Bookshelved.

Happy Pride Month and welcome back to our second annual Pride Month episode. Fun games and amazing recs await! We had such a blast with this blend of bookish amazingness and pop culture glory and -not to brag- but we think this year might even top last year's. Play along with our games at home: The Queerifying and The Queer Guess-Who and get ready for some total nonsense. Recs: The Guy She Dat...

Archetypes are the building blocks of creating any great character- and a fantastic topic to talk about on a book podcast! We're deep diving the best and the worst archetypes within a story and how they can shape your plot. We also discuss what books we were forced to read and left us better than before. Email us at 1bookshelved.pod@gmail.com Follow us on Pinterest: Pinterest Pinterest And Goo...

Otherwise known as 'Second Book Syndrome', the Curse of the Trilogy is a well-known condition of YA trilogies that we're deep diving today. We talk what happens to the books, what books do right and what books unfortunately did not escape the curse. We also talk what university we'd like to attend and what we'd study! Email us at 1bookshelved.pod@gmail.com Follow us on Pinterest: (140) Pinterest P...

The good, the bad, and the... strange? From wand magic to blood magic, there is a wide variety of magic systems out there and we're here today to dig into the amazing, the terrible, and the weird. We also talk about what character we irrationally hate and how to end a podcast episode correctly. Email us at 1bookshelved.pod@gmail.com Follow us on Pinterest: (132) Pinterest (132) Pinterest and G...

Ahh Boarding School Books- the backbone of Middle Grade Fiction. We both love our fictional boarding schools, so it's a good thing there's loads out there! We're here today to rec you our favourites. We also discuss what food we'd outlaw if given the chance, being pescetarian, and the Wreck-it-Ralph movie! Recs Scarlet & Ivy- Sophie Cleverly Murder Most Unladylike- Robin Stevens Truly Devious-...

Happy Anniversary, listeners! We can't believe it's been a year since we uploaded our first episode. To celebrate, we play a fun game called 'whisper' (Amelie was really bad) and play 'Would You Rather' all centered around bookish themed stuff! It was a great way to celebrate our anniversary, and we hope you also enjoy it as much as we did! Email us at 1bookshelved.pod@gmail.com Follow us on Pinte...

Here we are! Another good, old rec episode! This time all about our favourite dystopian novels. From Divergent to 1984, we discuss what makes a good dystopian novel, what's our favourite part of a dystopian novel and have a very long argument about Divergent. Also, what book would we want to re-read again for the first time? Recs: Renegades- Marissa Meyer Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard Whisper- Lynet...

It's so painful yet so beautiful. These are our favourite sweet & sour romances- romances that we absolutely adore, but maybe wouldn't be totally accepted in real life (Wait, she lied about her age, and they did WHAT??) WE also discuss what makes a relationship sweet & sour? What are the different ways they could be? Also, pet peeves that make our skin crawl- euhh. Email us at 1boo...

We are SO SORRY if the mic troubles bother any of you! We've had recent audio problems, so please hold tight until we sort them out x May it be the funniest thing, or the cringiest, dumb main characters show up everywhere- and we're here to show you the worst of them. Spanning from popular characters, to ones more under the radar, and ones from pop culture, dumb main characters never fail...

Sorry for some of the audio this episode! It's a little rough, feel free to stop listening if it bothers you. Perhaps a controversial topic, series continued by other authors never fails to interest us. While usually bad, we're here today to dig up the truth about them, while also talking about a few series we've read who use ghostwriters or were finished by others. We also talk about...

We're back! And today we are discussing upcoming releases of books this year, bookish events that we can't WAIT to attend, and our reading/writing resolutions! We have a pretty long talk (more like an argument) about ACOTAR, yes it's finally been read, and we're excited to share our perspectives! Email us at 1bookshelved.pod@gmail.com Visit our WEBSITE: Home | Bookshelved. Podcast...

For our last episode of 2025, we are giving you our top books of this year. The award show that everything has been leading up to. We sorted through 13 different categories from 'best kiss' to 'best mystery' up to our 'best book of 2025'! It was super fun making this last episode, and after a short hiatus, we'll be back in late January. This episode was based off of a different podcast's episode....

Merry Christmas! We're here unexpectedly to wish you merry Christmas and a happy new year. This is a short little bonus that was really fun and we hope you enjoy!

This episode was a lot of work, but a lot of fun! We both love the Inheritance Games, and isn't there anything better than a movie based off a book? *Distant crying* But however bad most movies are based off books, fancasting is fun, and we're excited to share our views with you! Even if some of our choices aren't exactly on point... We also talk what's on our Netflix "Based o...

We're back again with another review, this time The House Saphir by Marissa Meyer. Marissa Meyer has written amazing books, and this time she doesn't disappoint! We talk what we loved about the plot, lore, characters and give it our overall rating. Even if you haven't read the book but still want to listen, you're still fine! We give you a plot rundown at the beginning of the episo...

Fairytales are amazing on their own, but when you put a special twist in, the results are nothing less than perfect. Today, we're diving into our favourite fairytale reimaginings and retellings and discussing what makes them great, which fairytale we'd love to be retold into, genie-mermaids, and more! Recs: Cinder and Glass- Melissa De La Cruz Gilded- Marissa Meyer What Once Was Mine- Liz...

Get your answers in! This episode we are playing the game everyone is familiar with: Two Truths and a Lie! We cover four topics all about reading and writing and are excited to play it with you. Snuggle in, and join us as we laugh our way through these questions. We also discuss Alchemised and Amelie's birthday! Check out Paper Roses: https://debbyshow.com Email us at 1bookshelved.pod@gmail.com (E...

The Holy Trinity. These tropes have been out for decades and continue to please us to this day. We're here to shine a light on these stories- new or old, fallen angels or gothic vampires and hope you enjoy the ride! We also talk Twilight, tropes we love, our favourite movie snacks, and more. Recs: Bitten- Jordan Stephanie Grey Crescent City- Sarah J Maas Good Omens- Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratc...

Who doesn't love a good graphic novel? Something that you can read in a night and think: "Well, that was good." And fall asleep without thinking too deeply about it. When in the throngs of a book slump, a graphic novel is there to help you, and we're here to give you some recommendations on our favourite ones! We discuss popular graphic novels, why everyone loves graphic novels,...

*Long sigh*. It's a tragedy, how many amazing books there are in the world that don't have thriving fandoms. We understand this horrible occurrence well, and we're here today to rope you into reading these books so that we don't have to fangirl alone! It's a whole, wide range of genres spanning Thriller to Realism and hope that you will jump on the bandwagon of loving these boo...

You've heard of one-star reviews, but the ones that we've collected for you today are some sort of whole new level. There's roasting, there's hating, there's... poetry? Prepare yourselves for a crazy ride as we laugh our way through these cracking reviews. We also discuss what our current obsessions are (Hey-no judging!) while outing ourselves to strangers online. This is fine....

Here it is! The second part to our Harry Potter talk. This episode is all about the wonderful, thriving Harry Potter fandom of crackships and fanfiction. We're coming to you with some sorting of characters from other books (Charlie- Wandering Wild, Niyx- Akarnae, Bryce- Crescent City, and Rhiannon- Fourth Wing) and a fun fanfiction guessing game! We also discuss our favourite ships, fan theori...

Welcome to our discussion all about Harry Potter! The love, hate, and no politics (you're welcome). We were devastated when we didn't receive our Hogwarts letters, and we now have a probably unhealthy love that we will now be expressing onto you all! We talk favourite magical creatures, moments, controversial opinions, what we want to see in the HBO show, and more! (Which may include losin...

Hi everybody! This is a quick announcement just to say we won't be posting an episode this week. Sorry! We will be back in two weeks, though so look out for that. See you soon!

Oof. Yep. These were baaaaaad. The books that had us clenching our fists and questioning what are we really doing with our lives. We formally apologise to anyone who likes these books. Join us as we ask ourselves: What makes a book cringey? What are tropes or lines you hate? Are there any books where you liked the cringe? We also have a mystery opener, so prepare yourselves for a treat . Unfortuna...