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March Roundup & April "Fake It and Fuck (it)" Apr 01, 2022

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In this episode, Steph & Ava talk about all the books they read in March (it was a...slow month, to say the least), and all that we're looking forward to reading in April. As a reminder, our March Readtastic Challenge Prompt was "Read a book with a green cover" and April's is "Read a book that incorporates the fake dating/relationship trope." We asked for recommendations and posted the suggestions in our Instagram (check out the @fandomtasticpod page and the highlights to view them), but you can also find our personal recommendations in this episode. And, as a reminder, we're currently enjoying (or, in Ava's case, enduring) our read-along of The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert, so definitely tune in if #dragondick was on your 2022 Bingo card.

Here are all the books we mentioned in S3E1:
- The Master by Kresly Cole
- Neon Gods & Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
- The Angels of Elysium series by Olivia Wildenstein
- Hook, Line, and Sinker & Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
- Stuck With You & The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
- The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
- Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey
- In Deep by Hannah Haze
- To Bleed a Crystal Bloom by Sarah A Parker
- Taste & Ignite by Melanie Harlow
- Rhythm, Chord, and Malykhin & The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
- Fortuna Sworn by KJ Sutton
- The Savage and the Swan by Ella Fields
- There With You by Samantha Young
- Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas
- The Hooker and the Hermit by Penny Reid and LH Cosway
- Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
- Take A Hint, Dani Brown & The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert
- The Deal & The Risk by Elle Kennedy
- To Love Jason Thorne by Ella Maise
- The Duchess Deal, A Week to be Wicked, & Any Duchess Will Do by Tessa Dare
- The Worst Best Man & The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
- The Moonlighter by Sarina Bowen
- The Bluff by Willa Nash
- River Knight by Devney Perry
- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

S2 Finale: House of Sky and Breath Spoiler Chat Mar 04, 2022

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We're wrapping up Season Two of Fandomtastic with our spoiler chat of Sarah J Maas's House of Sky and Breath - in this episode, we discuss the ending (!), the new characters we're falling in love with, the twists on our ships, and more! We also went live on Instagram on March 2, so don't forget to check out our other chat, if you're wanting more HOSAB content!

Thank you to all of our listeners, and we'll be back in April with season three!

February Roundup & March Readtastic Prompt Feb 25, 2022

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This episode dives into everything we read for February (it was not...impressive) and everything we're planning to read for March...which, at this point, fingers crossed. Godspeed to us all haha.

Books we mentioned:

Nuts by Alice Klayton
Kulti by Mariana Zapata
Rosalie Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
Battle Royal by Lucy Parker
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lilian Lark
The Prince's Poison Vow by Hailey Turner
Under Locke by Mariana Zapata
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
House of Sky and Breath
Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
The Legacy by Elle Kennedy
Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon
Spark by Brigid Kemmerer
The Risk by Elle Kennedy
Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
The Master by Kresly Cole
Juniper Hill by Devney Perry
Stolen Songbird by Danielle L Jensen
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
Heir of Fire by SJM
The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

Throw Back Theories: Throne of Glass Feb 18, 2022

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Happy HOSAB week, everyone! To avoid any form of CC spoilers, we're diving into the throw back of all throw backs: Throne of Glass. This episode dishes on all the popular theories that floated around during the TOG-era, and we'll be exploring our reactions to them, then and now, post-TOG.

Happy listening!

Author Spotlight: Danielle L Jensen Feb 11, 2022

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*If you listen closely, you can hear Ava screaming in the background*

We had the opportunity to interview one of Fandomtastic's all-time favorite authors, Danielle L Jensen; ICYMI, Danielle is the author of the Bridge Kingdom series, the Dark Shores series, and the Malediction trilogy, all of which we endorse big time. In this interview, we learned all about Danielle's writing process (including the music that hypes her up for some of the badass fight scenes), a few insights about the Viking-esque book we can hopefully expect from her in the coming years, and which of her characters is the most similar to her!

We hope you enjoy this interview!

House of Sky and Theories Feb 04, 2022

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Happy Friday, Fandomtastic Fam!

Due to some brain shenanigans, this episode is late; sorry about that! But there's still enough time to listen before HOSAB comes out, and that's what we're focusing on this episode! We'll talk theories about everything from:

Threesome suspicions
The...weather?
A mental "generational gap"
And more!

January Roundup Feb 04, 2022

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Happy Friday, Fandomtastic fam!

This episode dives into everything we read during January - including the books selected for our reading challenge, including what we liked... and what we didn't. We'll also be chatting about the February reading challenge, so stay tuned!

Books Ava mentioned:

Everything here
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
Battle Royal by Lucy Parker

Books Steph mentioned:

Books by author Devney Perry (specifically Tattered and Juniper Hill)
Kiss My Cupcake by Helena Hunting
Neighbor From Hell by RL Mathewson
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

Couples Therapy Jan 21, 2022

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This episode is wholly dedicated to talking about our OTPs (and threes...and more!). Steph and Ava dive into the delights of shipping fictional characters (and some of the non-delights). Tune in to catch our OTPS, our NO-TPs, the ones we dream about and the ones that will never be (even though we wish they were...)

Event Extravaganza Jan 14, 2022

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If you've been a listener for a while, you might recall that Steph runs several bookish events and Ava...has been to a few.

Whether you're wanting to learn more about how bookish events are organized and structured, or just hoping to snag a few tips about how to make the most out of your bookish adventure, this is the episode for you! We're diving deep into bookish events, from those that are no longer around, to some that we're excited to attend this year!

Readtastic 2022 Jan 07, 2022

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Although we took this episode to explain what a reading challenge is, here's the quick and dirty: