The Scorpio Bookshelf
A podcast about books, besties, and escaping reality. Hosted by Joaquin & Morgan.
Episodes
Book deep dive here we come! Navessa Allen's sequel to Lights Out is now out! Caught Up is a spicy, mafia romance book that will get you off but keep you sane at the same time.
This week is all about our thoughts on book 2 of this trilogy. Stick around and get aroused.
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This was such a fun trip down memory lane! We sittin' here chatting about the nostalgic tv shows and movies we watched as kids.
Even Stevens, Scooby-Doo, Suite Life of Zack and Cody - absolute BANGERS.
If you let us know your favourite shows as a kid, you're a g.
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The title is exactly what this weeks episode is all about. Everything and nothing all at once. We appreciate all of you who still be listening to our crazy and wild shit every week.
As always you can find out socials here!
This episode was SO fun for us to record and we hope you enjoy all of our fan castings as much as we did.
If you wanted to check out the slideshows of our fan castings to follow along with the podcast, you can do that here!
And as always you can catch us on socials here!
oh hello! This week we covered 3 mini topics. Being a mood reader in this book era, underrated books we love that we think don't get mentioned enough as well as books, series or authors that we are scared to get into.
We would love it if you let us know your most scared series/authors!
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This week is a little bit more of a dive into why we took our 3 week break and a whole bunch of random shit.
We want to thank anyone and everyone who still listens on a weekly basis, if you do listen to this episode and read this description, message our IG account the phrase " Hippos riding elephants" and there will be a special prize for you.
As always you can find our socials here!
whoops... Hi. It's us again... Hope you didn't forget us. We are still here and this week we are talking all about the author Q&A meet and greet book signing with Lyla Sage and Hannah Bonam-Young at the beginning of May.
This event gave us life and meaning again after being in a life funk. Thank you so much to FourLetterEvents for putting this event on.
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THIS EPISDOE WAS RECORDED ON TIKTOK LIVE AND IN PERSON!
You are all witnessing the truest form of us recording our podcast and just how weird and off-topic we can get.
Please witness us trying to categorize book villains, antagonists and random other things while being extremely hungry.
You're welcome.
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Episode 15 is us diving into the world of book tropes!
Enemies to lovers, one horse (which is a think apparently), one bed, insta lovers and more!
What is truly overused, underrated and what our favourite are to read.
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Butcher & Black Bird, Leather & Lark and Scythe & Sparrow, the 3 books in the Ruinous Love Trilogy by Brynne Weaver.
Oh man did we have a blast reading this interconnected stand-alone series. This being one of the few series that we have little to no complaints about completely tracks with how we talk about it during this weeks episode.
We do preface that this is still a DARK romance, and readers should read the trig...
Woop woop! Hoppy Easter Weekend! Playing off the childhood memories of easter, we are throwing it back this week with all the books that we grew up with and that shaped us into who we are as readers!
We also touch on some reading struggles that some people are having in believing they are not true readers! Is it the environment? Physical issues? Fatigue?
Let us know what books and series you grew up with as a kid!
This episode is just filled with the most random shit. We took on the "We listen and we don't judge" trend on Tiktok and decided to judge. Because only besties are allowed to truly judge the fucked up shit we do in our personal lives.
We apologize in advance for the things we say in this video. And if you share this with a friend to out us.... thank you, you're giving us more publicity.
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This weeks episode is a very real and honest conversation that we have together about book slumps. This is how we go about trying to get ourselves out of it, how it's affecting our life, or being caused by it.
We appreciate every single one of you, and we want you to know slumps are a part of being a reader. So if you're slumped, congratulations you are a true reader.
Let us know what you do to get out of a slump.
Now someone grab ...
WATCH YA HANDS! This here is a SPICY episode filled with hot takes, heavy opinions and -- as always -- laughter.
Episode 10 is here! Uncovering everything we found in the dark space of booktok. We barely understand what goes on this episode, so buckle up and we wish you the best of luck.
We do mention some amazing people within this episode, so if you want to check out their pages, we will list them down below here:
Lex: Tik...
Welcome to Episode 9!
This week, we're turning up the volume on all things audiobooks! The good, the bad, and the ones that made us hit stop immediately. We’re dishing on our top recommendations, our biggest voice actor icks, and what makes an audiobook truly binge-worthy.
Do you love audiobooks or loathe them? Anything about audiobooks that give you the ick? Let us know!
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Welcome to Episode 8 of The Scorpio Bookshelf!
This week’s topic is all things “special”. Special edition book subscription boxes and whether we think they are worth it, Etsy’s marketplace of handmade special copies, and the over saturation of “special” editions in the book space.
We would love to hear your thoughts on special editions of your favourite books and if you think they are getting a little too out of control.
Yeehaw! Saddle up cowboys and cowgirls -- Episode 7 is here wild and completely off the holster!
This week is all about Joaquin's DEEP dive into the Rebel Blue Ranch series by Lyla Sage off Morgan's HIGHLY recommended opinion.
Sit back, grab your adult drink of choice, and ride into the sunset with us on on our cowboy romance era.
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Welcome back to The Scorpio Bookshelf!
This weeks episode covers the never ending controversy of "Is Smut Porn?"
Age restrictions, erotica, art prints and the questionable line that everyone has are just some of the subtopics we cover this week.
We would love any of your guys' viewpoints, comments, or thoughts! Let us know where your line stands.
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Happy Friday and welcome to Episode 5 of The Scorpio Bookshelf!
This week is all about movies, tv shows and the books and worldbuilding that created them. There is a lot to unpack this episode, so grab your favourite drinks, a blanket and snuggle up while we breakdown our most important worldbuilding blocks that make a great book/series.
Let us know in the comments what books/series you think have the best and worst worldbu...
Welcome to Episode 4 of The Scorpio Bookshelf!
This week's episode is all about Onyx Storm! We're talking theories, thoughts and just screaming all things Empyrean.
Us, along with what feels like the entire world were so excited to start and finish this book. So if you have not finished Onyx Storm yet -- why not? -- but you might want to put a pin in this episode until you're done.
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