We'd Rather Be Reading

This week Lia and Jerrica contemplate what flying is going to be like from now on. One thing is for certain: fondue forks are still unacceptable on-board companions. We chat about Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall and preview our next book of the week Hunted by Meagan Spooner.  Listen in and follow along- we listened to both of these books on Storytel. Listen in and follow us for more hilarious bo...

We don’t want to brag, but this is the best episode ever - mostly because we are reviewing the best book ever! The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab. Warning: we gush, and ramble, and try our best to do it justice. We love Addie. We also love the current weather in Sweden and look forward to celebrating our Midsummer Eve and Lia’s birthday this week! In honor of celebrating love, we judg...

This week Lia and Jerrica blow the competitors out of the water with how much they read. Who the competitors are, no one knows, but they feel like they’re winning nevertheless. They summarize The Song of Wraiths and Ruin and intro The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab- and guess what?! Their husbands actually show interest in hearing about this one! They cannot wait to take advantage of...

In this weeks episode Jerrica continues to explain the thruple romance series by Katee Robert and sparks some creative thinking in Lia, who dreams up Jerrica’s ultimate RH with dragons and kings and elves and fae, and sure, why not a vampire too. Meanwhile Lia cries while reading for the first time in the “most perfect book ever” Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. They discuss Good Girls by Claire Eliza...

Lia tries to convince Jerrica that all 400 hours of Eurovision was worth watching because Italian rock music is the future. Jerrica’s not one to judge as she spends 400 hours reading a thruple romance series. They together analyze and summarize the book of the week Gideon the Ninth by Tasmyn Muir and wished they predicted “they all die”. So for the next book The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett...

This week Jerrica and Lia are pumped to talk about Pestilence by Laura Thalassa as it met all of their missionary eye contact desires. They tried to share their interest in the book of the week with their husbands with little success, and confirm this podcast is needed. Jerrica gets Lia to “name that noise” and sparks a discussion on audiobook narrators. Listen in to hear the oddest noises a narra...

Jerrica takes multitasking to a new level and scribd puts her in book jail because of it- but Lia has thoughts, and solutions! A publishing house or scribd itself should hire her immediately. While we’re enjoying everything we’re reading lately, we enjoyed the book of the week Plain Bad Heroines, least of all. But we have high hopes for our next book Pestilence by Laura Thalassa because it was her...

Jerrica admits to having books on her mind- while dreaming, while driving away with her phone on top of the car, you know, the usual. Lia’s support and suggestion to always be reading so you know when you’ve lost your connection is the definition of friendship. They talk about the book of the week, Campus Player by Jennifer Sucevic and decide the definition of ‘virgin’ needs a modernization. In th...

Bonus episode: In this bonus episode we chat about Shadow and Bone, the Netflix tv series based on Leigh Bardugo's books. We gush about our newfound love for Jesper and Mal, our casting approvals and Kaz concerns. Lia's obsession with the Darkling grows as the actor resembles her husband- how spicy! Jerrica is shaking with anticipation of the Nikolai casting reveal. When. Who. How hot? C...

This weeks episode Jerrica enlightens us on an epic story she’s reading that just so happens to be reverse harem. Lia declares she is team no harem. And when moving on to a gifted romance book by Jennifer Sucevic Campus Player, Lia rants about her football vs football issues and Jerrica tries to disappear into thin air. Please no hate mail, but if you must, Jerrica understands. We recap The Girl T...

In this weeks episode Jerrica is excited to share a “guess the magical species” game with Lia, who is obviously educated on the genre as she slays the game. The tables turn from a few weeks ago and now it’s Jerrica who needs a possible intervention for her book addiction. Lia surprises the world with her memory capacity, recalling the entire story and character names in the latest book of the week...

Jerrica and Lia let all of their feelings out about the end of the duology by Leigh Bardugo- King of Scars and Rule of Wolves. In short: more romance! We learn that literally no continuity issue gets by Lia, and someone should immediately hire her for this super power. Jerrica let’s all of this go over her head while sucked into an Amelia Hutchins book vortex again and shares the best dedication e...

It's Grishaverse week! Jerrica and Lia are so invested in these Leigh Bardugo characters, that the lines of real life vs fiction blur. From quoting the characters as if they've spoken directly to them, to re-naming their babies, to an extra extreme where Lia's approval of murder -if it's by the Six of Crows crew- comes into question. Super summary; we love Grisha, we love drago...

Lia reveals she is an all or nothing person, and this week is all for The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and nothing for After by Anna Todd  - but she pulls a twist and from nothing turns all in for the Hades perspective of Scarlett St. Clair’s  A Game of Fate. After gushing over night circus we finally get our duology dream and predict King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo. Listen in and follow us for...

Get ready for binge week! Lia goes overboard and devours books while Jerrica is savoring them on a family ski trip. Seeking a book addict comrade, Lia traps Jerrica into reading the After series by Anna Todd. When they realize they’re both unhealthily addicted to what they soon find out is One Direction fan fiction, they both consider changing their identities and throwing in the literary towel. G...

Lia and Jerrica continue to disagree about long inky black haired male MC’s, but are so excited to finally find an MC they want to be friends with, from this weeks book The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller. Amongst their never ending jokes about becoming famous because people other than themselves listen to their pod, they announce their first gifted book The Un-Life of William Moore by Da...

Jerrica and Lia stop and drop everything because Covet came out! Then hilariously by accident Jerrica spoils the end of Covet for Lia. They complain about their dull book club book but then pick up the spice in the Touch of Darkness recap, feeling for Persephone who has a hard time describing her pleasure places. They intro the next book with a sassy MC The Shadows Between Us. Listen along and che...

Lia and Jerrica fly through the book of the week and adore it, keeping the theme of Hades and Persephone for the next book- but Jerrica has had enough of long dark inky hair, and Lia can’t get enough. Follow along, it’s about to get section-scene-steamy! Pictures of the covers on our Instagram feed @wedratherbereading Join the discussion on Twitter @wedratherread Theme Music: "For The Penguin...

While we’d rather be reading, Lia’s husband rather watch Mello and Jerrica’s husband rather defrost the freezer. Their priorities are not in line with ours, so time for some spicier romances in the final book of heartless Send Me Their Souls by Sara Wolf and in the intro of our next read A Deal With the Elf King by Elise Kova - to love triangle or not to love triangle, that’s always our question....

In honor of black history month, we chose to read The Gilded Ones by an amazing black female author Namina Forna with a badass black female MC Deka! Let the swooning begin! Jerrica and Lia discuss, praise, contemplate and almost kind of cry in this months special episode. Picture of the cover on our Instagram feed @wedratherbereading Theme Music: "For The Penguins"  Written and performed...

How many books do these girls even have time to read? The answer is, what do you mean? This week Lia tells us about a book called Man Hands, meanwhile Jerrica has listened to an entire vamp-romance series, and they laugh at each other. When they finally stop distracting themselves with their hilarious reviews, they summarize Bring Me Their Bones and plot predict Send Me Their Souls both by Sara Wo...

Jerrica gets very afraid of Lia's obsession with continuity issues, and Lia rolls her eyes at Jerrica's obsession of love triangles. It just doesn't work in this book Jerrica, give it up. This week it's all about Bing Me Their Hearts and our predictions for Find Me Their Bones, both by Sara Wolf. As always, we talk about books that we'd rather be reading. Join us! Pictures...

Jerrica and Lia introduce the book of the week: Bring me their hearts by Sara Wolf. They judge the covers and make their first plot predictions. Follow and judge along with us! Pictures of the covers on our Instagram feed @wedratherbereading Theme Music: "For The Penguins"  Written and performed by David Allred From the album The Transition Courtesy of Erased Tapes www.erasedtapes.com Li...

Meet Jerrica and Lia, two Canadian-Swedish-Swedish-Canadians who explain what you're in for while listening to this pod. They discuss what they're currently reading, all while constantly laughing at themselves and each other. Aside from the characters they love, their own company entertains them just fine, hope it entertains you too! Follow us on Instagram @wedratherbereading Twitter @we...