The Great Obsession

It's been awhile since our brains have produced an original thot, but in this episode I think we might finally achieve one. Enjoy our extensive rants about body positioning and repeated near death experiences. In this episode we discuss Carissa Broadbent's Ashes and the Star-Cursed King, contains spoilers for the entire book and for The Serpent and the Wings of Night. Rating: 6.5/10 Also s...

Get ready for MANY useless thoughts and confused tangents as we discuss Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night. Full disclosure...we were not at peak brain usage for this episode. After recording we reflected a lot more on the book and had some shifting thoughts, a lot of these thoughts were captured in our episode on the sequel the Ashes and the Star-Cursed King. Initial ratin...

"Im going to create an environment that is so toxic" - Sue Sylvester and Netflix Producers making this show. The premise of this show is pure chaos and maximum emotional distress...WE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. In this episode we discuss the Ultimatum - Queer Love (which interestingly is not called The Ultimatum season 2?? they are considered by Netflix to be separate shows with identical...

Today we are filling the room with negative energy by talking about Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare. The long-awaited final installment in The Last Hours series has given us a LOT to rant about in what's possibly our most passionate episode to date. This episode will contain spoilers for all of The Last Hours trilogy as well as lightweight spoilers for both Cassie Clare's The Infernal D...

This episodes is all about ships on ships on SHIPPPPSSSS. Also plot holes. And poor character development. And more plot holes. This episode is full of spoilers for Chain of Gold and Chain of Iron with gratuitous references to the entire Shadowhunters universe. You just have to get past the American Girl content first. Rating: 7/10 “Love is not always a lightning bolt. Sometimes it is a creeping v...

Welcome to our first Shadowhunter episode! We begin with a spoiler-free discussion of the Shadowhunter universe, and RiLee shares some tea she heard at a recent Cassandra Clare book signing. Our Chain of Gold breakdown begins at 22:31, and the rest of the episode will contain spoilers for Chain of Gold as well as lightweight spoilers for Cassie Clare's Infernal Devices series. 5.5/10 “You deci...

We both read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab over a month ago, and we are FINALLY sitting down to talk about it! Who is Addie's OTP? Is she really human? Did this book live up to the hype? Thoughts have been simmering for a while and clearly we have MUCH to discuss. Rating: 6.5/10 Find us at - Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod Email: thegreat...

MEET ME IN THE POURING RAIN!!!! The way this announcement had us in a CHOKEHOLD. This episode is all things Taylor Swift and all things Speak Now. Tune in for some deep cuts by resident T Swift historian RiLee and 13 year old angst from Sam. 11 min mark RiLee gives us a recap of her Eras concert and subsequent ascension 22 min mark we deep dive into Speak Now Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsess...

ANOTHER ode to Taylor Jenkins Reid. On this episode we discuss The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. 8.25/10 **Trigger warning this episode contains discussions of suicide and abuse** "I think being yourself—your true, entire self—is always going to feel like you're swimming upstream." - Celia St. James Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The G...

Get ready for cocktail of rambling and ranting. In this episode we talk Love is Blind season 4 so spoilers for the entirety of the 4th season including (especially) the reunion episode. Heads up, we don't actually get to talking about Love is Blind until minute 13. Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod

We are so grateful we live in a world where book-to-screen adaptations are actually good! In this episode we share our thoughts on Amazon Prime's Daisy Jones & the Six, as well as the Aurora album. This episode contains spoilers for both the entire Daisy Jones TV series as well as the book by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Discussion begins around the 10-minute mark. Thanks for listening! "......

Welcome to our first bonus episode! We have a lot on our minds, including Zach Shallcross's season of The Bachelor, surprise songs on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, embarrassing crushes we never asked for, and perfectionism...among other things. Here are timestamps to help you navigate the chaos: (06:38) The Bachelor (25:13) Eras Tour surprise songs (46:58) Thoughts on summer 2016 (54:50) Dream...

We’re pivoting genres this week and our feelings are: SKSKSKSKSK!!!!!!!! In this episode we’re discussing Daisy Jones and Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This episode contains spoilers for the book, Daisy Jones and the Six, but NOT the TV show on Amazon Prime. 6.5/10 “I am not a muse. I am the somebody.” - Daisy Jones Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod Emai...

"But what's inside of you, that's steel. It's brave and unbreakable, and it doesn't need fixing" - David In this episode we discuss Episodes 5-8 of season 2 of Shadow and Bone. This episode contains spoilers for all of Shadow and Bone seasons 1 and 2, as well as the Shadow and Bone trilogy and Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo. We do NOT spoil anything from the King o...

"When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable." - Nikolai Lantsov In this episode, cognitive functioning is low and excitement is high. We may only have one collective brain cell but we have a lot of thoughts--in fact, we have so many thoughts we had to make 2 parts! This is part 1 of our discussion of Shadow and Bone season 2 on Netflix, in which we discuss episodes 1-4. Thi...

"I've never met a saint before." "I've never BEEN a saint before." - Inej and Alina In this episode we discuss season 1 of Shadow and Bone on Netflix. There will be spoilers for the entire first season of this show, as well as both the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows duology by Leigh Bardugo. Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod Email: thegre...

"What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary." - Inej Ghafa 9.5/10 In this episode we discuss Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo. There will be spoilers for the entire Six of Crows duology and light spoilers for the Shadow and Bone trilogy. Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsession...

“I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.” - Inej Ghafa 8.5/10 In this episode we discuss Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. There are spoilers only for Six of Crows, we do not discuss Crooked Kingdom or any other books within the Grishaverse. Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod Email: thegreatobsessionpod@gmail.com

"I am not ruin. I am ruination" - Genya 4.5/10 In this episode we discuss Ruin and Rising, the final book in Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone trilogy. This episode contains spoilers for the entire trilogy, but there are no spoilers for any other books in the Grishaverse.  If you enjoy the religious/sainthood arc for Alina, we recommend reading Dune and Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert.  Find...

"My power is yours....And yours is mine" - Alina  3/10 In this episode we discuss Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo. There are spoilers for the entirety of Shadow and Bone and Siege and Storm.  Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod Email: thegreatobsessionpod@gmail.com

In this episode we discuss Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo, the first installment in the trilogy and also the first ever Grishaverse book! This episode contains spoilers for Shadow and Bone, but there are NO spoilers for any other books in the trilogy or the Grishaverse. Rating: 4/10 Find us at: Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod Email: thegreatobsessionpod@gmail....

"By you, I am forever undone." - Cardan 8/10 In this episode we discuss The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black. There are spoilers for the entirety of the Folk of the Air series, including How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories. Find us at... Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod  Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod  Email: thegreatobsessionpod@gmail.com

This episode brought to you by "Negroni, Sbagliato....with Prosecco" On this one we take a trip down memory lane through all of our favorites of 2022.  RiLee's Favs- Top artists: Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Phoebe Bridgers, The Maine, and Maude Latour Podcasts: What We Said, Chatty Broads with Bekah and Jess, Game of Roses, A Court of Tattoos and Rose, The Evolution of a Snake TV Shows: The S...

“Yes, my sweet villain, my darling god… Sweet Jude. You are my dearest punishment” - Cardan  6/10 On this episode we discuss the Wicked King by Holly Black. There are spoilers for the entirety of the Cruel Prince and the Wicked King only.  Find us at - Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod  Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod  Email: thegreatobsessionpod@gmail.com

On this episode we discuss The Cruel Prince by Holly Black from the Folk of Air series. This episode contains spoilers for the Cruel Prince ONLY. “If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse." - Jude Duarte  Rating: 5.5/10 Find us at - Instagram: @thegreatobsessionpod Goodreads: The Great Obsession Pod Email: thegreatobsessionpod@gmail.com