The Books That Tricked Us

Episode Summary

In honor of April Fool’s Day, we’re talking about the ways books can trick you—the good and the bad—and sharing the books that tricked us! WARNING: Because of some of the bookish topics, this isn't an episode to listen to with your kids in the car. ;)

Highlights: 

• The worst prank Dawn experienced
• Why Roni can’t hear the 80s song “Don’t Treat Me Bad” without having prank flashbacks
• Good twists vs. bad twists
• Books that switch genres on you
• Misleading book covers
• Secondary plots that take over
• The “It was all a dream…” Dallas cliche
• Dawn’s fraught relationship with Nicholas Sparks
• The book that didn’t play fair (in our opinions)
• URNs and the Gone Girl effect
• Non-fiction can trick us too!
• Book expectations vs. the reality - why the mismatch?
• Horror vs. thriller
• Great books that tricked us
• RAD Reading Recs of the week
• Roni’s written a steamy story for a charity anthology to help Ukraine, pre-order Nightingale today!

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