Unabridged: The Book Trends That Are Annoying Us
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Unabridged: The Book Trends That Are Annoying Us

B1IntermediateSeptember 25, 202617 min
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*Patreon and Substack-only bonus episode teaser, click here for the full episode* Y’all know how much I love being a hater and how easily things annoy me, so we’re dedicating a whole episode to the most annoying trends in books these days! I’ve invited Sara Hildreth (Fiction Matters), friend of the pod and one of my favorite book people, to rant with me about secrets, tropes, and the state of literary awards. You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks website: https://www.thestackspodcast.com/unabridged/2026/9/25/tsu-63-sara-hildreth Co...

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Hey everybody, it's me, Tracy Thomas, host of the Stacks, and you're listening to another episode of the Stacks Unabridged. That is our monthly bonus episode,

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exclusive to paid subscribers on Patreon and Substack. This month I have brought my friend, our friend, Sarah Hildreth back to talk to me about a trend in books that I find so annoying.

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I was sending her too many voice memos about it. And finally she was like, should we just talk about this in a bonus episode? And I said, yeah, why don't we do that?

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