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Episode 1: 10 Questions with the Book Babes
Season 1, Ep. 1
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Welcome to the first episode of Book Babes Banter! This week we're doing a quick bookish Q&A so you babes can learn about us a bit better. Get ready for a journey into the world of books with your favorite Book Babes!
Q&A Questions:
- What are your top 3 books of 2023?
- From most to least favorite, rank your favorite: physical, digital and audio books.
- What's a genre you don't like and why?
- What's your favorite childhood book?
- What's your favorite type of FMC (female main character) and MMC (main male character) character?
- What's a book you wish you could send to your younger self?
- Who’s an author you won't read?
- What's a book you didn't finish and why?
- What's a book cover you love and why?
- What's a book you're looking forward to in 2024?
All Books Mentioned:
- Borgaz: How the Aliens Were Won by Honey Phillips
- Secretly Married To My Monster Alien Boss : Monster Alien Billionaire Boss Series by Vera Raye
- A Magic Steeped in Poison: The Book of Tea #1 by Judy I. Lin
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrap
- Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
- The Syndicater: Darkverse Series by RuNyx
- Audited By The Anubis: A Monster Romance: Monstrous Meet Cutes by Wendi Gogh
- The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella
- The Weather Fairies Collection by Daisy Meadows
- Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyers
- Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
- Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
- 24 Hours is All it Takes by Vivian Risi
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
- The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir
- Rouge by Mona Awad
- Daughter of the Moon Goddess: The Celestial Kingdom Series by Sue Lynn Tan
- Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan
- Sinners Atone by Somme Sketcher
- Inked By The Ithaqua: A Monster Romance by Wendi Gogh
- Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire
** Additional books mentioned in this episode but were not directly related to the Q&A
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
- A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor: Tempting Monsters #1 by Kathryn Moon
- Bridgerton Series by Julia Quinn
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins
- The Last of Us by Neil Druckmann
- 50 Shades of Grey Series by E L James
- Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
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