World building, political intrigue, redemption arcs, and the comedic relief characters we'd die for! We break down what makes a fantasy book great, share our fantasy TBR, and talk fantasy vs. romantasy. Then the Go Read Sis Games are back in honor of Sunrise on the Reaping, starting with the reaping!

0:00 Welcome + the Go Read Sis Games return

1:00 Radar reads

6:33 What makes a GOOD fantasy?

7:30 World building done right

11:20 Political intrigue

15:40 Slow-burn character development

20:24 Why time jumps can be a cop-out

20:42 Side characters matter

25:00 Atmosphere + show, don't tell

28:42 Make rules and keep them

29:45 Plot twists + betrayals

31:10 Fantasy vs. romantasy

35:40 The Go Read Sis Games: Reaping!

📚 Books mentioned:The Will of the Many – James IslingtonWild Reverence – Rebecca RossElodie and the Dark Lord – Ashley PostonThe Washerwoman at the River's End – Megan ShadeEmily Wilde series – Heather FawcettLore – Alexandra BrackenMistborn – Brandon SandersonThe Cruel Prince – Holly BlackThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – V.E. SchwabCaraval & Once Upon a Broken Heart – Stephanie GarberOne Dark Window – Rachel GilligA Spark of the Everflame – Penn ColePlus Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Fourth Wing, Percy Jackson, The Night Circus, Red Queen & Divine Rivals

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Happy Halloween, book besties! 🎃 We’re starting with bookish news: Kindle Unlimited’s rebrand to Kindle+ and its new AI-narrated audiobooks, the Red Rising movie, and the casting for Violet and Xaden in Fourth Wing and January and Gus in Beach Read. Then we’re sharing our favorite Halloween traditions and spooky season movies, from Halloweentown to Zombieland. And we wrap up with a This or That game where a wrong guess means eating a Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Bean. Grass and soap were involved. We’re not okay. 😂

What are your Halloween traditions? Let us know!

Chapters:

0:00 Welcome to our Halloween special!

0:37 Bookish news: Kindle Unlimited is now Kindle+

3:42 Support your local library (Libby & Hoopla)

4:21 Red Rising is getting a movie

5:29 Fourth Wing casting: Violet & Xaden

8:14 Our honest take on the Empyrean adaptation

8:50 Beach Read casting: January & Gus

10:56 Who’s playing who

12:10 Halloween traditions & favorite movies

19:10 This or That: Bertie Bott’s Bean Challenge

28:46 The flavor card reveal 😬

30:34 Thanks for hanging out!

Enemies to lovers or "who did this to you"? Our romance trope bracket finale crowns the official Go Read Sis favorite trope! We also debut Phone a Friend, a fall edition where we pick which fictional characters we'd call for pumpkin patches, scary clowns, Thanksgiving, and more.

0:00 Welcome back + what's on deck

0:38 Current reads: Red Rising audiobook

3:10 Burn of the Everflame + husband updates

5:46 NEW segment: Phone a Friend!

18:01 Trope bracket Pt. 2 begins

27:23 The final + our #1 trope

30:13 Halloween special next week!