Look What You Made Me Read

For July we're picking books with a colour in the title and the first book we're chatting about is Rouge by Mona Awad! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

This June we've decided the theme was going to be "Authors we love" and we couldn't have that theme without reading the newest Erik J Brown book! Long time listeners you know that Erik has written our favourite book of 2022 and 2023! So this was a no brainer! We also fangirl over the second part of season 3 of Bridgerton so beware of many spoilers ahead!! Feel free to follow and interact with us o...

This June we've decided the theme was going to be "Authors we love" so we're going to be reading two authors that we've talked about a lot on the podcast and have been vocal about being fans of and first up is Alex Michaelides! Back in 2021 we read both The Silent Patient and The Maidens and were big fans of both! So tune in to see if The Fury lives up to our standards! Feel free to follow and int...

This is the second book we are reading for the our Enemies to Lovers themed month! It's Cat's pick this time and she chose They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody and in honour of this months theme we also go through our ultimate favourite enemies to lovers book couples! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod...

It's the month of one of our very favourite tropes, enemies to lovers! We discuss Austin Chant's Peter Pan queer retelling of Peter Pan, Val's opinion of The Walking Dead and what to do when you're in a book slump!

It's our second episode for Saphic Month! This time we read Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburg by Rachael Lippincott! A fun time travel romance book! We also have a tragic case of Taylor brain and have been having a hard time thinking of anything that isn't The Tortured Poets Department! So obviously we have to discuss and talk about our favourite songs and parts of the album! Feel free to foll...

Welcome to Sapphic month! We cover the YA solo debut from Alyson Derrick, talk about a queer Romeo and Juliet retelling and draft Taylor Swift's Lover album. Disclaimer: Apologies for some sound issues this episode. Val's mic was playing up and Cat's dog Neville wanted to get involved - we hope you still enjoy!

The last book for our Book Adaptation Month is going to be The Duke and I by Julia Quinn which was popularized by the Netflix series Bridgerton! We are rather stuck on one particular scene from this book and we have a lot of opinions about it! (and it wouldn't be an episode with a little Taylor game!) Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyou...

Time to dive into our second movie adapted book, Leave the World Behind, which made waves on Netflix! But before we do, we continue our Taylor Swift ranking and Cat tries to convince us she's not shady, just lazy. Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

Welcome to March our official Book adaptation month! Where we will be reading books that have either turned into a movie or TV show! And we're starting off with a big one! The classic The Great Gatsby and we compare it to the 2012 Baz Luhrmann version of The Great Gatsby movie! We also play a little game where Val tests Cat's skills when it comes to ranking! And you know it has to involve Taylor S...

We're back with our TikTok BookTok rundown! This week we discuss The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, a dark YA fantasy about faeries that, if you have a TikTok account, you've most likely heard of. We also deep dive into some book pet peeves to see if we agree.

Welcome to the first episode of the year! For February we are all about BookTok books! Cat gets to pick first and she has gone for Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, the hockey book romance that's taken tiktok by storm! We also talk about some books weve read so far this year and of course we have a little Taylor Swift segment! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss sp...

So that's it! The year is over and we've read all 22 books, so now it's time to do Cat's favourite activity—rank! We discuss our top 5 and bottom 5 books of the year, both podcast and personal. We hope you've enjoyed listening and we love you for sticking with us. Happy Holidays!

Our last holiday book and our very last book of the year is here! We cover this queer 'Teachers in Love' romance to round of 2023. Also, as is tradition, we start by discussing our Spotify Wrapped so if you don't care (we don't blame you), feel free to skip! Side note, we recorded this when we were both sick so apologies for any extra noises. Enjoy and leave a review!

Welcome to holiday month! We are going to be reading holiday books! And Cat's pick is Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun, an author Cat and Val have been a big fan of in the past! We also rank the Taylor Swift albums and discuss our skips from each album Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTo...

Historical Fiction month is over! We ended it with Val's choice which was picked mainly because she'd a huge musical fan. We also reveal our top Vault Song picks and discuss some other queer historical fiction that come highly recommended by Cat! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @look...

Going into November it is now our Historical Fiction month! So first the book we are reading Weyward by Emilia Hart, a historical fiction that spans multiple centuries and has a bit of magic to it too! We also spend a good chunk (the majority) of the podcast talking about all things Taylor Swift, with a new re-recording and a new concert movie out there's a lot we have to catch up on! Feel fre...

Spooky season is coming to an end and we round off the month with Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt. We discuss all the gory details as well as going into some of the Saw films and a quiz for Val at the end all about Booktok drama! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademe...

It's SPOOKY SEASON! You know what that means! We are officially diving into Horror Month! Cat and Val are big horror fans so to start off the month we'll be reading Sundial by Catriona Ward! We also give our two cents about the latest booktok drama! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @l...

YA Fantasy month is over! We review Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot, Cat rants about a new book app and Val shares her strong opinion on Husband Material by Alexis Hall. Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

This month we're reading Young Adult Fantasy! and the first book is picked by Cat and it's So This Is Ever After by FT Lukens. We also dive into some pretty controversial booktok opinions and we do another Taylor song draft! Feel free to follow and interact with us on our socials. Beware we discuss spoilers! IG: @whatyoumademeread Twitter: @mademereadpod TikTok: @lookwhatyoumademeread

The Red White and Royal Blue movie came out, so you know we spent a good chunk of this episode discussing our thoughts! Were our low expectations justified? We also deep dive into our second literary fiction book, Young Mungo and take part in a little quiz. Also, Cat was unable to sit still this episode so apologies for any background noise - we can't have amazing, hilarious AND be good editor...

This month we're reading literary fiction! The first book we're reading this month is Yellowface the newest book by RF Huang! We have a lot of fun discussing this one! and also Val gives Cat some homework this week that involves a discussion about our favourite book couples and Taylor Swift songs ;) We apologize if there's any sound issues, I (Cat) lost the files and when they got reco...

It's the second of our Sci-Fi picks and this month we discuss a romantic novella set in a Time War (find out if we understood anything that was going on). We also discuss Speak Now vault tracks and dive in to what Cat's been reading this week. Beware we discuss spoilers!

Welcome to July our Sci-Fi month! The first book we've read for Sci-Fi month is Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell! We also have to talk about Speak Now Taylor's Version coming out! And Val gives us a mini review on a book she read recently! Beware we do discuss spoilers!