Oct 29, 2026 · 1 hr 59 min · 11 segments
If you've been part of Booktok/Bookstagram/Book Threads or the Bookish Community at large for even five minutes, you've probably seen or heard about author spaces and reader spaces. Well, good news…
are we talking about how shall we shall we hop to the tea about book there's more book events tea after we put everyone on a pip last week yeah that was
neat
like
so
I know nothing that's been going on, so this is all going to be news to me.
Yeah, well, I was going to kind of – Jesus.
I was going to kind of catch you up on that, Kat, and the fact that, you know, last week while you were indisposed, we had recorded about the bookish events and that we put them all on a PIP.
And I know that you're kind of new-ish to the corporate jargon, but in case you didn't know, a PIP is a performance improvement plan.
Oh my
god, I've been seeing that everywhere at work and trying so hard to figure out what that was.
Well, now you know.
The millennial stim had to come out.
Sorry.
So we made it a point last week to say that all of the bookish events were on a pip because they are fucking up.
And this week is not any better.
There was like uh there was another one that went on like a racist fucking tirade or some shit i don't even know no
no that was partially a bookshop that apparently also has enough there's one in georgia and there's one in new jersey to be very clear the um
I want to give everyone the correct name of the shop because I followed them on purpose, but I also sent this to Lisa.
Yeah.
Romance Books, a romance bookshop in New Jersey is not affiliated with the one in Georgia.
So they are not a problem here.
um additionally the um specific um event and we are gonna put i'm sorry you you do stupid shit you win stupid prizes we're calling you out by name it is the um romance author reader events that has been throwing an absolute bullshit fit apparently today um
are we talking about how shall we shall we hop to the tea about book there's more book events tea after we put everyone on a pip last week yeah that was
neat
like
so
I know nothing that's been going on, so this is all going to be news to me.
Yeah, well, I was going to kind of – Jesus.
I was going to kind of catch you up on that, Kat, and the fact that, you know, last week while you were indisposed, we had recorded about the bookish events and that we put them all on a PIP.
And I know that you're kind of new-ish to the corporate jargon, but in case you didn't know, a PIP is a performance improvement plan.
Oh my
god, I've been seeing that everywhere at work and trying so hard to figure out what that was.
Well, now you know.
The millennial stim had to come out.
Sorry.
So we made it a point last week to say that all of the bookish events were on a pip because they are fucking up.
And this week is not any better.
There was like uh there was another one that went on like a racist fucking tirade or some shit i don't even know no
no that was partially a bookshop that apparently also has enough there's one in georgia and there's one in new jersey to be very clear the um
I want to give everyone the correct name of the shop because I followed them on purpose, but I also sent this to Lisa.
Yeah.
Romance Books, a romance bookshop in New Jersey is not affiliated with the one in Georgia.
So they are not a problem here.
um additionally the um specific um event and we are gonna put i'm sorry you you do stupid shit you win stupid prizes we're calling you out by name it is the um romance author reader events that has been throwing an absolute bullshit fit apparently today um
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