Book Expectations

This week we celebrate Taylor's album Red coming out by continuing our discussion on several book tropes and relating them to Taylor songs! 

This week we celebrate Anya and Doris's birthday while also celebrating our anniversary! We begin with some of the most popular book tropes that we either rant or gush over. And as always, we also talk loads about Taylor Swift tropes that are similar to books! Stay tuned for the second part of the bonus episode coming in two weeks!

We're so excited to share this week's episode, as we interviewed CeCe Dawson, the author of The Chronicles of Brute Creations. Not only do we learn about her unique book, but we also ask her many questions regarding her inspirations and writing style. Never before have we gotten such great insight and it is such an honor to be able to collaborate with such a wonderful guest. We would like to thank...

This week we talk about The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren. We have been deprived of this long overdue episode on contemporary novels and so we decided to talk about one of the many contemporaries on our to-be-talked-about list. Listen to Isabel's traumatic sting ray encounter and several other crazy experiences we've had while we dwell on the enemies-to-lovers trope. Stay tuned next week...

This week, we're discussing The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Not only does this book dive deep into the world of Hollywood, but it also creates beautiful characters and relationships. We discuss connections between Evelyn Hugo and Taylor Swift (speaking of which, LISTEN TO THE LUCKY ONE BY TAYLOR SWIFT AND IMAGINE EVELYN), Harry Cameron and Harry Styles, and other big cele...

In this week's episode, we discuss a super popular YA novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab. Since the book is known for being controversial, we dive into many rabbit holes regarding the plot, characters, and other aspects of the book. We even create our own conspiracy that will definitely intrigue both fans and critics. We also gush over V.E. Schwab's writing, but that's a given...

This week we talk about the final book of the Grisha Trilogy, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo. 

This week, we’re discussing Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. Despite many technical issues, we’re able to envision Alina’s sense of style, laugh about Doris’s pronunciation of Nichevo’ya, and obviously gush over Nikolai. We hope you enjoy this playful episode!

This week we talked about Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. From an intense analysis of Alina's questionable wardrobe and style to a strange take on perspective. 

This week we decide to do a mid-year freakout in August. We cover some of the books that we've read this year as well as some books from last year. We also wanted to get this episode out before it ends up being the end of the year. Listen to us talk about some (upcoming episode) books like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Spin the Dawn. 

These are some bloopers that we compiled from Book 1 & 2. Enjoy!

This is a farewell to Doris leaving and her starting a new business. As we come to an end to season 2 of the podcast with another contemporary young adult book, we would like to thank all of you for listening to our episodes. 

In this episode, we discuss a hidden gem: The Upside of Falling by Alex Light. Not only does The Upside of Falling shed good light on the world of fanfiction, it steals our hearts in the process. Doris and Anya discuss the pain of having book boyfriends, heart wrenching moments somehow feel great, being hopeless romantics, and amazing quotes. AND, Doris's lies are finally caught on tape as she den...

This week we talk about Heartless by Marissa Meyers. We begin by gushing over villainous backgrounds and Marissa Meyer's storytelling. Anya and Doris connect Taylor Swift lyrics to Jest while also complain over the Friend activity feature on Spotify. We then verge onto the connection of Clueless and Emma Woodhouse and start fangirling over the Ever After High's Wonderland special. 

In this episode, we talk about Red, White, and Royal Blue! We discuss Casey McQuiston's upcoming book, One Last Stop, cutesy contemporary covers, and Doris's brilliant to get her very own private jet to fly around the world. 

We're finally talking about the last book in the An Ember in the Ashes series, A Sky Beyond the Storm! This book is full of so much pain and suffering, but it's a worth-while read. Doris and Anya complain about TikTok, staying in touch with friends, and their grandma lifestyles (yet again)! This episode is lots of fun so we hope you enjoy!

This week, we discuss A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir! Doris came up with a beautiful analogy that simplifies all the events and characters of the book! We hope you enjoy the metaphor because it is what we would call "a common theme" throughout this episode!

Join us this week as we talk about A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir! Isabel is officially back and reviewing books with us! For a book of around 450 pages, there's so much action, we can hardly remember all the nitty gritty details. However, we do suspect that Elias isn't the role model Doris pretends he is, afterall, he seems to be an avid anti-MASKer... We hope you all enjoy this episode...

This week is all about exposing Anya and the motto that she lives by: gaslight, gatekeep, and (obviously) girlboss! In this week's episode, you'll hear our ultimate, but not recent, list of book boyfriends and the clash between Doris and Anya's rankings. Will their friendship be able to survive all the manipulation, lies, and arguing? Listen to this episode to find out! Apparently, we also discuss...

This week we do a Q&A in celebration of our 1,000 listens milestone! We talk lots about our childhood and friendship while answering some existential questions. We start off talking about how our podcast started to what our thoughts on soulmates are! Thank you guys so much for listening and supporting our podcast, we are beyond happy and excited to come out with more content. 

In this episode, we're discussing the final book in the Renegades trilogy by Marissa Meyer, Supernova! With our super smooth transitions from personality types to grandma habits to Adrian Everhart, this episode is so much fun! Be sure to listen to the whole episode if you want to hear about Anya and Doris' dream lives (hint: we don't want to be human) and our conspiracies about specific characters...

This week, we're discussing the second book in the Renegades trilogy, Archenemies! There's so much to say about our angel, light at the end of the tunnel, ray of sunshine, beacon of hope, shining star, wonderboy, Callum Treadwell... you'll have to listen to this episode to fully understand our love for him. Additionally, we spill our controversial opinions on none other than ADRIAN EVERHART! 

We are finally discussing Doris' pride and joy, Renegades by Marissa Meyer! Doris has talked about this series in many previous episodes so we thought it was finally time to unpack all of our thoughts. From childish pickiness to Anya manipulating Doris into confusion, this episode DEFINITELY has it all! 

AHHH! This week, we talked about Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare! So much happened in the second book of The Last Hours and we had to share! Of course, it wouldn't be a Book Expectations episode if we didn't gush over Matthew Fairchild but this time Doris is putting herself out there... We hope you all love this episode!

This week, we're talking about the first book in The Last Hours series, "Chain of Gold", by Cassandra Clare. Listen to us talk about gorgeous cover art, our undying love for Matthew Fairchild, and (toxic) friendships/relationships!