Join Michaela and Bella—your book-event besties—on a mission to help you spend smart, travel bold, and find the events worth your PTO. We dig into ticket tiers, spill on VIP perks, break down what it’s really like to solo travel to different book events, and rave about our favorite festivals (including the under-the-radar gems no one’s talking about). Buckle up, book nerds.

Happy Halloween! 🎃Bella introduces a special guest and the two discuss the horrors of a *certain* book-to-movie adaptation (Stephen King's The Long Walk), Dungeon Crawler Carl, Dramatized Adaptations and more!

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Bella’s back from New York Comic Con with all the bookish highlights — from major reveals to the latest fandom trends — and she’s filling Michaela in on everything she saw and heard. 👀 Then, the two dive into the growing buzz around an upcoming Romantasy Book Con that they’re attending.

But it’s not all conventions and excitement this week. Michaela and Bella also tackle the serious topic of book bans — who’s behind them, which organizations are fighting back, and how readers can take a stand. From showing up at local meetings to featuring banned books on your platform, they share real ways we can all help keep stories accessible to everyone.

It’s part fandom, part activism, and 100% book love. ❤️📚