Sep 30, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min · 13 segments
Time to get on the hype train (or off if you're us). This week, Eliza and Hana discuss books they think are overhyped, as well as cover popular books the internet has deemed overhyped. They also…
All right, should we do September reading-
Update
... wrap?
It, I say, I say wrap, update, because-
Update
... we've still got, like, a week of September left for us.
Thank God.
Maybe I can read some fucking books.
[laughs]
Um.
Yeah, how many have you read this month?
Uh, to be honest, like seven.
[laughs] Uh.
We've had a bad reading month, and we've read seven.
I've read five, but I did just spend the better part of two weeks reading a book that is over 800 pages.
That's crazy.
Do you wanna go first?
Uh, yeah, sure.
I have read, so obviously I started this month, you would've heard in the last episode, I have read The Night and the Moth, reread The Night and the Moth.
Yes.
And also read The Name of the Moon, which was our reading challenge book for this month.
We won't talk about it all that much in this episode because we-
We did spoil this
... talked extensively last episode about it, but great, excellent, five stars.
I, see, this is very interesting because I said this to great controversy when I was hanging out with Jess last week, where the more I've thought about it, the more I dislike the parts I disliked, and I'm seriously dropping my rating.
All right, should we do September reading-
Update
... wrap?
It, I say, I say wrap, update, because-
Update
... we've still got, like, a week of September left for us.
Thank God.
Maybe I can read some fucking books.
[laughs]
Um.
Yeah, how many have you read this month?
Uh, to be honest, like seven.
[laughs] Uh.
We've had a bad reading month, and we've read seven.
I've read five, but I did just spend the better part of two weeks reading a book that is over 800 pages.
That's crazy.
Do you wanna go first?
Uh, yeah, sure.
I have read, so obviously I started this month, you would've heard in the last episode, I have read The Night and the Moth, reread The Night and the Moth.
Yes.
And also read The Name of the Moon, which was our reading challenge book for this month.
We won't talk about it all that much in this episode because we-
We did spoil this
... talked extensively last episode about it, but great, excellent, five stars.
I, see, this is very interesting because I said this to great controversy when I was hanging out with Jess last week, where the more I've thought about it, the more I dislike the parts I disliked, and I'm seriously dropping my rating.
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