Bookmark the Odds!

Summary

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Podcast Summary

Podcast: I'll Read What She's Reading
Episode: Bookmark the Odds!
Date: January 21, 2026
Hosts: Kennedy, Mikayla, and Reggie

Episode Overview

The January 21, 2026 episode of I'll Read What She's Reading introduces a new bookish game, “Bookmark the Odds!” Instead of their usual book club pick or author interviews, Kennedy, Mikayla, and Reggie put their friendship to the test guessing how the podcast audience answered hot bookish “Would You Rather” scenarios. The game uses percentages à la Jackbox's “Guesspionage”—one host predicts what percent picked option A, the others guess if real answers are higher or lower. Correct predictors get two points if within 5%; closer guessers get one. Stakes are set for a year-long leaderboard: the ultimate loser will face a TBD punishment (and the winner gets a prize, possibly a Barnes & Noble gift card).
The result is a hilarious, revealing, and at times chaotic romp through the reading preferences of their fandom—and each other.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Rules & Setting the Stakes (00:13–03:09)

• Game explanation: Predict what percent of listeners picked each side of a bookish “Would You Rather” question.
• Scoring: 2 points for guessing the percentage within 5%, 1 point for a correct higher/lower guess, none for a miss.
• Year-long competition: Winner and loser at the end of the year, with fan-suggested punishments (e.g., reading a ridiculous book, NO audiobooks for a week).
• Sample suggestion for winner: “Barnes & Noble gift card, something like that.” (02:00)

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2. Game in Action: Key Questions, Commentary, and Stand-out Moments

Below are highlights chronologically, including smart/funny commentary and audience consensus reveals.

A. “Would You Rather” Lightning Rounds

1. Last Page vs. Never Reading the Synopsis (03:31–04:36)

• Kennedy guesses “89% would rather never read the synopsis.”
• Actual: 85.5% would never read the synopsis.
• Kennedy: “I personally would choose to never read the synopsis…Over reading the last page.” (04:49)

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2. Multiple POV vs. Single POV Books (05:20–06:44)

• Mikayla predicts only 42% want multiple POVs, but actual is 71.2%.
• Reggie insight: “People love multiple point of views… but sometimes a multiple point of view book can almost ruin the book.” (06:58)
• All three admit they’d ultimately choose multiple POV, though with some reservations.

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3. Romance vs. Fantasy Forever (07:41–08:39)

• Reggie: “I want to say romance…but not everyone loves fantasy.” Guesses 64% for romance.
• Actual: 33.1% would pick romance, a landslide for fantasy.
• Kennedy: “That doesn’t necessarily surprise me with our audience because I feel like we read mostly fantasy.” (08:39)

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4. Skipping Scenes: Spicy or Battle? (08:57–09:36)

• Kennedy predicts 84% would skip spicy scenes, but only 67.9% said so—spicier than she expected!
• Mikayla (losing): “I’m not good at trivia, guessing, numbers game. I’m good at strategic.” (09:47)
• The team admits they underestimated craving for spice.

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5. Preference: Spice or No Spice (10:02–10:32)

• Mikayla guesses 65% want spice; actual is a split 51%—theme of assumptions being upended continues.

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6. Live in Your Favorite (and Die) vs. Live Forever in Least Favorite (10:57–13:02)

• Reggie’s instinct: only 53% would risk dying in chapter 10 of their favorite book... Actual: 82% would!
• Kennedy: “My mindset is I’m gonna be a side character. Probably have no meaning, but you’re gonna have a good time. But you’re gonna be alive.” (13:32)
• The majority want a taste of their favorite world—even if brief.

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7. Teeny Tiny Font vs. Long Chapters (14:05–15:23)

• Kennedy: 70% would prefer tiny font to long chapters; actual: only 36% agree.
• Reggie: “I’d rather read a long chapter.”—punctuated by a group confessional about how chapter length affects their reading habits. (15:02–16:08)

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8. Emily Henry vs. Abby Jimenez (16:41–18:57)

• Mikayla: “I have a feeling people are going to say Emily Henry…”—Calls 60% for Henry; actual split at 53.5%.
• Whole crew struggles to truly choose; agree both are top-tier.
• Reggie: “There’s something about Emily Henry…she brings all those things, plus some vibe…doesn’t mean she’s better than Abby Jimenez.” (17:37)

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9. Morally Gray Shadow Daddy vs. Golden Retriever Book Boyfriend (19:09–20:32)

• Reggie gives 66% for the shadow daddy; actual is 61.7%.
• Kennedy: “There’s rarely a male main character that is the funny golden retriever guy in a fantasy book…I would like to see that written.” (20:58)

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10. Tamlin Redemption Arc? (ACOTAR Spoilers) (21:15–21:56)

• Kennedy bets 72% are open to it; actual is a perfect 50/50 split.

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11. Friends to Lovers vs. Enemies to Lovers (22:19–23:13)

• Mikayla bets 62% for enemies to lovers; actual is 68%.
• Group solidarity in loving the “enemies” trope.

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12. Reading Out Loud Spicy Scenes vs. Pee Your Pants Laughing (23:41–25:17)

• Reggie (31% predicted correctly): “If I knew I had to read [spicy scenes] out loud, I would just read…when there’s not people around me.” (24:18)

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13. Physical Copy vs. Kindle (25:24–26:28)

• Mikayla estimates 67% choose physical; actual: 45% do, with Kindle edging out.

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14. Audiobooks: Do They Count as Reading? (26:47–28:33)

• Mikayla: “I’m going to say 96%”—actual: 91% say yes.
• Kennedy: “I think it counts. So do 91% of you.” (27:39)

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15. Assassin’s Blade First or Not (Throne of Glass Order) (28:33–31:12)

• Reggie calls 58% for “anywhere else but first”; actual is 55.8%.
• Thoughtful discussion about emotional payoff and story order.

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16. Spoil Yourself or Never Know Ending (32:25–33:30)

• Kennedy: 83% would rather spoil; actual: 88% agree.
• Mikayla: “What good, what fun would reading be if you don’t know how the book ends?” (32:43)

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17. ACOTAR vs. Throne of Glass (SJM Series Showdown) (33:41–36:15)

• Mikayla predicts 60% for ToG; actual is 68%.
• Insight: Acotar might be entry point, but ToG wins for those who’ve read both.

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18. Sports Romance vs. Small Town Romance (36:52–38:36)

• Reggie: “I’m going to go 58% small town.” Actual: 68%.
• Small town romance dominates, perhaps due to broader definition.

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19. Unlimited Free Ebooks vs. Audiobooks (39:03–39:35)

• Kennedy: 59% for audiobooks; actual: 59% say ebooks!

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20. Only New Releases, or Only Already-Published Books (2025 and Earlier) (40:44–42:13)

• Mikayla: “63% pick new releases.” Actual: 81% would stick to already-published books only.

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21. Only Series vs. Only Standalones Forever (43:25–44:52)

• Reggie: 79% say series; actual: 72%.
• The hosts recognize some people don’t like the commitment of series.

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22. Goodreads vs. Fable (or Other Apps) (45:11–45:38)

• Kennedy: 80% vote Goodreads; actual: 77%.

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23. Read on a Beach or in a Cozy Cabin (46:05–47:35)

• Mikayla: 56% choose beach; actual: 68% for cozy cabin.
• Mikayla, on beaches: “I’m boogie boarding, getting smashed by waves, snorkeling…” (46:28)

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24. Rebecca Yarros: Romance or Fantasy Books Only (48:02–49:16)

• Reggie: 77% would pick fantasy; actual: 84%.
• “Fourth Wing has taken the world by storm.” (48:58)

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25. The Housemaid: Book vs. Movie (49:47–50:33)

• Kennedy nails it at 77% for the book.

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26. Meet Your Favorite Author or Favorite Character (51:07–51:38)

• Mikayla: 80% want to meet character; actual: 67%.
• Mikayla: “If I had a Zaden standing in front of me or Rebecca Yarros…Who you choosing? I’m choosing Zaden.” (52:01)

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27. Final Showdown: Rhys (ACOTAR) or Zaden (Fourth Wing)? (53:25–55:00)

• Reggie: 62% for Zaden; actual: 54% Rhys, 45% Zaden.
• Kennedy: “I think a lot of people are very loyal to Rhys.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Kennedy (on competitive stakes): “A lot is on the line here. A lot is on the line.” (05:04)
• Mikayla: “I’m not good at trivia, guessing, numbers games. I’m good at strategic.” (09:47)
• Kennedy (on bookish preferences): “I like when books…have really long chapters, it makes me not want to continue reading.” (15:31)
• Reggie (on the emotional order of reading ToG): “Imagine if you just knew everybody’s trauma the first second you met them.” (32:10)
• Mikayla (on meeting characters): “If I had a Zaden standing in front of me or Rebecca Yarros…Who you choosing? I’m choosing Zaden…I’m sorry, Rebecca Yarros.” (52:01)
• Reggie (on Fourth Wing adaptation): “I think I can see Fourth Wing being a better movie than ACOTAR would be.” (55:54)

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Scoreboard/Results Announcements (Ongoing)

• Regular updates on scores and competitive banter—by the final question, Reggie and Kennedy are tied, with Mikayla just one point behind.
• Final Winner: Kennedy, by a single point!
• Punishment/Winner Suggestion: Listeners are encouraged to submit suggestions; running joke of the “book report” or “no audiobooks” week.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Rules & Intro to Game: 00:13–03:09
• First “Would You Rather”: 03:31 (“Would you rather read the last page or never read the synopsis?”)
• Emily Henry vs. Abby Jimenez: 16:41–18:57
• ACOTAR vs. Throne of Glass: 33:41–36:15
• Rebecca Yarros Books: 48:02–49:16
• Final Question (Rhys vs. Zaden): 53:25–55:00
• Winner Announced & Outro: 55:15–56:52

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Episode Tone & Dynamics

• Chaotic, funny, and hyper-relatable: Hosts riff on personal preferences, overthink each question, and regularly surprise themselves with how their tastes do or don’t match their audience.
• Honest admissions: Each host struggles with the “projecting my own answer vs. thinking how others think” dilemma.
• Community engagement: Multiple calls-to-action to the audience for input on future punishments/rewards and game ideas.

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Conclusion

This episode is a love letter to bookish friendship, readerly quirks, and the unpredictable opinions of the BookTok/Bookstagram/Book Club community. Even when they’re wrong, the hosts’ honesty and humor is infectious—making the episode both fun and insightful for anyone who loves talking about what (and how) we read.
Key takeaway: Preferences (spice, POV, favorite series, hero, adaptation dreams, etc.) run deep—but even avid readers are often surprised by where they fall in the bookish spectrum.
Next up: Kennedy claims the first win in the year-long series, but the competition promises future chaos, tough choices, and community-driven dares.

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Transcript

[A]

Foreign. Hi, guys. Welcome back to I'll Read a cheese reading. I'm Kennedy.

[B]

I'm Mikayla.

[C]

And I'm Reggie.

[A]

And today we are playing a new bookish game never played on the podcast. It's called yes. Bookmark the odds.

[B]

Yeah. Right. Yeah.

[A]

Okay. So you guys might be familiar with this similar game. It's on quiplash. Other podcasts do it. I actually got the idea from a podcast my husband listens to. Basically, we asked you guys questions. For example, would you rather. I can't think of any of the questions that I typed in the form.

[C]

Would you rather live in Throne of Glass or which Acotar or Throne of Glass?

[A]

Yes.

[C]

Or.

[A]

And then you guys chose from there. So let's use Reggie's example. The question would be, would you rather live in Acotar? A throne of Glass? One of us is going to say a percentage. I'm going to say 75% of people would rather live in Acotar. Then the other two will either say whether they think the percentage is above what I said or below what I said.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Then we get points according to if we got it right. The percentage person will get two points if they get the percent right, and the other two will get one point if they're right.

[C]

Do you want me. I'll. Do you want me to keep score?

[A]

Reggie's gonna keep score.

[B]

Please keep score.

[A]

And we have decided that throughout the year of 2026, we're gonna play games throughout the podcast like you guys know and love. And at the end of the year, whoever lost the most games is going to get a punishment.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

What it is, is tbd. We have not decided. You guys can help us figure it out. But it has to be good.

[B]

Yeah. Isn't there also going to be a winner?

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A winner and a loser.

[B]

A winner and a loser. The middle person. Just.

[A]

Middle person is just the middle. So you guys can help us decide.

[B]

What you think the loser's punishment should be. Some thoughts we had in our brain were reading a really outlandish book. Forcing the loser to have to read a book and then do a report on it.

[A]

Book report.

[B]

Not having to. Re. Not. Sorry. Not being able to listen to audiobooks for a solid week.

[A]

I hate that one was also or longer.

[B]

Yeah.

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You want to make it really hard.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't know.

[B]

Those are just some ideas that came to our brain, but we can't decide. So if you have any ideas, comment. DM us. We'd love to hear winner. We thought maybe like a Barnes and Noble Gift card, something like that.

[C]

And second place in the middle.

[A]

Just nada.

[C]

Nothing.

[B]

Nothing sitting pretty. That's just mediocre.

[A]

Mediocrity of its at its finest.

[C]

Okay, really quick. So two points if you get the percentage right? The exact percentage, even if it's like, 72. Or do you want to say, like, within 5% or within 10%? Because, like, in the guest bionage game, if you get within, like, 5%, we'll do within 5%.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I just want to, like, make sure, because I'm like.

[A]

Okay. All right, without further ado, let's get into our first question. And once again, you guys, these questions were hard. Are giving.

[B]

I didn't look at any of them.

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Good.

[C]

I only looked at the first half.

[A]

And I added a 10 after I sent. Yes. Okay, first question. Do you want me to guess the percentage first?

[B]

Yeah, maybe percentage first.

[A]

Would you rather read the last page or never read the synopsis? I'm gonna go with 89% of people would rather never read the synopsis.

[B]

Okay, I. I agree with that. So what I say. I would have to guess if it was lower or higher from 89. I'm gonna guess lower, actually.

[A]

That's. I think that's a strategic move. Yeah, between.

[C]

Between. Say that again.

[A]

Between reading the last page or never reading the synopsis.

[B]

So she said 89% said they would rather not read the synopsis.

[A]

That seems kind of high.

[B]

Now an 11% would rather read the last page, right?

[A]

Yes. That's a little high, but I'm gonna. It's locked in.

[C]

Part of me really wants to say higher, though, but I'm gonna go with lower.

[A]

All right, the answer is 85.5% said they would rather never read the synopsis, and 14.5% said that they would read the last page.

[B]

Oh, nice.

[C]

Good job, guys.

[B]

So you got two points, and then me, Reggie got one, right?

[A]

Yes. Yes. Wow. Good job. Good job. I personally would choose to never read the synopsis.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Over reading the last page.

[C]

Way more fun.

[A]

Yeah, way more fun. Okay.

[C]

Is this the best way for me to do it, do you think? And then I just add em up as we go?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You guys trust me?

[B]

Yes, I trust you.

[C]

All right.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You better not jit me, Reggie.

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A lot is on the line here. A lot is on the line.

[C]

If there's a better way, you guys think I can do it? I can.

[A]

Why am I sweating? Why is this probably an app? I'm so nervous for no reason. Seriously. Okay, next question. Who.

[B]

Who do we want to do percentage.

[C]

Please go this way.

[A]

Do me.

[B]

So I'm doing the.

[A]

You're doing the percentage. Okay.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

What would you rather read, Multiple point of views or one point of view? Oh, my God. Actually, it's really hard.

[B]

I feel like it's going to be pretty dang split.

[A]

Same.

[B]

I feel like I'm gonna say 42% for multiple point of views and 48%. Wait, did I do that right?

[A]

No.

[B]

58%.

[A]

So just give us, like, you think 42% of people said multiple point of views, and then we say above or below. Yeah, so you said. You think 42% said multiple point of view.

[B]

Yeah, but then the other one would be single point of view, and that would be 58%.

[A]

But which one do you want us to go on?

[B]

Oh, I guess the 48%.

[A]

Okay. Wait, what did I say?

[B]

42. 42%.

[A]

Okay, 42%.

[C]

I'm making a rule that once you say out loud, higher or lower, you can't change your mind.

[A]

Got it. Okay.

[B]

Okay. Hmm.

[C]

I'm gonna go higher.

[A]

You think? Okay, you said 42% would rather read multiple point of views. I'm gonna go who? I'm gonna go lower.

[B]

Oh, there's some division.

[A]

The answer is. Ooh.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

71.2% said that they would rather read multiple point of views.

[B]

Wow.

[A]

That's crazy.

[B]

I didn't get a point.

[A]

That's okay. I didn't either.

[B]

Frick.

[A]

Dude. I don't know why that surprises me. I don't know why. In my mind, I was thinking, there's more books out there with a single point of view than multiple point of views.

[C]

But I think people love multiple point of views. Like, some of my favorite books are multiple, But I feel like sometimes a multiple point of view book can almost ruin the book. Like, I think I would enjoy the book a little bit better if it was single. Single point of view.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't know which.

[A]

Which one would you guys pick? I would use multiple point of views.

[B]

I would, too. Life or death. You have to pick one or the other.

[C]

I mean, I'd probably say multiple.

[B]

I do. I agree with you, though. Some books need just a single point of view and that's it. But, yeah, I think I'm more thoroughly entertained with multiple.

[A]

There's just a lot more going on.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You know.

[C]

All right, moving on.

[A]

Reggie's guessing our percentage. If you could only read one of these genres for the rest of your life, Romance or fantasy.

[C]

I'm going to say this one's fairly close, but I Want to say there's going to be more people that would say romance, because I just feel like most people enjoy a romance book, but not everyone loves fantasy.

[A]

True.

[C]

I'm going to say 64% of people said romance.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Ooh.

[A]

I'm trying to think about our audience and our followers.

[C]

It's hard.

[B]

I'm gonna say lower.

[A]

I'm also gonna say lower.

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

I feel like I already want to change my mind.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

You ready?

[A]

Yeah. Okay. 33.1% chose romance.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

So I should have flip flopped because.

[A]

What did you say?

[C]

62, 4.

[A]

60.

[B]

Yes. Yeah.

[A]

So 66.9% chose fantasy.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

That doesn't necessarily surprise me with our audience because I feel like we read mostly fantasy.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You both said lower.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All right.

[B]

Yeah. All right.

[A]

On to the next.

[B]

The next one. You better not get a freaking easy one again.

[A]

Do you want me to? This one might be kind of easy. No, that's okay. Because I'm pretty sure. Okay, pick one. Skim spicy scenes. Skim battle scenes. And I'm going to say 84% of people chose to skip to skim spicy scenes.

[B]

I'm gonna say higher.

[C]

I'm gonna say lower.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[C]

People just love their spice.

[A]

Okay, okay.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

67.9% chose skim spicy scenes.

[B]

Oh, dang.

[A]

So that was way off. Dang. I didn't really think that one through because I was kind of thinking, me personally. Yeah. But there are a lot of people that love their spicy scenes.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You said higher.

[B]

I did. So I didn't get a point. All right, I'm losing. I'm sucking real bad.

[A]

Something about Michaela is she's very competitive, and she plays games like this 24. 7.

[B]

I'm not good at, like, trivia, guessing, numbers game. I'm good at strategic.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

There's no strategy to this, really.

[B]

I mean, there could be if you. If you pay attention. I clearly don't.

[A]

It's fine.

[B]

It's fine.

[A]

Okay. Pick your preference. Spice or no spice.

[B]

Watch that one. I feel like this one's also going to be really even. No, I'm going to say 65% said spice.

[A]

I'm going to say higher.

[C]

I'm going to say higher too.

[A]

I probably would have said. I don't know what I would have said, but based on the last one K, 51% said spice.

[C]

Wow.

[A]

Dang.

[B]

I didn't even get a point from that, though.

[A]

None of us did. No, not surprises me.

[C]

That surprises me too.

[A]

That surprises me a Lot interesting. Maybe we need to choose more non spice books.

[C]

Sorry.

[B]

Well, yeah, yeah, I don't know. I. I thought it was going to be pretty even, but the last time I thought that I was.

[C]

Yeah, that one's. That was a tricky one. Okay, all right, hit me with it.

[A]

Pick one. Live in your favorite book, but die in chapter 10, live in your least favorite book, and live forever.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[C]

Okay, well, I'm thinking die in chapter 10. It's like you wouldn't even have that much time to enjoy the place you're at. I mean, like.

[A]

I mean, you would, but I mean, I'm thinking, like, even if I chose my least favorite fantasy book of all time, at least I'm in a fantasy world.

[C]

Yeah, but it said least favorite book. Yeah, but I'm like, what's my least favorite book? Like, it's hard to pick. I don't know how you pick a least favorite non fantasy book. You know what I mean?

[A]

I mean, if you chose your least favorite book that's just based in the real world.

[C]

Yeah, I'm living that anyways.

[A]

She's living that anyway. She's living in her least favorite book.

[C]

Just normal life, you know, I'm not freaking in Valaris. Okay, this is hard. I'm gonna just not think too hard about it. And I'm gonna go with. I'm gonna say concentration on your. I told myself I wasn't gonna think too hard, but now I like, I'm not even thinking hard. I just can't even think of.

[B]

This is a really hard one.

[A]

It is really hard.

[C]

I wouldn't even know what percentage I'm gonna go with. Let's say 53% of people will live in their favorite fantasy book and diet chapter 10.

[B]

Ooh, I think.

[A]

I think I'm gonna say lower. I'm also gonna say lower.

[B]

I could be very wrong, though.

[C]

Yeah, see, I would take it back every.

[A]

Which one would you guys personally pick?

[B]

I think I would pick the other one.

[A]

Like, live in your least favorite book. Yeah, I think so too. My problem is I always tend to just choose the one that I would personally choose. Yeah, but that's not the case. Okay, what percentage did you say?

[C]

I said 52.

[B]

Honestly, it could be within five of each.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

But I do think now it would be like, probably 30 something, but I'm just gonna. I stuck. I'm sticking with my 52 because I can't change my mind.

[A]

82% chose to live in your favorite book, but die in chapter 10. Shut up. Oh, my Gosh. They want to be their favorite characters.

[B]

And just be offed.

[C]

Also, hear me out. If you think you're gonna live in your favorite fantasy, but that doesn't mean you're gonna, like.

[A]

You know what I mean?

[C]

Like, you don't get to be.

[A]

You're one of those poor people at the beginning, when the villain comes in.

[B]

To kill the village. I feel like a lot of people tend to imagine themselves as the main character, and so I think that's where their mindset was going. My mindset is I'm gonna be a side character. Probably have no meaning, but you're gonna.

[A]

Have a good time. But you're gonna be alive.

[B]

I'm gonna be alive.

[A]

That's the person.

[C]

You're never gonna read a fantasy book ever again.

[A]

Well, your life is just over. You had zero meaning. Oh, wow. That's a die in chapter 10.

[B]

I would love to hear if you picked the other way. Like, you die in chapter 10. Please tell me your reasoning. Why? Like, I'm just genuinely curious.

[A]

You're wrong.

[B]

I'm just kidding.

[C]

I got a point for that one.

[A]

No, no. Wow.

[B]

No.

[A]

All right, onto the next.

[B]

Onto the next one.

[A]

I feel like this one's. Mine is really hard. Wait, is it me next? Yeah, yours is really hard. Oh, my God. So sorry. That's okay. I'll figure it out. Well, it might be easy for you to answer, but it's okay. Sorry. We'll get there. Would you rather only read books with teeny tiny font or only read books with long chapters?

[B]

Wow, this is so hard. Because I want to say what I would prefer and then just go off of that, but I'm like, you guys have been proving to me that I. We have different opinions about book things.

[C]

Teeny is teeny.

[A]

I'm thinking, like, teeny tiny. Well, me, I'm like, teeny tiny. Like, not. You don't need a magnifying glass, but, like, people who wear prescription glasses are like. I'm gonna. I'm gonna go out on a limb here, okay. And say that 70 of people said that they would rather read books with teeny, tiny font. Lower, lower. Because me. Because me.

[B]

I'm like.

[A]

I hate long chapters. I would hate tidier.

[C]

Yeah, I'd rather read a long chapter.

[A]

I'm scared to scroll. I'm scared.

[B]

Oh, okay. Okay, okay, okay, Wait. No. I'm so off.

[A]

I was just like. Wait, wait, wait, wait. What? Okay, 36% said they would rather read books with teeny tiny font. So you both got a point.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Yeah. That Tracks. I need to stop thinking about me and thinking about you.

[B]

You would rather read with really tiny font.

[A]

Yeah, that's because I like when books are. When books have really long chapters, it makes me not want to continue reading.

[B]

Well, you also have the issue where you can't stop in the middle of a chapter. Yeah.

[A]

And I. After I finish one chapter, I will always go and see how long the next chapter is.

[B]

I don't care. I can stop in the middle of a chapter.

[A]

I also had to turn off the function on my Kindle that told me how long was left in a chapter.

[C]

Oh, really?

[A]

Yeah, because I'm reading the will of the Many right now, and some of the chapters are, like, 45 minutes long, and I see that, and I'm like.

[B]

Okay, you know, you can just, like, do pages.

[A]

Yeah, no, I switched it. Oh, you switched it? Yeah, I switched it. Okay. I switched it to pages.

[B]

It depends on my mood, what I want to be told.

[A]

Maybe I need to be better at just stopping in the middle of a chapter. My New Year's resolution. What's the. Can you. Can you tally up the points? Let's see. Let's see.

[C]

Yeah. Kennedy, four. Michaela, three. Me, four.

[A]

Oh, we're not doing great, guys.

[B]

I'm not doing great.

[C]

Like, I should have had, like, a paper in a little.

[B]

We have the whiteboard. Okay.

[A]

Okay. We had a few people DM us about this question and say that it was diabolical.

[B]

Oh, no.

[A]

And I'm sorry.

[B]

Oh, my God. What is it?

[A]

You can only pick one.

[B]

Ah.

[A]

Emily Henry or Abby Jimenez.

[B]

I have a feeling that people are going to say Emily Henry more than Abby Jimenez.

[A]

Do you think, like, recency bias because of her movie, all that stu.

[B]

Okay, yes. I'm going to say 60% Emily Henry. I'm.

[C]

I'm going to.

[A]

I'm going to say higher.

[C]

Yeah, I'm going to say higher, too.

[B]

I probably would say that, too, if I was doing that, but I had to play it safe.

[A]

No, I. I feel like it's going to be pretty split down the middle. So who are you?

[B]

Who you.

[A]

Who are you guys picking?

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

Here's. I was thinking about this actually, recently.

[B]

I don't know, I think I've rated.

[C]

More Abby Jimenez books higher, but I feel like there's something about Emily Henry. She has more. Her books are a little more vibey to me.

[A]

I also feel like hers are a little bit more diverse.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

No, and then.

[C]

Yeah, but Abby Jimenez, I love a lot of her books, but they I don't feel like the vibes of them are like. I just love the vibes. Like, I love the characters. I love the plot. But there's something about Emily Henry she just bring. But she brings all those things, plus some vibe. But it doesn't mean she's better than Abby Jimenez. Right now. I would probably say, Oh, I don't know.

[A]

I think had you asked me before Emily or Abby Jimenez's last book out, I would say Abby Jimenez. Easy.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

But then after that last book, I feel like it's more of a discussion in my brain, and I have to think about it. I think if I. If someone said, you're gonna die if you don't choose, I think I'm gonna choose Abi Jimenez.

[B]

I think I would also choose Abby Jimenez.

[C]

But, see, then I think about it, and I'm like, would I rather live the rest of my life not reading another Abby Jimenez book or not reading a Emily Henry book? For some reason, part of me is like, no, you can never let go of Emily Henry.

[A]

I don't know. It's a really hard question. Yeah, I forgot what everybody's percentage was.

[B]

I said 60. You guys both said higher.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Drum roll, please. I'm so nervous.

[A]

Okay. 53.5 said Emily Henry. Wow, you were so close. None of us got a point on that. I knew it would be pretty split down the middle, but I just decided to go out on a limb and say more entertainment.

[B]

I'm upset.

[A]

That's a hard question. Yeah, that's a hard question.

[B]

Dang. I should have done, like, 57.

[A]

Yes.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

Pick one. Morally gray shadow daddy. Golden retriever. Funny guy.

[C]

Oh, that's hard because, like, a part of me, like, for my personal preference, a part of me is like, oh, the morally gray shadow daddy. But then I'm like, no, my life would be so much more fun with this.

[A]

Like, yeah, but what do you think everybody else said?

[C]

I feel like more people are going to say morally gray just because people are drawn to more of those characters. Like, yeah, everyone's favorite book boyfriend is some sort of shadow daddy with that's morally gray. Yeah, true. But I still feel like, oh, that's hard. Okay, I'm just a very difficult question.

[B]

For you, but not for Michaela. No, I'm saying, like, I wouldn't know what to pick the percentage of what.

[C]

People with 66% say morally gray shadow daddy.

[A]

I feel like I'm gonna say higher.

[B]

I feel like you're, like, right on the dot.

[A]

Like, you said 66%.

[B]

Yeah. I think I'm gonna say higher, too. It's either within, like, just a few. Either way, I'm waiting in anticipation. I say higher. Look, I said higher.

[A]

You said higher.

[B]

Yeah, I did.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. What did you say? 66.61.7.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Chose morally gray shadow daddy. Oh, Michaela, we didn't get a point. I know. I knew it was going to be.

[B]

Within, like, for some reason, I thought people.

[A]

More people would pick the shadow daddy because I don't feel like there's a lot of golden retriever funny guys in fantasy books, specifically. I don't know why. I just thought maybe it'd be more. But you get too much.

[C]

There's never. It's. There's rarely a male main character that is the funny golden retriever guy in a fantasy book.

[A]

Yeah, that's like, I would like to see that written. Or if you guys have a recommendation for, like, funny golden retriever. But that doesn't really make sense in a fantasy book.

[C]

I don't know. I want to. I want to read it, though.

[B]

I want to read it.

[A]

All right, on to the next one. It's me, right?

[B]

Yeah, it's you.

[A]

All right, for this next question, if you have not read Acotar, Skip forward like, 30 seconds, because there's going to be a spoiler. So skip forward. Tamlin, Redemption arc, yes or no? Hmm. And we're not going to go into too much detail. For those who haven't read Acotar and don't want a spoiler, we're going to keep it very bare minimum. Hmm. I think there's some people that think this has already happened. I'm going to go with 72% said yes.

[B]

Oh, I'm gonna say lower.

[C]

I'm say lower, too. What did you say? 70.

[B]

72.

[A]

Oh, I should have went lower. I knew it was gonna be split right down the middle. 50% said yes.

[B]

Oh, dang.

[A]

So literally split right down the middle. Gosh dang it. I should have known better. I should have known better.

[B]

I feel like it's a very diverse, like, question. Like, it's literally 50. 50.

[A]

Mm.

[B]

How fun. Wow.

[C]

All right, Funny.

[A]

If you haven't read akar, you're safe now.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Choose a trope.

[B]

Oh, no.

[A]

Friends to lovers or enemies to lovers.

[B]

My preference. I think. I think people6.62% is enemies to lovers.

[A]

I'm gonna say higher.

[C]

I'm saying higher, too.

[B]

I feel. I don't know. Yeah, we shall see.

[A]

Oh, I just about cropped my pins because I saw the colors wrong. You're getting two points, Mikayla.

[B]

I am.

[A]

68% chose enemies to lovers. What did you say?

[B]

I actually don't know. Did I say 63? Is that 5?

[A]

I think we all get points for that because I know you said.

[C]

Yeah, sorry, I've been trying to. That was the one. I haven't wrote down the number that you said.

[A]

I would say, even if it's a little bit off, my recollection is you're getting two points.

[B]

I don't remember what I said, actually. I know I said 60 something.

[A]

Rewind it back, you guys let us know.

[C]

Yeah, we'll give it to you.

[A]

We'll give it to you. We all get points.

[C]

So current current scores right now. Mikayla, five. Kennedy. No, wait.

[A]

Whoa.

[C]

Sorry. Kennedy, five. Mikayla, six. Me, seven.

[A]

Crap.

[C]

Getting the percentage right really, really puts you up there.

[A]

Really, really. Better think about my answers from here on out. Would you rather.

[B]

Oh, no. Okay, tell me. You ready, Reggie?

[A]

Yeah. Would you rather have to read every spicy scene out loud or pee your pants every time you laugh at a book?

[C]

I mean, I already pee my pants when I laugh.

[A]

I'm talking, like, fully soaked through. Doesn't matter if you're.

[C]

I feel like I would say read spicy scenes out loud for. This is just my preference. I'm just thinking out loud here because if I knew I was reading a spicy book, I would just read it when there's not people around me. You know what I mean?

[B]

If you knew you had to read it.

[C]

If I knew I had to read it out loud, I would not be reading a spicy book on the airplane. Or can you imagine?

[A]

I mean, but there's people who watch Heated Rivalry on their screens on the airplane and everybody can see around them.

[C]

That would be me tomorrow. Or.

[B]

Just kidding.

[C]

I'm joking. I'm gonna go with 70% would read spicy scenes out loud.

[A]

I'm trying to think, though, if people would think the same as you, because I didn't. Wait, wait.

[C]

I just have a thought, but I can't change my mind because I already.

[A]

Said it out loud. Share the thought.

[C]

I don't really laugh out loud when I read a book.

[A]

Even a little giggle.

[C]

Like it's very rare that a book really, really makes me laugh.

[A]

I'm going with lower.

[B]

Yeah, I think lower too.

[C]

I'm always taking back what I say as soon as it leaves my mouth.

[A]

All right, 60. Wait, what did you say?

[C]

70% would lead.

[A]

31% said that they would rather have to read every spicy scene out loud. I should have Flip flopped it.

[B]

Sorry.

[C]

Okay, well, you guys get a point. Great job.

[A]

My throat. All right, Michaela.

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

I'm gonna make a comeback. You guys watch. Okay, how do you usually read? The physical copy or the Kindle version?

[B]

Oh, my gosh.

[A]

I'm gonna say this is so hard, actually. Yeah, Getting percentages right is really, really hard. I'm gonna say 67% of people said physical copy.

[B]

See, that number's hard. That's a hard number.

[A]

Yeah, it's a hard number.

[C]

67 would rather do physical co. Mm.

[B]

Well, what would you guys choose?

[C]

I mean, I love having a physical.

[A]

Book, but I feel like right now I would choose Kindle right now.

[B]

Where am I?

[C]

Not everybody has a Kindle.

[B]

I think.

[A]

I think you'd be surprised by how many people have a Kindle, though.

[B]

Yeah, I feel like I'm gonna say you said 67. Would rather have a physical book. I think I'm gonna say lower.

[A]

You think more people. Okay.

[B]

I don't know. I feel like you're really close, though.

[A]

Mother effort. Okay. 54 said no.

[B]

Whoa.

[A]

45 said physical. More people said Kindle. Yeah, that surprises me. I don't know why. Frick.

[B]

So what did we get? Did we get a point?

[A]

You guys got a point. I did not get a point. Okay, you're getting freaking softball. Do audiobooks count as reading? Yes or no?

[B]

I'm gonna say 96.

[C]

Ooh.

[B]

Say it's a count as reading.

[A]

How do we even. Yeah, how do we.

[B]

I'm trying to make it tricky on you guys.

[A]

You said what?

[B]

96.

[C]

I'll say, gosh dang.

[A]

Like, what do you do in that situation?

[C]

I'm just gonna go lower.

[B]

You said what?

[A]

96. I'm say higher the face. 91 said yes.

[B]

I still got it.

[A]

So there's leather. So 8% said no.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

Have we talked about this on the podcast? I personally count. I think it counts towards reading.

[B]

Yeah, we have, but I don't think it's been. I think it's been a hot second since we have.

[A]

I count it.

[B]

Why wouldn't. You're indulging in the same content.

[C]

It's not. You're not physically reading it, but it's.

[B]

Like you're still retaining the same.

[A]

But I mean, also. Yeah, like, think about the way your mind thinks about words versus. I guess it probably does.

[C]

Like, the act itself is different, but, like, why would it not count towards books that you have read, even if you listen to them? If I listen to 100 audiobooks in a year, but I didn't read a physical one. Would I be.

[B]

Not.

[C]

Not be considered a reader?

[A]

You know, be a listener.

[C]

Reggie, you're a listener. I don't know.

[A]

I can.

[C]

Why would they. I don't think it's.

[B]

I think, technically, on technical terms, it doesn't count, but I think it does count. This is the thing is, like, if we took a test on a book, you probably would score pretty close to the same.

[A]

Mm.

[B]

Because you're still getting the same information. I don't know. I think it counts.

[A]

I think it counts. So do 91%. 91% of you. All right, Reggie, pick your throne of glass reading order. Assassin's Blade first or Assassin's Blade anywhere else?

[B]

I don't know.

[A]

I don't know. Because the thing is, you guys want me. Actually, I think it's less popular to read it first. I think it's more popular to read it third. Yeah, I'm not helping you.

[B]

I'm sorry. I actually don't know if that. I feel like it's pretty close. Like, 50. 50?

[C]

Yeah, my first. The first number that popped into my brain. I'm just gonna go with.

[B]

Okay. Okay.

[C]

I'm gonna go with 58% say, read it and anywhere. So not first.

[B]

Any other order.

[A]

Okay, so 58. I suck at this game.

[B]

It's hard.

[A]

It's so hard because I'm like, how many people that follow us listen to us and read it first? Or how many people had. Before they followed us, Red Throne of Glass and read it third?

[C]

Yeah, that's a good point.

[A]

I'm gonna say higher.

[B]

I'm also gonna say higher, but I don't know if that's correct.

[C]

Yeah, I literally just.

[A]

Well, if you're guessing with me, you're probably incorrect.

[B]

No, I'm feeling this one I have a hard time about.

[A]

Okay, wait, what was your percentage?

[B]

58.

[C]

In whatever order. Higher, just not first.

[B]

And we said higher. Did we get wrong?

[A]

Yes, 55.8% said assassin played anywhere else.

[C]

Shut up. Okay. I'm glad I went with my gut. That's crazy. You know what? I see stuff about this on TikTok all day, all the time, and here is a thought I know, like, we're big. We've been really big on, like, gotta read it first. But genuinely, after I read it the second time, I can see why people would really, really enjoy reading it third. But then you hear a lot of people saying, I was told to read it third, and I wish I would have read it first.

[B]

Yeah. So I think it's.

[C]

I think a lot of it, too, is because people want to read it in the true publication. What Sarah J. Maas says. Order.

[A]

Technically, though, didn't she write Assassin's Blade first? It just wasn't published.

[B]

No, no, no.

[C]

I mean, she probably knew, but, like, she didn't write it first.

[B]

Written first one day. But why is it in first in the box set?

[A]

Yeah, but also one day when we meet her or interview her, I'm manifesting that for us. We need to ask her why she wrote it. Why a third?

[C]

Yeah, I mean, I guess maybe if.

[A]

I reread it, I would understand a little bit more. But, like, remembering what I remember, I don't. I don't get it.

[C]

I mean, I think it's just because there's that mystery element to it and you get to kind of pick up on context.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

So it's kind of satisfying.

[C]

Kind of like that you have that full circle moment and you're like, oh.

[A]

Don'T people say that it's the more emotional reading order?

[C]

Yeah, okay.

[A]

Like there's more romantic.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

I think the emotional is first.

[A]

Oh, okay.

[B]

Because I don't know.

[C]

But I also think that, like, by reading it third, you just become that much more attached to Selena in a sense. Like, yes, you can still be attached to her from reading at first. Sorry, I'm just playing devil's advocate here. But then it's like, you know, like, you get to know somebody and you're like, imagine if you just knew everybody's trauma like the first second you met them.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You know, true, true. I don't know.

[A]

It's the age old debate.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

But it's settled. We settled it here.

[A]

We did.

[C]

Third, second, fourth, first.

[A]

It's about divided in half.

[C]

All right, next one.

[A]

Would you rather spoil the ending for yourself or never know how a book ends? I mean, I personally would rather spoil a book for myself than never know how it ends. What would you guys pick?

[B]

Probably spoil it.

[A]

Um, I'm gonna say 83% said, spoil the ending for yourself.

[C]

Because I'm like, what good. What fun would reading be if you don't know how the book ends and you never can finish a book?

[B]

I mean, some people dnf books. What?

[A]

But what I say. 83. Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Yeah. I feel like that's a pretty good percentage.

[C]

I'm going to go with higher.

[B]

I think I'm going to go lower.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Locked in.

[A]

Oh, yay. Okay, 88% said spoiler ending for yourself.

[C]

You said 86.

[B]

80.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

No, I said 83. Huh? What did I say? Did you write it down?

[C]

No, I didn't. I'm sorry.

[A]

I was. It was either 83 or 86.

[B]

I think it was.

[C]

I mean, I still said hard.

[A]

I say 82, you say a three. Okay. 88% said, spoil the ending for yourself. 11% said, never know how it gets. Dang it.

[C]

Good job, Kennedy.

[B]

I was thinking it was gonna be, like, 81. Yeah. And so I was like, I didn't think it was that much slower, but I was very wrong on that one.

[A]

You weren't that wrong. You were close. All right, which SJM series is better, Acotar or Throne of Glass? Also, I'm sorry, If your favorite is Crescent City, we can only use two options, and on this podcast, those are the top two for us. So I would say. I feel like this is also very hard.

[B]

I'm gonna say 60 per. No, I'm gonna do 50. Ooh, 50. No, 60. I'm gonna do 60% say throne of Glass is better. I don't know. I straight up don't know, because I.

[C]

Feel like more people have read Acotar, don't you think?

[A]

But I feel like most people that have read both would choose Throne of Glass.

[C]

What would you choose right now? Like, as in, like, which series is better? Is that what the question is? Throne of Glass.

[A]

Same. And we all know what it was.

[C]

Satisfying.

[A]

I'm gonna say higher. What did you say?

[B]

60.

[A]

I'm gonna say higher.

[B]

I said 60, right? Yeah. Okay.

[C]

I think it's higher, but not by that much. So that's why I'm gonna just go with higher and cross my fingers.

[B]

Everyone's surprising me, and it's really.

[A]

Drum roll, please. What did you say?

[B]

60.

[A]

68% chills thrown of Glass. Dang it. That doesn't really surprise me. I knew. I knew it would be, like, in the middle.

[B]

Yeah, but 68. I should have gone just a few points higher.

[A]

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

[B]

Hold on. What?

[A]

Okay. Yeah, sorry. It put my phone back up at the top, so I thought maybe I got it confused. No, 68%.

[B]

Way to go, you guys.

[A]

I guess I would love to know. And I'm not meaning this in any shape or any, like, way. The 30, whatever percent that chose ACOTAR, is it because they haven't read Throne of Glass or is it because. What was. What's your reasoning behind liking Acotar more than Throne of Glass? Just out of curiosity. Like, when you read Throne of Glass the first time, you probably Would have said Acotar, right?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Why?

[A]

And I don't mean that.

[C]

I just didn't have a great reading experience with it. And I also was a little salty about some things in the ending of the book. I got over it when I read it the second time.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I also just think that, like, the initial read of Acotar just was, like, more impactful for me as a reader than Throne A Glass was.

[A]

No, I do agree with that, though.

[C]

And so I think most people don't jump into the sham universe with Throne of Glass nowadays. I feel like. I feel like they start with Acotar and then they don't, you think? I don't know. I just feel like Acktar's talked about a lot more by, like, random people than Throne of Glass is.

[A]

Yeah. You know, but like, you read Throne of Glass first, right? Because you started reading Throne of Glass way before, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Mm. Okay, next one. For some reason, I feel like this is gonna be pretty easy. Sports romance or small town romance?

[C]

Ooh, I don't know.

[B]

I.

[C]

This is my question.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Right.

[B]

Because I just answered the Throne of Glass one.

[C]

I mean, I love a small town romance. I don't know if it's just because I'm riding the windy city high and I'm like, I love the sports romance.

[A]

Because in my head, I'm like, okay, Chestnut Springs or Windy City. That's where my brain goes.

[B]

Yeah, but that's like a cowboy.

[A]

Yeah, but I would consider that small town.

[B]

That's true. But then also, that means that small town is very. A lot larger than sports romance.

[C]

Yeah, I feel like, yeah, there's a lot more small town romances.

[A]

Should have put cowboy romance. Dang it. Missed opportunity. Sorry.

[B]

Oh, this is so hard. Because I am also.

[C]

I would pick probably right now, I would probably pick a sports romance over a small town. But I want to say more people probably said small town, but I'm going to say it's pretty split.

[A]

So you want to know what's funny, though, is I didn't love sports romance until I read the Windy City series. For some reason, this is all the sports romances I read before that just didn't. I think it was because it was all hockey.

[C]

Yeah. I'm gonna go 58% small town.

[B]

I think I'm gonna say higher.

[A]

Do you think more people chose small town?

[B]

I don't know, but yeah, I said it.

[A]

I said it.

[B]

I said. I said higher. I have to stick with it. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm like the deal.

[A]

I'm going to say lower. I'm going to say more people chose sports, romance.

[C]

What did you say again? 58.

[A]

58.

[B]

I chose higher. You chose lower. Okay.

[A]

68% chose small town romance.

[B]

Oo, I got a boy.

[A]

Yeah. I don't. Honestly, I. That doesn't really surprise me because I do think small town romance is a.

[B]

Lot broader of a. Yeah.

[A]

Genre.

[B]

Yes. Dang.

[C]

My first gut instinct. I mean 69.

[B]

I.

[A]

Sorry, should have went with the gut instinct.

[B]

You should have.

[A]

You should have.

[C]

I should have.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I thought too long about it.

[A]

Would you rather have unlimited free ebooks or have unlimited free audiobooks? Oh, I'm gonna go with 59 said audiobooks. I feel like it's gonna be split in the middle.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

But I would say people would maybe tend. Now I feel like I'm projecting my own opinion. Whatever. 59.

[C]

I'm gonna go lower, but I don't think it's much lower.

[B]

I think it's a little lower too.

[C]

Okay, you said 59.

[A]

Gosh dang it. I should have switched it. 59% said have unlimited free ebooks.

[B]

Oh, dang it. I just feel like we are. I feel like people listen to books, but I think we are excessive book listeners.

[A]

You're probably right. Compared to most people.

[B]

Most people.

[A]

Unfortunately. My new thing is I don't. I can't finish a book if I.

[B]

Don'T have the audiobook.

[A]

Mostly because I sit in the sauna for like a half hour a day and I don't want to take my Kindle in there. What if it's ruined?

[B]

Aren't they like water resistant?

[A]

Well, it's like 190 degrees in there.

[B]

That's true. That's hot. Yeah. Dang.

[A]

And it's like a dry. Sorry, we don't need to get into this dry sauna. It's a dry sauna, but.

[C]

Oh, would you guys like to hear the scores?

[A]

No, because I'm losing. Okay, let's hear it. Rip off the band aid.

[C]

Kennedy's in last with for a total of 9 points. Followed by Michaela with 12 and me with 14.

[A]

I have no chance. Okay, better get all the percentages right. Great. I don't know how many you have left. Sorry. Pick one. Only be able to read new releases or only be able to read books that have already been published. So like 20, 25 and earlier. New Acotar. Can't read.

[B]

That.

[A]

God. Never going to wait.

[B]

Okay, say it one more time. You would rather.

[A]

Would you rather only be able to Read new releases. New releases or books published 2025 and earlier.

[C]

That's hard, actually.

[B]

I. I feel like I haven't caught up on any of the new releases, and so I wouldn't mind doing older. But I also think a lot of people get really excited about new releases, so I feel like I'm gonna say 63 would pick new releases.

[A]

Hmm.

[B]

That's hard. This is hard.

[A]

I know.

[C]

Because, like, what fun would reading be if I never get to know how Acotar Ends or Fourth Wing or Red Rising?

[B]

But would that extend, like, as the years progress? Wouldn't you be able to.

[A]

No, no.

[C]

It would be like, from now on, you can't read a book that was published the same.

[A]

Like.

[C]

Yeah, you can only read new release books.

[B]

So you could.

[C]

If there's a book you've been wanting to read that was published last year, you can't read it.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

So you better read all the releases.

[B]

I misunderstood the question, but I'll keep the same.

[C]

I think that's a great guess.

[A]

You said 63%.

[C]

Yeah, I'm gonna go higher.

[A]

You said 63% would choose new releases. Yeah, I'm gonna go lower. I don't feel confident in that. 81% said only be able to read books that have already been published.

[C]

Wow.

[B]

So dying.

[A]

18% said only be able to read new releases.

[B]

I feel like that question was miss. Sorry. No, no. I just feel like they. It was probably hard to understand because I feel like people were thinking as the years progressed, you would be able to read older books. Does that make sense? Because that's how I interpreted it. Like after a certain amount of years, you would be able to read it.

[A]

Not it.

[C]

Like.

[A]

I see, so.

[C]

Or they just didn't think too hard about the question because I was thinking way too hard about it. I don't know. That's.

[B]

No, it makes sense though. It stops at 2025. But I was thinking as years progressed, you would be able to read new releases after a certain number of time. But that was just where my mind went.

[C]

Oh, gotcha.

[A]

If it helps, this is how it was phrased. Hold on. Only be able to read new releases. Only be able to read books that have already been published. 2025 and older. Yeah, I don't know if that helps. Anyway.

[B]

Well, that answer surprised me. I was very off.

[A]

That surprised me too. Okay, next one. You can only read one for the rest of your life. Would you only read series or only read standalones?

[C]

Ooh, I'm gonna say. Because I would definitely pick series. So I would say 79% pick series.

[B]

Hmm.

[C]

That was just my gut.

[A]

You gotta go with your gut.

[C]

I got. I'm just going with the gut.

[A]

69. Last time, and you didn't. I know.

[B]

79.

[A]

I think it's gonna. I think it's gonna be low. She only said half the word. Higher.

[B]

You said 79.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

Locked in, man.

[B]

The thing is, is I'm like, sometimes a lot of these answers have been surprising me. Sorry. I'm just trying to think through my thought process. And so me personally would choose that. Reggie, you would choose that. I have a feeling Kennedy would also choose that. But I feel like some people really don't like series because of the commitment.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And I feel like there's a lot more standalones out in the world than there are series. I'm gonna say lower because you said 79. Okay. My answer's locked in.

[B]

I'm gonna say my. My initial one was lower, so I'm gonna say lower. I don't know if that's true, but.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

72% said only green series.

[B]

That was really close.

[A]

That's heartbreaking.

[B]

Wait, what did you say? 79.

[C]

How long is that? 79.

[B]

That's heartbreaking. So sorry.

[A]

So sorry for your loss, but I'm.

[B]

Happy for our point gain. Dang it. Happy for our point game.

[C]

Still proud of myself for being fairly close.

[A]

You were close. Which do you use, Goodreads or Fable? Slash, another app.

[B]

Who is this you?

[A]

I'm gonna say 80% said Goodreads. Well, I said it, so.

[B]

I'm gonna say lower.

[A]

Yeah, you know, I think I put my percentage too high.

[C]

I'd say lower.

[B]

I don't think it's by a lot either.

[A]

All right, tell us.

[B]

Tell us the damage.

[C]

Mother.

[A]

77 said Goodreads.

[B]

You still got points.

[A]

Oh, I did. Oh, happy. Oh, great. Yay. You said 80. I figured it was gonna be, like.

[B]

Literally in the 70%.

[A]

It is tight.

[C]

It is a tight race right now.

[A]

I made a comeback. Yeah.

[C]

13, 14, and 15.

[A]

What? All right, guys. Okay. Would you rather read on a beach or read in a cozy cabin?

[C]

Oh, that's hard.

[A]

I don't know. What would you rather do? Mine's a beach.

[B]

I don't know. The thing is, I'm like. If I'm at the beach, I'm in the water. I struggle. I struggle to sit there and just read a book. I have to, like, be doing something.

[C]

Like, it would be easier for me to sit and read in a cabin.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Beach.

[B]

I'm boogie boarding, getting Smashed by way snorkeling.

[A]

Can't relate.

[B]

I feel like a lot of people would say beat. I don't know. I'm gonna say.

[A]

Just freeze frame your face on that one specific face you just made.

[B]

I'm going to say the content picture. I'm going to say 56% at the beach.

[A]

You guys make it really hard. No.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

When it's, like, right in the middle.

[B]

I'm like, there's a 56.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Funny, because I think one way, and then when you guys hear percent, I'm.

[A]

Like, oh, she's more right than, like.

[B]

What I would pick. I feel like I could probably be way off.

[C]

Oh, that's hard. I'm gonna just say higher.

[A]

I'm gonna say higher. I'm just gonna go with my gut. Higher. All right, what did you say?

[B]

52, 56.

[A]

Why does it keep.

[B]

Okay, I'm sorry.

[A]

68% said read in a cozy cabin, so 31% said read on a beach.

[C]

No points.

[B]

Oh, my gosh, dang, girl.

[A]

Like, that really, honestly doesn't surprise me.

[B]

Yeah, well, when you think about it, I feel like a beach is, like, where you have fun, make sandcastles, cozy cabin. You can't really do anything besides, like, read, do puzzles. Yeah, True, true.

[A]

Okay. All right, Reggie, I'm sucking. No, you're. I'm lost.

[B]

You only are one point behind me.

[A]

You can only read one for the rest of your life. Rebecca Yaros's romance books or Rebecca Yaros's fantasy book.

[C]

This is hard because I feel like I've been surprised lately with a lot of people that I've talked to that I. Literally, within the past week, I have talked to two or three different people that didn't know that. That Rebecca Yaros wrote romance books. And I'm like, what? Like, this girl was telling. She's like, I have, like, I got the special editions of Fourth Wing for Christmas. I'm like, that's amazing. Did you read. Have you read her romance books? Because she's like, I just can't wait for Onyx or the fourth book. And she was like, yeah, like, Fourth Wing. I'm like, no, no, no, no, girl.

[A]

Hmm.

[C]

I feel like because of that, I'm gonna say the fantasy is gonna be higher. And I think it's because Fourth Wing is just so freaking popular and has taken the world by storm. I'm going to say 77% would pick her fantasy books over her romance books.

[B]

I'm going to say higher.

[A]

See, but this is crazy because, like, I would. I would choose the fantasy one. But I do think some people believe that her romance writing is stronger.

[B]

I feel like it's very small percentage.

[A]

I'm gonna say higher as well.

[B]

Well, you think about it. She hasn't finished a series and for people to not be able to finish that.

[A]

Woohoo. 84% said her fantasy books.

[B]

You just say 79. So you got it.

[C]

Yeah, sorry, I was like in deep thought.

[B]

We. We got it too.

[A]

I mean, should we get really nitty gritty? It's actually 84.8.

[C]

Oh, have we been paying attention to decimals?

[B]

Just kidding. You should have said 79.8.

[C]

Well, the score is really. I haven't changed too much, so.

[A]

Amazing. All right. I kind of have a softball. Ish. Which the housemaid was better, the book or the movie?

[B]

Oh, oh.

[C]

Do you think that's easy one? Sorry.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Because I think most people that have read the book would probably say the book.

[B]

But you said the movie.

[A]

No, I said there were certain parts about the movie that I liked.

[B]

Okay. Ooh.

[A]

I'm gonna say 77% said the. The book was better. Guys, they made so much money on that movie.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, make it another one.

[C]

I do think that there's certain elements though, to the movie that were better. Even though there was a big plot point that they didn't include that I was mad about. I think some people like the movie better for a few reasons.

[B]

I'm gonna say lower.

[C]

I'm gonna say lower.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

You think more people like the. The movie because I said 77%, not more would like. Oh, you think? I see.

[C]

I see.

[A]

I see.

[B]

I got it.

[A]

Okay. 77% said the book.

[C]

That's literally what you said.

[A]

Yeah. I should get extra points for that.

[C]

I like that you just said that like, so like, no excitement in your voice. You're just like 77. You should get an extra point for that.

[A]

No, we didn't say about getting it exactly, but I don't know. Do you guys get a point for that?

[B]

No. Only you do because.

[C]

Yeah, we said lower and it wasn't lower.

[B]

Okay. I ain't mad about that. Oh, now I'm in.

[A]

Would you rather meet your favorite author or meet your favorite character?

[B]

I feel like most people say character because meeting their author is an actual thing that can happen a lot of the times, but meeting your character. No. Yeah, I'm going to say 80%. Meet your character.

[A]

She's feeling confident.

[B]

I'm feeling not confident.

[A]

I'm just going to say lower because there's a higher percentage Chance that I get that right? Than say, higher.

[C]

I'm going to go with higher.

[B]

Okay. I think you're right.

[C]

Interesting.

[A]

Meet your favorite character. What did you say?

[B]

80?

[A]

They said 67%. 67% chose meet your favorite character.

[B]

Wow. Guys, let me reason with you.

[A]

I'm ready. I'm ready to hear the reasoning.

[B]

You guys can actually meet your favorite author. You can't meet your favorite character. So if you had to choose and there was that option to meet your.

[C]

Favorite character to lunch with Rebecca Yarros or go to lunch with Riddick, I.

[B]

Guess maybe their reasoning is also, like, the author created them, but, like, if I had a Zaden standing in front.

[A]

Of me or Rebecca Yarhose.

[B]

Who you choosing? I'm choosing Zaden.

[A]

I'm sorry.

[B]

Rebecca Yarros. I know you created him, but I'm.

[A]

Gonna go have a fun time.

[C]

Tell me what the points here really quick before I forget.

[A]

So you said lower, so I get one point.

[C]

Yeah, one point.

[B]

I'm lost. Reggie, are you jipping?

[C]

Did I get. What did I say?

[A]

You said higher.

[C]

So you're the only one who got a point? Yeah.

[A]

Oh, dear.

[C]

Me and Kennedy are tied for 17 points.

[B]

Frick me.

[A]

All right, our last question.

[C]

Cut you off on that. Were you done with your thoughts? I'm so sorry.

[B]

My thought was you're gypping me.

[A]

Oh, I.

[C]

Of course I am.

[A]

She totally is.

[B]

Keep track. Can someone keep her accountable?

[A]

Just kidding. Yeah, I'm re. Listen to the podcast.

[B]

Just kidding. I'm just teasing.

[A]

Okay, our last and final question. We're ending on a ban.

[C]

What if we tie?

[A]

I don't know.

[B]

You guys can both claim the Michaela gets to pick.

[A]

Just kidding.

[B]

Just kidding. Just kidding. Wait, who has the.

[A]

Whoever had the most, like, correct percentage.

[C]

I have the last one.

[B]

Yeah. So it's not possible for you to tie. Either Kennedy wins or you win, because.

[A]

You can only get it wrong.

[B]

Okay.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Oh, pressure.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

All right.

[C]

What a comeback that will be if you win.

[A]

What if I win?

[B]

One point. Am I still losing?

[A]

You're still losing.

[B]

How? I swear I did really good.

[C]

You did, like, really are. It would only you're only off, like, from winning by, like, a point or two. It was a really close game.

[A]

Okay, here's our last question. Pick one. Rhys or Zaden. F. Me. That's really hard.

[C]

Just because we got some loyal Reese people out there, you know? Then Zaden entered the picture, and it was like all of us were like, what are we.

[B]

How. How do you.

[A]

Who would you guys pick Zaden. I think I would pick Zaden as well.

[C]

I think I would pick Zaden too. I mean, I love.

[A]

We got that whole plot in the last Acotar book that I was like.

[B]

Yeah. I also think, like, recently. Recency biasy bias.

[C]

But see, but do we think. I mean, everyone who's probably read Acotar has probably read 4th Wing.

[A]

I'm not helping you because this is life.

[C]

Yeah. I feel like it's gonna be pretty close, but I'm gonna say.

[B]

Oh, man.

[A]

Okay. I'm sweating. I don't even have a gut instinct.

[C]

I'm just, like, waiting for it to happen, but I feel like people are so loyal to Daddy Reese. I'm gonna go. I'm just gonna say the first thing that comes out of my mouth. 62% say Zaden.

[B]

I'm gonna say higher. Ooh, I'm sweaty right now.

[C]

Mikayla said higher.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

You said 62%.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

62% for Zaden. For Zaden.

[A]

I'm sweating.

[B]

Just pick.

[A]

I'm gonna say lower.

[B]

Oh, I'm so Are we ready to find out?

[A]

Yes. 67% for Zaden.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

If I get an extra point, there's the strategy.

[A]

What? 54% said Rhysand. 45% said Zaden. Here's the thing. I think a lot of people are very loyal to Rhys. I really do.

[C]

Dang. So Kennedy is our winner.

[B]

Way to go.

[A]

All right. By one point. Put that tally next to my name.

[C]

I just thought for recency bias, people would say, like, people who have read both would say Zaden just because of the recency of him, but also him.

[A]

But I do think, like, Acotar, he was people's first, like, fantasy.

[B]

I think if we were to do this in five years, it would be Zaden.

[A]

I think so, too. I absolutely believe that 100%. I also think that for you guys probably agree. Fourth wing, I think, will actually be adapted. I don't think Acotar will ever happen.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Probably not.

[C]

I don't want to even see Fourth Wing be adapted, guys.

[A]

I do. I think I can see Fourth Wing being a better movie than Acotar would be.

[B]

Well, I feel like. Yeah, they also have done Game of Thrones, and so, like, we know the potential with, like, dragons and stuff.

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, it can be good.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

It done right?

[A]

For sure.

[B]

I feel like I haven't seen anything like what Acotar would be, and so I feel like that's why I'm more nervous about it.

[A]

You want what we should have done and maybe Next time we do this, we'll add this question. If we ever do this again, ACOTAR adaptation or Throne of Glass adaptation? I would choose Throne of Glass. All day, every day.

[B]

Same, same.

[A]

Well, guys, wow. Thanks so much for tuning in. I'm a loser. I am the winner. We'll continue this series with another game. Don't know when we'll come up with a new one. Figure out who's going to be the winner and loser. Thanks so much for listening. Hopefully you guys enjoyed this episode. And once again, thank you for your participation. We obviously could never do this episode without you guys. As Mikayla sneezes.

[B]

I'm so sorry.

[A]

It's like trying to hold the dish. Okay, we'll see you guys next week. Thanks so much for listening. By.