HeyJaredBooks and BS Podcast
Two readers and friends talk books, business and a whole lot of other BS.
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Episode 17: Book Reviews, Busy Weeks And Spotify Leaks (opens the original)
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Your two favorite hosts are back with another episode! In this one you'll get some reading updates, a rant about larger companies that release books early, and a fun little trendy game. As always, this episode is spoiler free. All the books we discuss are listed below, with links to indie shops where you can purchase them! Tourist Season - Brynne Weaver Hunting Season - Brynne Weaver Knave And The Moon - Rachel Gillig Burn Of the Everflame - Penn Cole Bones At The Crossroads - LaDarrion Williams
Episode 16: Grief, Good Books And Bad Book Reviews (opens the original)
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We're back with another fun episode, but PLEASE NOTE: this one does have about 5 minutes of spoilers in it. At about th 53 minute mark we begin sharing some of our theories for the upcoming release of Burn Of the Everflame by Penn Cole until the 60 minute mark. If you have not read this series so far and do not want spoilers, please skip this portion of the episode! Everything else is safe :) We get an update from Eb and Alyssa on how the start of school is going for the kids, and then we get ri
Episode 15: Smutty Smut, DCC And Book Influencers (opens the original)
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In this week's Books & BS episode Eb and Alyssa are back and sharing a whole lot of fantastic reads, personal life updates and, of course, some unhinged thoughts about misandry and other topics. We get into Black Romance Book Festival, hear some updates on Eb's mother, talk about our latest reads, we get a DCC update from Eb, and we start talking about our thoughts on book influencers, especially as it relatest to charging for a post. This episode is spoiler free! Check out all the books we disc
Episode 14: Life Updates, Lots Of Books, And Movie Drama (opens the original)
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Welcome back to another episode with your favorite hosts, Eb and Alyssa. This week we're giving y'all an update on everything that's been going on and why we're one week late with this new episode (so sorry and we love you forever!). We're also ranting about special editions and some of the latest book to movie adaptation drama. As always this podcast is spoiler free. Check out all the books mentioned below: Assistant To The Villian - Hannah Nicole Maehrer The Butcher's Masquerade - Matt Dinnima
Episode 13: Fantastic Books, ARCs, And Reading Black Trauma (opens the original)
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We're thrilled to have another new guest on this episode: That's Novel Bookseller Dezanii! We were lucky enough to snag an advanced reader's copy of Mazywood, Tananarive Due's newest book coming out September 22. Tananarive Due is one of Dezanii's favorite authors, so she devoured the book and joins us to discuss this book as well as another one of her favorites, The Reformatory. Jumping off from this discussion, we talk about what it's like to read stories featuring Black trauma as Black reader
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