Besties and the Books Podcast Besties and the Books

On today’s episode Ashley and Liz respond to AITA Reddit questions with bookish themes. Do we think you should kick the husbands out for a weekly book club night with the girls? Is loaning out your mom’s books and not getting them back okay? What about being on your phone reading during formal events? You heard all of our opinions here first! Including our best and worst audiobooks from the last six months, and a smash or pass Bat Boy / Lord of the Rings edition.Shout out to @TwoHotTake...

What happens when Ashley and Liz accidentally read different books for an episode?! We thought we were both reading The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper - the middle school nostalgia read we previously picked for this series. HOWEVER… we didn’t. Listen on to find out how that snaphoo occurred, and what we thought about the nostalgia books we DID read. We’ve also got STRONG opinions on When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker. Not only was it our April BestiesandtheBookClub pick, but it was the ...

WHAT THINGS DO NOT GIVE US THE ICK?!There are so many! And we cannot wait to discuss them with you! If you’ve been following along, you know we did an entire series on “what DOES give us the ick.” So now, we’re flippin that on its head.First, Ashley and Liz delve into the world of book tropes, laying out our top five that we can’t live without. Then we move into our top qualities a book boyfriend should have, and lastly, who are favorite book men are! We also have a whole segment dedicated to...

This week Ashley and Liz embark on a nearly impossible task! We rate all eight Throne of Glass books from least liked, to most liked! When we said this was a doozy, we meant it! Especially since all 8 books are easily 4 or 5 star reads for us. Is Tower of Dawn (“Chaol’s book) deserving of all the hate it gets? Is Kingdom of Ash as epic as everyone says? What is the “Where is my wife” moment everyone talks about? Stick around and find out our thoughts on this beloved Sarah J. Maas series...

This week Ashley and Liz kick off the episode with some serious Millennial nostalgia. We’re talking American Eagle jeans, Warped Tour, and books from the 90’s!We take you on a journey back to your youth through the books that made us who we are today. What stories molded our easily pliable elementary and middle school brains? The Hobbit, Anne of Green Gables, and DEAR AMERICA BOOKS… just to name a few. Then we choose one to reread with you! We hope this process unlocks some magical moments al...

This week Ashley and Liz kick off the episode with some snow, a sword store, and a haunted Stanley Hotel (aka The Shining Hotel) fave and fail. In previous episodes we discussed our “icks” (our most disliked book tropes), picked books to read that we thought each other would be “Icked out” by, and today, we finally discuss those books! There’s small town cowboy romance with a side of mystery and karate! And gargoyles with magic and in-the-bedroom tail action. Did we end up loving the bo...