Episode Breakdown: A Literary Sleepover with Samantha Brinn!
Grab your fuzzy socks and favorite snacks, book besties, because this episode is like finding a forgotten Lisa Frank folder full of bookish goodness!
Samantha Brinn crashed our literary sleepover to spill the tea on her debut novel 'Because of You' and the upcoming sequel that has us more excited than a trip to Blockbuster on a Friday night!
We played "Dream Cast" faster than you can say "Teen Choice Awards," and let's just say, if this book were a movie, it'd be a total box office smash!
But wait, there's more! We dished about:
• The childhood friends-to-lovers trope (more classic than scrunchies, am I right?)
• Side characters that are giving major Pacey Witter vibes
• Samantha's writing process (spoiler: it involves Cheez-Its and Diet Pepsi!)
• A possible novella that has us more psyched than finding an unread Sweet Valley High book!
We even played Two Truths and a Lie, and let me tell you, Samantha's got more tricks up her sleeve than Sabrina the Teenage Witch!
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Key Takeaways (aka What We Learned at This Slumber Party):
1. 'Because of You' is about four BFFs starting a law firm (Elle Woods would be so proud!)
2. Samantha's books are like a warm hug from your favorite 90s rom-com
3. The childhood friends-to-lovers trope is Samantha's jam (spread it on toast, it's that good!)
4. Side characters in this book are more developed than our old Tamagotchis
5. There might be a novella coming (fingers crossed harder than waiting for *NSYNC to reunite!)
6. Samantha's go-to writing fuel: Cheez-Its and Diet Pepsi (a combo more iconic than Cher and Dionne!)
7. We all agreed: Coke vs. Pepsi is a debate more heated than Leo vs. Devon Sawa
8. Our 90s/2000s TV and movie chat got us more nostalgic than finding your old mixtapes
This episode is guaranteed to leave you feeling warmer than a fresh-from-the-oven Pop-Tart and more excited about reading than getting a new issue of YM magazine!
Don't miss out on this totally rad literary sleepover with Samantha Brinn!
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Book Series Overview
03:21 Character Dynamics and Side Characters
06:30 Writing Style and Reading Experience
09:18 Dream Cast for the Characters
12:13 Possibility of a Novella
26:49 Writing Snacks and Drinks
27:39 Coke vs. Pepsi Debate
28:44 Nostalgia for 90s TV Shows and Movies
43:44 Two Truths and a Lie Game
51:07 Show Outro.mp4