Sip Between the Lines

It’s tiiiiiiiime!! One of our favorite episodes we do is HERE. We looked at all the books we read in 2025 and picked out the best (and worst) for our award ceremony. So grab your drink and sip along while we talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly we read this year. All books + awards are listed below. 📚💛 xx Sadie & Shan This Could Have Been an Email Award: Sadie- Grit, The Power of Passi...

Books have really made our year (and lives tbh) better, so it’s time we share our gratitude for books! Listen in as we first catch up on what we’ve been reading, our current reading slumps (womp womp), and a little bit of bookish chit chat. Then we get into why we’re grateful for books, including specific books and characters that have stuck with us so far. 📚💛 xx Shan & Sadie

Our 2025 recs list for spooky reads is here AND we added the top of our fall TBR lists too!! Everything is listed below so no stress as you listen to us gush about some great books to get you in the mood for this autumnal season. 🍂💛🎃 xx Sadie & Shan Spooky Recs: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden  Lady Macbeth by Ava Reid  Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang  Girl Dinner by Olivie Bl...

Welcome to our first installment of Books on the Screen!! Of COURSE we need to discuss the new “Wuthering Heights” movie trailer. Obviously. We then chat about some other notable upcoming movies and shows of book adaptations. Our main topic for today's Books on the Screen is discussing our picks for books we think should actually be made into movies or shows. It’s hard to let our beloved reads...

Okay friends, so sorry we missed our last usual Thursday for posting, but we are back with our bookish hot takes and we promise this is worth the wait!! Get ready to sip and listen as we catch up on what we're reading, jump into our HOT takes (don't be mad... or do 😈), and really discuss our opinions on some of these takes. Let us know your opinions on these takes and what YOUR personal o...

Okay yes, we're a little more than halfway through August now, BUT when this episode was being recorded we were at the beginning of August! So enjoy us recapping our many reads from July anyway because we both read NINE(!) books each and honestly enjoyed them all. Love that for us and hope all you lovely listeners get to experience that too!! xx Shan & Sadie BOOKS WE READ: Shan 1. Look Closer...

We're baaaaaack! We took a quick year-ish long hiatus and are sooo excited to chat about books and life again!! So to start us off, we're catching up on some of the books we've read since last year. We've conveniently sorted them into specific categories (mostly to keep us on track and not running away on tangents... too much 😉) so everything will be listed below. Enjoy our lovely...

We had so much fun jumping on this trend of sharing our top five picks in various categories! Of course most of them are book related, but we added in some extras too. All our book related picks are listed below! Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @SipBetweenTheLinesPod 📚 Books Sadie’s Picks: The Humans by Matt Haig Eragon by Christopher Paloni  Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir  A C...

In this episode we are discussing the dreaded reading slump! Categorized into three types: book hangovers, book burnout, and book conundrums (each with distinct symptoms and solutions), we give recs and tips on how to get out of each slump. All books are listed below! Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @SipBetweenTheLinesPod 📚 Sadie’s Books Book Hangover Slump: Project Hail Mary b...

We’re hoping to get in the Halloween spirit over here (even though our weather is sunny and hot still!) by sharing some spooky books from our TBR lists! We discuss some thrillers, murder mysteries, horrors, and even a few cozy mysteries that we’re excited to read. All books are listed below! Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @SipBetweenTheLinesPod 📚 Sadie’s TBR: That’s Not My Nam...

*This episode has SPOILERS* We’re diving deep into everything about the controversy surrounding Powerless by Lauren Roberts in this episode! This includes an entire rundown of the book so this does have spoilers if you haven’t read it yet. And of course, we also have to discuss Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (iykyk). Besides the book summary, we also chat about our initial impressions, ratings, lik...

We’re chatting about all things THRILLERS! The good, the bad, and the ugly, so listen along for some of our recs and also some of our unpopular opinions. All books we recommend are listed below! Remember to check content warnings before reading. Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @SipBetweenTheLinesPod 📚 Sadie’s Recs: Pines by Blake Crouch  The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides ...

Who else is excited for cozy reading season?? We sure are and we set the autumnal mood by doing a quick fall-related “This or That” for our Sip and Dip segment! Then we jump right into our list of books that we want to read this fall. Our conversation flows into discussions about fantasy and romance books, highlighting the cozy vibes of fall literature. All books listed below! Remember to check co...

Kicking off this cozy reading season with our personal book recs for these fall “-ber” months! Remember to check content warnings before reading. All books are listed below! Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @SipBetweenTheLinesPod 📚 Fantasy: Storm Front by Jim Butcher The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Stardust by Neil Gaiman The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The Midnight Lib...

We’re back for season 2 and so excited about it!! Starting off with a quick run-through of what this podcast is and who we are as readers. Then we recap our summer book goals we made last season, and end with a fun bookish Q&A! Check out the list below for the books we chat about during this episode. Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @sipbetweenthelinespod 📚 Our current reads...

Welcome to the finale episode of our first season!! We’re so grateful for our listeners and all the support we’ve received! We start the episode chatting about our summer plans and book goals for our Sip and Dip. Then we answer some rapid fire questions before getting into our Season 1 Awards! All books discussed are listed below. Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @sipbetweentheli...

Our Sip and Dip question has us setting the scenes for our ideal reading locations and, surprise surprise 😉, we have two different ideas on what this means to us! After that, we get right into discussing what the magically ambiguous “Reading Experience” is that we’ve mentioned in previous episodes. Then we round out the episode chatting more about our rating scale and how we use it to rate the bo...

**SPOILERS** Before we discuss our opinions and feelings all about The Women by Kristin Hannah, our Sip and Dip is a historical get to know each other question! We talk about which time frame in history we would live in and why. Then we jump right into our discussion about this very popular historical fiction book! Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @sipbetweenthelinespod 📚

We start off the episode just catching up for our Sip and Dip (and yes, this includes some chatting about Taylor Swift’s new album!) and talk about what we’re currently sipping and reading, per usual. Then we jump right in to answer questions about and discuss the books that are currently on our TBR (To Be Read) shelves! The books we chat about from our TBR are listed below! Follow us for more con...

Before we chat about our bookish (and sometimes petty!) pet peeves, we talk about two books and our reviews of them! We each chose a book we rated 1 star and read our reviews, but we also share a 5 star review for each book from other Goodreads users. You can expect some good tangents, a few bloopers, and lots of laughing this week! Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @sipbetweenthe...

Since we’re a quarter of the way through 2024 (!!!), we’re doing a book check in this week! We chat about how our reading has been going so far and how we’re doing with our goals. Before we get to that though, we discuss our Reader Types from the Bookfinity quiz. The link is below if you want to find out your type too! We finish off the episode with a few mini (spoiler-free!) reviews on: None of T...

This week we ask each other bookish “would you rather” questions and discuss our reasons behind each answer! But first, in our Sip and Dip portion, we provide our Weekly R.E.P.O.R.T. (reading, eating, playing, obsessing, recommending, and treating) . This episode is full of chatting, tangents, and more! Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @sipbetweenthelinespod 📚

**SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE** We each picked a book for the other host to read this month! Sadie picked The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J Maas for Shannon to read, Shannon picked The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes for Sadie to read. We discuss why we picked these books, what our first impressions and final thoughts were, and if we will finish the series. The discussion on The Assassin’s Bl...

Starting off strong with the fantasy theme, our Sip and Dip question for the week is about what 3 items someone would need to collect to summon us via cauldron! Then we discuss our fantasy book recs in several categories. Check out all our recs below! Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @sipbetweenthelinespod 📚 YA Fantasy: OG’s: Twilight, Eragon, Harry Potter, Hunger Games Red Quee...

This week we’re answering some book-related questions (mostly… but there are a couple of personal ones too). We want to thank all who contributed and asked us questions for this episode! We first chat about what we’re currently watching before starting the Q&A portion (which includes lots of book talk and a handful of tangents!). Follow us for more content on Instagram and TikTok @sipbetweenth...