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:
youtube.com/@bookswithellen
instagram.com/ellencatherinebooks
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
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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