Shelf Sisters
Welcome to our book club podcast! Come for the bookish banter, stay for the girly chit chat. Monthly book club episodes! Hosted by Saanya & Sehrish Madhani
Episodes
We're recapping Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke! Like the rest of BookTok, we dove headfirst into the world of trad wife fiction and discussed how this book was somehow both miserable and impossible to put down. Also, as you're listening, enjoy the first 20 minutes of us talking Tayvis wedding day theories, our July 4th weekends, and all the Off Campus cast excitement!!
Enjoy our book club recap of Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera! We may not have been as aloof as Lucy and moved our entire life to LA if there was even a slight chance Savvy’s murderer was still walking free. We unpack the friendships, marriages, unreliable memories surrounding the night Savvy was murdered, and of course spoil the killer.
We’re ready for summer reads, so if you have any beach read recommendations, we&rs...
We had completely different reactions to Meant To Be by Emily Giffin- and we did not expect to disagree this much.
In this episode of the Shelf Sisters Podcast, we dive deep into one of the most talked-about romance books inspired by the real-life love story of JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. While one of us loved it, the other...definitely didn't. We break down everything- the characters, the romance, and whether this book actually ...
We're back with another book club episode, this time discussing the new Alice Feeney thriller, My Husband's Wife! Spoiler alert, we were obsessed and totally recommend it as your next read if you haven't dived into it already.
As always, let us know your thoughts! Enjoy :)
Timestamps:
0:00- Intro
1:40- Vacation Recaps
Here is our January book club episode...in February :(( We apologize, but this is definitely worth the wait! Next To Heaven by James Frey ended up being one of, if not the, best Shelf Sisters book yet!
We hope you enjoy :)
Happy holidays, happy new year, and happy December book club!!
We were in better spirits before reading Good Spirits by B.K Borison! We share our honest thoughts about the book and recap our top reads of 2025!
Happy Halloween!!! Welcome to our spoOoky episode discussing Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass!
We also reveal our Halloween plans and what's next on our reading list! We hope you enjoy :)
Welcome back to our Fall/Halloween bookish extravaganza!!! We are soo ready to finally enjoy the spoozy season vibes through books, spooky stories, hay mazes, & cozy nights in (IYKYK)!
We announce our October book of the month: Nothing Ever Happens Here by Seraphina Nova Glass. We hope you read along!
Then we go into our Halloween current reads and recs, and play "This or That" fall edition.
See you in a few weeks for our Octob...
Welcome back to our audio only September book club episode, discussing The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter Shelby Cunningham! Spoiler alert, we absolutely loved this new fall read!! We, as always, go through the summary, our overall thoughts, discussion questions, the Hollywood adaption, and give our ratings (5 stars on Goodreads for both of us)!
Stay tuned for our Halloween bookish episode next! We hope you enjoy :)
Welcome back to our September bookish episode! Happy one year to us!! We are celebrating by sharing a beginner's reading list for all the major genres (romance, fantasy, thriller, fiction, and nonfiction)! These are all 5/5 in our book (lol) and a guaranteed fun read. If you pick any of these up, we would love to know your thoughts :)
Oh and we also had to discuss the latest episode of The Summer I Turned Pretty, spoiler alert: we ...
Welcome back to our August book club episode! We are finally discussing 28 Summer By Elin Hilderbrand, our last summer-y book of the year! We share our surprising thoughts about one of the most renowned author's books, discuss our Hollywood adaptation suggestions, and of course, give our final rating of the book.
We also had to discuss the breaking news- Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce's engagement announcement!! And before s...
In our August bookish episode: we give an update on 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand, discuss Taylor Swift going on New Heights with Travis & Jason Kelce (!!!), go over current reads, and recap our summer trip to Dubai and Paris! If you want bookish reader content with some personal chit chat sprinkled in, this ones for you :)
Books discussed:
-28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
-The Thursday Murder Club Series by Richard Osman
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It's July bookish time!!
In this episode we reintroduce ourselves for our new listeners, announce our July book club pick (28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand), and chat about our currents reads: Sinners Anonymous by Somme Sketcher for Saanya and Lost In Beirut: A True Story of Love, Loss and War by Ashe Stevens and Magdalena for Sehrish! Of course Sehrish has a serious one lol.
We hope you enjoy and read along with us for our Jul...
Welcome to our June book club episode where we discuss the romcom book of the summer: Summer In The City by Alex Aster!
We of course give you a summary before chatting about the book, giving our Hollywood adaptation thoughts, and divulging our personal and Goodreads ratings. If you're going on vacation and need a fun beach read, we highly recommend this one! Parker Warren will have our hearts until another book boyfriend can dethro...
Welcome back to our June bookish episode! We hope you’re enjoying your beach reads this summer 🌊🐚
We are discussing part two of book to tv/movie adaptations (there are just too many these days lol), our June book of the month (Summer In The City by Alex Aster), current reads, and weirdly…ghosts! This is definitely our most tangent heavy episode yet. We hope you enjoy!
Timestamps:
June book announcement: 9:35
Current...
Welcome BACK to our book club episode!! We are discussing one of our favorite author's newest book: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry!
We go through the usual- the summary, overall thoughts, discussion questions, Hollywood adaptations, and of course, our ratings. We also discuss our current favorite shows (The Handmaids Tale & Sirens), Hailey Bieber's new billionaire status, and weirdly Saanya's current reddit obsession.
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Welcome to our bookish episode for the month of May!!
Today we're announcing our May book club pick: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (duh lol), we hope you read along! We also give our thoughts on the new release King Of Envy by Ana Huang, her previous book King Of Wrath, break down our part one of book to tv/movie adaptions (part two is coming next month), and chat about the MET gala!
Book to tv/movie adaptations mentione...
Welcome to our April book club episode! We are discussing This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead and let me tell you we are patting ourselves on the back because we sure picked a WINNER!! This thriller is seriously so good and I'll be screaming it from the rooftops. It's the perfect book for any true crime lover.
We give a brief synopsis, our overall thoughts, discuss some questions we drummed up, do our Hollywood adaption secti...
Happy Spring and welcome to April bookish!! We attempted to do a quickie episode but of course we continued to yap.
We announce our April book of the month, This Book Will Bury Me by Ashley Winstead. The author confirmed it’s inspired by the 2022 Idaho murders, and we are equally spooked and so ready for this thriller.
Current reads: Saanya is diving into The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren, and Sehrish has finally escap...
Welcome to our March book club episode! We are discussing Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney, a new thriller that was just released this past January. We share a short summary, our overall thoughts on the book, go through discussion questions, cast our perfect Hollywood adaption, and of course give our final ratings for the book!
We were surprisingly on separate sides of the spectrum of whether or not we liked this book lol, and ...
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