All the things that make us cringe, gag, and recoil away from a book within an instant. From abhorrent stickers on book covers to the worst plot devices we've ever read, this week Megan and Marissa discuss their biggest book pet peeves. Marissa also shares an embarrassing reader faux pas she committed and Megan pretends she's very much over it.
As always, they start the podcast with their most recent reads and end it by drawing a new topic from the jar and discussing their upcoming reads.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Cold Open
0:44 Intro
1:18 The Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
2:30 The Darkness Within Us by Tricia Levenseller
5:58 The God and the Gumiho by Sophie Kim
7:26 A Feather So Black
10:42 A Fragile Enchantment
12:05 Winter's Orbit
18:00 Yellowface
22:28 Start of Topic: Biggest Bookish Pet Peeves
22:53 Misogyny As Worldbuilding
26:14 Dialogue Hidden In Description
27:03 Groundhog Day Syndrome
29:47 Prologues That Aren't Prologues
32:24 Poor Choreography & Action Scenes
32:46 CW: Mild Sexual Content
33:32 End of CW: Mild Sexual Content
36:36 Casual Realism & Pop Culture
41:07 Physical Pet Peeves
47:27 Formatting
49:53 The Next Topic!
50:56 Upcoming Reads
54:26 Outro & Socials
55:42 After the Pod