We’re back (2 days late, Daryn really needs to set alarm reminders to press "publish") with some book recommendations and as per usual, Daryn is a total glutton for every book Paige recommends! There are no spoilers but here are the books we recommended to each other this time around. Join us in a few weeks to chat about the books we end up choosing!

• What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez (no spoilers)
• Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers (no spoilers)
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik (no spoilers)
• The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez (no spoilers)
• The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez (no spoilers)
• Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez (no spoilers)
• Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark (no spoilers)
• Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen (no spoilers)
• We Were Beautiful by Imbolo Mbue (no spoilers)
• Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly (no spoilers)
• Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly (no spoilers)
• Alanna by Tamora Pierce (no spoilers)
• Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (no spoilers)
• Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (no spoilers)
• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (no spoilers)

No book recommendations or reviews this time around - Daryn and Paige chat about the gamification of reading. When is it good? When is it bad? We answer these questions (I mean kind of…we’re just out here talking about books). Tune in then join the gamification conversation over on our Instagram @wejustwantyoutoread.

Articles Referenced:

1. Gamification of Reading: Is It a Page-Turner or a Problem?
2. The Gamification of Reading is Changing How We Approach Books

PS - Between when we recorded this and when it’s airing, The Storygraph has officially added the Pause feature!

Remember when we recommended a bunch of books to each other like a month ago? Well we finally have our review episode! Proceed with caution - spoilers abound here and we’re discussing a book that has a bit of ✨spice✨! Before you listen, if one of these books are on your TBR or you’re in the middle of them…don’t…listen. Because we’re talking spoilers!

• Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire (big spoilers)
• Black Movie by Danez Smith (kind of spoilers?)
• Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore (mid-book spoilers)
• Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (no spoilers)
• Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (no spoilers)
• Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (no spoilers)
• Fractured Fables by Alix E. Harrow (no spoilers)
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik (no spoilers)
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (no spoilers)