The Story Is

This is The Story is Podcast with Katie and Amanda! Papa Trope aka Charlie is back to share his Throne of Glass updates as he finished Heir of Fire, our theories on Taylor Swift’s wedding, book adaptation news at Amazon Prime Video and of course, what we’re reading! 

Time Stamps
(0:00) Intro
(0:08) Charlie’s Corner: Heir of Fire (spoilers for Throne of Glass Books 1-3)
(29:23) Our thoughts on Charlie’s hot takes (spoilers for the entirety of Throne of Glass)
(31:10) Taylor and MSG (???)
(33:57) Prime Video Summer 
(40:46) Voicemails for Isabelle
(43:35) Love Island USA S13 Thoughts
(47:45) Ariana Grande + Ricky, NYC Pride
(49:24) Gracie the giraffe
(53:05) Nona maxxing
(54:14) European Heat Wave
(1:01:23) Weekly shoutout!
(1:04:23) Katie’s Book Report: Tropesick by Lauren Okie
(1:06:04) Amanda’s Book Report: Tropesick by Lauren Okie, Helpless, Dearly Departed, Games: A Love Story
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Tropesick by Lauren Okie- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9780063479616 
Dearly Departed by Chip Pons- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9798217179558 

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We’re back in Zodiac Academy! Today we’re finishing our part 2 recap of Heartless Sky, the 7th book in the Zodiac Academy series, with chapters 31-71. We’re happy to announce we’ll be going forward with the tandem read for book 8 and book 8.5 (reading both books simultaneously). Sharing our plans at the beginning of the episode and a chapter guide below! 

Time Stamps:

(0:00) Intro
(0:08) Our plan for book 8 and 8.5
(2:22) Chapter 31 Tory
(4:04) Chapter 32 Darcy
(9:05) Chapter 33 Orion
(14:10) Chapter 34 Lionel
(20:37) Chapter 35 Max
(23:09) Chapter 36 Darius
(26:36) Chapter 37 Seth
(27:21) Chapter 38 Orion
(28:52) Chapter 39 Caleb
(32:45) Chapter 40 Seth
(34:38) Chapter 41
(40:14) Chapter 42 Gabriel
(41:14) Chapter 43 Xavier
(43:03) Chapter 44 Geraldine
(44:08) Chapter 45 Lionel
(45:50) Chapter 46 Darcy
(49:11) Chapter 47 Darius
(50:53) Chapter 48 Orion
(51:47) Chapter 49 Caleb
(54:07) Chapter 50 Seth
(55:48) Chapter 51 Tory
(57:58) Chapter 52 Orion
(58:25) Chapter 53 Darius
(1:01:24) Chapter 54 Caleb
(1:02:12) Chapter 55 Darcy
(1:02:49) Chapter 56 Darius
(1:03:13) Chapter 57 Xavier
(1:04:06) Chapter 58 Darius
(1:05:26) Chapter 59 Darcy
(1:09:00) Chapter 60 Tory
(1:11:11) Chapter 61 Geraldine
(1:12:00) Chapter 62 Seth
(1:13:03) Chapter 63 Darcy
(1:13:35) Chapter 64 Tory
(1:14:24) Chapter 65 Max
(1:16:39) Chapter 66 Darius
(1:19:49) Chapter 67 Orion
(1:25:18) Chapter 68 Catalina
(1:27:50) Chapter 69 Tory
(1:28:18) Chapter 70 Gabriel
(1:29:24) Chapter 71 Tory
(1:32:36) Predictions for the future and overall book thoughts

Tandem Read Guide- Credit to @Thatgrlreads, @nancys_romancerealm, and @honeyy.fae. https://www.instagram.com/p/DNdooKvAcAs/?img_index=3

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Ruthless Boys: 
Dark Fae: ⁠⁠https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425158⁠ 
Savage Fae: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425165⁠ 
Vicious Fae: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425172 
Broken Fae: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425189 
Warrior Fae: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425196 

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It’s The Story Is Podcast with Katie and Amanda! This week we’re discussing book threads controversies: are big words ableist, Sierra Simone’s devil artwork, arcs vs. preorders, and Icebreaker’s Netflix adaption. And more!

Time Stamps
(0:00) Intro
(0:08) Catch up
(0:37) Travis Kelce bachelor party 
(3:20) Dua Lipa and Callum Turner wedding photos
(20:41) Tom Holland + Zendaya are officially married
(23:21) Las Culturistas Awards
(29:52) The Obama Presidential library + a yee yee moment
(54:50) Book Report: “big” words in books, Sierra Simone artwork, Icebreaker adaptation, Love Hypothesis Sep 23rd, Shatter Me adaptation, Peyton Corinne arcs vs. preorders
(1:25:27) Amanda’s Book Report: Tropesick, Helpless, and Down to Earth
(1:28:47) Katie’s Book Report: The Open Era, Tentacles and Triathalons, and Dearly Departed
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Tropesick by Lauren Okie- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9780063479616 
Helpless by Jessica Knowles- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781668062302 
Down to Earth 813- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9798893311464 
Open Era by Edward Schmit- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9780593956779 
Tentacles and Triathalons by Ashley Bennett- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9780593956991 
Dearly Departed by Chip Pons- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9798217179558 

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We’re back in Zodiac Academy! Today we’re starting book 7 of the series and covering chapter 1-30. Next week we will cover chapter 31-end of the book! We’ve heard your feedback on the tandem read for 8 and 8.5 and are still trying to figure out if we’d like to or not… we’ll keep you updated! 
Time Stamps:
(0:00) Intro
(0:50) chapter 1 Darcy
(4:39) chapter 2 Tory
(5:56) chapter 3 Lionel
(9:29) chapter 4 Orion
(13:25) chapter 5 darcy
(14:24) chapter 6 Caleb
(21:20) chapter 7 Darcy 
(23:01) chapter 8 Tory
25:09 chapter 9 Darcy
(29:47) chapter 10 Orion
(36:08) chapter 11 
(39:00) Chapter 12 Xavier
(39:59) Chapter 13 Darius
(40:54) Chapter 14 Xavier
(43:43) Chapter 15 Tory
(44:40) Chapter 16 Geraldine
(45:30) Chapter 17 Seth
(47:27) Chapter 18 Lionel
(49:03) Chapter 19 Xavier
(50:59) Chapter 20 Tory
(52:00) Chapter 21 Darcy 
(53:08) Chapter 22 Caleb 
(54:26) Chapter 23 Tory
(1:00:24) Chapter 24 Max
(1:02:14) Chapter 25 Orion
(1:03:08) Chapter 26 Darius
(1:03:35) Chapter 27 Caleb
(1:06:17) Chapter 28 Darcy
(1:08:20) Chapter 29 Tory
(1:12:08) Chapter 30 Darcy
(1:16:25) Final thoughts 
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Ruthless Boys: 
Dark Fae: ⁠⁠https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425158⁠ 
Savage Fae: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425165⁠ 
Vicious Fae: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425172 
Broken Fae: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425189 
Warrior Fae: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781914425196 

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It’s The Story Is Podcast with Katie and Amanda! This week we’re sharing our experience about meeting Brynne Weaver and Nikki Payne, romance book announcements, and sports?!

Time Stamps
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Trope Tries Treats?
(7:00) Sporty Spice moment (Knicks, Canes, and World Cup)
(27:06) Ariana Grande, Keke Palmer, Love Island,
(35:45) Meeting Nikki Payne and Brynne Weaver
(43:30) Book Report: New Emily Henry, AH2 x Rachel Reid collab, Sierra Simone, Max Monroe, Victoria Wilder and Elizabeth Helen are coming to Trope! Off Campus S2 filming
(59:41) Amanda’s Book Report: Zodiac Academy, You Won’t Forget Me by Mazey Eddings
(1:01:29) Katie’s Book Report: Fury Bound by Sable Sorenson
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Fury Bound by Sable Sorenson- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9780316610940 
Student Union by Julie Murphy- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781250428240 
Rites of The Starling by Devney Perry- https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781682816752 
Zodiac Academy #5 Cursed Fates: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781916926073 
Zodiac Academy #6 Fated Throne: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9781916926080 
Open Era by Edward Schmit: https://bookshop.org/a/113990/9780593956779 

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