On AH Side Note
Amy and Hailey have been friends since third grade. Tune in every week to hear them chat about books and other lifestyle topics. Follow on Instagram (@onAHsidenote) to stay up to date on the latest! Send your questions, thoughts or anything you'd like to share to haileys.amyt@gmail.com
Episodes
April 29, 2025 • 33 mins
Today we are recapping our 2025 quarter 1 reading journey! This year has seen a lot of change for us and we are so excited to share our thoughts with you all. We are finally in a reading high and Amy has seen a change in her reading habits due to her new kindle. Tune in to hear more about how we've hacked the reading system.
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April 15, 2025 • 29 mins
Do you ever wish you liked a book more than you actually did? Unfortunately, that was Amy's experience while reading today's book. Don't Hex and Drive by Juliette Cross is the second book in a paranormal romance series about a family of witches. Tune in to join our discussion about why we think Amy didn't like this sweet urban mystery fantasy. On the other hand, I found it surprisingly delightful! Let us know what you thought!...
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April 1, 2025 • 38 mins
We've been on a reading grind and we're back with another book review! Today we're discussing Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli, an enemies-to-lovers YA fantasy novel. Thank you BookTok because this book was a fantastic read! We chat about what we enjoyed, sing the praises of duologies, and try to think of sequels we enjoyed. Of course, any time sequels come up we have to talk about Iron Flame. Somehow we end up comparing...
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March 18, 2025 • 23 mins
Today we are stepping out of our comfort zone with our review of Breakfast at the Honey Creek Cafe by Jodi Thomas. This is a contemporary romance about a small town in Texas where the mayor finds herself in a little bit of trouble. We went into this novel with many expectations and were woefully incorrect. Tune in to listen to our review and hear Amy's ideas on how it could have been better written!
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March 4, 2025 • 31 mins
Today, we are reviewing When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker. This is a fantasy romance that was suggested by booktok for being similar to Fourth Wing. However, both Amy and I agree that opinion may have been exaggerated. And that is one of the few things that we agree on about this book. Tune in to find out more! Whether you enjoyed this book or not, you will agree with at least one of us.
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February 18, 2025 • 32 mins
Happy Tuesday everyone! Today, Amy and I are giving a quick recap into what we've been reading recently, followed by a review of I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang, a classic academic rivals to lovers YA novel that is one of Amy's 5-star reads. We also talk about how underrated YA books are and discuss a couple examples of our favorite YA reads. Let us know if you agree!
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February 4, 2025 • 29 mins
In today's episode we are recapping Amy's 2024 reads! This is the year of the spreadsheet and we are loving it. Tune in to hear Amy's five star reads, total books read, average rating, and so much more!
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January 21, 2025 • 29 mins
We are back in 2025 with a book review of Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig. This is the sequel to One Dark Window that we reviewed in December. If you haven't checked that episode out, go give it a listen! This is the final book in the duology and we heard that it is even better than the first book. Come find out if we agree with that analysis and how we cope with the multiple POVs (FOUR!!).
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December 31, 2024 • 32 mins
Goodbye 2024! Join us in reviewing our Spotify wrapped and looking at which episodes you guys loved this year! We were quite surprised to find out our most listened to episode in 2024. We wanted to say thank you to everyone supporting us and Welcome 2025. Many more book reviews to come!
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December 17, 2024 • 30 mins
In February, we picked out a "blind date with a book" and we are finally getting around to reviewing it! In Five Years by Rebecca Serle is about Danie who thinks she has her life planned out perfectly. She is working towards her dream job and she is dating the love of her life. Little does she know that a dream is about to turn everything upside down. This story is about love and, most importantly, the kind of friendship that ...
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December 3, 2024 • 30 mins
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig is a YA fantasy about a kingdom that is being overrun by a magical fog that is pulling people away from their homes and one girl's quest to save everybody and her herself from the monster within. In this episode, we break down our reviews, the magical system, if we'll read the sequel, and other YA books that we've liked.
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November 19, 2024 • 25 mins
We are back with another book review! The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston is a time travel romance that touches on grief and finding yourself after loss. It is an incredibly heartwarming book that will make you fall in love with reading and life. Tune in to hear our review and listen to Hailey contemplate the logistics of slipping seven years into the past/present.
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October 22, 2024 • 39 mins
Sometimes you find yourself in a never-ending cycle of reading good books, but then you stumble upon one that reignites your joy of reading. Join us as we chat about a couple books that we've been reading that happen to fit quite well into this spoooky season. We also chat about wanting to stay educated, Amy's new love for Facebook marketplace, Hailey's constant dilemma of are all books good, margin preference, Onyx Storm anno...
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September 24, 2024 • 28 mins
Welcome to our analysis of various TikTok stories that have been plaguing us. Today we're starting with the debate that has divided BookTok on if it is okay to give a bad review on books. Then, we jump into the It Ends With Us drama that has taken the internet by storm. We finish with a discussion about the trend that celebrities seem to be growing tired of the fame and how social media humanizes those who used to seem unattai...
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September 3, 2024 • 32 mins
We're starting September off right with a bit of a supernatural book review. Today we are reviewing Vicious by V.E. Schwab. This novel centers around two friends with a thesis proposal that extraordinary humans can be created in extreme situations and how their experiments to discover the truth changed their lives forever. Come join us for a very interesting discussion on the characters, their supernatural abilities, and if we...
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July 30, 2024 • 40 mins
This week's book review is Funny Story by Emily Henry. As you may know, we are Emily Henry fans! Come and join us as we chat about our review, our thoughts about the characters, and what we didn't like. We contemplate why we don't agree with booktok, Emily Henry's book adaptations, and Amy has a BIG surprise regarding Goodreads giveaways!!
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July 16, 2024 • 38 mins
Have you ever wondered how people read hundreds of books a year? Well Amy has and today we are speculating on how that might be possible. Spoiler - we're thinking audiobooks. Come join us as we discuss how we might be able to become audiobook listeners, what we've been reading, and much more!
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July 2, 2024 • 27 mins
Welcome back to another book review! Today we will be talking about Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson. This is a suspenseful, crime fiction novel about a murder on a train during a crime-writing festival. The author specifically tries to give the reader clues on who the murderer is. Come find out if we were able to guess correctly!
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June 18, 2024 • 39 mins
Do you ever watch a TikTok and want to listen to someone's totally irrelevant opinion on the subject? Well today's your lucky day! In this episode, we are going to be discussing topics from Hailey's accumulation of random points that have peaked her interest. This includes the lobster partnership breakdown, sriracha shortage, Reb Lobster closure, recent celebrity breakups and divorce, capitalism, ethics of billionaires, and th...
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June 4, 2024 • 40 mins
Today's book review is on Powerless by Lauren Roberts, a young adult fantasy novel about a competition called the Purging Trials where the chosen have the opportunity to earn glory. We discuss our ratings, our feelings on the author's plot line, the prequel, what we just finished reading, and Emily Henry's Funny Story release.
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