FALL TBR

Summary

I'll Read What She's Reading – "FALL TBR" Episode

Date: September 17, 2025
Hosts: Reggie, Mikayla, Kennedy (with Tressa)
Theme: Fall TBR Picks, Summer TBR Recaps, and Bookish Banter

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Episode Overview

This cozy, chatty episode centers on the hosts’ eagerly awaited Fall TBR (To Be Read) lists, as they recap their summer reading successes and disappointments. The group navigates reading slumps, recommends both popular and more out-of-pocket bookish picks for autumn, and indulges in their typical unfiltered, funny, and relatable book club energy. Whether you're hunting for a new thriller, a literary slow burn, cozy romance, or dense fantasy, you'll come away with plenty of recommendations and insight into the hosts’ reading moods.

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Key Topics & Discussions

1. New Podcast Setup & Catch-up

• The crew’s excited about their new studio setup: “I'm so excited about it. Hopefully you guys like it, and if you don't, sorry—we worked really hard.” – Kennedy [00:40]
• They confess to being a little out of podcast practice after a busy summer.

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2. Summer TBR Recaps

Each host reviews their summer reading progress, including standout favorites and books that missed the mark.

Tressa’s Summer Wrap-up

• Finished nearly all her TBR: “I only have one more book on my summer tbr, and that is the Night in Moth.” [02:37]
• Faves:
  • One Golden Summer by Carly Fortune (4.5 stars)
  • Wild and Wrangled by Lila Sage (4 stars)
  • Notes western romances hit different in the summer.

Reggie’s Highlights

• Drown in the Name of Love: Enjoyed pirate vibes but felt the ending over-explained itself. “The ending was kind of like... it was epic. But then it told me too much.” [05:19]
• May Luna: Tons of listener recs; gave it 4.5 stars, slightly unsatisfied by ending but loved rock star romance vibes.
• Not Quite Dead Yet — became a book club pick.
• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren: “My first Christina Lauren, cute, great banter.” [07:29]
• Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid: Five-star experience, especially for the love confession and the beautiful author's note.

Kennedy’s Round-up

• Sounds like Love by Ashley Poston: “Good. Not super memorable, but unique and cool.” [09:58]
• When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi: “It was literally the moon turns to cheese. ...I finished and thought, why did I read that? But here I am.” [10:24]
• The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie: Finished the trilogy; mixed feelings, more character-driven, but appreciates the humor amid darkness.
• My Friends by Fredrik Backman: “Not my favorite by him, but still really touching.” [12:00]
• Night in Moth by Rachel Gillig: “The only five-star read on my summer TBR... very gothic, atmospheric.” [13:01]

Discussion: Reading Slumps & Fantasy Fatigue

• Hosts reflect on how fantasy slumps can make TBRs harder to tackle, with too many exciting titles creating overwhelm. “I want to love all of them, but I know I'm not gonna.” – Reggie [14:52]

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3. Fall TBR Picks

Each host lays out 4–5 must-read books for Fall, focusing on a range from popular to intentionally “out of pocket.”

Tressa’s Picks

• Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller (Thriller): “This has been on my physical TBR forever…there’s not an audiobook, so I really have to sit down and read it.” [16:50]
• Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson: Excited for pirates/sea adventure, plans to physically read: “I love me some pirates.” [23:23]
• War by Laura Thalassa (Four Horsemen #2): “…post-apocalyptic, but has, like, magic...I’m genuinely so curious.” [29:50]
• The Devils by Joe Abercrombie: Heard he mixes dark themes and humor. “I feel like I’m a very out-of-pocket person, so it just kind of speaks to my soul.” [41:35]
• One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake: Witchy, Romeo & Juliet vibe; going in blind. [49:32]

Kennedy’s Picks

• Soul Searching by Lila Sage (Paranormal Western): “I want to say maybe the female main character is like a medium or something…sounds like the perfect fall romance novel.” [18:50]
• The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson: “Pray for me…It's just a commitment because they're like a thousand page books.” [24:03]
• 11/22/63 by Stephen King: “Time travel back to 1963 to prevent JFK's assassination. ...What better time to read Stephen King than the Fall?” [32:38]
• Famous by Blake Crouch: Soon-to-be movie with Zac Efron. “Regular old guy who looks just like a super famous film star…he overtakes the famous guy’s life.” [43:36]
• The Passengers by John Marrs (Thriller): “One single TikTok...8 self-drive cars set on a fatal collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide.” [51:44]

Reggie’s Picks

• Soul Searching by Lila Sage: Piggybacks on Kennedy’s pick for a paranormal western.
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson: “I can't go to Dragonsteel and not have read at least the Mistborn trilogy.” [25:52]
• God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Thriller): About a missing child—she’s a little anxious about the premise, but feels drawn to it: “I don't know why I've been so gravitated towards it.” [36:36]
• Indigo Ridge by Devney Perry (Eden’s Series #1): “Loved the combination of a non-cringy cowboy romance and murder mystery.” [54:05]

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4. Extra Bookish Chat & FOMO Moments

• Fantasy Reading and Series Order Debates:

  • On Sanderson: “The Cosmere intimidates me so much...people are very passionate about what order you should read them in.” – Kennedy [22:34]
  • “I think my goal is to have the three [Mistborn] read before we go to Dragonsteel.” – Reggie [26:39]

• Trendy & Underrated Reads:

  • Hosts purposely include both buzzy and lesser-known books to “diversify” their TBRs.
  • “You can always count on me to have an out-of-pocket pick on my TBR.” – Kennedy [53:29]

• Book Adaptation Gossip:

  • Excitement (and confusion) about Famous adaptation: “It's being adapted by A24...it’s gonna be good.” – Kennedy [46:10]
  • Zac Efron’s "Justin Bieber swoop" hair on set [48:26]

• Book Buying Bans:

  • “I am banning myself from buying books.” – Tressa [51:06]
  • “The longer we do the podcast, the less I’m inclined to buy books. It’s freaking expensive.” – Kennedy [51:14]

• FOMO and Peer Pressure:

  • Hosts admit to being easily swayed by each other’s picks. “Like May Luna FOMO...the FOMO is real.” – Tressa [57:43]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I started to see a lot of the big BookTokers, they started to read it...my interest was piqued.” – Kennedy on May Luna [06:54]
• "I don't know, something about the western romances, like cowboy romances, just hit so different in the summer." – Tressa [03:28]
• “The love confession in that [Atmosphere]...one of my favorite love confessions I've seen in a book in a long time.” – Reggie [08:18]
• “You're following a girl who meets this homeless guy in an alley and something happens and then her life gets turned upside down.” – Kennedy, describing My Friends by Fredrik Backman [12:00]
• “The thing is, because I've been gravitated towards it for so long—who knows, maybe it's the cover—I gotta give it a chance.” – Reggie on God of the Woods [37:48]
• “I love that I got to it [May Luna]. Thank you for the recommendation. I don't know how I would have found that book.” – Reggie [06:53]
• “There’s always one out of pocket book on my TBRs.” – Kennedy [53:29]
• “The people at Graphic Audio—can you please...somehow mark chapters? ...Can you include a PDF?” – Kennedy, speaking to audiobook frustrations [56:31]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• New Setup and Catch-up: [00:08–02:13]
• Summer TBR Recaps: [02:15–16:04]
• FALL TBR Kick-off: [16:36]
• Each Host’s Fall TBR List:
  • Tressa: [16:56, 22:01, 29:14, 41:01, 49:24]
  • Kennedy: [18:34, 24:03, 32:38, 43:36, 51:44]
  • Reggie: [18:56, 25:52, 36:15, 54:00]
• Book Adaptations & Movie Talk: [43:36–48:10]
• Book Buying Ban & TBR FOMO: [51:06–57:43]
• Closing Reflections & Sign-off: [58:15–end]

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Overall Tone & Takeaway

The conversation is loose, often veering off on funny tangents or heartfelt admissions of FOMO and reading slumps, perfectly capturing the group chat-to-bookclub spirit that the podcast promises. The hosts blend thoughtfully chosen TBRs with plenty of spontaneous advocacy for character-driven plots, book adaptation excitement, and support for reading outside one’s comfort zone—plus relatable debates over fantasy series order and the perennial book-buying ban.

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The perfect episode for:

• Adding new thriller, fantasy, and literary picks to your fall TBR
• Honest recaps with both hype and critique
• Book clubbers looking for a little chaos, humor, and heart
• Anyone deciding “which Sanderson should I read (and in what order)?”

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Got a book rec or want to share your fall TBR? The hosts encourage DMs and comments—especially if you have a perfect pick for Mikayla’s or Kennedy’s next FOMO-fueled read!

Transcript

[Michaela]

Foreign.

[Kennedy]

Hi, guys. Welcome back to. I'll read what she's reading. I'm Kennedy.

[Michaela]

I'm Michaela.

[Reggie]

And I'm Reggie.

[Kennedy]

And if you are watching on YouTube or Spotify.

[Michaela]

Oh, yeah, Spotify too.

[Kennedy]

You're in for a treat because we have a new setup. Hello, chair.

[Tressa]

This has been a work in progress for, like a month now. Maybe a little bit longer. I don't know.

[Kennedy]

We are so excited.

[Reggie]

I like that I can see both of you.

[Kennedy]

I don't have to.

[Reggie]

I don't forward or, like, pretend I can see one of you.

[Kennedy]

So it will be good. I'm so excited about it. Hopefully you guys like it and if you don't, sorry really hard on what it is.

[Tressa]

It is what it is.

[Kennedy]

This is where we're going to be recording from now on.

[Michaela]

Yes.

[Kennedy]

Also, we haven't recorded in probably a month.

[Reggie]

It's been a while.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

We had to batch record some episodes because in August we each were gone for about a week, so we all had to get together.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

We couldn't get together and record. So I feel a little bit about. A little bit about a practice. I don't know, you know, about you guys, but we're back at it.

[Tressa]

Yeah, I'm excited.

[Kennedy]

I feel like this will be easier.

[Tressa]

Because I feel like I'm just having a conversation with you guys instead of like, there's a camera over there.

[Kennedy]

I always feel a little nervous when.

[Tressa]

I see the camera.

[Kennedy]

So this will be nice.

[Michaela]

Yeah, I like it.

[Reggie]

And also our, like, merch mess behind us.

[Kennedy]

We just don't look over there right now.

[Michaela]

So.

[Reggie]

Yeah, it's. It's so crazy to have everything in one space, like a permanent spot. We're in regards to this bookish, so here we are.

[Kennedy]

Anyways, thanks for being here. If you're here, you know the title of the episode, and these are your guys's favorite types of episodes. We're giving you guys our fall tbr, and I'm sure these guys agree with me. I am so excited for fall. I'm excited for fall reading. I'm just ready for a little bit of a change of pace. I'm ready for it to be a little bit colder, a little bit more cozy.

[Reggie]

Totally.

[Michaela]

Yep. It'll be good.

[Tressa]

Are we gonna update on our summer tbr?

[Michaela]

Yes.

[Kennedy]

If you're new here and you haven't listened to these TBR episodes, we do recap and give kind of our thoughts on each book that we chose for our summer tbr. So who wants to go first?

[Michaela]

Michaela.

[Kennedy]

Oh, you're choosing me? I'm choosing you.

[Tressa]

Okay. I actually did really good, so.

[Michaela]

Yay.

[Tressa]

I actually finished all of my spring TBR and I only have one more book on my summer tbr, and that is the Night in Moth.

[Kennedy]

Congratulations.

[Tressa]

Everything else I have read, so I read Wild and Wrangled by Leila Sage, One Golden Summer by Carly Fortune, Leave Me behind by K.M. moronova, and Bloodmarks by Tracy Dionne. Tracy Dion.

[Reggie]

So which one was your fave?

[Tressa]

Oh, probably One Golden Summer and Wild and Wrangled. Those are both really good.

[Kennedy]

I saw that you loved Wild and Wrangled. Yeah, I did.

[Tressa]

I did a lot.

[Kennedy]

You rated what? Wild and Wrangled. Did you rate it four stars or four and a half?

[Tressa]

I think I rated just four.

[Kennedy]

And what did you rate?

[Tressa]

One Golden Summer, I think four and a half.

[Kennedy]

I rated that one five stars. I loved that one.

[Tressa]

Yeah, I rated Wild and Ringled four stars. So I don't know, something about the western romances, like, cowboy romances are just. Just hit so different in the summer.

[Kennedy]

Oh, for sure.

[Tressa]

Yeah, I read a lot, but they're.

[Kennedy]

Starting to kind of all mesh together.

[Reggie]

Yeah, you kind of have read a lot.

[Michaela]

I have.

[Reggie]

You started what's the Other Hill?

[Michaela]

Yes.

[Kennedy]

I just have to read the last.

[Tressa]

One that just came out.

[Reggie]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

Um, which I've heard. Some boyfriend's dads.

[Michaela]

I know.

[Kennedy]

It's, like, weird because it, like, the.

[Tressa]

End of the third book kind of like sets it up for the fourth one, you know, just like, I have like, a little.

[Michaela]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tressa]

But I was, like, so confused until.

[Kennedy]

They'Re like, that's my son's ex girlfriend. And I was like, oh, here we go. Here we go. So I'm excited.

[Tressa]

I feel like it'll be interesting because there's already, like, this weird tension between them in the third book already.

[Reggie]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

So I don't know if it's going.

[Tressa]

To, like, go back a little bit, like, you know. You know what I'm saying?

[Michaela]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Kennedy]

Back in time a little bit.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

So I don't know.

[Kennedy]

It's fun.

[Tressa]

I don't know. Something about Elsie Silver, Lila Sage. They nail it right on the head and know how to pull at my heartstrings, like, get a little teary.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

I'm like, I don't know something about it.

[Reggie]

So that's all for me, love.

[Kennedy]

Congrats. I'm proud of you.

[Michaela]

Thank you, Reggie. Yeah. Okay.

[Reggie]

I did really well. I was very proud of myself. I read Drown in the Name of Love. I Always forget the author's name. I'm so sorry.

[Tressa]

Is that like, the pirates?

[Reggie]

It's.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

You had a TikTok that did really well with that book.

[Reggie]

Yes. I listened to the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack while I read it, and it was a vi. I really liked the first half. The second half, it kind of lost me. The ending was kind of like. Could have been, like. It was epic. But then it told me too much.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

You know, like, I feel like I should have, like, been a little more on the edge of my seat.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

You know, but a fun vibe. If you're wanting, like, a pirate romance. And it's free on Kittle Unlimited. I read May Luna and I feel like I need to talk about it because I have never had so many people personally reach out to me that listen to the podcast telling me to read this book. And I finally read it, and I gave it 4.5 stars. I really, really loved it. There was just, like, something about the ending that left me just a little.

[Tressa]

I wasn't.

[Reggie]

Yeah, I just wasn't as, like, satisfied with the ending, and I don't know why. I don't even know what I was wanting. Everything else about it, though, was five stars to me, so I gave a 4.5. But I loved it. I just love a rock star romance. There's just something about. I don't know, I think it's because a lot of, you know, I liked Daisy Jones and the Six a lot, and there's something about it that gives kind of similar vibes. I loved it. I loved it. I loved it. I loved it. Thank you for the recommendation. I don't know how else I would have found that book.

[Tressa]

You also read it, right, Kennedy?

[Kennedy]

Yes, because I started to see a lot of the big book talkers. They started to read it, and then my interest was peaked.

[Michaela]

Okay. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I kind of have some. Had some fomo, so I decided to read it and.

[Tressa]

Yeah, I have fomo.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, you have a Kindle now. Kindle.

[Reggie]

And the audiobook was great, too.

[Kennedy]

I kind of like the audiobook.

[Tressa]

Yeah, I saw that.

[Kennedy]

I just.

[Tressa]

I love that I got to it.

[Reggie]

Not Quite Dead yet was my other one, but that was a. Ended up being a book club episode, so you guys can go listen to that. And then the Unhoneymooners. I don't know why it took me so long to read that.

[Tressa]

I had.

[Reggie]

That was my first Christina Lauren book, you guys.

[Kennedy]

That's crazy, huh?

[Reggie]

Yeah, it was cute. I can see why some people don't like it, but the banter was there.

[Tressa]

So she always has good banter.

[Reggie]

Great banter. And then my other one was Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins read. And that one was a five star read for me. Looking back, maybe I wouldn't give it five stars just because, like. Well, actually, I don't know, it was like a peak reading experience. Like, it really was great. But I just don't know if I'm gonna think about it for forever. That's like the only thing.

[Kennedy]

But you know what? Not every five star read has to be that you're gonna think about it forever. That's like an infinity star. You know, I.

[Reggie]

That's true. That's true. I really loved it. I do think that if I had to choose between Daisy Jones and the six in Atmosphere, I'd have a really hard time trying to decide which one I like.

[Kennedy]

Like, I choose Daisy Jones and the six. I think.

[Reggie]

Yeah, I don't know what it was about. I think I just went in thinking, like, oh, I'll enjoy it. And then I. It knocked me out. It knocked it out of the park. Like my. Excited my expectations. But the love confession in that I felt it was like one of my favorite love confessions I've seen in a book in a long time. And I just thought it was written so beautifully. Like the intro, the prologue. No, not the prologue. The author's. What do you call it? The author's note before the book starts.

[Tressa]

Dedication.

[Reggie]

Was it the dedication?

[Michaela]

I don't know.

[Kennedy]

I can't remember.

[Reggie]

Or like the pre author's note was just very beautiful. And I think Taylor Jenkins Reid has such a talent for giving you romance without it feeling like a heavy romance.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

You know what I mean?

[Kennedy]

She like teeters on the lit figure.

[Reggie]

Yeah. And she does a lot of research for. She does so much research for this book and it was very fascinating. Loved it. Anyways, I'll stop talking about it, but it was great, great read.

[Kennedy]

So, guys, I'm just so proud of us that we did so much better on our spring TBR Because. No summer tbr because we epically failed on our spring tbr.

[Michaela]

Yeah, we did.

[Kennedy]

I also completed my summer tbr. Yeah, it's summer. And I'll just kind of briefly go through them. First. I read Sounds like Love by Ashley Poston and it was good. I don't remember what I rated it and it wasn't super memorable, but a very unique, cool book. You're following a musician and a songwriter and they both have a song stuck in their head.

[Reggie]

I probably need to read that.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I feel like you would enjoy it, Reggie. Yeah, I mean, you guys know, you know Ashley Poston. Magical realism, romance, you know what you're gonna get with her. I wasn't. I didn't have super high expectations for it and it was good. Nothing to write home about. And then there's always one out of pocket on my tbr. You can count on me for that. I listened to when the moon hits your eye by John Scalzi. Yeah, I don't. I don't know. It was literally the moon turns to cheese. I don't know what I was expecting. It was really short. It was easy to check off and it was fine. It was just humorous and outlandish. You followed a whole bunch of different characters. But then like, it felt pointless at the end. It just was a book that I finished and I thought to myself, why did I read that? But here I am. Did it anyways. Then I read the Blade itself by Joe Abercrombie and I actually finished the whole trilogy.

[Reggie]

And I have very mixed feelings about.

[Kennedy]

The series because very much like Mistborn, I feel like it's one of those books you finish the trilogy and you look back on and you're very fond of the other books.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

You can kind of see the bigger picture once you finish the series.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

And I think I will eventually reread this series because I think have a much different perspective on the books finishing it because the first two, there's like basically no plot. It's very character driven. But I will say I do love Joe Abercrombie's writing because he brings humor into these really grim and dark settings. There's one certain character that is so outrageous. I laughed so many times. And being in his head is. It was almost like being in Severo's head, but way less unhinged.

[Reggie]

Okay, okay.

[Tressa]

Like if we got a point of view from Severo in Red Rising.

[Kennedy]

Yes. But a little less unhinged. Like, I don't think this character is. Is as unhinged as Severo. And if you've read the books, you know exactly who I'm talking about. And he just tied everything together really nicely. So I would recommend it if you're wanting something slow paced. I don't. I don't know if you guys would like it. I really don't. If you're ever bored, try it out. See if. See what you think. Then I read My friends by Fredrik Backman. Love him. He is so great. It's. You're following a girl who meets this homeless guy in an alley and something happens and then her life gets turned upside down. And it's wholesome, it's emotional. If you've read a Fredrik Backman book, you know exactly what his books are like. Not my favorite by him, but still really touching. And then lastly, the only five star read on my summer TBR was Night in Moth by Rachel Gillig. And these guys have not read it. And it's killing.

[Reggie]

You know, it was on my spring tbr.

[Kennedy]

It's killing me.

[Reggie]

I just am saving it for the right time because I now was the right time. I'm very excited about it and I've just been in such a slump that I'm like too scared because like I just read the Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk and I started that at the wrong time.

[Kennedy]

Okay. But you want to know what? I think fall is a great time for Rachel Gillig's writing. You guys know, it's. It's very gothic, atmospheric.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

And the thing is, is like the magic system is unique, but it's not. It doesn't take a lot of brain power to get it, which is so nice. And her pacing is always so good.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

The one problem with Carissa Broadbent's writing is her pacing is a little whack. But it was. It was so good and it had such a great side character. I don't know what you guys know about the book. Have you guys seen anything about it? Then that's all I'm going to say. Such a great side character. Magic system was good. Romance was good. Plautists were very meh. But you know, Rachel Gillig, she'll get you. I don't know if you guys will rate it 5 stars, but I really loved it.

[Reggie]

Yeah, I'll save it for fall, but I won't put out my fall tbr. That's okay because I've already put it to my spring TBR and I didn't.

[Michaela]

Read it, so that's okay. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I can't believe that came out in the spring.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

That's crazy.

[Kennedy]

It feels like a very fall release to me.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

I'm excited to read it. I'm sorry I haven't gotten to it yet.

[Michaela]

I.

[Kennedy]

It's okay.

[Tressa]

Was also just in like the biggest reading slump and I wanted to make sure I gave it the time of day, like, you know well.

[Reggie]

And it's hard to be in a reading slump when you love fantasy books.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Because there's so many I want to read right now. And I'm feeling so overwhelmed because I'm like, I want to love all of them, but I know I'm not gonna.

[Michaela]

Love all of them.

[Reggie]

And then I'm just in the slump. And so. You know what I mean? It's tricky.

[Kennedy]

Well, and I feel like some of the new fantasy releases just haven't really been hitting. They just haven't been.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Addicting. It's just kind of been like, yeah, I'll.

[Tressa]

I. I really am excited to read it. I think I'm out of my slump. Like, I'm. I'm out of it.

[Kennedy]

It really would be such a good fall winter read. I almost wish I would have waited to read it, but it was on my spring summer tbr.

[Michaela]

So you did it.

[Tressa]

You completed it.

[Kennedy]

Did it.

[Tressa]

Sorry I didn't complete mine, but now.

[Kennedy]

I'm sitting here being like, how does it end? Do I remember how the book ends? Is there gonna be another book?

[Michaela]

Right. Yes.

[Reggie]

It's a duology.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I think so.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

That's also the thing, too, is it's like, there's ones I want to start, but then I'm like, the other book.

[Kennedy]

Has not come out.

[Reggie]

It hasn't come out. So then it's not as, like, enticing.

[Michaela]

Yep.

[Kennedy]

She did pump out One Dark Window, Two Twisted Crowns pretty close together, though. I do remember that.

[Reggie]

Yeah, she did. She did.

[Kennedy]

So she. Hey, Rachel Gillig, if you're listening to this, which you're not, please come on the podcast. We'd love to interview you. Yeah, we love you. We love you over here on. I'll read what she's reading.

[Reggie]

We do.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

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[Kennedy]

Okay, let's get into our fall TBR.

[Reggie]

Who wants to begin?

[Kennedy]

Mikayla, let's go in the same order we just did. So, Michaela, you go first. I feel like I'm trying to do.

[Tressa]

Some that are kind of, like, out of pocket because I. The more popular ones I will read.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

No matter what.

[Kennedy]

The more obvious ones.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

So really trying to get myself to read this one.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

This has been on my physical TBR for forever, and I know it's like a thriller book. And my friend, we went to a bookstore in Chicago and we picked books for each other.

[Michaela]

Oh, my gosh.

[Kennedy]

Cute.

[Tressa]

And this was a book that she picked for me, and I just have not gotten to it yet. And so I'm, like, forcing myself to read it. It's Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller, and I really don't know anything about it.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

I know it's like a thriller.

[Kennedy]

And.

[Tressa]

I, like, there's not an audiobook for it, so I really have to. Very out of pocket, sit down and read it. It says it's about. She read. This character writes letters to her husband, and instead of giving them to him, she hides them in the books she's collected over the years.

[Reggie]

Interesting.

[Tressa]

And then when she disappears, someone, like.

[Kennedy]

Finds them and stuff. Oh.

[Tressa]

But it's like the truth about her marriage. Oh, I don't know. It sounds very intriguing. I don't really know a ton about it, so I'm like. And it's, you know, fall.

[Kennedy]

It's like the thriller season.

[Tressa]

Thriller season. I kind of want to read it before Halloween because as soon as Halloween's over, I really just want to be, like, cozy down.

[Kennedy]

Yep.

[Tressa]

Cozy fantasy book. So. Yeah, that's the first one on my list.

[Reggie]

Nice.

[Michaela]

I love it.

[Kennedy]

We'll see how it is. I hope it's good.

[Reggie]

I've heard nothing about it, so I'm really excited, like, just from what you've said.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

That's all I know.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

My first book that I'm gonna read this fall, I'm just. I'm just gonna get this out of the way because I have a maybe. Well, if Michaela's are all out of pocket, hers. This probably isn't on her fall tbr. Reggie, this might be on yours.

[Tressa]

I' sure.

[Kennedy]

Soul Searching by Leila Sage. Oh, that's not on mine, but I.

[Reggie]

It is on mine.

[Kennedy]

So you can piggyback or whatever you want to do, or if you want to add an extra one, you can. It's paranormal. She says there's some sort of paranormal aspect. I want to say maybe the female main character is like a medium or something. I don't think it's down.

[Tressa]

100 down.

[Kennedy]

I don't think it's like one of the main characters is a ghost or anything, but that sounds like the perfect fall romance novel. Yeah, truly. And, you know, as we already said about Lila Sage, you know, it's gonna be a good time. It's gonna be so great. I don't know if it's still in the western romance realm with a little bit of paranormal. It's gonna be activity. So I wonder if she's. It's gonna be. I don't know. I. I don't know.

[Reggie]

The Sweetwater Peak series.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I.

[Reggie]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

Why do I feel like I remember a tick tock of her saying that the town is very. Not spooky, but in tune with spirits. Don't quote me on that.

[Reggie]

I just know it's gonna be talk. I saw that. I was like, yeah, this would be good for my fall tbr.

[Kennedy]

You know, it's gonna be a banger.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Well, I'll just piggyback off of you because believe it or not, the only Lila Sage book I've read is the first one done in and I just didn't vibe with it. And I've been meaning to read.

[Michaela]

Wild.

[Reggie]

And Wrangled in my Wild and Wrangled is.

[Kennedy]

I feel like lost and lassoed.

[Tressa]

They just continued better in my opinion.

[Michaela]

Oh, okay. Yes.

[Reggie]

So I actually as we just started recording this, got access to Swift and Saddle on my Livy app. Yeah, I've been waiting so long for it because I've been feeling bad that I haven't given her other books a chance. And I was like, I'm sure. I knew it. I was gonna get it on Libby soon. But then it just keeps taking longer than I thought. So I was like, I'm sure once Soul Searching comes out, there will be an audiobook or tonight we are going to actually see Lila Sage and Hannah Bonham Young because the book comes out the 28th or 30th of September. I'm like, I really should just get the physical copy since it's like the first in a.

[Kennedy]

In a series, you know. And Lila's cover, I do love her covers are cute. Yeah, I do love her covers.

[Reggie]

So I was like, maybe I can get to this one before switching Saddled. But then lol, it became available to me on Libby right as we started recording this. So yeah, I'm excited for that one.

[Tressa]

That's gonna be a fun. I honestly forgot but I'm doing Out of Pocket. That's like a given. I'm going to read that one.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

I didn't feel like it was out of pocket for me since I haven't read any of her books.

[Kennedy]

Besides that I had to give myself.

[Tressa]

A few softballs because some of the.

[Kennedy]

I got two books on here that are freaking long so I gotta give me a few stops.

[Tressa]

I try not to do any serious but.

[Reggie]

Oh, let's see what's your next one.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

You're next. D. Tressa.

[Tressa]

The Emerald Sea.

[Kennedy]

Yes.

[Reggie]

By Brandon Sanders.

[Kennedy]

Yes. That will be a good full read.

[Michaela]

I.

[Tressa]

Contemplated, like, listening to it, but I really wanted to sit down and read it, so.

[Kennedy]

Well, if you do. And I don't know if I can.

[Tressa]

Do the graphic audio, it was good. I'm sure it is, but I just. You can't hybrid read.

[Kennedy]

I know it's really obnoxious.

[Tressa]

Like, I'm sure that, like, that's why I've been really struggling with graphic audios, because they. They are good, but I just have no idea where I'm at in the book when I, like, go to, like, read it.

[Kennedy]

And you know what? I think the reason why I put off reading Tress of the Emerald Sea and Brandon Sanderson in general is because. Is because people are very passionate about what order you should read them in. And I get it. Like, we're passionate about. Or you should read Throne of Glass and whatever.

[Reggie]

Sure.

[Kennedy]

But the Cosmere intimidates me so much for that reason. And I remember. I can't remember if I posted on our Instagram story or something. It was one of the books that I posted one time. Which book should Kennedy read? And I got a few people that messaged us and said, don't read Trust of the Emerald Sea until you've gotten farther into the Cosmere. And I'm sure I missed some little drops, cameos, whatever, but I did get some of them anyways. I think you're gonna like it.

[Tressa]

Yeah, I'm excited about it.

[Kennedy]

It's got, you know, a little bit of sea pirate.

[Tressa]

Yeah, I'm stoked.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I think you're gonna enjoy it.

[Tressa]

I love me some pirates.

[Kennedy]

It's like a fraction. Don't think the whole. It's. That's okay.

[Tressa]

I love, like, sea books. I don't know how else to describe, like, when they're just on the sea.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Well. And I think I talked about this on the podcast before, but it's a retail. It reminded me of the Princess Bride because I watched the movie right after fin. Then I found out that he wrote it for his wife because she loves the Princess Bride.

[Michaela]

I love it.

[Kennedy]

And he's just a cinnamon. I just think he's just like the cutest little man when he posted the TikTok about reading Emily Henry.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

He's so precious.

[Kennedy]

He's so precious. Which leads me into one of the books that I'm going to read on my fall tbr, the Way of Kings.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Pray for me.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

The Way of Kings is on my fall TBR because I think I need a push to read it. And we're also going to. I keep forgetting.

[Michaela]

Yes.

[Kennedy]

Thank you. Dragonsteel in December. And I just feel like I need to at least read the first book. I don't know why, but I'm really intimidated he. I feel like I have to be in the right mood for him.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Well, if it makes you feel any better, my sister in law is very new to fantasy.

[Kennedy]

Did she read it? She's.

[Reggie]

She started with Acotar, then did Throw in a Glass and is like her husband is a huge brand in Sanderson fannies. Yeah, you've got to read. But this is what's interesting to me. He told her to start with the Way of Kings.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

He hasn't actually read Mistborn.

[Kennedy]

See, I usually hear people say, you should start with Mistborn.

[Reggie]

He hasn't read Mistborn. Those are the only ones he hasn't read. And he told her to start with the Way of Kings.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

And she started it. She's not super far into it, but she's really enjoying it.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

She just doesn't like that the chapters are so long.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

But other than that, she's like, it's. I'm very intrigued. I think I'm gonna really enjoy it. Well, she's told me about it so far. She likes it.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

And she's new to like, fantasy.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

That gives me a little on the red star J masks.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

All right.

[Michaela]

So.

[Reggie]

I don't know. I would love. Sorry, continue.

[Kennedy]

No, I was. No, I'm done. I'm done.

[Reggie]

I would love to start with the Way of Kings just because I feel like that's the meat of Brandon Sanderson. Like, you know what I mean?

[Kennedy]

It's just a commitment because they're like a thousand page books and there's like 12 of them.

[Reggie]

I. That's why I haven't started them. Otherwise I would have been like, yeah, I'll start. But I will say I'm going to read Mistborn.

[Kennedy]

Oh, is it on your full tbr. Oh my gosh, look at us.

[Reggie]

Because honestly, I've been wanting to. Well, we're going to Dragonsteel. I'm like, I can't go to Dragonsteel and not have read at least the Mistborn.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Trilogy.

[Michaela]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Reggie]

So I am going to read that. And they are shorter. So like, I not like.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I mean, no, there's still like 24 hour listens. The book deceives you.

[Reggie]

But this yeah, that's the thing.

[Kennedy]

It deceives you.

[Reggie]

I saw it when I went into the bookstore the other day, the Folklore Bookstore. They're really cool, and I was going to buy them, but I think I'm gonna read them on my Kindle. Because if I read them on my Kindle, it will. I'll be able to keep up with it a little more.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Because. Yeah, I saw. I saw the physical books, and I was like, why have I not started these? These are so small. And then when I opened up the pages, I was like, oh, that's why.

[Tressa]

The texts are really small.

[Reggie]

The text is small. But I think my goal is to have, you know, the three red before we go to Dragonsteel.

[Kennedy]

But I think you'll enjoy it. That's another series that, well, I will reread eventually. And, like, when you finish it, you look back and you're like, okay, this all makes sense.

[Reggie]

Like, I feel like the vibe I got from you guys is you weren't, like, obsessed with it, which is fine.

[Tressa]

No, I. I really, really enjoy them. They're just. They're really dense, and there's a lot going on that don't make sense until you, like, finish it or you connect the dots. You're like.

[Reggie]

But I always. Like in the moment. I always do hate that in books, but I always appreciate it. So I'm like, I'm not gonna put it off because of that reason.

[Kennedy]

Well, his writing is just. I don't know how to describe it. It's just so, like, cut and dry. There's not. It's. I've been seeing people say that.

[Michaela]

He.

[Kennedy]

He doesn't show you.

[Tressa]

He tells you.

[Kennedy]

He's just very matter of fact. Very. Just like this and this and this. There's no.

[Michaela]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I don't know how to describe. I. I heard someone once say that his writing is like architecture and other people's. Is, like music and his complex.

[Reggie]

But you can enjoy it. But you can enjoy or you can appreciate it.

[Tressa]

Like, I like the architecture. It's like, Brandon Sanderson is. You're looking at the blueprint for a building, and other people's like, you're just looking at the building.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, there's, like, not a lot of, like, flowery, beautiful writing. It's just like, boom.

[Tressa]

Does that make sense?

[Reggie]

Yeah. But he's also an icon and people he's hyped for.

[Kennedy]

Oh, yeah, listen. I rated Mistborn four stars. Like, it's. It was a great series. I think it was just not a learning curve. But I'VE learned I'm not a patient reader. And when it comes to him, you just have to be patient. He doesn't. Everything makes sense in the end, and you just have to be patient.

[Reggie]

I am prepared. I'm preparing myself for that.

[Kennedy]

Magic system is so cool.

[Tressa]

It is really so cool.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

You're gonna like it.

[Reggie]

So, Miss Born, you could.

[Kennedy]

Honestly, you could dress up as Van. You could pull off no clue who that is. You'll know who she is.

[Reggie]

I've been really struggling with what to be for Halloween.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

If you guys have any recommendations, send them our way, because we're struggling.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

Struggling big time.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

Okay, next one. I don't remember what I put. Oh, War.

[Michaela]

Huh?

[Tressa]

It's War by Laura Palalis Palace. It's the second book in the Four Horsemen.

[Kennedy]

Like the Pestilence one.

[Tressa]

Pestilence.

[Michaela]

Hey.

[Kennedy]

I. I almost have access to that as a graphic audio on living.

[Tressa]

You have to.

[Reggie]

I didn't know they had it.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

It just came out. The graphic audio.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

Just came out for it.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I just got access to it a week ago.

[Tressa]

Like, waited. Because that would have been. It would have been such a. I don't know. I just genuinely am really interested in the world because it's just so different.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

Like, post Apocalyp. Apocalyptic, but has, like, magic, you know, like these beings that like. So I. Anyways, so I think War is coming down.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

Because this is the series.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

Pestilence that came down to Earth and.

[Kennedy]

They, like, just wreak havoc on Earth.

[Michaela]

Right? Yeah.

[Kennedy]

And war.

[Tressa]

So Pestilence spreads a disease. War, I'm sure is going to be like.

[Kennedy]

I think he's going to bring a war or.

[Tressa]

Yeah. Or like, bring people just, like, fight against each other.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

I don't know.

[Kennedy]

Conflict. I don't know.

[Tressa]

I just. I'm genuinely so curious.

[Kennedy]

So I really want to read that one.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I can't speak. A few days ago, I got access to it, but I postponed it because I wasn't in a place where I could listen to it. But I'm stoked to listen to the graphic. The thing is, I feel like you.

[Tressa]

Have to take things with it with a kind of like. With a grain of salt. Like, it doesn't really make sense. Like, some of the decisions the female main character makes, you're like.

[Kennedy]

You just have to, you know, just like, you're there for the ride. Yeah, There for the ride.

[Tressa]

The vibes.

[Michaela]

Because.

[Kennedy]

What did you rate the first one?

[Tressa]

I think I rated it, like, 3.5.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

Like, and I rated it in Goodreads, three stars.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

I don't know. I wish they had a graphic audio for the second one, but they do not. So it's just the first one because.

[Kennedy]

They'Re, like, rolling them out now.

[Michaela]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

So. But you have the physical copies of the books?

[Tressa]

I do have. No, I just have the first and second.

[Michaela]

Oh, okay.

[Tressa]

So I don't know. I have the second one.

[Kennedy]

I gotta do it.

[Tressa]

It'll be so interesting.

[Kennedy]

I mean, it sounds really cool. It sounds really unique. Sounds. It's just different. Brutal.

[Tressa]

I just wanted. And it was just. It was fun when I read it, how different it was.

[Kennedy]

Is it adult or young? Adult. Do you know?

[Tressa]

Adult.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

Adult.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

I would say it's adult.

[Michaela]

Okay. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

You never know nowadays.

[Tressa]

I mean, it's kind of graphic.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

I feel like.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

I remember you saying it was.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Violent.

[Michaela]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Kennedy]

I'm excited.

[Michaela]

I'm excited.

[Tressa]

I will say.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

Because they. They try to kill him, but he's pretty much like a God.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

And so he can't die, but he does get wounded. He just, like, slowly, like, builds back up.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Tressa]

So, yeah, he's all right. Pretty much torn to shreds and then.

[Kennedy]

Just, like, rebuilds his flesh and blood.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Love that.

[Tressa]

So it's fantastic.

[Kennedy]

Yeah. I'll have to let you know how the graphic audio is for the first time.

[Michaela]

Please do.

[Tressa]

I want to listen to just, like, a teensy bit whenever you get it.

[Michaela]

Okay. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I would love nothing more than for you to listen to it.

[Michaela]

Okay. Okay.

[Kennedy]

All right. My next one is also a very long book, but you know what? I've wanted to read this for so long, and I know it's. It's not. I don't think it's his most spooky work, but I feel like I'm gonna really love it. 112263 by Stephen King. So, basically, from what I understand is there is, I want to say, a science teacher and his friend and they time travel, and they are time traveling back to the year 63 to prevent JFK's assassination.

[Tressa]

Oh, yeah.

[Kennedy]

And I've heard there's just, like. There's a little bit of romance, a little bit of time travel, a little bit of suspense, and what better time to read Stephen King than the Fall?

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

I feel like I need to read a Stephen King book.

[Kennedy]

Same is. He's also one of those just iconic authors that pumps out books and you don't understand how.

[Tressa]

And movie adaptations.

[Michaela]

Okay. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

That's also the part of the reason why is I. It's a limited series. I didn't know that.

[Michaela]

Oh, cool.

[Reggie]

So what's it on?

[Kennedy]

I don't know, but I spoke to a very nice man in a bookstore that met Stephen King once, and I was buying the book, and he had asked me if I'd seen the screen adaptation, and I said no. And while I'm here, let me just look it up and see who it's made by.

[Tressa]

I feel like his books just seem very daunting, kind of similar to Brandon Sanderson. They're all very big. And I'm also not like a. I don't love spooky.

[Kennedy]

Hold up.

[Michaela]

What?

[Kennedy]

No way. Okay, so it's on. It's a Hulu original, and guess who's the freaking star?

[Michaela]

Who?

[Kennedy]

James Franco.

[Michaela]

Oh. Ooh.

[Tressa]

James Franco.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Okay. Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you.

[Tressa]

Oh, no, it's okay. I was just. I. I feel like when I associate his name, it's always with, like, you know, like, scary horror. But I feel like I'm realizing that he writes more than just, like, horror books.

[Michaela]

It.

[Kennedy]

And did he read. Is it him? Silence of the Lambs?

[Michaela]

No.

[Reggie]

Here's Johnny.

[Kennedy]

What is that?

[Tressa]

What is that?

[Kennedy]

Red Rum.

[Reggie]

I don't know if that is.

[Tressa]

Oh, what's.

[Kennedy]

I can't remember what it's called.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

You guys. You guys.

[Tressa]

First time in college.

[Kennedy]

Is it scary?

[Tressa]

Have you never seen it?

[Kennedy]

No, no, it's not scary.

[Tressa]

It's just very, like. Like, suspenseful.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

In my opinion. I mean, there are some scary parts, but it's pretty much just like Cabin.

[Kennedy]

Fever, like, because he's crazy, isn't he?

[Tressa]

Version of Cabin.

[Kennedy]

Okay, okay. I watched Pet Sematary when I was younger. That's a book by Stephen King, too.

[Tressa]

Traumatized me.

[Kennedy]

Oh, I would never traumatize me.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

But, I mean, I read Fairy Tale by him. Not a scary book at all, but also not my favorite book I've ever read. So we're gonna give it a shot because I hear people say wonderful things about it.

[Michaela]

All right.

[Kennedy]

I feel like that's a great fall. Well, it's freaking long. That's what I'm worried about.

[Reggie]

Maybe it will just knock your socks.

[Kennedy]

Let's hope.

[Reggie]

Let's hope. All right. I'm scared about this next one, I'm gonna say, because I don't. I'm worried I'm going to not like it or it's going to. I'm gonna lose sleep and get really anxious about it, because I'm pretty sure it's About a missing child.

[Kennedy]

Oh, why are you doing that?

[Reggie]

But you guys, there something about this book that's been calling my name. I don't know if it's the COVID The COVID is just really.

[Kennedy]

Show me the COVID What is it?

[Reggie]

God of the Woods.

[Kennedy]

Oh, okay.

[Reggie]

I don't wanna say that I've heard.

[Tressa]

Really polarizing things about it.

[Reggie]

Liz Moore. That's right. Because some people I've seen absolutely hated it. Yeah, some people I've seen absolutely love it. Because it's like a very beautiful story, but it's also like a thriller. I don't know why every time I go to a bookstore, it's like I'm so gravitated towards it. I don't know cover or what.

[Kennedy]

I thought it was a fantasy book.

[Reggie]

Yeah, same.

[Tressa]

I thought it was like a fit. Like lit, thick, like it kind of looks.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Anyways, a thrilling drama. It's Sarah Caroly read it and said it was a very slow moving story. But she rated it fairly highly. I don't know. And apparently the ending is something. So I just. I have. I don't know why I've been so. I gravitated towards it. But I did buy the physical copy, so I got to read it. So I'm like, if I'm gonna read a thriller for fall, let it be.

[Kennedy]

About a missing child.

[Reggie]

I know. That's why I'm scared. Maybe it will be something I dnf. But the thing is, because I've been gravitated towards it for maybe. Who knows? Maybe it's the COVID I gotta give it a chance.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Why am I gravitated towards this? I don't know. It makes me.

[Kennedy]

No, it makes me feel better that.

[Reggie]

The missing child, I think is like 14 years old. It's not like it's.

[Kennedy]

It's not your child.

[Reggie]

It's not like. Yes, that sounds terrible. Maybe don't.

[Kennedy]

Or maybe do.

[Reggie]

I don't know. But I don't know. Gotta give it a whirl. Gotta see. I mean, if I dnf it, I dnf it. At least I know I tried to read.

[Tressa]

At least I know you tried pulling me toward.

[Reggie]

Towards it, so. And it's like a dual timeline. So I think that might like, keep my interest, but, you know, and if I don't like it, it's a really pretty book for my shelf, so. Very true.

[Kennedy]

The COVID is really pretty.

[Reggie]

Yeah, it's pretty. I don't know.

[Tressa]

You're gonna have people just like walking to it and staring.

[Kennedy]

What's this about?

[Reggie]

Also I think one of the reasons why I'm drawn to it now that I think about it. So it's called the God of the Woods. When I was in junior high, I made a home movie with my cousins called the Keeper of the Woods.

[Kennedy]

Oh, love that. Is it scary?

[Reggie]

It's about a missing child. Okay, so you just barely think this. I did not make that connection till just now. So maybe that's why.

[Tressa]

You know what, watch it be like.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Are you sure you didn't write that book?

[Reggie]

Well, okay, here's this. Here's the plot of the movie.

[Kennedy]

Oh, we got another bus story coming in.

[Reggie]

It's an eight minute YouTube flip.

[Kennedy]

Do you have. Oh, you have the link.

[Reggie]

It's on YouTube. I got to go delete all. But it's on my mom's YouTube. I got to go delete a bunch of things off my mom's YouTube channel before this comes out because there's a lot of things on there that I would not that my. I've been begging my mom to make private for years.

[Kennedy]

I need to see this eight minute film.

[Reggie]

I directed. I filmed and directed it. My voice is in it as the girlfriend.

[Tressa]

But you're not as these siblings.

[Reggie]

Yeah, I filmed of all my cousins and my siblings. I need to see siblings. And they. It's basically a homeless man when you think about it. They are finding like a lot of their stuff goes missing in their house and they're out in the woods. I was out in back east in Virginia and they are finding that there's just like this person living in the woods and they keep getting stuff out of their house. And the kids are like, of course. The parents are like, there's nothing going on. But the kids are like, we're gonna get to the bottom of this. It's an eight minute short film.

[Tressa]

I need to see it.

[Kennedy]

We need to post the link.

[Michaela]

We?

[Kennedy]

Everybody.

[Reggie]

I'll share it with you guys. I'll share it with you guys. My mom will be like, wow, this.

[Kennedy]

Is getting so many views.

[Reggie]

I gotta just go delete some things off there first.

[Kennedy]

Oh, I can't wait to watch this.

[Reggie]

So.

[Michaela]

Oh yeah.

[Reggie]

Keeper of the woods by Reggie by Liz Moore.

[Tressa]

I love that. I can't wait to hear about it.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Okay, Mikayla, you know, I'm just.

[Tressa]

I'm just following a theme after war, just the devils. Joe Abercrombie.

[Kennedy]

I almost put that on my full tbr.

[Tressa]

I don't really know anything about it. I've never read anything by Joe Abercrombie, but I'M trying to change that. I don't know. I have heard from, you know, like, friends and stuff that he likes to put a twist with, like, humor, like he likes to. And I honestly love stuff like that.

[Kennedy]

His characters just say the most out of pocket, and you're gonna enjoy that.

[Tressa]

I. Yeah, I will really. I really enjoy that because I feel like I'm a very out of pocket person, so it just kind of speaks to my soul, you know, they'll be.

[Kennedy]

Like, murdering each other, and then all of a sudden, they'll just say some outrageous thing. Yeah, you're gonna like it.

[Tressa]

Yeah, I'm. I'm really going to enjoy that, hopefully. So it's very interesting title and the COVID is so interesting.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I also have no idea what it's about.

[Tressa]

I have no idea either. I think it's about at least what I was looking at. It's about some religious leader that gets called to, like, do this thing, but it's not exactly what he thought, and it turns out to be more.

[Reggie]

Oh, okay. That sounds right, because, yeah, I would look the thing. Read the back of the book just the other day, but I can't remember.

[Tressa]

Like, he pretty much has, like, this.

[Kennedy]

That's gonna be so good. That's gonna be a really good fall read.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

So I'm. I'm excited to.

[Kennedy]

Oh, yeah, he's. Yeah, he's a. Yeah, like some clergyman or something.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

And his people that he is. I don't even know. They're like bad people. They're like monsters and. Oh, I think you're gonna like it, hopefully. I hope so.

[Tressa]

I don't know. I'm just.

[Reggie]

I'm gonna have fomo because I wouldn't. I won't have read a Joe Abercrombie book.

[Tressa]

I haven't read a Bachman.

[Kennedy]

Michaela, you would actually.

[Michaela]

You would.

[Kennedy]

I don't think you would like his writing. I just try it one time.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

Try an audiobook one time. I know.

[Reggie]

I'm trying to think.

[Kennedy]

Try, like a Man called. Called Otto and then watch that movie and would like it. I've never read the book, but.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

I don't know. Anyways, I just feel like if you don't like Taylor Jenkins Reid, I don't think you would like him. Anyways.

[Reggie]

Yeah. It's your turn.

[Kennedy]

Oh, my. My turn. Okay, let's see. What do I have on this list here?

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Kennedy]

I'm going back to my roots. I'm gonna read Famous by Blake Crouch. Oh, yes. So if you guys didn't know this this movie or this book is actually being turned into a movie starring Zac Efron. Right. Am I crazy?

[Reggie]

So, like, they have already filmed it. Didn't he post recently?

[Kennedy]

Well, he's re releasing the book.

[Reggie]

Swear in his post. He said that they wrapped up filming of it, but I'm making that up.

[Kennedy]

I'm really confused by Blake Crouch because I read a book last fall by him called can't freaking remember. Sorry. And it was released in 2011, but then he re released it last year and he's doing the same thing with Famous.

[Tressa]

He probably is doing that because he signed with a different publisher.

[Kennedy]

You are. I bet you. You are, right? Yeah, that would make sense.

[Tressa]

And so they probably have to put like the publishing house on the book and stuff, make a new cover or whatever. I'm assuming that's probably what it is.

[Kennedy]

That would make sense. So basically there is this regular old guy who looks just like a super famous film star. And so he basically takes his life. Like the. The regular guy overtakes the famous guy's life.

[Tressa]

I feel like I've read something about, like that. I know it's not that, but I feel like I've read something. I think it was like a young adult.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, probably like.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

It says part comedy, part human tragedy, and part suspense.

[Tressa]

Sounds really intriguing.

[Reggie]

It's also kind of a short book.

[Kennedy]

Oh, yeah. It's like 280 pages. Oh, 210 pages. 210.

[Tressa]

Did you add that too?

[Michaela]

Yeah. No.

[Kennedy]

You didn't.

[Reggie]

I was trying to think of like another book. Like, once you said that, I'm like, oh, I could do a different one, but I'm not sure actually read it. And it doesn't sound like something any of our followers would be interested in. So I was like, I won't put that on my TBR. Sorry. So sorry. We have two of the same books now.

[Tressa]

I get FOMO. Dang it.

[Kennedy]

You can read it too. It's 210 pages. I'll read it. I'm gonna. I'll probably listen to it, honestly, because.

[Reggie]

It comes out September. I can't remember.

[Kennedy]

Let me look up the movie adaptation information.

[Reggie]

The reason I put on my tbr, I kind of forgot about it. And then I popped into my brain because while I was trying to think of my fall tbr, I was watching the Dancing with the Stars cast announcement on Good Morning America, and Zac Efron's little brother is on Dancing with the Stars. And I was like, oh, my gosh, I should read Famous.

[Kennedy]

Okay. So it's being it's being adapted by A24.

[Michaela]

Yeah. Oh.

[Kennedy]

So I think it's gonna be good. I think it's gonna be good.

[Reggie]

If you have seen. What is the movie called with that where Zac Efron is the rest?

[Tressa]

Ted Bundy.

[Reggie]

Oh, have you guys seen that?

[Michaela]

Yes.

[Reggie]

Everyone's gonna do from what I can see. Because I'm guessing he's gonna play both roles.

[Kennedy]

Probably, I would assume. Oh, oh.

[Reggie]

And the other person in the cast is.

[Kennedy]

They were filming it November 5, 2024.

[Tressa]

You know what's so interesting?

[Reggie]

That Debbie Ryan is in it.

[Tressa]

No.

[Reggie]

Oh, and Phoebe Devener, the girl from Bridgerton, season one.

[Tressa]

You know what's so interesting about that is it only has 2200 ratings.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I don't know.

[Tressa]

Like, it's interesting.

[Kennedy]

Sorry.

[Tressa]

Yeah. Why that one? I also feel like there's a lot of like book to movie or show adaptations that I'm like, are not super popular. And I'm like, why did you choose that?

[Reggie]

Maybe like a Crouch, he kind of has got a hand in.

[Tressa]

Well, I'm not necessarily saying like Blake Crash in general because I'm sure it would be an easy. Like it probably wouldn't require that big of a budget. Yeah, just pay the actors because it's just. I'm assuming it will take place in like a modern day, like, world.

[Michaela]

So.

[Tressa]

Yeah, doesn't have to have that big of a budget. So I'm talking about like other books, you know that.

[Kennedy]

Or like maybe it's like the screenwriters or the director or somebody read this book and felt very inclined to try and get it to be made into a movie. I don't know.

[Tressa]

Yeah, no, I.

[Reggie]

Well, and I feel like Blake Crouch is like dark matter did really well, but I'm guessing Famous had to have been picked up before. I don't know.

[Kennedy]

Well, he's also had Wayward Pines that was picked up for a TV show. I don't think it did super well because I think it got canceled.

[Reggie]

But I found a photo of Zac Efron on the set. His hair looks terrifying.

[Tressa]

Oh, boy.

[Reggie]

I'm very scared of him.

[Kennedy]

Anyways, I'm a little bit. I'm. I'm a little worried because, oh, he's got a swoop. He's got a Justin Bieber swoop.

[Tressa]

Justin Bieber swoop.

[Kennedy]

The book that I read by Blake Crouch last fall was. Let me remember what the freaking title is. Last fall I read Run by Blake Crouch.

[Michaela]

Oh, yeah.

[Kennedy]

And it was. Some of his earlier work is a lot more horror. And so I'M a little bit worried that it's going to feel really gory and horror. His. His later work is more sci fi.

[Michaela]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

So I guess we'll see. I'm excited, so.

[Reggie]

Well, Michaela.

[Tressa]

Sorry.

[Reggie]

Sorry.

[Tressa]

No, I'm just gonna have. I'm pretty much what I'm gonna do is just read their fall TBRs as well.

[Kennedy]

Well, you're some of my. I mean, you're gonna read souls.

[Michaela]

You.

[Kennedy]

You're doing out of pocket. You're doing ones that you aren't a given.

[Tressa]

Pocket. Last one on my list is One for My Enemy by Olivia Brake. Blake.

[Michaela]

That's.

[Tressa]

I don't really know anything about it. I have it.

[Kennedy]

Do you want me to tell you anything about it, or do you want to go on blind?

[Tressa]

I was going blind.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Tressa]

I think it's like a Romeo and Juliet, Right?

[Kennedy]

Yep. Not modern day because it's. I think they're witches. If I'm remembering correctly, she always has some sort of, like, fantasy element, and I think they're witches.

[Michaela]

Sick.

[Kennedy]

Have you read Olivey Blake?

[Michaela]

Nope.

[Reggie]

I need to give her another.

[Kennedy]

So I think you do need to give her another try.

[Reggie]

I was gonna put Masters of Death on my tbr. I'm wondering if I should have.

[Michaela]

You could.

[Kennedy]

You could take off Famous. You could take off something else and put it on there.

[Michaela]

I haven't. Yeah.

[Reggie]

Maybe I'll have you guys pick if I should read that one or the other book I'm gonna talk about.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

For my last.

[Kennedy]

I'm excited for you.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

It'll be. It'll be a different vibe than some of your other books, which I think will be really nice.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

I'm trying to be a more diverse reader.

[Kennedy]

There's also nothing wrong with not being, though.

[Tressa]

Yeah. I do have. All the books I'm reading currently are all very different.

[Kennedy]

That's great. So do you physically have one for My Enemy?

[Michaela]

Yes, I do.

[Kennedy]

The one thing I do also like about Olivey Blake's books, I'm trying to remember if One for My Enemy has it or not, because I think I might have actually read it on my Kindle. I know Masters of Death had it, and then the one I just read also had it in the book. There's illustrations, and it's really actually cool because it kind of helps paint a picture for the story.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Her books are always beautiful. Like, looking wise.

[Reggie]

They're really, really.

[Tressa]

I also was just trying to pick ones I had physically.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

Because I need to read those books. I am banning myself from buying books.

[Kennedy]

You know, it's funny, the longer we do the podcast, the less I'm inclined to buy books.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Because it's freaking expensive.

[Tressa]

So expensive. Okay, that's it.

[Kennedy]

I'm excited for you.

[Michaela]

You got a good.

[Kennedy]

Well rounded.

[Tressa]

Yeah, we shall see.

[Kennedy]

But no, that's great. That's. That's a great fall tbr. Very fall. Not cozy.

[Tressa]

No, not at all.

[Kennedy]

But very fall. Winter's for cozy.

[Michaela]

Yeah, you're right.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, winter's cozy. Okay. This book that I am going to read, I saw one tick tock about it.

[Michaela]

Oh.

[Reggie]

So it's gonna be great.

[Kennedy]

One single tick tock. And it was like books that absolutely broke my mind. I don't know. So it's actually the second in a series, but I don't think it has. The series has to be ready chronologically. It's almost kind of giving me black mirror vibes where it's like a series but you can watch them and read them or watch the episodes in whatever order you want. The book is called the Passengers by John Mars. And actually you guys, the first book in this quote series, the one is a Netflix miniseries. Didn't know that. But the synopsis of this, and this is where I'm getting. This is my only thriller that I have on the list. This is the synopsis. 8 self driver. 8 self drive cars set on a collision course. Who lives, who dies? You decide. When someone hacks into the systems of eight self drive cars, their passengers are set on a fatal collision course. The passengers are a TV star, a pregnant young woman, a disabled war hero, an abused wife fleeing her husband, an illegal immigrant, a husband and wife and parents of two who are traveling in separate vehicles and a suicidal man. Now the public have to judge who survived. Are the passengers all that they see. Sounded kind of interesting. Yeah, kind of thrilling.

[Reggie]

Crazy.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

So I don't know, some people say Black Mirror episode been in a book. Dang, I need a brain transplant because my old one is just blown away.

[Reggie]

So I'm very intrigued.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I don't know. A little bit different. A book I haven't heard of. Except for one TikTok. One single TikTok.

[Reggie]

So sometimes those are the best books.

[Kennedy]

I don't know, you guys. There's always one out of pocket book on my TBRs. And that's it for this time. All right, so we'll see.

[Reggie]

All right, well, I thought maybe I'd switch this one for Masters of Death, but I think I'm gonna stick with this one because I just feel like it fits more of the fall vibe. Actually, I'm gonna do Indigo Rich by Deveny Perry.

[Tressa]

Oh, okay.

[Reggie]

It's in a trilogy. No, I think six books.

[Michaela]

Oh.

[Reggie]

But they're pretty short.

[Kennedy]

I would assume they're like interconnected standalones.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

I don't know. But the first one is called yeah, Indigo Rich. It's the Eden's series. But Brady Lockerbie read it and in her review she says, I loved the combination of a non cringy cowboy romance and murder mystery. The last 30% wasn't roller coaster.

[Tressa]

That sounds really fun.

[Reggie]

So that just sounds interesting because I loved Shield of Sparrows. It was absolutely fantastic. And when I saw that there were more books by her that I had never heard of before, I'm like, I want to give these a whirl. Because she writes mystery. I loved the mystery element to Shield of Sparrows and that's her first fantasy book. So I knew like, you know, her books prior have to be mystery, whatever. And they are. So it sounds really interesting. And I mean, I love romance books, but sometimes they can just feel, you know, very similar.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

But adding that mystery element to it sounds cozy. Perfect for fall. But also gives that like intrigue of it's not just a romance book. There's a another side to it, you know.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

So like a bonus plot.

[Reggie]

We shall see.

[Kennedy]

I think our fall TBR sound fun.

[Reggie]

Yeah, I'm excited to.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Recap them.

[Tressa]

I said none of you guys put From Blood enough.

[Kennedy]

Oh, that's because I think that's going to be my next fantasy read. Like I think I'm gonna read it in the next like week.

[Reggie]

I don't know when I'm gonna get to it. I'm struggling like with my fantasy books because I need to read Sword of Kaigen, which I'm really excited to read. I'm just saving that for the ride time because I know it's going to take a lot to digest. Then I also really want to write Night in Moth. Then I also got to read When's this episode going out?

[Michaela]

Next week.

[Reggie]

Then I also got to read our book club book.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Immortal Consequences. We've already announced it. Jk.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Immortal Consequences. I'm. God, I read. I don't know. I'm just. There's just something about reading when you want to read a bunch of fantasy books.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

You don't have a ton of time. I'm just like, it's okay.

[Kennedy]

No, I have to read it. No, I want to talk to someone about it. Girl, I got it on graphic audio on my audible. I can listen to it at any time. I think that will be.

[Tressa]

I don't like.

[Kennedy]

This is such a tangent. The people at Graphic Audio. Can you please. In the. In the notes. I don't care if there's a guide.

[Michaela]

I don't.

[Kennedy]

If you include a PDF, I don't. I don't care. Can you somehow mark chapters? Because I would like to. I have the physical copy of From Blood Nash. Yeah, but I spur the moment. Got the Graphic Audio.

[Reggie]

They can't put them in the original.

[Tressa]

I don't. Yeah. I don't know. Well, because they cut out a lot.

[Kennedy]

Oh, like dialogue and like descriptions.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Tressa]

Yes. So, like, it makes sense why they can't.

[Kennedy]

But is there some way you can.

[Tressa]

I'm gonna be interested to see if it will affect your. Because I don't know how I feel about his voice.

[Kennedy]

Like how they. Did you listen to part of it?

[Tressa]

Yeah, I've started the second one in the Graphic Audio.

[Michaela]

Oh.

[Kennedy]

Well, we'll see.

[Michaela]

We'll see.

[Kennedy]

I almost put it on my fall TBR and then. That's okay.

[Tressa]

I was just being silly.

[Kennedy]

Well, I should have put it on there because I am gonna read it. So it would have been easier for me.

[Reggie]

We always read more books outside of our.

[Tressa]

Yeah, that's true.

[Reggie]

Seasonal tbr.

[Tressa]

Like pretty much their fault. TBR becomes mine as well.

[Kennedy]

The FOMO is real. It is real.

[Tressa]

Like May Luna FOMO atmosphere. I kind of got fomo. Even though it's a TJ jr.

[Kennedy]

You could try it. You never know.

[Tressa]

Frederick Bachman got fomo.

[Reggie]

There's always going to be fomo.

[Tressa]

Unfortunately, I always got fomo.

[Michaela]

You.

[Kennedy]

You might like Frederick. I'll find. Let me. Let me go through his catalog and I will find the perfect one for you.

[Tressa]

All right.

[Michaela]

Okay.

[Reggie]

All right.

[Kennedy]

Because Reggie didn't really like him.

[Reggie]

Well, I loved Anxious People.

[Tressa]

Not so much Bear Town.

[Michaela]

But that's okay.

[Reggie]

I loved Beartown after I finished it.

[Tressa]

You know what's so interesting, though? Because Kennedy, I feel like you say you really love a good plot and. But then you love lit fix and just like character driven and that just have no plot.

[Michaela]

I know.

[Tressa]

And so I feel like that's very, like, polarizing. And so I. I guess I'm just like, surprised that you like both of those things.

[Michaela]

And I'm not saying.

[Tressa]

But you were like, if it doesn't have a plot where it's not fast paced, I don't like it.

[Kennedy]

That's true. And then I do like Litvic.

[Michaela]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I think it's certain I have a palette for like. Yeah, it's my mood. No, it's my mood. It's gotta. My mood has to be right. But you are right. Maybe I do like characters more than I like plot. I think, honestly, it would depend on the genre. Yeah, that's true as well.

[Reggie]

That's right.

[Michaela]

So.

[Kennedy]

Well, guys, that's our fall tbr. Thanks so much for listening. If you guys want to let us know in the comments or in our DMs, maybe some books that you guys have on your fall tbr, that'd be awesome. If you ever have any book recommendations for us. Like, you guys recommended me Luna for Reggie. Me and Michaela are feeling left out. If you could just give us some.

[Michaela]

I'm just kidding.

[Tressa]

I'm just kidding. I'm just joking. Michaela likes stupid books, so.

[Kennedy]

No, you don't Stop. But yeah, that's our fall TBR episode. And if you guys didn't know, we just released some Kindle cases. And also, we do have merch on our website. You can shop that at. I'll read what she's reading dot com. We hope you guys have a great fall and we'll see you next week. Bye.