Exposing Our Bookish HOT TAKES with Ellen Catherine! 👀 (@ellencatherinebooks) 📚 [EP#35]

In this episode, we chat with the beautiful Ellen Catherine and share some of our bookish unpopular opinions!

Ellen's socials:

https://www.youtube.com/@bookswithellen

https://www.instagram.com/ellencatherinebooks

https://www.tiktok.com/@ellencatherinebooks

Books Discussed:

Heir of Illusion - Madeline Taylor

The Someday Garden - Ashley Poston

The Mask Falling - Samantha Shannon

The Heart of Betrayal - Mary E Pearson

Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy

Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall

Red Rising - Pierce Brown

Wild Love - Elsie Silver

Direbound - Sable Sorensen

Metal Slinger - Rachel Schneider

Long Distance Book Club:

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Jaime's socials:

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Instagram: @jaimefok

Tiktok: @jaime.fok

Freya's socials:

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Instagram: @freyv_reads

Tiktok: @freyvalerio

(00:00) intro & current reads

(09:21) our unpopular opinions

(10:25) first of third person POV?

(15:13) rating a book you've DNFed

(17:52) audiobooks count towards your reading goal

(20:51) spice is not a fix

(25:03) re-reads are better

(27:39) cracked spines

(31:14) stop with long series

(35:19) audiobook listening speeds

(43:56) romance books don't need to be deep?

(47:11) enemies to lovers isn't real

(49:14) trigger warnings spoil a book

(54:37) kid characters are rarely written well