Could Be Gayer: A Book Review Podcast Could Be Gayer

In this episode your lovely queer hosts Ashley and Jade dive into all 3 of Casey McQuiston's novels: Red, White, and Royal Blue, One Last Stop, and I Kissed Shara Wheeler. Get ready for gushing about queer found families, loving the cinnamon roll that is Prince Henry, and a random tangent about John Green! This episode was originally recorded on April 12, 2022.

This episode will contain some spoilers for all 3 of Casey McQuiston's novels discussed. You have been warned.

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In this episode your intrepid hosts Ashley and Jade provide their first in-depth book reviews of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey. This episode was brought to you by the fact that Ashley could not stop gushing about It Happened One Summer until Jade read it! This episode was originally recorded on February 9th 2022.

This Episode will contain some spoilers for both It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey. You have been warned. 

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In this episode your intrepid hosts Ashley and Jade talk about their worst and lowest rated reads of 2021. This episode was originally recorded on February 1st 2022. Please note Jade was having some connection issues so her audio is pretty bad. SORRY.

Don’t forget to follow us @couldbegayerpod on social media, including Instagram and TikTok. Please review us wherever you’re listening to this Podcast, and email us your thoughts, recommendations, and comments at couldbegayerpod@gmail.com.

For reference and possible spoiler warnings the following books are all discussed either in passing or detail:


Outlander by Diana Gambon,
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon,
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Take Me Home Tonight, by Morgan Matson,
Electric Idol by Katee Robert,
Playing the Palace by Paul Rudnick,
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger,
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger,
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London,
Much Ado About You by Samantha Young,

In this episode your intrepid hosts Ashley and Jade talk about TikTok Hype, what makes a book disappointing and their most disappointing reads of 2021. This episode was originally recorded on February 1st 2022. Please note Jade was having some connection issues so her audio is pretty bad. SORRY. 

Don’t forget to follow us @couldbegayerpod on social media, including Instagram and TikTok. Please review us wherever you’re listening to this Podcast, and email us your thoughts, recommendations, and comments at couldbegayerpod@gmail.com.

For reference and possible spoiler warnings the following books are all discussed either in passing or detail:


Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz,
Blindsided by Amy Daws,
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole,
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas,
Loveless by Alice Oseman,
If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy,
It Had to Be You by Georgia Clark,
Meet Me in Madrid by Verity Lowell,
Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan,
A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow,
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian,

In this episode your intrepid hosts Ashley and Jade introduce themselves and talk about 2021 as a reading year, the best and most memorable books of the year as well as a glimpse in to their 2022 reading goals. This episode was originally recorded on January 7th 2022. 

Don’t forget to follow us @couldbegayerpod on social media, including Instagram and TikTok. Please review us wherever you’re listening to this Podcast, and email us your thoughts, recommendations, and comments at couldbegayerpod@gmail.com.

For reference and possible spoiler warnings the following books are all discussed either in passing or detail:


The 2000’s Made Me Gay by Grace Perry,
Act Your Age Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert,
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams,
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochran,
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn,
Elotsoe by Darcie Little Badger,
Hang the Moon by Alexandria Bellefleur,
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova,
It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey,
The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore,
Neon Gods by Katee Robert,
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston,
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon,
Party Favors by Erin McLellan,
Payback’s A Witch by Lana Harper,
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston,
The Roommate by Rosie Danan (Which Jade calls The Roommate Risk which is a Talia Hibert book she also read in 2021),
Rosalind Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall,
Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters,
Vicious by V. E. Schwab,