stephenie meyer

Jacob & Leah bond, Bella drinks blood, Edward makes cinnamon rolls.

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content warning: discussions or mentions of suicide, death, pregnancy & birth, racism, sexism

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content warning: discussions or mentions of suicide, death, drug use, childbirth, eugenics in relation to indigenous people, sexism

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Gender Forking: Retreat! Welcome to Book Two: Jacob. It's some of the most horrendous chapters we've read so far, go figure.

Content warning: Homicidality, suicidality, pedophilia & relationship age gaps, racism, pregnancy, abortion, birth, reproductive coercion

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Bella is sooo pregnant already and Edward is on a war path

Welcome to Gender Forking: Retreat! We holed up in the White Mountains for a weekend to record as many episodes as possible. In this episode we answer listener questions and discuss the end of Book One (Bella).

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discussions of: pregnancy, abortion (including anti-abortion ideologies)

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Welcome to BYOB, the Bring Your Own Book Podcast, featuring your favourite bookworms Nikki and Kelly!

The BYOB ladies are back with another series. In this four-part series, Nikki and Kelly deep dive into the original Twilight saga!

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"Don't be afraid," I murmured. "We belong together."
I was abruptly overwhelmed by the truth of my own words.
This moment was so perfect, so right, there was no way to doubt it.
His arms wrapped around me,
holding me against him....
It felt like every nerve ending in my body was a live wire.
"Forever," he agreed.
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Nikki and Kelly wrap up their Twilight saga re-read with the final book in the original series, Breaking Dawn. The series that made readers question whether vampires or werewolves could ever live in harmony is coming to a close, but not before it unleashes a few more surprises, including the most horrifying of all... Renesmee.

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Welcome to BYOB, the Bring Your Own Book Podcast, featuring your favourite bookworms Nikki and Kelly!

The BYOB ladies are back with another series. In this four-part series, Nikki and Kelly deep dive into the original Twilight saga!

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As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob - knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
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In this episode, while Nikki and Kelly still decide whether to pledge their allegiance to Edward or Jacob, they also ask all the hard-hitting questions such as what happens when Bella gets her period? Would Jacob and Bella have worked out if the Cullens had never moved to Forks? And just how exactly do vampire penises work?!

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Bella and Edward enjoy Isle Esme even though she is totally pregnant already.

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Discussions of racism, sex, sex-related injury

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Huge thank you to our Patreon Producer, Hannah! <3 
Editor: Jade Maynard
Music: @44hertz 

Welcome to BYOB, the Bring Your Own Book Podcast, featuring your favourite bookworms Nikki and Kelly!

The BYOB ladies are back with another series. In this four-part series, Nikki and Kelly deep dive into the original Twilight saga!

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I knew we were both in mortal danger. Still, in that instant, I felt well. Whole. I could feel my heart racing in my chest, the blood pulsing hot and fast through my veins again. My lungs filled deep with the sweet scent that came off his skin. It was like there had never been any hole in my chest. I was perfect - not healed, but as if there had never been a wound in the first place.
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In this episode, Nikki and Kelly start to question their entire lives as they begin to wonder whose side they're really on... Are they still Team Edward, or are they now Team Jacob?! Or is it still too early to make that choice? After all, this is only book two out of four- there are plenty of twists left to unravel, and we're only just getting started!
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Welcome to BYOB, the Bring Your Own Book Podcast, featuring your favourite bookworms Nikki and Kelly!

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About three things I was absolutely positive.
First, Edward was a vampire.
Second, there was a part of him—and I didn't know how dominant that part might be—that thirsted for my blood.
And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
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The BYOB ladies are back with another series. In this four-part series, Nikki and Kelly deep dive into the original Twilight saga!

When Stephenie Meyer's Twilight was introduced to the world back in 2005, it was a game changer for supernatural romance and YA fantasy. Having inspired countless books since its first publication, this series took over the world and, later on, movie theatres.

This series tends to get a bad wrap, but is it warranted? Join Nikki and Kelly as they revisit a childhood favourite, spend some time with Bella and the Cullens in Forks, Washington, and discuss one of today's most pressing matters: Team Edward, or Team Jacob?
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It's no Twilight, but we still need to talk about The Host (2013). No, not the Bong Joon Ho horror — we mean the Stephenie Meyer movie adaptation. That's right, it's time for another Fifth Tuesday, a.k.a. one of our non-spooky bonus episodes, and given that this film features a bonafide intergalactic invasion, we knew it would be the perfect way to close out Alien Month. After four weeks of figuring out all the various ways humanity might put a stop to attacks from outer space, it was time to ask the really important questions: What happens when the aliens win? Also, what if they're sort of sexy? With Saoirse Ronan doing her best bad Southern accent and Diane Kruger serving cunt in a ribbed white tank top, our latest installment of Spooky Tuesday does the work to tackle all the important topics: communism, supernatural love squares, and the true test of any romance.   

Resources:

https://stepheniemeyer.com/the-books/the-host/the-host-playlist/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/07/stephenie-meyer-id-like-to-be-remembered-for-writing-the-host-but-itll-be-twilight 

WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

Sarah (the bookworm) & Abby (the movie watcher) discuss the book-to-movie adaptation, "Eclipse"  

Directed by David Slade (2010) 
Based on the book by Stephenie Meyer (2007)

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Bella and Edward get teen married. Jacob shows up.

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content warnings: discussions of racism, ableism, and eating disorders. brief mentions of murder, assault, neglect, vomit.

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WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

Sarah (the bookworm) & Abby (the movie watcher) discuss the book-to-movie adaptation, "New Moon"  

Directed by Chris Weitz (2009) 
Based on the book by Stephenie Meyer (2006)

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Music © by Capazunda.

WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

Sarah (the bookworm) & Abby (the movie watcher) discuss the book-to-movie adaptation, "Twilight"  

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke (2008) 
Based on the book by William Goldman (2005)

Instagram: @boxofficebooks
TikTok: @boxofficebooks

Music © by Capazunda.

Welcome to BYOB, the Bring Your Own Book Podcast, featuring your favourite bookworms Nikki and Kelly!

In this two-part mini-series, Nikki and Kelly deep dive into the original Fifty Shades trilogy!

Not many books and their authors shake up the publishing industry quite like E.L. James did with her internationally bestselling erotica, Fifty Shades of Grey. Inspired by the YA modern classic Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, this book opened the door to other lesser known BDSM romances to become mainstream. Whether you loved it, hated it, or were indifferent to it, when this book was first published in 2011, you knew of it!

Make yourself a weak, black Twinings English Breakfast tea like Anastasia, or pour yourself a more sophisticated glass of chilled Sancerre like Christian and enjoy this wild ride of an episode... Cheers!

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The blog Kelly mentions in this episode no longer exists under that name. However, you can read a newer version of it here: http://jennytrout.com/?p=3208

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Welcome to Gender Forking Season 6: Breaking Dawn! Bella has a new car with a trunk full of wedding anxiety. Listen in for our takes on the upcoming nuptials, the Mormon eternal family, and the sudden plot pivot to motherhood and children.

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cw: brief mentions of assault and murder

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Bree and Fred play cards, Riley entices the vampires with dessert, Bree talks to Edward. 

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cw: discussions of violence, murder/death, abuse

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Bree and Diego go to Barnes & Noble and experiment with the sunlight. Join us for part 1 of 2 of our dive into The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (pages 1-83).

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cw: discussions of violence, murder/death, trafficking, drug & alcohol use

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Bella and Jacob break up (again). Edward puts a ring on it (again). 

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cw: discussions of sexual violence, relationship abuse. mentions of drug use, the r slur, and depictions of racism.

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Victoria arrives.

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cw: discussions of sexual violence from when we start discussing the book to 21:51. Mentions of physical violence, death, self-harm, suicidality, and the f slur.

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