HeyJared50/50 Books
Welcome to 50/50 Books - the book review podcast where the books are split in two and figuring out just what is going on is always a toss up!Hosts Taylor and Jonathan discuss each book in two episodes.
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36B: She's Too Pretty to Burn (opens the original)
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Veronica and Nico are artists first, best friends second, but that was before muse-like Mick, who happens to be Veronica’s dream girl. Amidst adventure filled summer days, they begin to fall in love, but what comes next is unimaginable. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect. One stalker. This episode we’re finishing up She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard! TWs/CWs for this book seem to be: Arson; Animal cruelty; Animal death; Car accident; Child death; Death; Drowning; Emo
36A: She's Too Pretty to Burn (opens the original)
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Veronica and Nico are artists first, best friends second, but that was before muse-like Mick, who happens to be Veronica’s dream girl. Amidst adventure filled summer days, they begin to fall in love, but what comes next is unimaginable. One fire. Two murders. Three drowning bodies. One suspect. One stalker. This episode we’re reading She’s Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard, up to Chapter 22: Veronica. TWs/CWs for this book seem to be: Arson; Animal cruelty; Animal death; Car accident; Child deat
35B: Once Upon a River (opens the original)
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On a midwinter’s night a young child is found, seemingly dead, but hours later, she returns to life. The mystery of her rebirth as well as her identity persists, but some conflicting answers present themselves as three families try to claim her. However, with each of these families having their own reasons to claim the girl, they also have mysteries of their own. This episode we’re reading Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield! TWs/CWs for this book seem to be: Rape; domestic violence; suicide;
35A: Once Upon a River (opens the original)
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On a midwinter’s night a young child is found, seemingly dead, but hours later, she returns to life. The mystery of her rebirth as well as her identity persists, but some conflicting answers present themselves as three families try to claim her. However, with each of these families having their own reasons to claim the girl, they also have mysteries of their own. This episode we’re reading Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield, up to (but not including) the chapter titled Gone or Mr Armstrong G
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