Would We Read It Again?

Summary

Podcast Summary: "Would We Read It Again?"

Podcast: I'll Read What She's Reading
Episode Air Date: May 21, 2026
Hosts: Reggie, Mikayla, Kennedy

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the hosts play a spontaneous nostalgia-filled game: Would We Read It Again? Each host picks books from the others' Goodreads history and asks if they would reread them now—plus whether their original ratings or opinions would change. This prompts deep dives into their evolving reading tastes, memories of dramatic reactions, and reflections on the books that shaped their book club and podcast journey. Discussions range from passionate endorsements and fond nostalgia to iconic book-throwing moments and “never again” outcries, capturing the genuine, bookish chaos that defines the show.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Dance of Thieves by Mary Pearson

Segment: [01:14]–[05:32]

• Mikayla admits this was her actual first fantasy, not “A Court of Thorns and Roses” as she’d often said. She recalls being so shocked at the ending that she “chucked the book across the room” ([01:38]).
  • Quote (Mikayla, [01:38]): “I also remember the end of that book. I chucked my book across the room. It has such a good ending.”
• Both Mikayla and Kennedy express that if they reread it, they’d likely rate it similarly or even higher, although reading the “Kiss of Deception” series (the prequel) first might help with immersion.
• Enemies-to-lovers dynamics and unique worldbuilding are highly praised, with both recalling vivid character names and plot points years later.
• Reggie notes she wishes she’d read it at a different time and might rate it higher now ([02:41]).

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2. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Segment: [05:41]–[09:17]

• Reggie initially rated it five stars but feels distanced now, barely recalling key details; wonders if she fell for the hype and whether a reread would change her rating.
• The upcoming adaptation with Daisy Edgar-Jones as the female lead is discussed ([09:08]).
• Mikayla admits she too felt pressured by the book’s hype to rate it higher.
  • Quote (Mikayla, [07:11]): “Even when I first read it, I was like, yeah, this isn’t a five star read, but I feel pressured to make it a five star read.”
• They recall the book’s “video game walkthrough” narrative structure standing out.

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3. Daughter of No Worlds (War of Lost Hearts Trilogy) by Carissa Broadbent

Segment: [10:23]–[13:50]

• Reggie: Would definitely reread, rating would probably stay at 4.5–5 stars, but notes pacing issues.
• The series feels “special” partly because it’s less hyped, giving it cult favorite energy.
  • Quote (Reggie, [11:03]): “It feels really special to have a series that you love that not a lot of people have almost yet discovered.”
• Comparison: The group prefers Crowns of Nyaxia over War of Lost Hearts for its originality, especially as vampire fantasy ([13:02]).

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4. Zodiac Academy

Segment: [15:35]–[19:54]

• Mikayla and Kennedy both admit they wouldn’t reread the series; it’s “trash reality TV with fantasy elements”—entertaining, but not worth returning to.
• They jokingly bemoan the sheer number of books and bizarre plot points (wolf orgies, “Faebook”, characters possibly going to the moon).
  • Quote (Kennedy, [16:32]): “Let’s just say orgy.”
• Kennedy says, “I sometimes low-key forget about it until someone brings it up” ([17:04]).

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5. Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Segment: [20:05]–[22:55]

• Kennedy: Not a candidate for rereading, but appreciates the author’s roots in fanfiction.
• Both agree the series isn’t for their tastes anymore; Hazelwood’s “spice level” may be too high for their current interests.
  • Quote (Kennedy, [21:44]): “I just don’t think I’m her ideal audience anymore.”
• Mikayla notes she’d naturally reach for other romance or fantasy authors.

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6. Renegades Trilogy (Supernova) by Marissa Meyer

Segment: [24:21]–[26:58]

• Mikayla would love to reread for nostalgia, but acknowledges she’d probably rate it lower now due to “YA” tone.
  • Quote (Mikayla, [24:39]): “I would reread it so fast. Actually, yeah.”
• The series gets compared directly to the X-Men, as “X-Men for tweens.”
• Mikayla is “still trying to find a book that’s similar, just maybe more adult” ([25:01]).

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7. Shatter Me Series by Tahereh Mafi

Segment: [27:52]–[29:17]

• Mikayla: Would not reread, describing it as “a very tween book series.”
  • Quote (Mikayla, [29:08]): “I feel like that’s a very, like, tween...book series.”
• She’s grateful she read it during an early, voracious reading phase, but wouldn’t enjoy it as much now.

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8. The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros

Segment: [29:57]–[32:56]

• Reggie: Would definitely not reread, rating remains five stars “burned into my brain.” She also wouldn’t recommend it due to its emotional toll, but acknowledges it’s ideal for a “good cry.”
  • Quote (Reggie, [30:06]): “Nope. It’s burned into my brain. No need to reread it.”
  • Quote (Mikayla, [30:43]): “It’s actually like a cruel thing.”
• Discussion about the upcoming Amazon film adaptation and ideal casting for Beckett.

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9. Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Segment: [33:01]–[35:41]

• Reggie: Won’t reread; rated it her lowest TJR book (2–2.5 stars) and notes she wanted more from the story than detailed tennis realism.
  • Quote (Reggie, [33:05]): “I think I rated this, like, 2.5 stars. Two stars. And I love Taylor Jenkins Reid so much.”
• She’d be more interested in a movie adaptation.

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10. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Segment: [35:45]–[38:33]

• Mikayla: Would not reread, but admits she might like it more if read today, thanks to increased appreciation for slower, lyrical prose.
  • Quote (Mikayla, [36:19]): “Do I want to reread it? No. But I do think if I re reread it now, I would like it more than I did.”
• She candidly notes getting TikTok hate for not loving the book, and acknowledges it’s “a very tragic story...I remember really loving the ending, but I don’t remember anything leading up to it” ([36:52]).

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11. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Segment: [38:46]–[41:19]

• Kennedy: Doesn’t plan to reread—not because she disliked it, but because its unique premise makes it sufficiently memorable.
  • Quote (Kennedy, [39:08]): “I don’t think I would reread it. Not because I dislike it, but I feel like it’s so unique on its own that I remember so much for sure of it.”
• Group discusses adaptation rumors, with Mikayla revealing V. E. Schwab wrote a movie script, aiming for late 2025 completion ([41:01]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On fantasy firsts:
  “I always said that Acotar was the first fantasy book that I read, but it’s actually [Dance of Thieves].” – Mikayla ([01:22])
• On book-induced rage:
  “I chucked my book across the room. It has such a good ending.” – Mikayla ([01:38])
• On YA nostalgia:
  “It was so fun. And I actually am still trying to find a book that’s similar to that, just maybe more adult.” – Mikayla on Supernova ([25:01])
• On overly hyped books:
  “Even when I first read it, I was like, yeah, this isn’t a five star read, but I feel pressured to make it a five star read.” – Mikayla, on Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow ([07:11])
• On “trashy” reads:
  “It’s literally trash reality TV with fantasy elements, plot points…” – Mikayla on Zodiac Academy ([16:38])

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Additional Highlights

• Discussion of book-to-film/TV pipeline for major titles, often with skepticism or mixed emotions.
• A recurring sense of nostalgia: reflecting fondly on books that signified reading “eras” or phases of their friendship.
• Frequent moments of collective bookish chaos—mixing serious recommendation debates with side tangents, character name debates, and inside jokes about bookish culture.

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Dance of Thieves: [01:14]–[05:32]
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: [05:41]–[09:17]
• Daughter of No Worlds: [10:23]–[13:50]
• Crowns of Nyaxia vs. War of Lost Hearts: [13:02]–[14:23]
• Zodiac Academy: [15:35]–[19:54]
• Bride by Ali Hazelwood: [20:05]–[22:55]
• Renegades Trilogy: [24:21]–[26:58]
• Shatter Me: [27:52]–[29:17]
• The Last Letter: [29:57]–[32:56]
• Carrie Soto Is Back: [33:01]–[35:41]
• The Song of Achilles: [35:45]–[38:33]
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: [38:46]–[41:19]

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Overall Takeaways

This episode is a love letter to evolving reading tastes, the wild pivots of BookTok fandom, and the bonds of a casual yet passionate book club. The hosts’ candid admissions about nostalgia, book regret, and the perils of bookshelf hype are both relatable and insightful—making this a must-listen for anyone who’s ever wondered, “Would I read that again?” If you love thoughtful, occasionally chaotic, and always heartfelt bookish conversations—this is your club.

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Transcript

[Kennedy]

Foreign.

[Reggie]

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to I'll read what she's reading. I'm Reggie.

[Mikayla]

I'm Mikayla. And I'm Kennedy.

[Reggie]

Today we're going to be discussing our books that we've read in the past and asking each other, would you read it again? And the fun part about this little test is that we don't know what books we're gonna. Are gonna be thrown at us. So we've gone through each other's Goodreads and I'm gonna. I've picked like a random book from Kennedy's Goodreads and I'm gonna ask her if she would read it again and if she were to read it now instead of in the past, if her rating would be different. And I think this might stir up some interesting conversation. So should we just jump right on into it?

[Kennedy]

Let's do it.

[Reggie]

Mikayla, let's have you picks for Kennedy.

[Kennedy]

For Kennedy. I was giggling. Not that I think they're. I don't think they're super outlandish, but I'm just genuinely curious. These have been questions that have been harboring on my mind for a long time.

[Reggie]

Just kidding.

[Kennedy]

The last one, the first one is Dance of Thieves.

[Reggie]

Ooh.

[Mikayla]

By Harry Pearson.

[Kennedy]

Yes.

[Mikayla]

You want to know what's funny is I always said that Acotar was the first fantasy book that I read, but it's actually that. Yeah. Oh. That was the first fantasy book I ever read. I remember where I was when I read it and I would 100% reread it.

[Reggie]

Do you read it?

[Kennedy]

You would like it as much as you did then.

[Mikayla]

I think I rated it four stars, if I'm remembering correctly. I also remember the end of that book. I chucked my book across the room. It has such a good ending.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

I think I would rate it very similarly now.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Just remembering the plot and how I don't feel like it's super romantasy trope heavy like the romantasy books I've been reading lately. So I think I would really enjoy it. It's funny because I actually was thinking about rereading it a few weeks ago.

[Reggie]

Really?

[Mikayla]

Just to see if I liked it as much. But a part of me also kind of wants to read the series you're supposed to read before you read that one, the Kiss of Deception. Have you read that?

[Kennedy]

No, but I have them.

[Mikayla]

Okay. A part of me wants to read that before I go back and hang out with Jace and Causie again. See, I remember both of their names. Like I remember a lot from that book. Shackled together through the wilderness. Enemies to lovers. True enemies to lovers.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

If I remember correctly.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

I would 100 reread it, and I think I would rate it very similarly. All right. Have you read that?

[Kennedy]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, Love.

[Reggie]

I think I would almost rate it higher if I read it now. I think I kind of read it at a bad time.

[Kennedy]

What did you read it?

[Reggie]

I think three stars.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

I remember reading it on a plane, and it was really hard for me to get into originally because it was the first fantasy book I read.

[Kennedy]

Yeah. The beginning is kind of slower once you get into it.

[Mikayla]

And I've heard if you've read the other series before, it's really easy to get into because you already have been in the world. But great pick. I have such a fond little attachment to those books. I also think they're beautiful.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

They're so pretty.

[Kennedy]

I like the covers a lot.

[Reggie]

And it's only two books, right?

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

So, yeah, sorry. I feel like what we can say about it is that it's about.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

These two very different people who somehow get chained together. They are enemies and they have to make their way across the wilderness together, but they are literally tied together.

[Kennedy]

So.

[Mikayla]

Good.

[Reggie]

Yeah. Yeah. So, Mikaela, I did pick that one for you.

[Mikayla]

Oh, sure.

[Reggie]

So I'm just gonna. Just to go along with that. What did you originally rated it? Oh, I screenshotted your rating. Hold on.

[Kennedy]

Five stars?

[Reggie]

Yes. You rated it. Five stars. If you were to read it again right now, like, reread it, would you enjoy it just as much?

[Kennedy]

I think so, yes. Just because it's, like, nostalgic. Because I read it once I read it.

[Reggie]

Oh, I didn't screenshot exactly when I

[Kennedy]

read it four years ago.

[Mikayla]

That's crazy.

[Reggie]

Long time.

[Kennedy]

Four years ago. And so I was like, I only have a star rating. I don't even have, like, written, like.

[Reggie]

So do you think that if you hadn't ever read it and you were to pick it up right now, do you think you would still rate it 5 stars?

[Mikayla]

I think I would, yeah.

[Kennedy]

I don't know. The thing about Dance of Thieves, it's literally everything that I would want in, like, a fantasy book. Yeah. I don't know. Like, it just. It marks off everything that I want,

[Mikayla]

and I feel like it's well done.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

That's why I wish I would have read it at a different time or, like, hadn't read it and could pick it up right now and.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Read it.

[Kennedy]

I think I would still love it. I don't Know, I feel like I was a little looser with my five stars back then, but I think I would still rate it maybe like 4 or 4.5 if I were to, like, reread it again. But if, like, having the prior knowledge, I think I would just be as giddy to, like, reread it. Just to be back in those, like, scenes with those characters, you know?

[Reggie]

I don't know.

[Mikayla]

I just love it.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Such a good book. All right, is it my turn?

[Reggie]

Yeah. Okay.

[Mikayla]

Reggie. I'm picking one for Reggie because you've done one for Michaela.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

I'm Gonna Give youe Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle.

[Reggie]

I had a feeling this one was gonna come up. You know, it's fun. I did give this book 5 stars when I first read it, and I remember really enjoying it. But do you know how long ago I read that? It's been a long time.

[Mikayla]

Like two years probably.

[Reggie]

I feel like it's been longer. I feel like I would not rate it five stars now because, honestly, I've forgotten a lot of things because it's been picked up for an adaptation and I want to say they have a cast already. There's still things about it that I remember, and there were, like, a lot of really great quotes, and I really enjoyed my reading experience with it. But I think if I were to read it now, I don't know, maybe I would actually appreciate it more than I did. But it's just like, I don't remember so much of it now and I wouldn't be dying to pick it up. I do think that maybe before the movie comes out, I could see myself rereading it. Because I'm very curious to see. Because I have forgotten so much about it. I'm curious to see what I would think. But I do think it was one of those books I rated five stars. And then a few months later, I was like, maybe that's not a five star read. But in a way, I almost wonder if it would be a five star read now because I think I could maybe appreciate it a little more. But I could also see myself reading it and being like, oh, so. I don't know.

[Mikayla]

I remember I fell into the hype when I read it. I felt, like, pressure to rate it 5 stars.

[Reggie]

I.

[Mikayla]

Even when I first read it, I was like, yeah, this isn't a five star read, but I feel pressured to make it a five star read.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Reggie]

I don't.

[Mikayla]

I think, yeah, I agree with you.

[Reggie]

I never even remember. I just remember it's like these two childhood best friends, he makes video games and then it's just like their story is friends. Story is friends. Throughout the course of. Oh, I'm remembering some certain things about it, though.

[Mikayla]

I do remember I thought it was really cool because in the middle of the book, it like changes POVs or something and it does something really weird in the middle. Can't remember quite what it is.

[Reggie]

Like, you get to read through the walkthrough of the video game, which was kind of cool.

[Mikayla]

See, I don't even remember that.

[Kennedy]

I had that on my. Want to read and for some reason I took it off.

[Mikayla]

I don't know.

[Kennedy]

I don't know.

[Mikayla]

So did you say whether or not you would reread it?

[Reggie]

I think I would. Especially since it's being adapted. I think I'd be curious to see what I think of it now because, yeah, like, I can remember bits and pieces here and there of things that happened. Like, I remember there's like a big plot twist and I remember that. But I don't know, I think I just had, like, a lot of love. I think the reason I loved it so much was the characters. I think I just cared about them so much and I'd be interested to read it again to see if I care about them as much as I did the first time.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, you said the characters were so intricate. You loved their stories and felt very connected to them.

[Reggie]

Well, see, I do remember that.

[Mikayla]

There you go.

[Kennedy]

Dang.

[Reggie]

But yeah, I'd be curious because I feel like when I first read it, it was like, pretty popular, so a lot of people were reading it pretty highly. What's the average rating? Do you have it pulled up right now?

[Mikayla]

Yes, the Average rating is 4.1.

[Kennedy]

Okay, can I guess that?

[Mikayla]

So it's pretty.

[Reggie]

Pretty high. Interesting. Yeah, I don't. I'm curious to look up the adaptation.

[Mikayla]

Daisy. Daisy Edgar Jones is cast as the female lead. They don't have a cast casting for the male lead yet. Okay.

[Reggie]

Sam. Or is that the other one?

[Mikayla]

It's Sam.

[Reggie]

Sam.

[Kennedy]

Yeah. I swear, maybe I'll give it a whirl. With watching it, I almost maybe kind

[Mikayla]

of feel like the adaptation will be better. I have some faith in Daisy Edgar Jones, actually. I feel like she's a pretty good actress.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

And she did really. Everybody loves her in. What is it? Normal People. I haven't seen it, but I don't

[Reggie]

know if you guys picked that one for me, but that's a book I've been thinking about recently.

[Mikayla]

I did not pick that One I

[Reggie]

almost did because I've been seeing so many edits to it from, like, Noah Khan's new album. Yeah, I think I DNF the book. Maybe I did, or I at least skimmed the end of it because I was so bored. But I think that's one of those books that if I read it now, I might really like it.

[Mikayla]

I don't. I've only. I think that's the only Sally Rooney book I read. I think I tried another one and didn't love it. But anyways. All right, Michaela, what's your next book for Reggie?

[Kennedy]

I'm excited about this one. Daughter of no Worlds.

[Mikayla]

Would you fetch her? I had that a little. Sorry.

[Reggie]

You know what?

[Kennedy]

By Carissa Broadbent.

[Reggie]

What? Did I rate it? Do you have my rating pulled up?

[Mikayla]

I don't remember. I want to guess.

[Reggie]

I rated it four and a half stars.

[Kennedy]

I think. You rated it four. Four and a half.

[Reggie]

Yeah. I think if. Like, I would definitely reread those books. I just want to give it, like, a long enough time so I, like, forget.

[Kennedy]

Forget things.

[Mikayla]

Things.

[Reggie]

But I think I would still probably rate it the same.

[Mikayla]

I gotta pull it up.

[Kennedy]

Let me know if you can.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, Goodreads is down for me.

[Reggie]

Yeah, Goodreads is not working right now. Yeah, I want to say I gave it between, like, four and five stars. I just really like it because, one, it's just not talked about very much. And so I think there's just something really special. Like, it feels really special to have a series that you love that not a lot of people have almost yet discovered. Like, you want more people to read it, but it feels special because you feel like you're in this special club of people that have gotten to experience it before. A ton of people have. I mean, a lot of people have read it, but it's just not nearly as popular as Crowns of Naxia. I think I would rate it the same. I mean, the series as a whole. I don't know. I think the only thing. Like, the only negative thing I would have to say about those books is just that Carissa's pacing in them is just kind of all over the place. I didn't love the pacing of the book, but there's just something I love about that story. And I just. I just love. Honestly, my favorite character isn't even Tisanna. I think my favorite character is Max, Sweetie. And another character that I won't say because they're not. I don't think they're introduced in. Anyways, There's Another, like, element to the story that I really love. So I think I'd rate them the same. I think I would enjoy them about just as much, honestly, if not more, because the. Well, the first time I read the series, I accidentally spoiled a big plot twist for myself.

[Mikayla]

Sad.

[Reggie]

Never look up fan art or fan cast of things when you're reading a book, you guys. It will never. But I was like, oh, I'm safe because I'm almost done with the book.

[Mikayla]

No.

[Reggie]

So, yeah, I just love. I don't know, there's something about that, those three books that just feels really special to me. But I think it might just be the fact that it's just not, like, overly talked about. So. You know what I mean?

[Mikayla]

Let's ask this question for all three of us. Would you rather reread the War of Lost Hearts trilogy or the Crowns of Nyaxia?

[Kennedy]

Crowns of Nyaxia.

[Mikayla]

Mine's going to be Crowns of Nyaxia

[Reggie]

as well, but all of them. That's the thing is, like, I would reread the first two, but I don't know if I want to reread the other ones.

[Mikayla]

I mean, I don't know. I haven't read the fourth one still. Yeah. But where I'm at in the series of Crowns of Nyaxi, I think I would choose.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, that one. Probably same. Yeah.

[Reggie]

There's something about the first two of the Crowns of Nyaxia that is just more exciting. Whereas I think the War of Lost Hearts fills. What's the word I'm looking for?

[Mikayla]

I. I think the reason I'm. I say the Crowns of Nyaxia is because when I read the Crowns of Naxia, I hadn't read Vampires. Like, it was very new and fresh. I think War of Lost Hearts trilogy. I'm not saying it's been done before, because it's. It hasn't been. The story is completely different, but, like, the chosen. You know what I mean? Kind of like that trope I had read so many times before.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

So it felt similar, but also different at the same time.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Crowns of NXT is just like my first vampire book, you know? Although they all terrify me. I don't know.

[Reggie]

Yeah, they're great. If you haven't read any of Carissa Broadband's books, you're really missing out. Crowns of Nyaxia, like, Kennedy said, is vampires. They're like, it's a series, but they're in duets. So there's like two books and then two books and then two books. War of Lost Hearts is just three books, and it follows a girl who's a slave. Yeah, she. She's like a performer, and she's trying to buy her freedom. And in the process of doing that, things just kind of escalate. And she's trying to save a friend and learn more about who she is. I feel like I can't say too much.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, that's a pretty good way to say.

[Reggie]

But, like, there's some really cool elements to that story that I absolutely loved. I can think of specific moments throughout those three books where, like, I was crying, I was laughing. I just loved it.

[Mikayla]

So shout out, Carissa.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, shout out.

[Reggie]

Shout out for me, Kennedy. All right, we're gonna just go with number one, Zodiac Academy.

[Kennedy]

That's literally what I was gonna ask Michaela about.

[Mikayla]

I'll choose the.

[Reggie]

I'll read what she's reading.

[Mikayla]

You know, I think I made it to book four. And have I thought about picking up the series again?

[Kennedy]

No. It's just such a weird book series.

[Mikayla]

Like, I honestly think, because we made it to the same point Right. Where you know what happens at the end of the book with two of the characters and it's so frustrating.

[Kennedy]

I think I started the next one okay. And I stopped. Okay.

[Mikayla]

Because

[Kennedy]

let's just say orgy.

[Mikayla]

See, that's what you get with Zodiac Academy.

[Kennedy]

It's just.

[Mikayla]

It's literally trash reality TV with fantasy elements, plot points. Yeah. And it's like looking back on it. I had a fun time listening to it because it's really entertaining. But was it great? No. No. I would not reread it. Would I continue. Maybe if I was really bored and I had access to it on Libby.

[Kennedy]

It's just like, I sometimes low key, forget about it until someone brings it up and I'm like, yeah. Oh, yeah. I've read the first few of those

[Mikayla]

and there's redeeming parts of the book kind of.

[Kennedy]

It's just the weirdest.

[Mikayla]

If you've read it, you know it, and I know people love it, but I just think there's too many books to justify the same thing over and over again.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

And also, I. I can't. I don't understand why there's also then books from the boys point of views. And just also there's one on the moon.

[Reggie]

On the moon. I've been telling Kennedy and Michaela that we need to do like, a series of them explaining this book to me at this point, because every time they say something to me, I'm like, what?

[Mikayla]

At this point, I can't Remember? Doesn't he go to. I swear there's one with Seth on the moon.

[Kennedy]

The unicorn?

[Mikayla]

No, he's. Isn't he the wolf? See, I can't remember.

[Kennedy]

Does he. Oh, wait, I think he does go on the moon.

[Mikayla]

I think he goes to the moon. Yeah.

[Reggie]

So my question for you is. So, like, you wouldn't. If you hadn't read them, would you ever probably pick them up now.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Because my curiosity gets the best of me. I probably would, yeah.

[Reggie]

Would you? Do you feel like the time you picked them up, was it pretty hyped at the time?

[Mikayla]

No. I think my reaction would be the exact same, though.

[Kennedy]

Mm.

[Reggie]

Okay. That's what I was thinking you would say.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, it's just. It's fun, but it's so stupid. What is it? Fae book.

[Kennedy]

I can't. Instead of Facebook. Yeah.

[Mikayla]

They have Fae book. There's bullying and orgies, apparently, so. It's just everything that you could think of is in that book. And I don't necessarily mean that in a good way or a bad way. It's just kind of like.

[Reggie]

Is it complete?

[Kennedy]

Yeah, it is. They keep.

[Mikayla]

They roll books in the boys. Aren't they like.

[Reggie]

Yeah. I was gonna say, I remember someone making a TikTok video, holding all of the books and saying, here's the order you should read these in. I didn't realize there were so many.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Listen, if any of you feel really passionately that me and Michaela should keep going, let us know.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

We made it to book four.

[Reggie]

Yeah, I think that's what it had on your.

[Kennedy]

Yeah. So I started book five. The thing is, I was also listening

[Reggie]

to the graphic audio.

[Mikayla]

Oh, girl.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

I did listen to a graphic audio one time and there was literally that in the background. It was awful.

[Kennedy]

It was traumatizing.

[Mikayla]

Because the wolves. It was traumatized. Yes. Okay. It's coming back to me. Yeah.

[Reggie]

Yep.

[Kennedy]

Wow.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Wow. Pack mentality.

[Kennedy]

Traumatizing.

[Mikayla]

But, you know, I did love the professor. Lancelot Blue.

[Reggie]

Yeah. I put him on your. Your book boyfriend bookmark I made you.

[Mikayla]

I did enjoy.

[Kennedy]

Whoa.

[Mikayla]

I really liked him when I read the books.

[Kennedy]

She did enjoy him.

[Reggie]

All right, your turn.

[Mikayla]

Oh, hello.

[Kennedy]

Sorry.

[Mikayla]

For Michaela. I'm not going to choose Zodiac Academy. I'm gonna go with.

[Kennedy]

Oh, no. I'm asking you this for a very specific reason.

[Reggie]

I don't know. What is it?

[Mikayla]

Pride by Alex Hazelwood.

[Kennedy]

No, it's not such a. Reggie, Once

[Reggie]

again, I'll read what she's reading.

[Mikayla]

Ride.

[Reggie]

For a very specific reason. Do you want to Share with the.

[Kennedy]

You know the reason.

[Reggie]

Right. Do you want to share with the class or.

[Kennedy]

No, I think I know the reason.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

No, I don't think I would reread it.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, I don't think I would either.

[Kennedy]

I've thought about maybe reading Mate. Is that what it's called? Maybe. Because sometimes I just, like, see it at bookstores. I'm like, okay, there's a second one. I forget there's a second one out there. I am traumatized enough from the first one that I remember everything. No, I don't think I would reread it.

[Mikayla]

What did you rate it, like three stars? I remember it was a book club book.

[Kennedy]

I think I rated it 3.

[Mikayla]

I did.

[Kennedy]

Appreciate. Well, is Ali Hazel the one that started out with writing fanfic of this stuff? So I. I loved that she, like, went back to something that she started with. I just don't think it's my cup of tea. I do really like the element of, like, werewolves, vampires. Different. It's different, right? It's just. I just don't think I'm her ideal audience anymore.

[Mikayla]

Do you think if her spice level was lower, you would have rated the book higher?

[Kennedy]

Probably, yeah. Yeah. But like, I. I get it. Some people, that's their cup of tea and I love that for them. I just don't think I.

[Mikayla]

You know.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I don't know. I do really like. I liked the sibling dynamic, but besides that.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. I don't know. I just don't.

[Kennedy]

I just like, there's so many books to read that I just don't think I would reread it because of. I didn't like it as much the first time around. And I don't think my opinion would change of it, so.

[Mikayla]

Well, it's kind of like if you're in the mood for a romance, there's probably romance authors you'd rather read. And if you're in the mood for a fantasy, there's probably other fantasy authors. Yeah, you would want to read. Yeah. And I do feel like. Because I've. I read her what Love Hypothesis and kind of a few in that little series, and they honestly weren't as spicy. But I feel like the more books she writes, the spicier they get. Which. That's great. But.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I just. Yeah.

[Mikayla]

If you haven't read, read me. Go ahead and try it.

[Kennedy]

Bride.

[Mikayla]

Bride. My bad, mate's. A second one. It's.

[Reggie]

Are there only supposed to be the two?

[Kennedy]

I don't know. I have no idea. I wish Goodreads was working Right now. Then I guess I could use Fable to look.

[Mikayla]

It might be working again. It's working again. Is it working? Yeah. Let me look. Just kidding. It crashed again. So I don't know. Oh, Google's also free.

[Kennedy]

Let me look.

[Mikayla]

Google.

[Kennedy]

Google.

[Reggie]

We just rely on Goodreads so much. Yeah, that was a. We did that as a book club book, did we not? We did. Yeah, we did.

[Mikayla]

I don't know how many books. I can't figure it out.

[Kennedy]

You know how when you finish a Romantasy and you just need the next thing immediately? Hatch made that a thing.

[Reggie]

It's called Ophelia. An original audio drama inspired by Hamlet where Ophelia finally gets to be the main character. Forbidden magic, a crumbling kingdom, a slow burn love triangle with a prince and his very guarded, very intriguing best friend. The kind of love triangle where you will absolutely pick a side and you will not be quiet about it.

[Mikayla]

Book one of the three part series is now available for free wherever you stream with new chapters dropping every Tuesday. For books two and three, check out Hatch co Ophelia. Stay until the end of the episode for the full trailer of Ophelia by Hatch.

[Kennedy]

Okay, so it's me asking Kennedy.

[Reggie]

Yeah, Kennedy.

[Kennedy]

Okay, this is specific. One specific book. But you can answer for the series as well. Okay. Supernova.

[Reggie]

Oh.

[Kennedy]

By Marissa Meyer. Or like the series in general.

[Mikayla]

I would reread that so fast.

[Kennedy]

You would reread it?

[Mikayla]

Actually, yeah.

[Kennedy]

You would enjoy it as much as you did?

[Mikayla]

I don't know, because it is young adult and I feel like if I read it now, it would feel really young adult. But it's funny you asked this because me and Kyle are rewatching all the X Men movies and literally that book is X Men.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

For tweens.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Like straight up Magneto. Charles Xavier. You got there in the book. It's. It was so fun. And I actually am still trying to find a book that's similar to that, just maybe more adult.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, it's just. It's so good.

[Mikayla]

And I also. I've tried other Marissa. Marissa Meyer books and they just haven't hit as well. Just not. They feel really young. So I feel like if I did read it now, I don't think I'd probably rate it as high because I know I rated supernova 5 stars. I think it's actually on my like, most valuable books list on Goodreads. I just am a sucker for a superhero story.

[Kennedy]

Yes.

[Mikayla]

And there's like a cute little romance in there and so I loved it.

[Reggie]

Love this Is like, making me feel a lot of nostalgia just hearing us talk about these books that we haven't talked about in so long. Yeah. Like the books we talked about when we started the podcast.

[Mikayla]

I'm trying to remember. You have the Renegades and the bad guys. It's been, like, three years. Three, four years. The Renegades and the Ren.

[Kennedy]

I don't know. Oh, gosh, I'll look it up.

[Mikayla]

But literally, these people have powers. Some of the people in this world have powers. And there's two opposing forces. Good guys and the bad guys.

[Kennedy]

Arc.

[Reggie]

Arc.

[Kennedy]

Enemies.

[Reggie]

Arc.

[Kennedy]

Enemies.

[Mikayla]

Ar Enemies. And the Renegades.

[Kennedy]

Renegades and Supernova.

[Mikayla]

So, yeah, I mean, if you guys like X Men, you could try it out, but it will feel pretty young. But I would reread it.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I wish it was rewritten just a little more adult.

[Mikayla]

Like, take. Take the main character and make her, like, 22.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Instead of. Because I think she's pretty young in the book. Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Like 16.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

The someone comes in and kills her parents in front of her. That's the beginning of the book.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

I can't remember who it is, but someone comes and kills her parents, and then she's kind of an orphan, and she gets taken in by the bad guys, and the bad guys force her to go to this academy to become a renegade.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

And then three books happen after that.

[Kennedy]

Yep.

[Reggie]

Love her.

[Mikayla]

Actually, you guys, I really want to name a child Nova. I love that name so much.

[Kennedy]

I think it's cute.

[Mikayla]

That's the name of the main character.

[Reggie]

Supernova.

[Mikayla]

My little supernova.

[Reggie]

Supernova.

[Mikayla]

Cute. Give her a little cape. Sorry.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Reggie]

All right, my turn for Michaela. Mikayla.

[Kennedy]

Oh, boy.

[Reggie]

I'm gonna go with the Shatter Me series.

[Mikayla]

Oh,

[Reggie]

you read that? Wait, I think I have it on here. You read that in 2022? Four years ago.

[Kennedy]

Years ago.

[Reggie]

The first book.

[Kennedy]

No.

[Mikayla]

Have you read the newest book?

[Kennedy]

No, I started it, but I didn't finish it. Did not finish. So I didn't get very far into it. But no, I think I read it at the perfect time. Meaning it, like, I devoured them. And I was also so new into my book reading, I hadn't read, like, series that I, like, I don't know, was obsessed with quite yet.

[Mikayla]

Did you read the novellas?

[Kennedy]

No, except for the last one. But no, I don't think I would read them because I definitely don't think I would enjoy them as much as I did then. So I just wanted to kind of stay where it was at, and I enjoyed them. Where I was at four years ago.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. I feel like that's a very, like, tween.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Book series.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Because I feel the same way as you.

[Kennedy]

Yeah. So, yeah, I wouldn't read it again,

[Mikayla]

but I do understand why a lot of people love them because it's kind of, like, not as nostalgic as, like, the Hunger Games, but I can see why people have such a love for it.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

I think it also has a great, like, plot storyline. It's very nostalgic of the,

[Mikayla]

like, dystopian.

[Kennedy]

Dystopian, yes. Yeah, dystopian.

[Reggie]

That's like a series I wish I would have picked up a long time ago. I just never did. And so I can't see myself picking it up now. So that's why I was curious if, like, had you not read them four years ago, if you would pick them up now.

[Kennedy]

Pick them up now. Probably not. Actually, I think it's telling that you

[Mikayla]

didn't love the newest book. Okay, Reggie, my book that I'm picking for you is the Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros. Would you reread that?

[Reggie]

No.

[Mikayla]

Nope.

[Reggie]

It's burned into my brain. No need to reread it. I would definitely not read it again.

[Mikayla]

But is it.

[Reggie]

Will it be a five stars for forever? Yes. Would I recommend it to anybody?

[Kennedy]

No.

[Reggie]

Do I want to see the movie when it comes out?

[Mikayla]

Absolutely not. That's what I was just gonna ask.

[Reggie]

Absolutely not. But you wanna know what? I'll watch it.

[Mikayla]

I'll watch it.

[Reggie]

I mean, I will watch it.

[Mikayla]

Does it mean I want to?

[Reggie]

I'm scared. Does it mean I want to?

[Mikayla]

No.

[Reggie]

Oh, man.

[Mikayla]

It's actually, like a cruel thing.

[Reggie]

It's just. I don't know, you know, like how you watch, like, sometimes movie, like. I'm trying to decide if I think the book will definitely be better. I think the book is maybe more emotional, but in a way, I'm like, I wonder, depending on how well they do the movie.

[Mikayla]

Oh, man. Who has it picked up? Who picked it up?

[Reggie]

I think it's Amazon, isn't it? No. It's gonna be in theaters.

[Kennedy]

I don't know. Beckett just better be hot.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Okay, wait. Who did I picture as Beckett when I read it?

[Reggie]

I'm trying to remember. I pictured someone very specific.

[Kennedy]

I think I pictured the guy on the Longest Ride.

[Reggie]

Wait, I think that's who I pictured. It's so.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. Amazon. Mgm.

[Reggie]

Yeah, Amazon. Oh, yeah. I. Great book. Great book. We've talked about it a lot on the podcast, but it's just

[Mikayla]

I will never.

[Reggie]

I don't know. It's. Yeah. It's just really something.

[Mikayla]

So if you know, you know. And if you don't know, you will know.

[Reggie]

Yeah. I think if you're wanting a good cry, it's a great book to read. And if you're familiar with Rebecca's books, her. Her romance books are always some sort of military aspect to it. So I'm trying to remember how we decided to explain this book in one of our past episodes, but a single mom is writing letters to her brother's best friend while he is in the Navy. The military, the army. I know they're all different things, but something like that.

[Kennedy]

While he's out.

[Reggie]

He's out. While he's deployed.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

So Rip.

[Mikayla]

That's. Yeah.

[Reggie]

And if you're thinking, oh, it's like Dear John. Someone asked me that. They're like, is it like Dear John? I was like, no, I don't think

[Kennedy]

I've actually read or watched Dear John before.

[Mikayla]

It's been a long time for me.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

But I can guarantee they're not the same.

[Reggie]

Not the same.

[Kennedy]

No.

[Narrator]

So.

[Reggie]

Yeah. Rebecca. Man.

[Mikayla]

Rebecca.

[Kennedy]

Okay, Carrie Soto is back.

[Reggie]

This is a tricky one, because I think I rated this, like, 2.5 stars. Two stars. And I love Taylor Jenkins Reid so much. I think I'm just not an athlete. And so I think that I would have liked it a lot better because it follows a tennis player. I think it would be a really cool movie. I think I'd enjoy a movie of it more. I just didn't love the book. I think I want. I said something about it just being so much about tennis and, like, I love tennis, and, like, I grew up playing tennis. I love watching tennis. I think I just wanted a little more from it. But then I think if I were to reread it, I would catch on things that I didn't catch the first time. I don't think I'll ever read it again, but.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Reggie]

I'm trying to think of all of Taylor Jenkins Reid books. I think that's my lowest rated of hers. Even under Malibu Rising?

[Kennedy]

I think

[Reggie]

so.

[Kennedy]

So. Wouldn't reread.

[Mikayla]

No.

[Reggie]

But I do think that I would recommend it to you, and I think

[Mikayla]

you would like it. Okay. You know what's funny is you rated the favorites very high, and I feel like they're the same book, different font.

[Reggie]

Really?

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Kind of unlike the main character doing. Ever. Doing whatever it takes to succeed.

[Reggie]

Yeah. I just feel like there was a little bit more to the favorites that kept it interesting. Whereas like Carrie so's back felt like the same story, like the same thing, each chapter a little bit. And so that's what was hard for me.

[Mikayla]

Yeah. I do wonder if you read that, if that would be like your highest Taylor Jenkins Reid book. Michaela.

[Kennedy]

I've only read one.

[Mikayla]

I know.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Like out of all of her books, if that would be the one that I would recommend for you to read.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

Maybe if it's. If it doesn't have a long Libby hold. All right. Try listening to it. I wonder if listening to it would be really entertaining. I wonder if there's some sort of like, I don't know, the animal tennis ball.

[Reggie]

Kennedy's actually going to just do her own graphic audio.

[Kennedy]

She's just going to be right next to me.

[Mikayla]

I did not play tennis ball hitting.

[Kennedy]

I don't even know how you made that noise.

[Reggie]

Anyway.

[Mikayla]

Hilarious.

[Reggie]

That's hilarious.

[Kennedy]

No, I've always just been curious because I feel like you really love Taylor Jenkins reads.

[Reggie]

Yeah, I do.

[Kennedy]

I was just curious about like that book if you would reread it because

[Mikayla]

I feel like you would read a

[Kennedy]

lot of her other ones.

[Reggie]

But yeah, I really would.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Reggie]

But anyways, yeah, I'm gonna go with the Song of Achilles because you read this quite a while ago, a long time ago, and I want to say.

[Mikayla]

Here we go again. I'm getting a lot of hate on TikTok for this again. When we originally posted this, people were so mean to me.

[Reggie]

I'm doing it for the clickbait. Just kidding. But I'm curious like now if you were like, if you hadn't read it, what, like three years ago.

[Mikayla]

The funny thing is, is do I want to reread it? No. But I do think if I re reread it now, I would like it more than I did.

[Reggie]

That's what I was thinking.

[Mikayla]

But like, it's never crossed my mind to reread it. I think I just have a. More a better appreciation of like slow paced, beautiful, flowery writing than I did three years ago.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

But I'm not like jumping at the gun to pick it up again. And people hate me for that,

[Kennedy]

you know, I think it's okay.

[Mikayla]

So very tragic story. I remember really, really loving the ending, but I don't remember anything leading up to it.

[Kennedy]

So

[Mikayla]

please don't hate me. I'm sorry.

[Reggie]

Is. Has that been picked up? I want to say it has. I'm not sure because I keep seeing all these things about how the director of the movie has Been meeting with Connor Story.

[Kennedy]

Foreign, let's see.

[Reggie]

And I was like. But I didn't think he had been picked up.

[Mikayla]

It's option for adaptations.

[Reggie]

I don't know, maybe people are just making crap.

[Mikayla]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

I know he's met with some director

[Mikayla]

and everyone frequently speculate about casting with names like Connor Story and Hudson Williams. Well, why? Because they are. Yeah. In. Okay.

[Reggie]

I mean I wouldn't be mad about that but like they would work.

[Mikayla]

They would work.

[Reggie]

I mean their chemistry is off the charts.

[Kennedy]

Yeah.

[Reggie]

But also like I would like them to just be like. I wouldn't want to see them in anything else together in a role like that.

[Kennedy]

Well, I feel like you couldn't separate them.

[Reggie]

Yeah, exactly.

[Kennedy]

Each need their moment to like shine. Yeah.

[Mikayla]

I do think I would enjoy it as a movie more than I did as a book. I think it would be a very visually beautiful tear jerking movie. I just don't think the book was for me. Honestly if I read it now I probably would like it more. But I. I don't think I'll reread it. Too many books, so little time.

[Reggie]

I'm going to stitch the TikTok of you. Just kidding. I'm joking.

[Kennedy]

I'm joking.

[Mikayla]

It was really slow paced and everyone's like, that's the point. I'm like, okay, sorry.

[Kennedy]

It's a little paced.

[Reggie]

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion.

[Kennedy]

I'm sorry.

[Mikayla]

Now I could probably appreciate it. So all of you guys in the comments can now haha say told you so.

[Reggie]

I'm sorry to do that too.

[Mikayla]

It's okay.

[Reggie]

Anyways, all right, Michaela, I have to

[Mikayla]

pick one for you. Let's see. Let's go with the Invisible Life of Addie Larue. Ooh,

[Kennedy]

I feel like this is a really tricky one.

[Mikayla]

What did I rate it? 4 stars.

[Kennedy]

I'm pretty sure, I'm pretty sure I rated it.

[Reggie]

Four stars.

[Kennedy]

Um, I don't think I would reread it. Not because I dislike it, but I feel like it's so unique on its own that I remember so much for sure of it. I mean I'm sure I don't remember everything, but I just think it's a book where I'm like, I remember enough about it that I don't think I would reread it again. I don't know, I might change my mind in a few years, but I feel like it's fresh enough that I'm not like jump in to reread it.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Mikayla]

Because there really isn't anything like it. So it is very memorable.

[Kennedy]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Mikayla]

I also think that would be such a good TV series.

[Kennedy]

Yeah, I think so too. I think it's just a matter of time before some of these books just get picked up. Didn't V. E. Schwab say there was a script for Secret Life of Addie Larue?

[Mikayla]

I want to say she did.

[Reggie]

I want to say she did too.

[Kennedy]

I don't know if it's been officially announced. Maybe I shouldn't say that. But I remember saying there was a script getting written for one of her books. And. And I want to say it was Invisible Life.

[Mikayla]

Did you guys know there is a something on Netflix called First kill, released in 2022. It's a vampire series based on one of her short stories.

[Reggie]

Oh, I didn't know that.

[Kennedy]

I didn't know that either.

[Mikayla]

Shades of Magic has been picked up by Sony Pictures and production is in development.

[Kennedy]

Maybe it was Shades of Magic, but

[Mikayla]

sorry, here we go back to Invisible life of Addie LaRue. V. Schwab wrote a script. Oh, okay.

[Reggie]

Yeah.

[Kennedy]

Okay.

[Mikayla]

So there's a confirmed finish in late 2025.

[Reggie]

It would be a really cool project.

[Mikayla]

Is moving along.

[Reggie]

Yeah, that'd be a really cool movie.

[Kennedy]

So, yeah, we were. We're kind of besties with VE Schwab. Just kidding. But she did tell us that she just submitted a script once we talked to her.

[Mikayla]

Yeah, that's what it was. She's very cool.

[Reggie]

Yeah, cool. Sorry.

[Mikayla]

Now I'm going down a rabbit hole. You won't care about this. She said that she pictures Jamie Campbell Bower to play Victor from Vicious. Dang. I would die.

[Kennedy]

H. I think I need to reread

[Reggie]

those instead of listening to them. Yeah, I want to read them anyways. So many books. A little time.

[Kennedy]

That's it.

[Reggie]

I hope you guys enjoy it. This was kind of fun to be put on the spot and to just, like, look back at some books that meant a lot to us or just like, impacted the podcast. Our reading experiences from years ago. So if any of you were here when we talked about these books originally when we first read them, thanks for being here. Three years later. It's kind of a surreal thing to think about that it's been three years that we've been doing this podcast. So thanks so much for tuning in. As a reminder, you can find us on Instagram and TikTok at what she's reading pod. You can shop our merch at I'll read what she's reading dot com. You can find a link to our patreon in the show notes and we will see you every Wednesday until the who knows when. But sorry.

[Kennedy]

Until the end of time.

[Mikayla]

Till the end of time. Sorry. You guys were like, oh, is there

[Reggie]

an expiration date on this? Anyways, every Wednesday we're here and we appreciate you guys being here. Thanks so much for listening. We will see you next week. Bye.

[Narrator]

Welcome to Ophelia, a Shakespeare After Dark series from Hatch. Inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet, this romantasy reimagining gives Ophelia the story and the fate she never had. Ophelia's story will be told over three books, with each chapter fitting within 20 cozy minutes. Ophelia has always been expected to be small, but on the eve of her 21st birthday, something ancient awakens inside her. As she reconnects with the charming Prince Hamlet and his brilliant, guarded friend, Horatio, Ophelia finds herself caught between love, loyalty and a power she cannot ignore. So warm yourself by the hearth and enjoy the tale of Ophelia.