Ep. 10 | Cancer Catfish, Review Bombing, & Who Saves the Hero?

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07/07/23 • 31 min

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Segment 1: Cancer Catfish - An author in the sapphic community fakes a terminal illness, lies to her fiancée, and commits medical fraud (allegedly).

Segment 2: Review Bombing. What happens when a bunch of people band together to give a book poor reviews? Who is the target?

New Drinking Game Alert: Take a shot for every time I say "review bomb" in this episode.

Section 3: A short story written by Lauren Roach aka The Booky Babe called "Who Saves the Hero?" This story was inspired by one of the host's favorite shows: Station 19!

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Segment 1: Cancer Catfish - An author in the sapphic community fakes a terminal illness, lies to her fiancée, and commits medical fraud (allegedly).

Segment 2: Review Bombing. What happens when a bunch of people band together to give a book poor reviews? Who is the target?

New Drinking Game Alert: Take a shot for every time I say "review bomb" in this episode.

Section 3: A short story written by Lauren Roach aka The Booky Babe called "Who Saves the Hero?" This story was inspired by one of the host's favorite shows: Station 19!

Make sure you like and follow this podcast! Leave me a review so I know it's real! Also, follow Lauren's Library podcast on Instagram or follow The Booky Babe on Instagram and Tik Tok

Love you all! Thank you for tuning in!

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Ep. 9 | Bully Booktok, Yellowface by RF Kuang, and My Killer Roommate

Section 1: Bully Booktok. A new booktok user has entered the chat. Zachtalksbooks has recently joined Tik Tok and some of the girlies are not happy. See why.

Section 2: Yellowface by RF Kuang. This book was the talk of the town for a little while so I absolutely had to try it. Let's chat about it.

Section 3: A short story written by Lauren Roach aka The Booky Babe called "My Killer Roommate"

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Ep. 11 | Authors Who Stalk Reviewers, Books that Changed Me, & Retribution

Segment 1: Authors Who Stalk Reviewers - A book reviewers worst nightmare: when Authors go after their reviewers when they don't like their ratings.

Segment 2: 4 Books that Changed My Life. I read a-lot. (duh) and I end up taking something from everything I read, but these four books changed my life. Let's talk about them.

New Drinking Game Alert: Take a shot for every time I say "anyway" in this episode.

Section 3: A short story written by Lauren Roach aka The Booky Babe called "Retribution" This story was inspired by a random Reddit thread I found one day. I put my own spin on it and here we are! Should I make it a full novel? Let me know!

Make sure you like and follow this podcast! Leave me a review so I know it's real! Also, follow Lauren's Library podcast on Instagram or follow The Booky Babe on Instagram and Tik Tok

Love you all! Thank you for tuning in!