RAD Reading Podcast
Episode #20
Episode Title: Books That Tricked Us
Release Date: April 1, 2022
Episode Summary
In honor of April Fool’s Day, we’re talking about the ways books can trick you—the good and the bad—and sharing the books that tricked us! Warning: Because of some of the bookish topics, this isn't an episode to listen to with your kids in the car. ;)
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Highlights:
The worst prank Dawn experienced
Why Roni can’t hear the 80s song “Don’t Treat Me Bad” without having prank flashbacks
Good twists vs. bad twists
Books that switch genres on you
Misleading book covers
Secondary plots that take over
The “It was all a dream…” Dallas cliche
Dawn’s fraught relationship with Nicholas Sparks
The book that didn’t play fair (in our opinions)
URNs and the Gone Girl effect
Non-fiction can trick us too!
Book expectations vs. the reality - why the mismatch?
Horror vs. thriller
Great books that tricked us
RAD Reading Recs of the week
Roni’s written a steamy story for a charity anthology to help Ukraine, pre-order Nightingale today!
Episode spoilers ahead
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*Note: all book links are affiliate links which means the podcast makes a small commission if you make a purchase, but there is no extra cost to you!
Books mentioned (Note, some of these are recommendations, some are ones whose “tricks” didn’t work for us. Listen to find out which!)
High Five by Stephanie Plum
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Roommate by Rosie Danaan
Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple
56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
Four-Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Fantastic Land by Mike Bockoven
No Exit by Taylor Adams
Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
In My Dreams, I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
Ten by Gretchen McNeil
Other things mentioned:
The Strangers movie
No Exit movie
RAD Reading Recs of the Week:
Nomad by S.M. West (Dawn’s rec)
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle on audio (Roni’s rec)
Roni’s in a charity anthology for the Ukraine - pre-order your copy for a good cause!
Find us online:
Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram
Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram
Another note: Because we are both in the publishing industry, sometimes the books we recommend might be by an author we know personally, an author who shares a publisher, editor, or agent with Roni, or an author whom Dawn has edited. Publishing is a small world, so that will happen from time to time. However, we guarantee that we only recommend books we love. We have not been asked to promote any of these books and none are paid ads. However, some books we review may be ARCs (advanced reading copies provided by publishers to reviewers for honest reviews.)