The Great Obsession
By RiLee and Sam
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Got an all-consuming obsession you NEED to talk about? We know the feeling. With fun little drinks in hand, join best friends RiLee & Sam as we discuss our recent fixations and long-term obsessions every Tuesday. We'll talk pop culture, music (primarily Taylor Swift), and a new book each month! Join us and follow our Instagram @thegreatobsessionpod to share your input on what we should read next!
| Episode | Date |
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SONG OF ACHILLES | a great odyssey prequel
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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MID-JULY VIBE CHECK | don't go on any trips with matt damon
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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MID YEAR REVIEW: THE BEST OF 2026 SO FAR | obsession is this year's sinners
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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JULY VIBE CHECK | free yourselves from your TBRs!
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL | this one is for boys named jack
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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MID-JUNE VIBE CHECK | dtla and dumb bitches
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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YOU SEEM PRETTY SAD FOR A GIRL SO IN LOVE | olivia rodrigo has saved summer!
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Cry for Help Songs | dont worry, we are actually fine
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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JUNE VIBE CHECK | scary movies and manic music
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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YESTERYEAR | justice for idahoans
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May 27, 2026 |
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MID-MAY VIBE CHECK | off campus has changed our lives
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May 19, 2026 |
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REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES | humans are stupid
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May 12, 2026 |
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MAY VIBE CHECK | addressing the elephant in the room...
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May 05, 2026 |
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MID-APRIL VIBE CHECK | we are NOT choosin' texas
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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IS ROMANCE CLASS FANTASY? | ladies stop sacrificing your power!
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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APRIL VIBE CHECK | raye for album of the year 2027!
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN | we're uncomfortable and we like it
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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PROJECT HAIL MARY MOVIE | amaze! amaze! amaze!
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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MID MARCH VIBE CHECK | we learn about credenzas
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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TERRIBLE MEDIA WE LOVE | don't put disrespect on logan lerman's name!
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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MARCH VIBE CHECK | cant get no eggs hatched
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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ISOLA | how much worse can it get? so much worse.
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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MID-FEB VIBE CHECK | the brooms were too sweepy
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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10 SONGS THAT DEFINED US | female artist supremacy!!!
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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FEB 2026 VIBE CHECK | we barely survived january
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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READING 1-STAR REVIEWS OF BOOKS WE LOVE | do goodreads users deserve rights?
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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MID-JAN 2026 VIBE CHECK | rilees never seen a meg ryan movie
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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2026 PREVIEW | the year of the book-to-screen adaptation
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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JANUARY VIBE CHECK | ilya rozanov call us
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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BEST (AND WORST) OF 2025 | year of the flop
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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WILD REVERENCE | why aren't we heralding?
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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BOY OF THE YEAR 2025 | a hottie-off showdown extravaganza
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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2025 READS | shockingly no duds
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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DECEMBER VIBE CHECK | the secret lives of stranger things for good
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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MATE | for the team jacob girlies
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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THE HOUSEMAID | a series of ridiculously convenient events
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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NOVEMBER VIBE CHECK | evan peters white boy of 2025???
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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ALCHEMY OF SECRETS | does her sister even exist?
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 FILM | rough seas ahead
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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OCTOBER VIBE CHECK | please free us from football season
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL | the resident Taylor scholar is in
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 | reads like a reddit thread
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY S3 | are we out of the woods yet?
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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LEGENDS & LATTES | a spokane shoutout??
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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GUESS THE BOOK BY THE FIRST LINE | lame revolutions, exploding demons, and who tf is Joost??
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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SEPTEMBER VIBE CHECK | a love letter to jaws
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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A WITCH'S GUIDE TO MAGICAL INNKEEPING | coming of age, but in your 30s?
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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LATE SUMMER CHECK IN | costco pls sponsor us
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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MEDIA THAT MOVED US...ROMANTICALLY | to all the broken boys who yearn
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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AUGUST VIBE CHECK | the girls yearn for speed racer (2008)
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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PROJECT HAIL MARY | a marvel movie of a book (complimentary)
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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WE WERE LIARS SEASON 1 | gut punches and suffering
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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GUESS THE BOOK BY THE REVIEW | plus lightning fun facts
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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ATMOSPHERE | taylor jenkins reid has a way with words
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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JULY VIBE CHECK | kittens and edm
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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WE WERE LIARS | when a twist goes a little too hard
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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JUNE VIBE CHECK | secret lives of mormon sinners (rilee)
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH THE SEA | if studio ghibli was a book
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May 27, 2025 |
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SUMMER TBR AND RECS | we are actually begging you read fable
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May 20, 2025 |
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GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE | it's like reverse evelyn hugo
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May 13, 2025 |
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MAY VIBE CHECK | from menopause to minecraft
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May 06, 2025 |
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DEEP END | secondhand embarrassment, smut, & surprisingly good therapy
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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HOT TAKES | stop calling yourself a Gryffindor
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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SUNRISE ON THE REAPING | we know too much!
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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VIBE CHECK CONT'D | recession pop and flop celebrity podcasts
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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APRIL VIBE CHECK | serial killer romance & party city
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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GOD OF THE WOODS | never trust a rich man
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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READING SLUMP BUSTERS | for when you need to prove your brain still works
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW | the foreboding air of rural southern towns
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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MARCH VIBE CHECK | thoughtful reads & trash tv...the duality of man
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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LEGENDBORN | the audacity of men (but never selwyn)
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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BAD MORMON | basically just spilling mormonism tea
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) | the ultimate comfort film
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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FEBRUARY VIBE CHECK | listen for sam's nic cage impression
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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ONYX STORM | a love letter to ridoc gamlyn
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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2025 TBR AND WATCHLIST | where’s the new music?
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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JAN VIBE CHECK | go see sonic 3
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES | who actually journals this much?
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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BEST OF 2024 | guess who drank the haterade
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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RANKING OUR 2024 READS | speak on it!
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE | is rilee a pastor?
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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DECEMBER VIBE CHECK | holiday reads & holding space for defying gravity
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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A RIVER ENCHANTED | made in the a.m.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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SMASH OR PASS...AGAIN | i like the spikes
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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TWILIGHT | revisiting the shockingly enduring adaptation
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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NOVEMBER VIBE CHECK | is this what it feels like to do drugs?
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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NINTH HOUSE | 'tis i, the evil one!
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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HEARTSTOPPER S3 | why are we like this? ft. Abby Tree
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER TV SERIES | Ravi can get it!
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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FMK | Stiles you're always number one in my heart
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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OCTOBER VIBE CHECK | cozy fall reads, awful movies, & mormon wives
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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UGLIES | the matrix for kids
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER | stay out of the woods, people!
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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TAYLOR TUESDAY | rep rants and bad math
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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SEPTEMBER VIBE CHECK | pop girl summer ends & sad girl fall begins
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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FABLE | pirates and parental dynamics, oh my!
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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IT ENDS WITH US MOVIE | best or worst outfits of all time??
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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TAYLOR TUESDAY | a folklore extravaganza!
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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AUGUST VIBE CHECK | boys, don't take your girl to see twisters!
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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FUNNY STORY | beach read but better
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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IT ENDS WITH US | equal parts serious and unserious
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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TAYLOR TUESDAY | gracie, travis, and justice for debut
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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JULY VIBE CHECK | all the reasons rilee is crying
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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GRACELING | they ran for days? couldn't be me
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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PERFECT MATCH S2 | has netflix cracked the code?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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BRIDGERTON S3 | she DOES have perfect boobs!
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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TAYLOR TUESDAY | can we predict the unpredictable?
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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JUNE VIBE CHECK | the boys love glen powell
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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THE FAMILIAR | spanish inquisition, but make it rAnDoM
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May 28, 2024 |
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PERSONAL BOOK LORE W/ BEAKMARKS | twilight fanfic & feminist awakenings
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May 21, 2024 |
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TAYLOR TUESDAY | Eras Tour Paris, TTPD set
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May 14, 2024 |
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VIBE CHECK | ttpd updates, challengers + more
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May 07, 2024 |
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BEACH READ | a surprising lack of beach
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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TTPD & THE ANTHOLOGY | review + breakdown
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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MEDIA THAT SHAPED US | but in a bad way
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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THE PRISONER'S THRONE | oh we're scheming again!
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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THE STOLEN HEIR | fun, but in a twisted way?
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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SMASH OR PASS | i can fix him
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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BOOKS THAT ALTERED OUR BRAIN CHEMISTRY | is rilee better than everyone???
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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BRIDE | we were "knot" expecting that...
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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DUNE Pt 2 | lets get spicy
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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CRESCENT CITY: HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW | that's not how black holes work
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES | hello, nes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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A COURT OF FROST AND STARLIGHT | do their minds have hands?! or NOT?!!
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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A COURT OF WINGS AND RUIN | the one with the war crimes
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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A COURT OF MIST AND FURY | have we judged tamlin too harshly???
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES | faeries...they're just like us!
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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OUR 2024 TBR AND WATCHLIST | we will be seated
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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RUTHLESS VOWS | miscommunication? OUT. excessive communication? IN!!!!
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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DIVINE RIVALS | roman can catfish me anytime
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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2023 YEAR IN REVIEW | deeply chaotic and unserious
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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RANKING OUR 2023 READS | spoiler free!
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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COZY CHRISTMAS READS | maximizing our holiday vibes
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES | too many snakes
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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IRON FLAME | the short-awaited sequel...
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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YALL FEST 2023 | recap + recommendations
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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1989 TV | it all comes back to harry styles
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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A CURSE FOR TRUE LOVE | aurora doesn't deserve purple hair
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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THE BALLAD OF NEVER AFTER | she's delulu!
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART | we love a broken boy
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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HEARTSTOPPER | you're gay! and YOU'RE gay! and YOU'RE ALL gay! ft. Abby Tree
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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CRESCENT CITY: HOUSE OF SKY AND BREATH | it's giving pretty little liars
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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GUTS | Arnold Palmer who?
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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CRESCENT CITY: HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD pt. 2 | micah is dan humphrey.
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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CRESCENT CITY: HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD PT. 1 | we're just saying words!
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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1989 (TV) ANNOUNCEMENT | she's never shaken anything off in her life!
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY S2 | stop kissing his brother!!
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY S1 | special guest Abby!
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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KARDASHIANS S3 | are you keeping up?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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BARBIE | summer of the girl
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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FANFICTION | one direction, groot + more
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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FOURTH WING | eragon for hot girls
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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SPEAK NOW (TV) | album review
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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ASHES AND THE STAR-CURSED KING | there she is....again
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT | worlds longest title
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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THE ULTIMATUM QUEER LOVE | justice for Mal
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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CHAIN OF THORNS | well. that was a book.
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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CHAIN OF IRON | Thostair for life
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May 30, 2023 |
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CHAIN OF GOLD | 580 pages of just...foreshadowing
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May 23, 2023 |
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THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE | fake deep?
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May 16, 2023 |
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SPEAK NOW (TV) | announcement reacts
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May 09, 2023 |
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THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO | is this celebrity Fanfiction??
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May 02, 2023 |
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LOVE IS BLIND S4 | stop using the word nurturing im begging you
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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DAISY JONES & THE SIX TV SHOW | thank god daisy wears shoes
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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BONUS EPISODE 1 | eras tour, the bachelor, dream-induced crushes + more
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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DAISY JONES & THE SIX | regret me...regretfully?
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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SHADOW AND BONE SEASON 2 PART 2 | the one with the meaningless plot
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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SHADOW AND BONE SEASON 2 PART 1 | two girls one brain cell
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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SHADOW AND BONE SEASON 1 | jesper stans 4ever
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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CROOKED KINGDOM | someone buy these kids some waffles
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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SIX OF CROWS | we are ready to die for inej ghafa
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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RUIN AND RISING | the side characters were the best part
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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SIEGE AND STORM | a nothing burger of a book
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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SHADOW & BONE | what did we just read?
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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THE QUEEN OF NOTHING | it was all worth it
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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2022 IN REVIEW | fav books, tv shows, pop culture + more
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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THE WICKED KING | are we cardan stans now??
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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THE CRUEL PRINCE | we came here for the fanart
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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MIDNIGHTS | reactions & thots part 2
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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MIDNIGHTS | reactions & thots part 1
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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TWILIGHT | the franchise that raised us
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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TRAILER | The Great Obsession Podcast
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Jan 14, 2023 |