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Burn or Blurb: Reader Spicy Takes

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Release Date: 02/27/2026

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We're taking it back to the characters we met in our youth who served as our literary spring awakening, those first tingles of romantic love. We share ours - YOU ARE NOT READY FOR KNOX'S - and we share many of yours. Which character got your motor running for the first time? Your heart race? Your blood boil (complimentary)? for FREE dollars Our Patreon: Our Instagram: 

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In this episode series, Odd Reader Out, one or two of your Shelf Respect hosts will take a literary concept the other host or hosts are unfamiliar with and attempt to entice them into jumping on the bandwagon. In this installment, Knox is walking Erin and Jamie through one of his favorite reading experiences: short stories.  Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates ()  by Knox McCoy by Knox McCoy by Erin Moon Knox's Substack: Erin's Substack: by Raymond Carver by Lauren Groff Preorder by Joyce Carol Oates  by Flannery O'Connor by Shirley Jackson...

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Spring has sprung and we're tackling all the new books coming out in April, May, and June of 2026. Get your TBRs ready. Leave us a review on or . Five stars, please and thank you. (Even if that's not where you listen. No rules, just right.) Our on (this isn't just to get your money. It's so you're not spoiled in the show notes) about Erin's upcoming Common Ground Pilgrimage trip for Hamnet. by Ann Patchett by Virginia Evans by Yann Martel by John Chu by Emma Straub Our Patreon:  Our Instagram:  Knox McCoy on   Erin Moon on Jamie B. Golden on What's your spring...

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We draw for spots and snake draft the worst (OR BEST) toxic fictional romances. These are love stories where suffering is marketed as soulmates. Our Bookshop Shop: Toxic Romance Snake Draft Our Patreon:  Our Instagram:  Knox McCoy on   Erin Moon on Jamie B. Golden on

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We collected spicy takes from readers on Instagram and we decide whether those opinions will be burned or blurbed.  Join 3,300+ Hardbacks on Patreon. Those readers get exclusive episodes like our Shelf Reflections series where we talk about what we’ve been reading, Building a Literary Villain, Odd Reader Out where two of us explain an unfamiliar concept to the third. Plus, our 2025 Book Superlatives and much more. Two exclusive episodes added every month. Use code BATEDBREATH now through March 6 to save 90% on your first month of Hardbacks. That’s only $0.70 at .  by...

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Welcome to the first public episode of Shelf Respect. We've been doing this for six months over on Patreon and now it's time to have the best of both worlds. We'll have new free episodes twice monthly. This is a Snake Draft episode where the three of us slither through all the words and phrases we'd like to remove from all future books. All our book lists are always found on . Support indie shops! Our Patreon: Our Instagram: Knox McCoy on   Erin Moon on Jamie B. Golden on

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This is a an example of our premium content you can find on our Shelf Respect . *originaly published in October, 2025 We asked our Hardbacks to air their grievances about fiction and they answered. LOUDLY AND WITH FEELING. They shared the details, big and small, they despise in a novel. In this episode, we feature some of their complaints, as well as share a few of our own. And there's a kerfuffle about short stories. Mentions: by Cecilia Grant by Senlinyu by R. F. Kuang by Hannah Brown by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah by Laurie Gilmore by Larry McMurty in Thomasville, GA ...

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Join us as we unpack why we launched another podcast, who we are as readers, which books define us, and what to expect at Shelf Respect. *originally published in September, 2025 (Elizabethe Montgomery) Is  hot? Is our beloved  a friend of this show? app On Our Free Little Library on 

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We collected spicy takes from readers on Instagram and we decide whether those opinions will be burned or blurbed. 

Join 3,300+ Hardbacks on Patreon. Those readers get exclusive episodes like our Shelf Reflections series where we talk about what we’ve been reading, Building a Literary Villain, Odd Reader Out where two of us explain an unfamiliar concept to the third. Plus, our 2025 Book Superlatives and much more. Two exclusive episodes added every month.

Use code BATEDBREATH now through March 6 to save 90% on your first month of Hardbacks. That’s only $0.70 at patreon.com/shelfrespect.