Look What You Made Me Read

This is our second episode where we are picking books that "Booktok made me read" and Cat has chosen Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, the Hunger Games prequel book! It's been a booktok fan favourite and we've wanted to read it since it came out so perfect opportunity !

We've finally done it! After months of talking about this book, we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Can we still trust BookTok?

TAKE ALL MY MONEY! That's right, that's our theme this month AKA authors we will ALWAYS read their next book! These are the cream of the crop authors! And Cat has picked KJ Charles' latest release, she is one of our absolutely favourite historical romance authors so tune in to see if we loved this one as much as her previous books

TAKE ALL MY MONEY! The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid was the perfect fit for this month's theme. Also we spend a lot of time talking about milk and peanut butter.

Lesbihonest, this book is gay! That's right this is the second book of our sapphic month and we're reading Becky Albertalli's Imogen, Obviously! We also give a little run down of what we've been reading this last episode and excitedly announce next month's theme! We hope you enjoy! (and apologize for some audio issues on Cat's end, she messed up her settings... wow so unpro...

LES-be honest, this book is gay! We kick off our Sapphic month with a little holiday gem (yes in May oops) from Haley Cass. Cat also discusses her latest MM read with a WILD plot.

I Think I've Read This Before? This is our second book we're reading for out retelling month! And this week we're reading A Dowry of Blood which is a Dracula retelling/inspired book! We also go through what Val has been reading and some classic booktok drama!

Have I read this before?! This month is all about retelling's and where better to start than a plus-size, reality tv show, Cinderella retelling, obviously!

Hey! I've been there! This week it's Cat's turn to pick a book set in a city she's lived in, per this months theme! We also talk about our other latest reads as well as some TikTok book drama and our audiobook thoughts!

Another queer fantasy book? No way! Yes, our next monthly theme is all about places we've lived and this book is set in a mysterious market under the streets of London. We review and yap.

We are reading our second "read by numbers" book AKA a book with a number in the title! We hope you enjoy! (We apologize for the elderly pug noises in this episode lol)

Read by numbers! This month we've picked books with numbers in the title cause why not? We're kicking it off with BookTok fave YA 'Six of Crows', a fantasy heist with a loveable ensemble! We talk heavy spoilers so beware.

Fantasy but make it sexy! What does that mean? Well for the month of January we decided that we're gonna be reading romantasy books! (or maybe book is more accurate lol) Cat has picked Swordcrossed by Freya Marske, a romance between rascal con artist and buttoned up struggling business man with a side of betrayal and intrigue! Check out our review! (and banter about booktok drama)

It's the last episode of the year so of course we had to reflect on all the books we read this year! We give your our top five best podcast books as well as our bottom five! We also do a few superlatives for the books and book characters we read this year!

Happy Holidays! Our holiday pick this year came from a series of unhinged TikTok's aimed at Val and sold her on this cute little Christmas themed book. We chat more about what we've been reading lately as well as Cat's beef with Casey McQuiston which might have a little something to do with Taylor Swift.

We dive into the world of The Pairing by Casey McQuiston this week, our second book from 2024! This is the fourth book of theirs we've reviewed on the podcast! Find out how we felt about this one! We also discuss Val's journey through Cat's recommendation PDF file and Cat talks about her new journey with mystery books!

It’s books that came out this year month! (No we didn’t change the theme literally at the last minute how dare you). We promised the rest of the year would be queer so that’s what we’ve delivered! Apart from reviewing ‘You Should Be So Lucky’ by our queen, Cat Sebastian, we also dive into the other queer books we’ve been reading the past few weeks!

For the final episode of October we are reading and reviewing Death in the Spires by KJ Charles and queer mystery! Which we all know is up Cat and Val's alley! And thankfully fits perfectly in out October theme "books with Death in the title!" Val also gives us a run down of the books she's read off of Cat's infamous recommendation PDF

For October our theme is veeerryyyy deadly! We are reading books with Death in the title (or any variants of the word) To start us off Val has picked Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates a murder mystery book! On the subject of mystery the gals also chat about the Netflix adaptation of A Good Girls Guide To Murder (the book being a podcast favourite!)

Buckle in folks this is a long one! We have a lot of strong feelings about this one! Welcome to the second episode of "authors we hate" month! and of course we're doing none other than Colleen Hoover. We hope you enjoy our review!

A new month means a new podcast theme! For September we've decided to choose books written by authors we have beef with. We'll be reviewing 'Wildfire' by Hannah Grace for our first pick and if you've listened to our 'Icebreaker' episode, you'll know why. …honestly, we kind of just wanted an excuse to be haters.

Welcome to trope month! That's right we're doing a different trope for every episode in August! And the last one is "Forced Proximity" and Cat has chose Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales about two girls who enter a reality TV show to win back their ex-boyfriend but end up falling for each other! Nothing more forced proximity than being stuck on a reality show to...

Forbidden love and queer hockey players - what more could you want? This episode is the culmination of years of Cat trying to convince Val to read her favourite book series so we really hope you enjoy and love these books and characters as much as we did!

Welcome to trope month! That's right we're doing a different trope for every episode in August! And the first one is "Marriage of Convenience". Cat mentions her favourite marriage of convenience she's read and the girls chat about the newest All For The Game book! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitt...

Lavender is 100% a colour which is why we picked it for the second episode of our colour book pick! We won't hear otherwise - enjoy! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread