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Melissa and James discuss Julia Langbein’s Dear Monica Lewinsky through themes of self-discovery, power imbalances, and parasocial relationships.Join us next month when we’ll be reading Hollywood, Ending by John Green.

James and Melissa discuss Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear through themes of performance, patriarchy, and the algorithmic flattening of identity.Join us next month when we’ll be reading Dear Monica Lewinsky by Julia Langbein.

James and Melissa discuss Emma Brodie’s Into the Blue through themes of consent, genre, and the use of allusion.Join us next month when we’ll be reading Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke.

Melissa and James discuss The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez through themes of friendship, support, and redemption.Join us next month when we’ll be reading Into the Blue by Emma Brodie.

This month, to celebrate of our fiftieth episode, James and Melissa FINALLY discuss Rebecca Yarros’ Fourth Wing (the first book only) through themes of power, friendship, and shadow daddies.Join us next month when we’ll be reading The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez.

This month, Melissa and James discuss Lynn Painter’s Fake Skating through themes of patriarchy, objectification, and so. many. tropes. Join us next month for our FIFTIETH episode in which we finally discuss Rebecca Yarros’ endlessly popular Fourth Wing (the first book of the series only).

This month, James and Melissa take a detour into movies discussing A Merry Little Ex-Mas through themes of gender roles, want vs need, and green worlds. Join us next month for Goodreads Choice YA Fiction Winner (and somehow our first hockey romance book), Fake Skating by Lynn Painter.

Melissa and James discuss Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan through themes of money, power, and connection. Join us next month for our first movie episode, special for the holidays: A Merry Little Ex-Mas, available on Netflix.

Melissa and James discuss R. F. Kuang’s Katabasis through themes of power, motivation, and the hell that is academia. Join us next month for Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan.

James and Melissa discuss Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Atmosphere through themes of radical acceptance, community versus individuality, and love. Join us next month for Katabasis by R.F. Kuang.

Melissa and James discuss Suzanne Collins’ latest Hunger Games prequel, Sunrise on the Reaping, through themes of integrity, the role of government, and human nature. Join us next month for Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Melissa and James discuss Emily Henry’s Great Big Beautiful Life through themes of truth, process, and relationships. Join us next month for Sunrise on the Reaping, the new Hunger Games prequel by Suzanne Collins.

James and Melissa discuss Danzy Senna’s Colored Television through themes of categorization, integrity, and a brief detour into American Girl Doll lore. Join us next month for Great Big Beautiful Life, our annual return to Emily Henry.

Melissa and James discuss Casey McQuiston’s The Pairing through themes of self-discovery, relationships, and cross-cultural encounters. Spiciness warning for the book itself! Join us next month for Colored Television by Danzy Senna.

Melissa and James discuss Alison Espach’s The Wedding People through themes of loneliness, connection, and ritual. Trigger warning for attempted suicide. Join us next month for The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (spiciness warning).