Death by a Thousand Books
Welcome to Death by a Thousand Books podcast!💘
Every episode starts with a book review and ends with a Taylor Swift song. It’s a podcast for book lovers, Swifties and everyone in between. Together, we deep dive into characters, plots and the best moments from our favorite books. Then I use my swiftie power to breakdown songs & lyrics that I think would fit that book best. For any newbies who are just getting into reading, this podcast might be the perfect place to start your tbr! (and if you don’t know what a tbr is, don’t worry you’ll get there).
Whether you’ve been here from the beginning or just tuning in, I’m happy you’re here!! I started this podcast because I could talk for hours endlessly about two things: books & Taylor Swift. So I found a way to combine my love for both. I have always wanted to be a part of the book community but had no idea where to start. If even just one person picks up a new book after listening to one of these episodes, I’ll be happy. It’s been such a fun experience reading & recording these episodes, releasing them and finding those people that geek out over this idea as much as I do.🤓
DBATB is available to listen on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube! Check out any of the streaming platforms to see all of the released episodes and read the descriptions. Hosted by Cierra Smetana🎙️
Episodes
43 episodes
The Life of a Showgirl
HAPPY TS12!!!🧡 I love myself for prewriting this description bc it’s currently 11:58 on October 3rd and I just finished editing 2.5 HOURS of footage for today’s episode. Today we’re celebrating The Life of a Showgirl together, we’re dusting off...
The Life of a Book Girl
Welcome back to DBATB podcast, holy crap! Is this real life? 🥹You’re in for an exciting new season of podcasting and I’m so excited to share the first episode with you. There has never been a better time to be a book girl. We are being g...
The Deal (ft. King of my Heart)
⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: There are mentions and flashbacks throughout of rape and domestic violence, emotional abuse, like some really tough conversations. They are a big part of this book and I will be touching on these topics later in the episo...
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Daydream (ft. You are in Love)
With this episode, Hannah Grace officially becomes the most talked about author on this podcast and she deserves it! Every time I read one of her books, I’m smiling & blushing the whole time. And I’ve been WAITING for Henry’s book since the...
How My Neighbor Stole Christmas (ft. I Think He Knows)
Tis the season for a small town, enemies to lover holiday romance🎄 Despite the mixed reviews that I've seen, this book single-handely put me in the Christmas spirit. It put me in such a perfect mood for this time of year, and yes, it was a 5 st...
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The Pumpkin Spice Cafe (ft. Everything Has Changed)
While I support anyone who already has their tree and decorations up, I live in a house where we wait and decorate on Black Friday. So it is not too late for a cutesy fall small town romance!!🧡 It’s still fall in my world, and it’s techni...
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Bride (ft. Anti-Hero)
Halloween special!!!!👻 Getting into the spooky szn vibes with a vampire x werewolf romance🖤 Never would’ve guessed that I would like this book as much as I did, but I should’ve known better bc it’s
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Nothing like the Movies (ft. Haunted)
Welcome back, silly little love lovers to the sequel episode from last week - Nothing like the Movies by Lynn Painter 💜 I loved these books so much, and I hope someday in the lifetime of this podcast, we get the chance to talk about these books...
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Better than the Movies (ft. Fearless)
Petition to add Fearless to the soundtrack of Wes Bennett & Liz Buxbaum💛 A good old fashioned, rom com book that I loved so much I was running for the sequel when it hit the shelves! This is a double drop episode with Nothing Like the Movie...
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Part of Your World (ft. But Daddy I Love Him)
This is episode is for my Disney princess girlies.🙊👑 I love sneaking in little Easter eggs for the songs I choose, and why, and I had a fun little one to sneak into this episode. The title of our book, Part of Your World and the title of our so...
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A Court of Mist & Fury (ft. ...Ready for It?)
This episode is sponsored by the Night Court, Rhysand, Cassian and Azriel, and my new bat boys sweatshirt which you can see me wearing for this episode live on YouTube. 🌃 It is in fact the second episode in a double drop for the series, and is ...
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A Court of Thorns & Roses (ft. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?)
Who’s afraid of little old Feyre?? AMARANTHA SHOULD BE.⚔️ I am officially in my fantasy era by starting this series, but still living forever in my romance era because these books are still romance heavy (and breaking the spicy pepper scale).🌶️...
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Funny Story (ft. Call It What You Want)
I might be missing something bc i don’t understand where the lemons on the cover came from, but we’re going with it. I have to admit that this book got me! I enjoyed it so much more than I expected to. Most romance novels that I read, specifica...
This Summer Will Be Different (ft. That's When)
This summer will NOT be different if there’s a cheating trope @carleyfortune 🤨 but there wasn’t so I’m happy and this book was my first and only 5 star read of the summer🌟💛 We are now entering our fall era - sweater weather, football, blankets,...
Wildfire (ft. Cruel Summer)
Wildfire (ft. Cruel Summer)🐻Let’s go back to Maple Hills! Soaking up the last few weeks of summer, this book fit every vibe I wanted it to, and gave me flashbacks to one of the best summers of my life being a camp counselor, so we’ll de...
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Eras Tour London recap (ft. I Can Do It with a Broken Heart)
Eras Tour London recap & I Can Do it with a Broken Heart music video (emergency episode) 🧡Swiftieeeessss!!! Emergency episode!! A recap of the Eras Tour in London is ABSOLUTELY necessary so here we are. SO much to talk about, so muc...
It Ends with Us (movie review)
It Ends with Us (movie review)🌸You knew it was coming… i couldn’t resist. Blake Lively was an amazing Lily Bloom, and I did enjoy this movie but I enjoyed even more talking about it in this episode. I’m calling it the redemption episode...
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Just for the Summer (ft. The Prophecy)
A beautifully written song from TTPD for an equally beautiful book in today’s episode.🤍The Prophecy is one of my personal favorites from The Anthology (second to The Black Dog). My overall interpretation of this song is feeling like you’re left...
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The Rule Book (ft. How You Get the Girl)
Sarah Adams never lets me down.🩵 This book had all of my favorite things: second chance romance, enemies to lovers, fake dating, dual pov, spice, smut it's all there. It’s only lacking for me in very small elements of the book that as a reader,...
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First Down (ft. I Can See You)
The book that got me out of a reading slump💚 This is a debut novel for Grace Reilly and there will be a total of four books in her “Beyond the Play” series; all of which follow different sports and siblings of the Callahan family (all of which ...
My Life with the Walter Boys (ft. Fifteen)
Now entering the Walter boy era… Giddy up🤠 This book is a perfect read for a younger audience, especially those who loved reading the Summer I Turned Pretty! Ali Novak was only 15 herself when originally published it on Wattpad. Jackie Howard l...
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The Eras Tour film (ft. You're on Your Own Kid)
We’re about to go on a little adventure together & that adventure is going to span three and half hours of epic concert history all thrown into one episode, and it’s gonna be called “The Eras Tour Film” - see you there.😚 The Eras Tour Movie...
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The Eras era (part 2)
Leave it to @taylorswift to make an era out of all of her other eras, as if they weren’t already iconic enough. 🦋🌞☔️🎩🗽🚓🌈🌲🥂🦸🏼♀️ We want to give a shoutout to our favorite Anti-Hero for her 9 VMA awards this year (including Video of the Year) by...
The Eras era (part 1)
Leave it to @taylorswift to make an era out of all of her other eras, as if they weren’t already iconic enough. 🦋🌞☔️🎩🗽🚓🌈🌲🥂🦸🏼♀️ We want to give a shoutout to our favorite Anti-Hero for her 9 VMA awards this year (including Video of the Year) by...
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