The Story of Us: Thankful Episode!
Welcome to our Thanksgiving episode! It's a holiday week here in the US, and we still wanted to make a short n' sweet bookish episode yapping about all of the things we're thankful for!
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Forever & Always, Keep Reading with Kindness
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Speaker B:Welcome to the Other side of the Page, a bookish podcast where we yap about the books we love and the.
Speaker A:Songs that give us main character energy.
Speaker B:We're here to sift through the chaos that is our TBR and to let.
Speaker A:You know why a book might just be your next favorite.
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Speaker B:I'm Britt, dramatic plot twist lover and champion for MMCs needing to be more Pathetic and down bad.
Speaker A:And I'm Hannah Reader, released five books at once and a detailed fantasy map enthusiast.
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Speaker A:This week we're going to go over some of the things that we are thankful for this year.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:And they are all bookish related.
Speaker B:For the most part.
Speaker B:We're just having fun.
Speaker B:It's a.
Speaker B:It's a nice little episode before the American Thanksgiving takes place.
Speaker B:So we hope you guys enjoy and go ahead and grab yourselves an iced coffee or iced chai and let's turn the page together.
Speaker A:Dear Reader, we will not be going over books mentioned in detail.
Speaker A:We might be talking about details of certain books, but if you know, you know.
Speaker A:So please look up any trigger warnings before diving into any of the titles that we mentioned mention.
Speaker B:Yeah, and I just have to throw out there that if you don't understand the reference to the book, chances are we have absolutely mentioned it in another episode.
Speaker B:Or also just like leave a comment and ask us what book it is if you're interested in the vibes, because some of these are a little specific.
Speaker B:But let's start broad.
Speaker B:Let's start general.
Speaker A:Thankful for audiobooks.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:So thankful for audiobooks.
Speaker B:The next one.
Speaker B:Obviously thankful for authors because we wouldn't have all of these amazing books without the incredible authors of the story.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:And thankful for libraries giving us access to all of these books.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Please go get a library card if you don't have one and you have access to a local library.
Speaker B:On that same topic, we're thankful for sprayed edges.
Speaker B:But like the fancy, like the real.
Speaker A:The crisp, the beautiful night in the moss, Catabasis.
Speaker B:So good.
Speaker B:So good.
Speaker A:Always thankful for shadows and morally great men that can wield them.
Speaker B:Absolutely.
Speaker B:And on the flip side of that, we are thankful for unicorn floaties and raccoons if you know, you know.
Speaker A:I'm thankful for the author L. Frank Baum for writing the wizard of Oz so that we can have Jonathan Bailey as Fiero today.
Speaker B:That's a good one.
Speaker B:That's a good one.
Speaker B:I just saw a TikTok of him surprising his sister in the theater and he, like, watched it with everyone.
Speaker B:And my favorite feature on TikTok now is that we can add reaction pictures and all of them were like the Happy for you.
Speaker B:Thankful for ice cream because it helps soothe chili burns in undesirable places.
Speaker B:Again, if you know, you know.
Speaker A:Thankful for sororities and wellness routines that don't involve cannibalism.
Speaker B:We love.
Speaker B:And we are also thankful for Hollywood adapting books into movies.
Speaker B:There are so many that we are looking forward to.
Speaker B:Cannot wait.
Speaker A:I'm thankful for graduate students descending into hell and back.
Speaker A:Hashtag dark academia that I have not participated in.
Speaker B:But I'm so glad that it makes Hannah thankful now.
Speaker B:Something that I know that we're both thankful for.
Speaker B:Thankful for Gargoyle.
Speaker B:Mm.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Thankful for indie bookstores.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Thankful for Hamich Abernathy and.
Speaker B:And the Hunger Games editors on Tick Tock.
Speaker B:The devil works hard, but they work harder.
Speaker B:I'm sorry if we thought Kris Jenner was the hardest working person in the world.
Speaker B:Step aside.
Speaker B:It's the Hunger Games editors on Tick Tock.
Speaker A:Yeah, you sent me all of those back to back.
Speaker A:So good.
Speaker A:All so good.
Speaker B:The way that I've been sobbing over this trailer.
Speaker B:Anyway, we're very thankful for it.
Speaker A:Thankful for fake dating on a reality competition show.
Speaker B:We sure are.
Speaker B:It's that same kind of vein, but not at all.
Speaker B:Thankful for slutty crop tops and nose rings.
Speaker A:Dusty.
Speaker B:Dusty.
Speaker A:Something I never thought would be on here for us, but this year we are thankful for second chance romances.
Speaker B:I've been converted.
Speaker B:Been converted.
Speaker B:And another thing, side note.
Speaker A:I've read some really good ones, though.
Speaker B:Some.
Speaker A:Before I let go Left of forever.
Speaker A:Yes, those are just the first two.
Speaker B:That pop in my head, but they are so good.
Speaker B:Rewind it back by Liz Tom 40.
Speaker B:Hannah has not read it yet, but I.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's a good one.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker B:So good.
Speaker B:And oh, also one of the best books that we read this year.
Speaker B:One of the coolest books that we read.
Speaker B:We are so thankful for salt and food that brings back loved ones.
Speaker B:And this is another one I feel like we have to shout out.
Speaker B:And this is Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle.
Speaker B:And if you've never read a speculative fiction before, it's like a paranormal fiction.
Speaker B:It was so good.
Speaker B:And the audiobook is phenomenal.
Speaker B:So if you're interested in a book about food that brings loved ones back from the dead for one last meal, please go check it out.
Speaker B:It's her debut novel and it was spectacular.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:Also thankful for alien sightings and influencers and love it for sighting.
Speaker B:Yes, exactly.
Speaker B:Exactly.
Speaker B:Thankful for late night radio shows that take callers.
Speaker A:And thankful for Zaden Ryerson.
Speaker B:Listen, I will.
Speaker B:I will defend.
Speaker B:I will defend forever the honor of Onyx Storm this year.
Speaker A:I never thought somebody would dethrone he who must not be named, because I don't even want to talk about him anymore.
Speaker B:I know.
Speaker A:Because of Zaden and somebody else.
Speaker B:Correct.
Speaker B:Oh.
Speaker A:Oh.
Speaker B:Are we really that much?
Speaker A:Yeah, he is.
Speaker B:Like, I'm.
Speaker B:I'm excited now, so.
Speaker B:Something a little different, though.
Speaker B:I'm so thankful for chicken shop date and how it evolved into shoving hot dogs down your gullet in a rom com.
Speaker B:It's so good.
Speaker A:I'm thankful for in person book signings and events.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Just have to mention we got to go to some author signings this year.
Speaker B:And we got to see Geneva Rose together.
Speaker B:And then Hannah got to see Ellie Palmer and Tara DeWitt.
Speaker B:Bitch, she got a book signed for me.
Speaker B:It's fine.
Speaker B:And then.
Speaker B:And then we got to interview both Tara and Ellie.
Speaker B:So it did kind of work out.
Speaker B:And then I got to see Lila Sage and Jillian Meadows and we also had our own very first ever live event.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:So fun.
Speaker B:So fun.
Speaker B:Thankful for the forest scene.
Speaker B:And I'm.
Speaker B:I'm sure there are a lot of forest scenes, but if you guys know, you know the book that we're talking about, you have to.
Speaker A:Yeah, I. Yeah, he's up there too.
Speaker A:Also thankful for a very, very small niche indie film Han Montana movie, which I finally saw this year for inspiring.
Speaker A:Love is a War Song by Dana Canava.
Speaker B:Incredible.
Speaker B:I'm thankful for fake marriages in summer camps.
Speaker A:I need to read that book.
Speaker B:You do.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:Listen, I know that it's like not exactly your vibe, but I'm telling you that, like, when you go in to a Megan Quinn book, you just have to go in with the fact that, like, some of it's going to be like over the top cringy, and that is.
Speaker B:That's the target.
Speaker B:It's so good.
Speaker A:I'm thankful for Nadir.
Speaker B:Listen, I.
Speaker B:So far where I am on my journey with this trial of the Sun Queen, I have only gotten like four of his chapters and I have no idea what's going on.
Speaker B:So.
Speaker B:Yeah, I can't wait.
Speaker B:I am thankful for Rio de Luca.
Speaker B:Hannah will be thankful for Rio de Luca.
Speaker B:Don't worry.
Speaker A:I will be eventually thankful for plus size FMCs and positive representation.
Speaker A:We've had some good ones this year.
Speaker B:For that, so we absolutely have thankful for horror and hallucinations.
Speaker B:I've been reading a lot of horror books lately and man, is this a genre that I like.
Speaker B:I don't love the gory horror.
Speaker B:Like, I'm fine with gore.
Speaker B:There's a difference.
Speaker B:But man, did I read some really banging horror books this year.
Speaker A:Yeah, I feel like I read some decent ones too.
Speaker A:I read like a horror comedy recently that was a lot of fun.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Thankful for each other.
Speaker A:Thankful for you.
Speaker A:So thankful for you listeners.
Speaker B:Thankful for everyone.
Speaker B:And we're thankful for the podcast software allowing us to make the show.
Speaker B:Thank you so much for the technology that we use, all of that fun stuff.
Speaker B:Yeah, we're gonna get really deep.
Speaker A:Thank you for the tree that got turned into paper into my favorite book.
Speaker B:Thank you for your sacrifice.
Speaker B:Thank you to the carpal tunnel tunnel that the author developed while writing my favorite book.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:Thankful for the Cheeto dust that Tara DeWitt keeps on her fingers while she writes emotional banger after emotional banger.
Speaker B:I feel like, oh, I do want to shout out very, very thankful to the authors.
Speaker B:Not only the ones that we read, but the ones that, like, come on and talk with us about their work.
Speaker B:And we're just two, we're just two reader girlies from Michigan and we've gotten to talk to some of the coolest authors.
Speaker B:We talked to Daria Lavelle this year.
Speaker B:We talked to Keely Smith for a second time this year.
Speaker B:We talked to Mallory Marlo for a second time this year.
Speaker B:We mentioned Tara DeWitt.
Speaker B:We just had Ellie Palmer.
Speaker B:And then probably, I was going to say probably one of the funniest people I've ever met in my life is Danica Naba.
Speaker B:Indie authors.
Speaker B:Like we had.
Speaker B:We've just so many incredible people sharing their work with us.
Speaker B:Very thankful for that.
Speaker A:Short and sweet.
Speaker B:Short and sweet.
Speaker B:What is your favorite Thanksgiving dish, aside from mashed potatoes?
Speaker B:Because we know mashed potatoes is your favorite food as like a general whole, like on the food pyramid.
Speaker B:It's just mashed potatoes.
Speaker A:It is.
Speaker A:I would have to say pumpkin pie.
Speaker B:Okay, I'm going for dessert.
Speaker B:All right.
Speaker B:I'm not a pie girly, but I respect the pumpkin hustle, you know?
Speaker A:Mm.
Speaker B:I love, I love me some appetizers, but I am a green bean casserole, bitch.
Speaker B:And I love some stuffing.
Speaker B:Give me some stuff like a good stuffing.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:And go Lions.
Speaker A:So fun fact if you didn't know the Lions have Lions play every year on Thanksgiving.
Speaker A:So growing up we were never a football family and but on Thanksgiving you always watch Lions.
Speaker B:You have to, without a doubt, every single time.
Speaker B:But yeah, we hope everyone has a phenomenal Thanksgiving.
Speaker B:And please drop a comment about what you're thankful for bookish wise.
Speaker B:This year we've definitely missed probably a bunch of stuff, but you know, we just wanted to do a cute little like fun episode just showing our thanks to one of our favorite things which is books.
Speaker A:Yes.
Speaker A:We wouldn't be here without it.
Speaker A:So thank you so much for turning the pages with us this week.
Speaker A:We are so thankful for you.
Speaker A:Be sure to follow us on Instagram, tick tock Patreon and join our newsletter to keep up with everything on the other side of the page.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker B:And please, please, please drop a review and a five star rating of the podcast on your preferred platform and share it with your bookish besties.
Speaker A:And next week we are diving back into a fantasy world which we haven't done in a while, and we are discussing Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tooley.
Speaker B:So excited to talk about that.
Speaker A:Even though I've about finished with the series and Brits hasn't read the first book.
Speaker B:Don't.
Speaker B:No, listen, hold on.
Speaker B:This is the first time the rules are reversed.
Speaker B:Okay?
Speaker B:This is the the first time the rules are reversed.
Speaker B:Well, not the first, but like in terms of series like that we're covering.
Speaker B:Yeah, like at least like a recent one because like you got me back into it and then all of a sudden I like overtook you.
Speaker B:But it's fine, it's fine.
Speaker B:I can't wait to talk about it next week on December 3rd.
Speaker B:So forever and always keep reading with kindness.
Speaker B:Bye everyone.
Speaker A:See ya.
