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If It Was a Book | Real Stories, Reimagined

For all book lovers: writers, readers, publishers, librarians, and anyone who enjoys pop culture and ADHD chaos.

BookToker Ashley @wickedreads invites authors and other bookish influencers to the podcast to discuss their outrageous stories and decide what would happen if you were writing that situation as a book!

You can submit your story to ifitwasabook@gmail.com to hear how your favorite author might re-write your life into a best seller!

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If It Was a Book | Real Stories, Reimagined

Write a Twisted, Adult-Summer-Camp Thriller with Obsession and Unreliable Narrators. Guest Staring @sarahsbookstacks

May 19, 2025 • Ashley @wickedreads | Bookish Podcast Host • Season 1 • Episode 20

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It's our twentieth episode!!! After losing her boyfriend and all of her friends Sarah decides to go to an adult summer camp to reconnect with a childhood friend and meet new people. While at the camp she meets Hazel who seems to really understand her struggles--as a recent divorcé herself.

As they get to know each other, Hazel becomes possessive and territorial over Sarah and their friendship. Can they make it work this summer or will this relationship take a dark turn?

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We also discuss book recommendations, making friends as an adult, alien romance, the Omegaverse, and more!

If you would like to submit your story to be "rewritten" as if it was a book, you can email us at ifitwasabook@gmail.com or submit on our website ifitwasabook.com

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Things we talk about (for metadata):

making friends, dating apps, making friends as an adult, summer camp, badbitchbookclub, book clubs, writing, bookstagram, COVID, lockdown, influencer, booktok, instagram, tiktok, reading, reader, thriller, friendship, obsession, writing, horror, storytime, stories, crazy stories, writer community, author, influencer, books, bookish, book recs, book recommendations, Yerba Buena, Nina Lacour, Omegaverse, Rainbow Black, Maggie Thrash, Tarah Dewitt, romance books, romance reader, Nikki Payne, The Princess and the PI, small town romance, twilight, forks washington, jane austen retellings, IPB, ice planet barbarians, Ruby Dixon, Victoria Aveline, Choosing Theo, The Clecanian Series, Alien Romance, Monster romance, PitBabe, Thai Dramas, Asian Dramas, Formula One books, F1 romance