Shelf Sisters
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Episodes
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 reads: 13:4...
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 mention...
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 escaped her...
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 have ...
It's time for our March bookish episode!
Today we're discussing: our March book of the month pick (Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney), a kindle colorsoft review, Paris recap, Tinx's Hotter in the Hamptons TV adaptation, and our most anticipated new 2025 spring book releases!! Enjoy!
February Book Club: Deep End by Ali Hazelwood! ❤️
For our February book club, we’re diving (& swimming lol) into Ali Hazelwood’s newest release, Deep End! We promised a romance-filled month, and this book definitely delivered. We weren’t expecting this level of spice, but we had plenty to discuss—especially when it came to Scarlett and Lukas’ redeeming qualities. And of course, we couldn’t resist casting our Hollywood picks for...
Happy February & welcome to our February bookish episode! In honor of Valentine's Day, we have dedicated this entire episode to romance books, one of our absolute favorite genres!! We're discussing our top romance books EVER (yes, including mafia romances), this or that romance edition, and of course, our February book club pick. Let us know your favorite romance books so we can add them to our TBR 🩷
We hope you enjoy this epi...
Welcome to our official book club episode for the month of January! Today we're discussing Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica and all of the heart palpitation inducing twists and turns of this book. If you read along with us, what were your thoughts on the book??
Up next is our February pick, which will be a much lighter read! Stay up to date with the book of the month announcements on our socials:
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Happy new year! On this bookish episode, we're thoroughly discussing the crazy, never ending It Ends With Us drama!! We fully breakdown all of the claims (the intimacy coordinator, Justin Baldoni's lawyer's interview, and the texts of it all) and whose side we're on (hint: it is not the same lol)
We also go through our current reads, 2025 Goodreads goals, and of course, announce our January book club pick: Local Woman Missing by Ma...
For December's book club episode, we discuss The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter! A cozy mystery and romance combo in the English countryside - name a more iconic book club pick for the holiday season! We each also selected our top Shelf Sisters book of the year and it's so on brand (especially for Saanya ha).
Thank you for reading along with us in 2024 and supporting the podcast :) We hope you're all enjoying a coz...
On this bookish episode, we get extra festive, not just with our holiday PJs but also with our recommendations! We announce our December book club pick, The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Cater. PS, who else sang the title when reading it?! The Christmas book recommendations are lengthy but curated to set the most cozy vibes for the holiday season. We also discuss our 2024 personal book wrap and list our top reads of the ...
Happy thanksgiving!! On this episode we recap the perfect fall book club pick…The God of the Woods by Liz Moore! We summarize the book, share our theories about Bear and Barbara’s disappearances, and discover some plot holes left to be uncovered.
We BOTH rated God of the Woods a 5/5, which is so rare🤣 let us know if you agree/disagree with our ratings and if we missed anything in our recap🫶🏻
Welcome BACK to the Shelf Sisters (lol)!
On this episode we announce our November book club pick: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore! This episode will be released in two weeks so there's plenty of time to read along with us :)
We also unveil a new segment titled "Literary Post" where we discuss current book news, and on the docket today is the Goodreads 2024 Choice Awards, People We Meet on Vacation's adaptation into a movie for Ne...
Happy Halloween!!
For our Halloween episode, we decided to each pick our own books to discuss together.
Sehrish's pick: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Saanya's picks: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
One was PERFECTION, the other good, and one was an absolute disaster. Listen to find out which ones which :) We hope you enjoy!
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We’re kicking off the Halloween mood a bit early! In this episode of Shelf Sisters, we dive into the latest news about The Housemaid movie, draft our ultimate Halloween book, and have some fun with a (semi) rapid-fire round of This or That: Thriller Edition.
Other topics discussed -
- NYC
- Nobody Wants This on Netflix
- Bonus episode for Halloween
- New Kindle releases
Don't forget to rate and review if you enjoyed the episo...
In this month's book club episode, we discuss The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins and all of its twists and turns! Even if you haven't read this book, we have a feeling your jaw will drop at all of the plot twists! Let us know which book you would like us to discuss next 🤍
Topics discussed -
- Author Acknowledgments: Crystal Smith Paul and Kristyn Miller
- Recap The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins & give our ratings
- Hollywood portraya...
Hello fellow bookworms!! On this episode of Shelf Sisters we are talking about all things fall: our fall TBRs and recommendations, current reads, and what we're loving for this season. We also discuss our new favorite show The Perfect Couple on Netflix and our September book of the month (The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins)! 🍁👻🎃🕯️📖
Timestamps:
0:00-3:19 Fall Intro
3:20-7:00 Next Book of the Month
Wow there was so much pressure to pick our first book to kick off the podcast! FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry did not disappoint. What was intended as a lighthearted end-of-summer read ended up being quite polarizing lol.
Enjoy! Can't wait to see which cohost you side with :)
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