Booktails Podcast

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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This week we are blasting off to a whole new world of entertainment! We are donning our spacesuits and checking our astrophage levels because it’s time to save humanity with Ryland Grace and Project Hail Mary! 🚀
Expect discussions on the obsession with space spiders, whether Ryan Gosling is too hot, why we cried at alien friendship and whether it matters if the science makes sense. 🛸And to wash it all down we have our Petrova Line cocktail or our Red Rocky mocktail and we will discover if we are true sci fi nerds with this week’s quiz! 👨‍🚀
Fist my bump, let’s go! 👾

Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

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Dearest gentle readers, 
We have some urgent information that we believe to be of the utmost interest to discerning members of the Ton’s reading contingent. 
You read it here first that the next in our Recent Adaptations series ‘An Offer from a Gentleman’; Bridgerton book 3 (season 4)! 🎭 is available now! 
Expect scintillating conversation on Benedict’s rakish ways, the adaptation’s wholly new Sophie and why we shall never tire of attractive men swimming in country lakes. 
If you want to accompany your listening pleasure with the society tipple of this season, look no further than The Lady in Silver cocktail, find the ingredients on our instagram or Patreon! 🍸
Trust us, this is one event you won’t want to miss! 
Love,
The Ladies Pissledown x 

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

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Okay we give in. It’s time to join the locker room and google what the NHL is. That’s right, we are reading Heated Rivalry!🏒
This ice hockey romance has taken the world by storm so come with us to sip an Ilya & Shane inspired ‘Skating on Thin Ice’ cocktail ⛸️and delve into this spicy sports romance, including discussions on the real life professional hockey rivals who found love, how grateful we were that you don’t need to know anything about hockey to get involved in this story and, most importantly, those bums in the adaptation. They made quite the impression, IYKYK. 🍑😏

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

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For the final book in this series of divisive books you asked and we answered! November 9 by Colleen Hoover is a romance with a classic premise: our protagonists vow to meet only on one day per year: April 17th. Nah, just joking, on November 9th obviously.
Grab an autumnal cocktail and join the conversation as we discuss the meta nature of the book, the lack of events on the other 364 days of the year, THAT twist and ask why oh why are these characters so young? 

Bonded by Thorns by Elizabeth Helen

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If your sexual awakening was the beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast then all we can say is clearly you were not alone! Beauty and the Beast has led to MANY romantasy Retellings and this Why Choose is no exception. We’re talking four (or five!) different flavours of Fae prince, small provincial town, endearing servants, eccentric outcast father and that all important curvy girl representation.
It’s a camp old time and honestly we are HERE for it! Whether this book is all your fantasies rolled into one or you couldn’t get past the first chapter, join us for a truly wild ride. Just don’t tell Walt what we’re all up to! 

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

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It’s our 50th episode babyyy! 🎉🎉🎉
Whether you love it or hate it this book is a global phenomenon and we want hear your thoughts on the Housemaid! 🥜
Grab your pepper spray 🌶️an impractical white dress and come on up to the attic, it’s time to get deadly. It’s time for us to discuss creepy children, creepy mothers, creepy (but sexy) gardeners…🤷‍♀️
We will dive into all this and more… just not yet. 😉

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

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“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.” 🦁🐑
And with those words a fandom was born that overtook teenagers everywhere, and we were no different! If you were also Twilight obsessed, or still are, this episode is for you!  🍎Alternatively if you think one hundred year old vampires watching young women sleep is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this book’s problems, this episode and this whole series is also for you! 🧛🏻We will be discussing internet obsession long before booktok or bookstagram (anyone else have a Twilight bebo skin?) our ideal Twilight fan casting and how Stephenie Meyer saved the town of Forks. 🍴
Twilight truly is the marmite of novels and whether you love it, hate it, love to hate it or hate to love it we want to hear your opinions! Drop your thoughts in the comments and remember, no matter what you say we are still irrevocably in love with you. ❤️😉

Louise Welsh Interview - The Cut Up

BONUS International Women's Day interview “I don’t read detective novels. I have no interest in crime.” 📌🐦‍⬛
Beloved Glasgow figure Rilke returns in The Cut Up with a new mystery to solve! When he finds a body outside the auction house with a hat pin through the eye Rilke’s troubles are just the beginning. Many familiar faces return as Rilke scrambles to save his friends before time runs out.
We were joined by the fantastic author herself to discuss favourite Glasgow spots , vintage fashion and the twists and turns of the book before we do a spot of auctioneering ourselves! Make your Rose Bowery cocktail and collect your bidding card, this auction is not to be missed! 👨🏼‍⚖️

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

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Brace yourselves, because we’re about to ruffle some feathers here. 😬
In this series celebrating strong female characters and writers we wanted to include some Romantasy, so Throne of Glass was the obvious choice! 🧊
Come with us to Erilea and we will discuss the deadly competition narrative and how it does not live up to its full potential 🏹,whether Chaol is as chaotic as his name suggests (spoiler: no 😴) and our predictions for the rest of the series.
It is Hot Take central and we are not holding back. Please still talk to us afterwards! 😘

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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Imagine you’ve been raised imprisoned in an underground bunker for as long as you can remember with 39 older women who aren’t allowed to touch you. Imagine you’ve been given the bare minimum and never told where you are or why. Now imagine you suddenly have the chance to escape- to discover the outside world for the very first time. Things are bound to get better right? RIGHT?!
Join Serena and Rachel to sip another bright blue cocktail and dive into Jacqueline Harpman’s seminal masterpiece. We will discuss the relevance of the characters’ femininity, our theories on the world and events of the book and whether it’s the most depressing read of all time… it’ll be fun we swear!