We’ve put the power in your hands this episode, dear listeners! On social, we did a call out for books you wanted to hear our take on, and you delivered. So strap in and enjoy the ride as we tell you whether we loved or hated the reads you asked us to rate!

Halloween is here! We’re creeping it real with our top picks for some of our fave spook-tacular reads. Trick and treat yo’self with this go-to list! Witch-ing you a happy Halloween!

To celebrate Adelaide’s local OzAsia festival, we’re dedicating this ep to shining a light on some of our favourite Asian Australian authors and voices.

We love reading any book ever, basically. And both of us adore books written by authors from across the world. Reading stories written in languages other than English can be such a wonderful exploration of our own language, and the way we expect and get used to hearing sentences, words, and descriptions. So this ep, we’re sharing our fave books that have been translated into English!

R U OK? Day comes around every September, and it’s a cause we can definitely get behind. So this ep, we’re chatting about our fave books that talk about mental health.

Melbourne Writers Festival often has one of the most incredible author line-ups year-in, year-out. And this year is no exception! Featuring the likes of Tony Birch, Helen Garner, Douglas Stuart, Behrouz Boochani, Rachel Cusk, Bruce Pascoe and Shaun Tan to name just a few, we decided to dedicate this ep to our fave books by an author on the line-up.

In Australia, it’s currently book week. A week where school kids around the country dress up as their favourite characters from books. In some awful twist of fate, this tradition has never crossed the barrier into adulthood. I would LOVE to annually dress up as my fave characters!

To celebrate book week and our inner nerd childs, Jacinta and Emma are chatting about their fave kids books of all time.

Sometimes it feels like some books achieve cult classic status so quickly, thanks to online bookclubs and recs (we’re looking at you Reese Witherspoon and Oprah!).

This ep we deep dive into some recent ‘classics’ that we think are perhaps a tad overrated.

We unpack the term chick lit - one of our least favourite expressions to exist in the English language. Plus, we recommend some of our favourite books that we’re currently reading.

By popular demand, this ep we’re chatting about our favourite cookbooks. And may we say, this list is a batch made in heaven. It’s batter late than never to jump on the cooking or baking bandwagon, so if you’re a real whisk-taker and are ready to bake the world a better place, tune in for our top cookbook recs. You’re a legend in the baking! Okay, we’ll stop now…

June is Pride month!! Pride month is held annually across the globe, with plenty of events and celebrations happening throughout the month. It’s celebrated during June in commemoration of the Stonewall Riots that took place in 1969.

To celebrate Pride, we’re chatting our fave books and stories by queer authors! We’re hitting all the genres again this ep - non-fiction, fiction, photography/history book, you name it!

May 27 is the beginning of National Reconciliation Week (NRW) here in Australia. It’s a time to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.

The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey— the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively.

To celebrate NRW, we’re sharing some of our favourite books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander authors.

Sometimes, truth really is greater than fiction. This fortnight, we’re jumping in to chat about our current favourite non-fiction books. We cover the whole gamut this ep - biographies, memoir, science!

So…we have a confession to make. There are some absolute classics that we may, or may not, have ever read. Our English teachers are inevitably mortified on our behalves too. So this ep we delve into the classic books we’ve each bypassed. And we’re not talking about the more obscure classics. This list includes a little old guy by the name of Shakespeare.

You know that feeling when you get immediately hooked by a book? That. That is one of our fave feelings ever! So in this ep, we’re chatting about the books that we’ve devoured.

This episode, we chat about the books we’re currently reading! Think: Hamnet (not a typo!), The Midnight Library, and recent breakout book The Animals in That Country!

Life’s boring if you always agree with those around you. So, this ep we’re diving into the books that have most divided us!

Do you love taking yourself on dates? Going to the movies, cafes or out for dinner? We love chilling at our fave cafes, book in hand and just enjoying our own company. So we sat down and debriefed about our fave solo date book recs.

Ever read a book and you cannot stop thinking to yourself ‘I cannot wait to see this as a TV show or movie’? Us too. So we’ve spent a whole episode chatting about the books we’re absolutely busting to see as TV shows or movies.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we couldn’t wait to dive right in to our favourite romance and friendship books.