Shelf Obsessed

Carleigh and Hannah are back with one of their favorite episodes to talk about! Remiscing about the year (the good parts) and the best and most beautiful books they read in 2025. Make sure to tell them your favorite read of 2025!

Carleigh and Hannah are back for their mid-year update and (I feel like they've said this before) it's been a really good reading year so far! What has been your favorite book so far this year?

Carleigh and Hannah are back for a looooooong reading update. But 2025 has started off strong for book-reading!

Another year in the BOOKS! Carleigh and Hannah review their reading year and reminisce about the many amazing (and sometimes not) books they read this past year. Happy New Year and happy reading in 2025!

Carleigh and Hannah discuss the cozy romance novel The Pumpkin Spice Cafe , by Laurie Gilmore. Perfect for wintery days! What are your cozy recommendations? And side note, they call a certain movie Scrooged (a whole different movie than Spirited , which is what they're trying to say).

Carleigh and Hannah talk about some of the books they've read lately that they can't get off their minds.

Do you prefer the book, the movie, or the show? Carleigh and Hannah discuss and compare the book The Haunting of Hill House , by Shirley Jackson, to its media adaptations. 

Carleigh and Hannah update their All-time Favorites list and there may be some surprising choices ahead.

Carleigh and Hannah react to more hot takes (courtesy of Lexi, aka Newly Nova and her wonderful fans). Which one was the hottest?

Carleigh and Hannah have strong feelings about Adrienne Young's newest (relative use of newest) novel, The Unmaking of June Farrow .  Spoilers begin around minute 28.  

Carleigh and Hannah revisit an old episode with new recommendations!

Carleigh and Hannah review Riley Sager's newest thriller, Middle of the Night. Sager's books are a little hit-and-miss for them, so we'll see where this one lands among the rest.  Spoilers begin around minute 30.

Carleigh and Hannah read more One Star Reviews of books they liked (or sort of liked, or sort of disliked). Brother eughhh

Hannah has read three Jeneva Rose books and only liked one of them... will Carleigh and Hannah agree on Home is Where the Bodies Are ? And Jeneva sure is charming on social media!

Carleigh and Hannah give a mid-year update on their book reading. That includes statistics (courtesy of The Story Graph), their biggest fictional crush currently, and the best book of 2024 so far!

First off, most sincere apologies for the audio and the background sounds (especially to headphone listeners)! It's not a rocket taking off, it's a new A/C unit. But more importantly: Hannah and Carleigh are talking about Funny Story, the newest romance novel from Queen Emily Henry! Spoilers begin in minute 32.

Carleigh and Hannah discuss books they've read because of Booktok and other social media. For better or for worse.....

Carleigh and Hannah have differing opinions on Katherine Center's book Hello, Stranger . If you've read it, they may need a tie-breaker.

Carleigh and Hannah talk about books they've recently read that deserve more discussion and try to convince each other to read their picks. You might recognize some of the titles, but there might be a few that are new to you.

Carleigh and Hannah discuss Ali Hazelwood's first published Paranormal Romance novel. They're back to their roots... VAMPIRES! (Or Vampyres, in this book) Spoilers begin around minute 38.

Carleigh and Hannah discuss bookish hot takes. Cartoon romance covers, mass market paperbacks, hyped books... nothing is safe.

Bunny , by Mona Awad, is a nightmare fairy tale of Samantha Mackey as she navigates an exclusive MFA program in the company of a clique of girls who call each other "Bunny." She gets an invitation to join the Bunnies' Smut Salon and the book gets very hard for Carleigh and Hannah to describe after that. But they give it the ol' college try (wink wink).  Spoilers begin in minute...

Carleigh and Hannah talk about upcoming books releasing in 2024 that they're excited about. Of course, they mention Emily Henry and Riley Sager, but tons of other exciting books are on the list too!

A Short Stay in Hell is about a religious man who dies and discovers that the afterlife he believed in during his life on Earth is not exactly what he expected. He gets cast into a version of hell based on Borges's Library of Babel where he (and others in his same situation) are tasked with finding the story of their life in order to go onto a version of heaven. It is a task none of them unde...

Happy New Year! Carleigh and Hannah celebrated by making their new reading goals for 2024. Do you have reading goals for this year?