Lazy Book Lovers

Lazy Book Lovers

by Natali Topliff and Antonia Bernardin

Episode 113: Upcoming indie books - Why is it sounding so good? I'm annoyed already

In this indie author (independently published books) recommendation list, we cover new releases due to come out soon(ish). This episode has a mix of fantastic fantasy, contemporary romance, mystery and crime books. Know of/ have an indie book you'd like us to talk about? Submit it here Books discussed in today's episode are: To a Darker Shore - Leanne Schwartz When We Were Us Timber Forge Series #1 Madison Noelle Rebel Blue Ranch - Lyla Sage Till Death Miranda Lyn Destiny Arising - Jan Foster Murder in the Hare Meadow - Izzie Harper Connect with us: Subscribe to our Kofi and get access to an exclusive Discord channel to talk about books with other book nerds Join our March-April read-along of The Trial of the Sun Queen Follow us on Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook, or discover where else to listen to us via our Carrd link here Important info: Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Episode 112: Paranormal and Fantasy romance recs - vampires are having their moment

This is a short and sweet list of paranormal and fantasy romance book recommendations where we are completely unfocused and extremely tangenty, some of the books we talk about in this episode we have read, some our series' or books that are new to us! The books discussed in this episode are: Pestilence- Laura Thalassa The Serpent and the Wings of Night - Carissa Broadbent The Dragons Bride - Katee Robert Payback a Witch - Lana Harper The Dead Romantics - Ashley Poston House of Earth and Blood - Sarah J Maas The Awakening - Zodiac Academy - Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti Shiver - The Wolves of Mercy Falls - Maggie Steifvater City of Bones - The Mortal Instruments - Cassandra Clare Dead Until Dark - Sookie Stackhouse novels - Charlaine Harris Connect with us: Subscribe to our Kofi and get access to an exclusive Discord channel to talk about books with other book nerds Join our March-April read-along of The Trial of the Sun Queen Follow us on Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook, or discover where else to listen to us via our Carrd link here Important info: Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Episode 111: Reading update - 'I know he's a monster but'... "Sounds sexy to me"

For once our reading update isn't varying wildly in tone, we've both read book's in the fantasy genre, with a little sprinkling of horror for Tali! To talk with us about all the books we've read, join our Kofi subscription Discord, our Facebook group, or join our March-April read-along of Trial of the Sun Queen on Storygraph. Books discussed in today's episode are: Tali's reads: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries Wolfsong The Haar Toni's reads: A Soul to Keep Mistlefoe: A Mead Realm Tale That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human A Bump in Boohail Connect with us: Subscribe to our Kofi and get access to an exclusive Discord channel to talk about books with other book nerds Join our March-April read-along of The Trial of the Sun Queen Follow us on Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook, or discover where else to listen to us via our Carrd link here Important info: Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Episode 110: Fated Mate trope Recs - the girlies like it

This week we are bringing you the Queen of all tropes: Fated Mates trope (also known as Soulmate trope)! We've got a few recs sourced from some booktok recommendations but we tried our best to avoid the big ones mentioned a lot online and shopped around a bit. This rec list is perfect for fantasy lovers who can't get enough of the same trope played out flawlessly in a thousand different ways. Get the full rec list on Toni's blog here Books discussed in today episode are: Commanding Flame and Shield Stars and Shadows series Throne of Glass The Kingmaker Chronicles A Court This Cruel and Lovely House of Beating Wings The High Mountain Court A Ruin of Roses From Blood and Ash The Trial of the Sun Queen Connect with us: Subscribe to our Kofi and get access to an exclusive Discord channel to talk about books with other book nerds Join our March-April read-along of The Trial of the Sun Queen Follow us on Instagram, Tiktok and Facebook, or discover where else to listen to us via our Carrd link here Important info: Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Episode 109: Skulduggery Pleasant series deep dive - feral book nerd chat time

This week we do a deep dive into a series Toni was briefly (for over a year) obsessed with and has been waiting patiently (/ been silently screaming) for Tali to finish so we can talk about it on the podcast! This episode will be full spoilers for Derek Landy's series: Skulduggery Pleasant - complete with an intro Derek himself kindly recorded for us at a book signing. We will touch on all 15 books in the series, as well as the upcoming new trilogy. This is a feral, wandering mess of a chat about a series two book nerds absolutely love! You have been warned. Want to join our March-April readalong? Click here to join the Lazy Book Lovers and chat directly with the hosts about the book we've selected for our readalong: Trial of the Sun Queen (available on Kindle Unlimited). Don't forget to like, Download, Subscribe! Our info: Follow our reads on Storygraph or the Lazy Book Lovers shop front on Bookshop.org Our links: https://lazybooklovers.carrd.co/ Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

108: Reading update - why are these books calling us out?

It's time for our February(ish) reading update! As usual with our reading updates it varies wildly in tone, from a self help book on ADHD, to romance, to horror, mystery and of course, fantasy. We only talk about our stand out books, if you want to see more about our reads, join our Facebook group. The books discussed in today's episode are: Tali's reads: Slewfoot FantasticLand Spy X Family Vol 1 Black Lake Manor Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Toni's reads: Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help Take a Hint Dani Brown Act Your Age Eve Brown Wayward Children series Don't forget to like, Download, Subscribe! Our info: (Follow our reads on Storygraph or the Lazy Book Lovers shop front on Bookshop.org) Our links: https://lazybooklovers.carrd.co/ Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Episode 107: Fern Brady's 'Strong Female Character' deep dive

This episode, in collaboration with Tandem Collective and Octopus Books, is an depth discussion about Fern Brady's book: 'Strong Female Character'. Fern is a Scottish comedian and this book covers stories from her life pre and post autism diagnoses. We discuss what the book is about, how we relate to the stories she tells and what we think about the various stats and facts Fern gives throughout the book. Want to win a copy of the paperback for yourself? Visit our Tiktok or Instagram! Important links for the book: Tandem Collective Readalong Page (includes Content Warnings) Paperback Purchase Link Audiobook Purchase Link eBook Purchase Link Our info: Follow our reads on Storygraph or the Lazy Book Lovers shop front on Bookshop.org Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Episode 106: Upcoming book releases - sh*t goes down, presumably

This week we're discussing upcoming traditionally published books coming out between January-March, with a heavy bias towards Tali's tastes, so we've got horror, we've got fantasy and we've got mystery/ thriller books! Full list of books we will be discussing: The Encantos daughter You Dreamed of Empires Mislaid in Parts Half-Known So Let Them Burn Most Ardently The Invocations We Ate the Dark Infinity Alchemist What Feasts at Night An Education in Malice A Tempest of Tea Where the Dark Stands Still Law of the Wilds Fathom Folk The Angel of Indian Lake Icarus Don't forget to like, Download, Subscribe! Our info: (Follow our reads on Storygraph or the Lazy Book Lovers shop front on Bookshop.org) Our links: https://lazybooklovers.carrd.co/ Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Episode 105: Found family recs - no trauma here

It's our favourite totally-not-related-to-trauma-of-any-kind trope! Join the Lazy Book Lovers for a little recommendations list of Found Family recs, sourced from all over Booktok, with some attempt to get a few different genres (although Toni may have made it a wee bit biased). Don't forget to like, Download, Subscribe! Our info: Visit Toni's blog for the full 30 recs (Follow our reads on Storygraph or the Lazy Book Lovers shop front on Bookshop.org) Our links: https://lazybooklovers.carrd.co/ Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

Episode 104: Upcoming indie books - On the pulse of what people want

Get 75% off with todays sponsors, Magic Mind: https://www.magicmind.com/JANlazybooklovers code: LAZYBOOKLOVERS20 Some Indie releases for the first quarter of 2024, how many will we add to our TBR? Don't forget to like, Download, Subscribe! Our info: (Follow our reads on Storygraph or the Lazy Book Lovers shop front on Bookshop.org) Our links: https://lazybooklovers.carrd.co/ Join our Facebook Group Jingle: One Fine Day by Podcast.Co

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