Hank Green; which ones...
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#012 | Take Two: Kicking off Season 2 with a look at 2019
Welcome back to Season Two! In this episode, Anjali and Sophie look ahead to 2019 and what that will look like in the Book World. We share our Goodreads Reading Challenge goals, some books we'd love to read, some we'd like to re-read, and a pile of books we're looking forward to being released…
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#011 | Brilliant Bloopers : Bloopers from Season 1
Bonus content! Over the course of Rants and Reviews Season 1 there were many sections of audio that you guys didn't get to hear. We edited a lot out, most of it amusing stumbles over words, off-topic comments and food distractions. But as some additional, bonus content, we thought it would be a...
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#010 | Fantastic Finale: Wrapping up the year
Welcome to our last episode in season one of Rants and Reviews. In this episode we’re taking a look at the year just past, and have a chat about how we did on our Goodreads Challenge, which were our favourite books of the year, and which ones we didn’t really enjoy. We also start our own mini…
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#009 | Movie Musings: Talking all things movie adaptations
Welcome to our second to last episode of season, and today we’re going to the movies. Tune in to find out what movie and TV show adaptations we really enjoyed, which should have ever happened, those surprising movies that we thought were actually better than the books (and yes, there are quite a...
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#008 | Savvy Storytellers: Sophie and Anjali chat about Rainbow Rowell
In this episode Anjali and Sophie discuss all things Rainbow Rowell, and dive into the stories they loved, the ones they weren’t so keen on, why they like her young adult novels more than her adult ones and, most importantly, how to pronounce her last name. Let us know which Rainbow Rowell books...
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#007 | Happy Halloween: Spooky, peculiar and unfortunate books
Happy Halloween! In this episode Sophie and Anjali chat about some of the spooky, unfortunate and peculiar books they’ve read over the years, as well as what supernatural creatures they enjoy reading about, which ones they don’t, and just how many clowns can fit into a clown car. Tune to find out...
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#006 | Blogger’s Bookshelf: Guests Erin and Ria chat about book blogging
We’re join once again by book bloggers Ria from Thoroughly Modern Millennial and Erin from A Natural Detour, but this week we’re chatting about the collaborative book blog they started in 2010, Blogger’s Bookshelf. We chat about how the blog came into being, the kinds of things you can expect to...
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#005 | Overseas Opinions: Guests Erin and Ria share their favourite books
In this episode, Sophie and Anjali are joined by book bloggers Ria from Thoroughly Modern Millennial and Erin from A Natural Detour to chat about their personal blogs, and their favourite books. To give you a little background into this episode, it’s about 9am in England, and 8pm in New Zealand...
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#004 | Love Letters: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
In this episode, Sophie and Anjali chat about the popular book, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, which was made into a Netflix movie in 2018. Tune in to find out which characters we liked, which one of us cried at the end of the book, and who thinks it’s unfair that some of the...
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#003 | Potter Podcast: Let’s talk Harry Potter favourites
Listen up, Muggles! We’ve got an entire episode of Rants and Reviews dedicated to our favourite parts of the wizarding world of Harry Potter for you. Which shop in Hogsmeade does Sophie wish was real? How many identities crises has Anjali had over her Hogwarts house? And which book is the…
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#002 | Quickfire Questions: We answer 19 bookish questions
Greetings, Ranters! In episode #002 we ask each other 19 questions (or 20, depending who’s counting) so you, dear listener, get to know us a little better. Click play to find out which book Sophie just couldn’t bring herself to finish, who dog-ears their pages, and why Anjali has read a book...
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#001 | Favourite Fiction: Our top 3 fave books
Welcome to Rants and Reviews! In this, the very first episode, we chat about our top three favourite books, discuss never ending TBR piles, and express our angst at the lack of half star book ratings on Goodreads. Who loves The Book Thief? Who still hasn’t read The Secret Life of Bees? And why is...
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#000 | Teasing Taster: Welcome to Rants and Reviews
Lacking some much needed R&R? Tune into Rants and Reviews for a taster of what you can expect from the upcoming season. From books we loved to books we didn’t finish, historical fiction to young adult, sloths to dragons, the tickling of pears to the need for chocolate frogs; it’s all here in our...
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