#034 | Rapid Reviews: 30 second mini book reviews

Welcome back to Rants and Reviews! We're super excited to be getting back into recording podcast episodes for you guys, and have a really fun season lined up! In today's episode, the first of season 4, we're taking 5 books each that we've read between seasons 3 and 4 and try to give you a synopsis and a review. There's a catch though; we only have 30 seconds per book. Get ready for some terrible plot-telling and a whole lot of hilarity.

#026 | Foodie Fiction: Books that make us hungry

You’d better go get some snacks, because in this episode we’re taking all about food; those books that make your mouth water all the way through the book. You know the ones. We’re talking about our favourites and even have some recipe book shout outs.

#025 | Stalled Series: Series we haven't finished

Welcome back to Rants and Reviews! In this week’s episode we’re taking a look back at some of the series that we’ve started over the years but for whatever reason have yet to finish. Keep listening to find out which contemporary series Sophie needs to keep reading, and which books Anjali needs to read before their upcoming movie releases.

#24 | Magical Moments: Talking all things magic!

Welcome to the second episode of season three! We're celebrating Halloween on this episode, and getting spooky with one of our favourite things: magic! Stay tuned to find out some of our favourite magical books.

#23 | Future Fiction: Books we're looking forward to in the next six months

We’re very excited to be kicking off season three, and we hope you’re ready for another great season of book chatter. In our first episode of the season, we’re taking a look at the next six months and share some of the books being released by authors we already know and love, and a few from authors whose books we’ve never read. Stay tuned to find out which books we chose!

#021 | Chapter Complete: Wrapping up the last six months

Welcome to the last episode of season two! Today we're wrapping up the last 6 months of 2019. We chat about how our reading challenges are going, and our favourite books of the year. Stick around for a whole lot of recommendations!

#019 | Frustrating Fiction: Books we found incredibly disappointing

Sometimes you’ll read a book that won’t quite live up to expectations. In this episode we’re chatting about the books that we’ve found disappointing. Stay tuned to find out what we’ve put on our lists, and be warned; there’s quite a few, so buckle up!

#018 | TBR Towers: 10 books that have been on our TBR piles for too long

Welcome to episode 18 of Rants and Reviews! Today we’re talking all about our TBR pile, and those books that have been sitting on the pile for years, even though we really want to read them. Stay tuned to find out our top five!

#017 | Accio Alphabet: The N - Z of the Harry Potter world

Welcome back to our Harry Potter alphabet episode, part 2. We’re continuing on from episode 15 by picking up where we left off halfway through the alphabet. Sophie kicks us off with N and while we have a hard time near the end of the alphabet, we get there in the end. Stay tuned to hear about some of fantastical, magical aspects of the wizarding world from N through to Z.

#016 | Stupendous Schwab: Anjali and Sophie discuss Victoria Schwab's books

If you’ve listened to an episode of Rants and Reviews before you may have heard us rave about the darker shade of magic series by Victoria "VE" Schwab. Stick around cuz we’re talking about that and more in today's episode!

#015 | Accio Alphabet: The A - M of the Harry Potter world

It’s time for another Harry Potter episode! In this episode, we run through the alphabet and share some of the great aspects of the wizarding world for each letter. Keep listening to find out which creature was chosen for C, how many things we could think of for J, and enjoy possibly our longest running inside joke ever. And don’t worry; we’re only talking about A to M today so let’s get straight into it.

#014 | Cute Couples: Our favourite couples & friends in fiction

‘Okay, Okay’. ‘As you wish.’ ‘You’re my person.’ All famous round the book world for being catchphrases of beloved couples and adored best friends. But are these our favourite couples? Stay tuned to find out!

Episode 13 | Brothers' Books: We chat about John Green and Hank Green novels

How many Katherine’s did Colin date? What was it that April found on a busy city street? And what is it that Augustus can’t fathom into constellations? We discuss it all in this week’s episode of Rants and Reviews by chatting about the novels written by both John Green and Hank Green; which ones were our favourites, which ones haven’t read yet and which ones surprised us.

Episode 012 | Take Two: Kicking off Season 2 with 2019 goals

Welcome back to Season Two! We’re back with more fun, more action, and so many more books. There’s a lot to get into today, so let’s get started!

#010 | Fantastic Finale: Wrapping up the year

Hello internet! Welcome to our last episode in season one of Rants and Reviews. In this episode, we’re taking a look at the year just past, and have a chat about how we did on our Goodreads Challenge, which were our favourite books of the year, and which ones we didn’t really enjoy. We also start our own mini book club and pick a book for the other person to read while we take a break. Stay tuned to find out which books we chose!

#009 Movie Musings: Talking movie adaptations

Welcome to our second to last episode of season, and today we’re going to the movies. We’re talking all about the books that were better than the movie, the shocking movies that were better than books, and the books we’d love to be turned into movies.

#008 Savvy Storytellers: All About Rainbow Rowell

Hello podcast listeners. Welcome to Rants and Reviews. In this episode we discuss all things Rainbow Rowell, and dive into the stories we love, the ones we weren’t so keen on, why we like her young adult novels more than her adult ones and, most importantly, how to pronounce her last name.

#007 Happy Halloween: Spooky, peculiar and unfortunate books.

Happy Halloween, and welcome to Rants and Reviews! Are you ready for the spooky goodness? It’s a pretty long episode, so let’s get straight into it!

#006 | Blogger’s Bookshelf: Guests Erin and Ria chat about book blogging

Hello book lovers! On this episode of Rants and Reviews Sophie and I continue our chat with our friends Erin and Ria from England. This time we're discussing the collaborative book blog that they created and run together, Blogger’s Bookshelf. As well as chatting about BB, we ask a few book blogging questions and see if our answers differ. Stay tuned to find out!

Episode #005 | Overseas Opinions: Guests Erin and Ria share their favourite books

(0:00) Welcome to another episode of Rants and Reviews. Are you sick of our voices yet? Well don’t you worry, we have two special guests with us this episode, so you don’t have to just listen to us. Erin and Ria are fellow book lovers and internet friends of ours. Once we got past the technical difficulties we had a lot of fun. Stay tuned to see how it went!

(0:40) Ria blogs at Thoroughly Modern Millennial and is a co-creator of Blogger’s Bookshelf.

(0:59) Erin blogs at A Natural Detour, as well as co-running Blogger’s Bookshelf.