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she read, he said

She likes to ramble about the books she read, podcasts she listened to, or articles she came across. Sometimes he likes to chime in with his “knows a little about a lot” type of knowledge. We’re not experts on anything.

  1. 323

    | 323 | April Books 2026

    A fantastic reading month where everything was four and five stars! Everything I read or attempted to read in April.

  2. 322

    | 322 | GoodReads New Releases April, May, and June 2026

    All of the books being published in April, May, and June that I'm excited about!

  3. 321

    | 321 | Let's Go Back... Back to the Beginning

    Laguna Beach is 20 years old, which makes everyone who watched it old except me, because I was like 13. So I'm still a baby. Recapping the Laguna Beach Reunion.

  4. 320

    | 320 | Favorite Authors

    Based on random meaningless data collected. Finding authors I have given at least five stars to.

  5. 319

    | 319 | March Books 2026

    A bunch of really great books and some interesting nonfiction! Everything I read or attempted to read in the whirlwind that was March.

  6. 318

    | 318 | T Turns Four! 🎉

    Celebrating all things Thomas! We have a four year old!

  7. 317

    | 317 | TBR from 2025

    Revisiting books on my 2025 TBR that I haven't gotten to yet.

  8. 316

    | 316 | Over and Under Hyped Books from 2025

    Books that need more ratings and reviews or have too many in my opinion.

  9. 315

    | 315 | February Books 2026

    Shortest month of the year, longest yap session ever. Lots of okay books and one I really needed to rant about. Everything I read or attempted to read in February.

  10. 314

    | 314 | Sixth Podcast Anniversary!

    Walking back through the past year of the podcast, slightly discussing the future of things. Happy anniversary to me, thanks for listening!

  11. 313

    | 313 | Birthday Quizzes

    It's my birthday! 313 is a terrible number for your birthday when you hate threes and ones. Ran out of fun birthday ideas so I took some silly personality quizzes and go into a few little tangents for the fun of it. 🎉

  12. 312

    | 312 | The Best Thrillers from the Last Decade

    Going through lists of the best thrillers from each year - from 2016 to 2025.

  13. 311

    | 311 | January Books 2026

    A fantastic reading month full of five stars! Everything I read and the one book I DNF'ed in January.

  14. 310

    | 310 | GoodReads New Releases January, February, and March 2026

    Al of the new releases I'm excited for that are being published in the first quarter of the year.

  15. 309

    | 309 | Revisiting the PopSugar Reading Challenge of 2025

    Everything I read for the PopSugar Reading Challenge, and the challenges I failed to complete.

  16. 308

    | 308 | Revisiting My 5 Star Predictions for 2025

    Turns out, I do not know myself. What books did I think I was going to give five stars to, and which books did I actually give five stars to?

  17. 307

    | 307 | Reading Survey for 2025

    Some silly little stats about my favorite books and authors from the year.

  18. 306

    | 306 | December Books 2025

    Everything I read and attempted to read in December -- spoiler alert, I DNF'ed as many books as I read.

  19. 305

    | 305 | Best and Worst of 2025

    The books I absolutely loved and many honorable mentions - as well as the books I really hated and some that just fell short.

  20. 304

    | 304 | 26 Five Star Predictions for 2026

    Basically, all of the books I'm the most excited to read in 2026!

  21. 303

    | 303 | GoodReads Choice Awards 2025

    Round 1, Round 2, and the final winners of the GoodReads Choice Awards.

  22. 302

    | 302 | November Books 2025

    So much reading!! Everything I read or attempted to read in November.

  23. 301

    | 301 | Battle of the Boy Bands

    Backstreet Boys or NSYNC - who's the winner?

  24. 300

    | 300 | Hidden Gems from 2024

    Sometimes GoodReads ratings are wrong... sometimes they're lower or higher than they should be. Sometimes not enough people have rated the book. Either way, let's talk about things I think are overrated and underrated.

  25. 299

    | 299 | PopSugar Reading Challenge 2026

    Reacting to the challenge and my issues with it over the years.

  26. 298

    | 298 | Amazon Faves 2025

    A bit of a shorter list than usual, but my tried and true faves from the year!

  27. 297

    | 297 | October Books 2025

    Everything I read or attempted to read in October 2025... vlog style! While dying a slow death. Fun!

  28. 296

    | 296 | GoodReads New Releases October-December 2025

    New books coming out in October, November, and December!

  29. 295

    | 295 | Books I hated, that other people loved

    In 2024 I gave these books 1 and 2 stars but lots of people gave them 5 stars. Reading reviews that help me change my mind a bit!

  30. 294

    | 294 | The Summer of a Showgirl ✨

    Of course we have to talk about The Life of a Showgirl. And I never made space to talk about The Summer I Turned Pretty so it makes sense to throw them together. ✨

  31. 293

    | 293 | September Books 2025

    Super rambly, it's been a while since I've felt chatty! All of the books I read or attempted to read in September!

  32. 292

    | 292 | Books That Everyone Should Read Once

    Taken from an ever-changing GoodReads list - the top 100 books people think you should read at least once in your lifetime... even if that was in high school.

  33. 291

    | 291 | Reading One Star Reviews of Books I Loved

    My face is swollen like a balloon, which makes reading bad reviews all the better, right? I gave these books five stars last year, and these people do not agree.

  34. 290

    | 290 | Films to Be Buried With Part 2

    Stealing more films to be buried with questions to chat about with my husband in preparation for his birthday weekend. Cheers to Kevin Bacon!

  35. 289

    | 289 | August Books 2025

    A fun little end to the summer in my reading. Everything I read or attempted to read in August 2025.

  36. 288

    | 288 | Best Books of the Decade

    The top 100 books of the decade according to GoodReads... and spoiler alert - it started in 2020 and hasn't been a full decade.

  37. 287

    | 287 | TBR from 2024

    2024 was not that long ago but I totally forgot about all of these books already. Revisiting my TBR from 2024 that I never got to, but hope to soon!

  38. 286

    | 286 | Books from 2020

    Revisiting what I was reading in 2020 just for the fun of it. Also updates on preschool and the craziness of life these days!

  39. 285

    | 285 | Sk8er Bois Lie

    On the road to find my favorite singers - Avril Lavigne and MGK. 🤘

  40. 284

    | 284 | July Books 2025

    Finally a 5 star after a dry few months! Also back to reading more and enjoying more, so yay for me. All of the books I read or attempted to read in July!

  41. 283

    | 283 | GoodReads New Releases: July, August, and September 2025

    Dun dun freaking dunnn. So many thrillers, I spooked myself. All of the books coming out in the third quarter of the year that I'm looking forward to!

  42. 282

    | 282 | All the feelings, feel them all - Ginny and Georgia Season 3

    Recapping the fantastic Season 3 of Ginny and Georgia. So many feelings but so so good. Love you mean it, hate you kidding.

  43. 281

    | 281 | Hey F*cking Hey - Sirens

    A recap of Sirens on Netflix. Hey Hey!

  44. 280

    | 280 | June Books 2025

    Welp... June wasn't great. Fourish+ books I read in June and the many DNFs!

  45. 279

    | 279 | Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag 2025

    Random questions about the first half of the year in books. Spoiler alert - I'm behind.

  46. 278

    | 278 | I hate these, some people love them

    Reading 5 star reviews of books that I hated - books I gave 1 or 2 stars to, in 2023.

  47. 277
  48. 276

    | 276 | May Books 2025

    A dull month for sure, a few DNF's, zero five stars, womp womp. All of the books I read or attempted to read in May.

  49. 275

    | 275 | Summer TBR ☀️

    Summer to me means fast, thrilling, easy, breezy, beachy. All of the books I could read in the next few months... if I were the type of person who did that sort of thing.

  50. 274

    | 274 | Five Stars Based on Other Five Stars...

    On GoodReads, there's a section called "people also enjoyed" where it tells you other books people read and possibly gave a high rating to, based on the book's page you're on. So I looked at the "people also enjoyed" for the five stars on my read shelf and found comp titles that have similar vibes. Maybe if I give a five star to a book, it's comp will be a five star as well?

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She likes to ramble about the books she read, podcasts she listened to, or articles she came across. Sometimes he likes to chime in with his “knows a little about a lot” type of knowledge. We’re not experts on anything.

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