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: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/OnceUponaTimeZone⁠

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(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