Podcast Episodes

We Review Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott (with Ashley from @ifitwasabook)

Season 4 Episode 7

Join Ashley, from If It Was a Book, and Jenessa as they discuss Five Feet Apart by Rachel Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry, and Tobias Iaconis.

This book wa…

1 year, 2 months ago

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We Watched How Stella Got Her Groove Back (with Alyssa from @stories.and.spoilers.podcast)

Season 4 Episode 6

Alyssa and Jenessa discuss the 90s classic starring Angela Bassett and Taye Diggs, How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

Follow Alyssa and her podcast, Stor…

1 year, 3 months ago

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We Review How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (with Alyssa from @stories.and.spoilers.podcast)

Season 4 Episode 5

Alyssa returns to help us dive into the tropical romance, How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan. 

We discuss the age gap featured and what …

1 year, 3 months ago

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We Watched Mickey 17 (with Marissa)

Season 4 Episode 4

Marissa joins us to discuss the 2025 sci-fi film, Mickey 17, directed by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson.

We discuss how cute the creepers …

1 year, 3 months ago

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We Read Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton (with Marissa)

Season 4 Episode 3

Marissa joins us to discuss Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton.

We discuss the Ship of Theseus, the pros and cons of space travel, and how much we enjoyed the …

1 year, 3 months ago

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We Watched Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (with Delaney)

Season 4 Episode 2

Delaney joins us to dive into the 2016 film directed by Tim Burton, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. 

This film is known to be controversi…

1 year, 4 months ago

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We Started a Patreon!

We started a Patreon! Patreon.com/ReadtheBookFirst

"Why did you start a Patreon?" you may be asking. Well, it's a one woman show over here. Just me, m…

1 year, 4 months ago

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We Read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (with Delaney)

Season 4 Episode 1

Welcome to Season 4 of Read the Book First! We are so excited for this season's episodes!

Delaney returns to help us dive into Miss Peregrine's Home f…

1 year, 4 months ago

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We Watched the Wild Robot (with Amanda)

Season 3 Episode 21

It's our Season 3 finale! Join Amanda and Jenessa as they discuss the Oscar nominated film, The Wild Robot.

Season 4 is in the works and will begin la…

1 year, 5 months ago

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We Review The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (with Amanda)

Season 3 Episode 20

It's our last book episode of Season 3!

Amanda joins us to discuss The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. This chapter book was one of my favorite books I rea…

1 year, 6 months ago

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