Lazy Book Lovers

Oct 24 2024 144 ep. 58 mins

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Once upon a time two book nerds Tali & Toni tried to make a book podcast for #booklovers who procrastinate about reading. Our Links: https://lazybooklovers.carrd.co/

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Episode 143: Spooky ghost recs - "Ghosts and trauma"

Oct 24 2024 52 mins

As Halloween is creeping closure we're bringing you some spooky stories that feature ghosts, there's a little horror, a little thriller and even one fantasy!In this episode we talk about what each book is about and what we think! These are all on Tali's TBR, so enjoy.Books discussed in today episode are:Ghost Eaters - Clay McLeod ChapmanThe Reformatory - Tananarive DueMary: An Awak

Episode 142: Quarterly check in - Reality? Who is she

Oct 17 2024 32 mins

This is part of our new ongoing series: a quarterly update on all things reading and life related. Today's episode is covering the 3rd quarter of the year (July, August, September), usually we only do the yearly summaries but we thought it would be fun to do summary updates throughout the year.Today we talk about:A little bit of lifeTotal reads for the year so farPage stats for the

Episode 141: Upcoming indie releases - all of these are on my tbr

Oct 10 2024 36 mins

In this indie author (independently published books) recommendation list, we cover new releases due to come out, or that have recently been released. This is an ongoing series where we give indie authors a moment in the spotlight! Know of/ have an indie book you'd like us to talk about? Submit it hereBooks discussed into today's episode are:The Tournament of Heirs, The Mexica Chron

Episode 140: UK Black history month - you've got to be willing to do the work

Oct 03 2024 42 mins

This episode covers 9 recommendations from Tali of books by Black British authors, these books range from stories that feature black characters and themes around black identity, to essays and discussions on race, class and the British colonial heritage. Books discussed in today's episode are:The Ice Cream Girls - Dorothy KoomsonWhite Teeth - Zadie SmithBlack and British: A Short, E

Episode 139: My Boss is the Devil -July-August buddy read wrap up

Sep 26 2024 38 mins

Over July and August our buddy read book was My Boss is the Devil by Ben Schenkman! The rules for our buddy reads are simple, we try to pick an indie author whose book is available on Kindle Unlimited and we have two months to read it.This episode does contain spoilers! In it we talk about the themes, plots and characters in the book and what we did and didn't like.You can join our

Episode 138: Injured/ sick trope recs -this has f*cked my TBR

Sep 19 2024 47 mins

We haven't come up with a succinct way to summarise this trope, it's basically 'character is injured/ sick and other character takes care of them trope' - this is distinctly different from the 'who hurt you trope', it is very specifically about books where a character is cared for by another, usually the love interest.Disappointingly for us, but good news for you, this actually tur

Episode 137: Werewolf book recs - 'Gay (tick) Smut (tick) Werewolves (tick)'

Sep 12 2024 40 mins

After doing vampire recs a few episodes ago, we decided that werewolves were also having a comeback and so Tali pulled together a list of werewolf books that are on her TBR. For this rec list we go through the descriptions of the books and discuss what we know about them and our thoughts. Books we discuss today are:Shadows & Light, Cambric Creek After Darkverse #2 - C.M. Nascos

Episode 136: Reading update - I'm committed to this series for the long haul

Sep 05 2024 55 mins

It's reading update time! Here's a selection of what we've been reading lately, as usual we've got a lot of fantasy books and Toni has started a new series which she spends a good portion of the middle talking about.The books we talk about in this episode are:ToniThe Amethyst KingdomThe Raven BoysBitten by SurpriseTaliTwin CrownsScales and SensibilityThe Marriage Act Connect with u

Episode 135: Rating book love interests - unhinged, cinnamon roll and daddy level

Aug 29 2024 88 mins

So if the title hasn't given it away, in today's episode Tali and Toni have come prepared with 5 love interests each from popular books.Which we're going to rate each one from 1-5 on how unhinged they are, using a measurement of how fast you would tell your friend to run away in real life. How much of a cinnamon roll they are from 1-5. Finishing with their 'daddy' level (in a ficti

Episode 134: Two girls, Two books... series - presenting a book to each other

Aug 22 2024 50 mins

The idea behind this episode was that we each bring a book to tell each other (and you) about, we failed the assignment as we've both bough a series along! First half of the episode we talk about the Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa TahirSecond half we hear all about the Heart Stopper series by Alice OsemanJoin us this week for a mini deep-dive into two very different series and