Lit & Loud: A Book Podcast

Lit and Loud: A Book Podcast
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Hi book bestie, welcome to Lit & Loud! A podcast where your hosts Aaliyah and Johnna are on the microphone chatting about books and beyond. Join the divas for hot takes, book deep dives, and all things pop culture.

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 37: Play Nice by Rachel Harrison Part 3

    Hi book besties!!  It’s time for our third and final part of our deep dive of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. Is the demon real? Was Alex crazy? Is Cleo unraveling? We’re all about to find out!  Join us next week for our September reading wrapped, and in October we will be covering House of Rayne by Harley Laroux. Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 40:49 Make sure to check our instagram story to see our weekly obsessions, if you missed the story check out our highlight! @litandloudpod  Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918 What the Divas are reading: Aaliyah: I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell - Makenzie Reed The Breakup Retreat - Camilla Sten All I Have - Ames Mills  She's A Doll - Barbra Truelove Johnna: Fallow - Sarah Anderson  Our Cut of Salt - Deena Helm  What the Divas are watching: Aaliyah: Both Dune Movies The Voice New Girl Johnna: The Traitors New Blood 90 Day Fiance A Very Haunted Renovation  What the Divas are obsessed with: Aaliyah: Anything Thing Goes Tickets  Bmore Romantic Johnna: Whatever Taylor is doing  Halloween Oreos  Our new Lavaliers  Intro music brought to you by Music for Makers Follow us on Instagram, Threads, & TikTok.

  2. Sep 24

    Episode 36: Play Nice by Rachel Harrison Part 2

    Hi book besties!!  Welcome to part two of our deep dive of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. Part one brought messy family dynamics, unreliable narrators, and a book within a book and part two isn’t going to slow us down!  Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 46:50 Make sure to check our instagram story to see our weekly obsessions, if you missed the story check out our highlight! @litandloudpod  Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918 What the Divas are reading: Aaliyah: Kiss Slay Replay - Rachel Harrison Fallow - Sarah Anderson I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell - Makenzie Reed Johnna: Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep - Paul Tremblay  So Thirsty - Rachel Harrison  She’s a Doll - Barbra Truelove  Fallow - Sarah Anderson  What the Divas are watching: Aaliyah: The Traitors  New Girl  Johnna: 90 Day Fiance  What the Divas are obsessed with: Aaliyah: Pod Hub’s lifting event  Rugby game Johnna: Galison Puzzles Senior Night  New Phone!  Intro music brought to you by Music for Makers Follow us on Instagram, Threads, & TikTok.

  3. Sep 17

    Episode 35: Play Nice by Rachel Harrison Part 1

    Hi book besties!!  It’s time for fall reading in the diva den so welcome to our first part of our deep dive of Play Nice by Rachel Harrison. We have loved this book since we read it for the first time and are so thrilled to bring it as our first spooky read of the pod. Get ready for messy family dynamics, unreliable narrators, and a book within a book!  Book Coverage begins at 48:00 New this week, if you'd like to see our obsessions visit us on instagram, @litandloudpod, and check or stories, if you missed the obsession story it can be found in our highlights! A note for our video listeners, we know that the audio and video drop out of sync periodically, I am simply just a girl and did my best. We’re DIY here and this was out of my realm for things I can make perfect. (blame riverside)  Want to jump to the book coverage? It begins at 47:50 Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918 What are you reading? Aaliyah: Sky Daddy - Kate Folk Johnna: Die For Me - Shirlene Obuobi Loving a Vampire is Total Chaos - Aura Hayes  Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep - Paul Tremblay What are you watching? Aaliyah: Silo Johnna: Leviticus  The Invite  Ted Lasso What are you obsessed with? Aaliyah: New hair strightener  Makeup corner Haus Labs Foundation  DM Blurring Balm  New Tik tok Segment  Johnna: Andy Williams Forever My Flowers,My interview  Moon Cat Nail polish  Thatcatladyjen Rhinestone book https://andywilliamsforever.com/ Intro music brought to you by Music for Makers Follow us on Instagram, Threads, & TikTok.

  4. Sep 10

    Episode 34: A Chat with Lacey Hawthorne

    Hey Book Besties!  Welcome to our chat with Author Lacey Hawthorne Author of How My Fake Alien Boyfriend Learned to Cook and Saved the Family Business. Lacey took a truly ridiculous book cover, and their justified hatred for AI and turned it into a whole book featuring a himbo sweetie baby alien, a pink haired chef baddie, found family & the beauty of trying. Lacey is an indie romance author writing books full of whimsy, curvy characters, whimpers and silly premises that ALSO have so so much heart. So divas, grab your whisks, hold them the right way, and join us in welcoming Lacey to the Diva Den!! Lacey: Reading - The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen Watching - The Try Guys  Obsessed - Her Dog!  Lacey Hawthorne can be found on: Instagram @laceyshawthorneauthor  Threads @laceyshawthorneauthor  Or her website https://www.laceyhawthorne.com/ Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918 Intro music brought to you by Music for Makers Follow us on Instagram, Threads, & TikTok.

  5. Sep 3

    Episode 33: A Chat with Julie Kinn PHD, Author of Picky

    Hey Book Besties!  Welcome to our chat with Julie Kinn. We are so excited to have this chat! Julie is the author of Picky, a psychologist, writer, crafter, serial hobbyist, mom to both humans and dogs, and maybe most importantly, a bread enthusiast. Julie brings her background in psychology into her writing, exploring themes and experiences with anxiety, OCD, ARFID, intrusive thoughts, and the complicated ways mental health can shape our relationships with ourselves and the people we love. Her debut novel Picky is funny, uncomfortable, and deeply human. We’re so excited to talk about bread, mental health representation, food and anxiety, family dynamics, and the inspiration behind Zillah’s story! Julie: Reading - Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thrackeray  Watching - The People’s Court Obsessed - Bulbs and Blondies! (greatest idea ever) Julie Kinn can be found on: Instagram @juliekinnphd TikTok @juliekinn Or her website https://www.juliekinn.com/picky Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918 Intro music brought to you by Music for Makers Follow us on Instagram, Threads, & TikTok.

  6. Aug 27

    Episode 32: August Reading Round Up

    Hiiiiii Book Besties!  Hello from the Diva Den and welcome to our August Reading Round Up!  Join us as we talk about what we watched, what were obsessed with, and most importantly what we read. We have exciting book announcements for our next two books we will be covering and we will round it off with book news! Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918 What the Divas are watching: Aaliyah:  - New Girl Season 5 - House of the Dragon Johnna: - Naked and Afraid: Global Showdown  - The Odyssey  - Widows Bay  - Ted Lasso Season 4 What the Divas are obsessed with: Aaliyah: - Wicker Man trailer  - Charm City Books - Skating!!!! - Tik Tok current vibe: WHAM Drag and Hole Mother Johnna: - Still riding the BFAB high  - Road trip! - Book Shelf in the pod lab What the Divas read: Aaliyah:  - Puck - Samantha Allen - Pot Shot - Laura Piper Lee - Her Soul to Take - Harley LaRoux Johnna:  - Fruit Fly - Josh Silver  - Well, Actually - Mazey Eddings  - Hungerstone - Kat Dunn  - Doomsdate - Laura Piper Lee What is on our TBR for up next? Aaliyah: - This Inevitable Ruin & A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinnimon  - Doomsdate - Laura Piper Lee - Chosen Family - Madline Gray - A Good Puck - Rochelle Wold Johnna: - Burn the Negative - Josh Winning  - Cherry Baby - Rainbow Rowell  - Creep - Emma Van Straaten  - The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice  - Look What the Cat Dragged In -  Jason Rekulak ARC - Crone - Keith Rosson ARC - A Good Puck - Rochelle Wolf ARC Where you are in your reading goal for the year? Aaliyah: 76/75 Johnna: 98/75 TBR For the Pod:  Play Nice - Rachel Harrison ***This is a change from what was announced on the episode*** Sept 17th - October 1st  House of Rayne - Harley Laroux  October 15th - October 29th  Book News!  - Showrunners Announced for the Dungeon Crawler Carl series  - Heated Rivalry season 2 has started filming! - In 2026, a Record Number of Pulitzer Prize Winners and Finalists Disclosed AI Use - Grady Hendrix’s The Final Girl Support Group is getting a movie adaptation  - Deep End by Ali Hazelwood, Movie adaptation in the works  - Brandon Sanderson wrote a Mistborn movie script - Wicker, the trailer heard round the world - Asking for paid reviews from indie authors Intro music brought to you by Music for Makers Follow us on Instagram, Threads, & TikTok.

  7. Aug 20

    Episode 31: Book Fair at Bel Air Recap and Interviews with Mazey Eddings, Ethan Gray, and Kristy Boyce

    Hi Book Besties!  We have returned from Book Fair at Bel Air and we are simply so excited to share our interviews with you! The intro to the episode will include the divas book hauls and a chat about this incredible event. All three interviews with introductions are after. Check for the time stamps below!  Book Hauls: Aaliyah:  Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings with sprayed edges  Johnna: You Won’t Forget Me - Mazey Eddings  Our Immortal Hearts - Lara Buckheit The Covenant of Blood - J.S. Living  Mazey Eddings: 13:48 Reading: Seduction Theory - Emily Adrian  Watching: The Hunger Games Obsessed: Gardening / Book Fair at Bel Air  You can find Mazey at: https://www.mazeyeddings.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mazeyeddings/ Ethan Gray: 37:00 Reading: Fabulous Bodies - Chuck Tingle   Watching: Dragon Strikers / Widow’s Bay Obsessed: … we lost the plot  You can find Ethan at: https://ethangrayvoice.com/ https://www.instagram.com/morallyethangray Kristy Boyce: 55:45 Reading: Stay for a Spell - Amy Coombe Watching: Stephen Fails to Save the Universe  Obsessed: Book Fair at Bel Air  You can find Kristy at: https://www.kristyboyceauthor.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kristylboyce/ Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918 Intro music brought to you by Music for Makers Follow us on Instagram, Threads, & TikTok.

  8. Aug 13

    Episode 30: A Chat with Celine Ong, Author of Hold Me Like a Grudge

    Hey Book Besties!  Welcome to our chat with Celine Ong. The second we picked up Hold Me Like a Grudge we wanted to pick Celine’s brain on it and it’s exactly what we got to do! Join us as we yap about all things fandom and their fantastic new release!!  Celine: Reading - Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice  Watching - Dimension Twenty  Obsessed - Hungary Grand Prix and The World Cup  Celine Ong can be found on: Instagram @readwithcel TikTok @writewithcel  Or their website writewithcel.com Join our book club on Fable: https://fable.co/club/lit-loud-podcast-book-club-with-aaliyah-r-489355122918 Intro music brought to you by Music for Makers Follow us on Instagram, Threads, & TikTok.

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Hi book bestie, welcome to Lit & Loud! A podcast where your hosts Aaliyah and Johnna are on the microphone chatting about books and beyond. Join the divas for hot takes, book deep dives, and all things pop culture.

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    Lit and Loud: A Book Podcast
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    2026
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