We're back!

A little older, wiser and with a whole new vibe. In this episode Erin and Clayton discuss where they've been, what they've been reading and why they're back!

Erin's Best Reads of 2025

These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean

Our Song by Anna Carey

You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue

The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa

Clayton's Best Reads of 2025

The Wall Marlen Haushofer

Sky Daddy by Kate Folk

Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Labato

Breaking and Entering by Joy Williams

Stainless by Todd Grimson

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Clayton & Erin return to discuss the Colleen Hoover adaptation It Ends With Us!

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This episode I chat with romance author Yulin Kuang about her debut novel How to End a Love Story, adapting romance novels for film and her writing process!

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