The Rule Book (ft. How You Get the Girl)

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 our eras tour outfits and heading to the movie theatre to celebrate a new album with a room full of screaming swifties. And most importantly, we’re listening to a new episode of DBATB podcast. For the first time ever, I’m live reacting to a brand new Taylor album, which is completely new for me but here we are and I am PUMPED. Listening to this album for the first time now.I feel like I am not a very good first reaction girly, but here we are. The first time I listen to an album I’m usually pretty conflicted and it takes me a few lessons to really find my favorites and listen to the lyrics deep enough to understand them. With that being said, my expectations for this album are HIGH. I’m expecting an album bigger than 1989 in her prime, bigger than any album we’ve seen so far. (Spoiler alert: it lives up to the hype) 💯Here is an episode breakdown along with the time stamps for each song so you can pick and choose the clips you want to hear me talk about. “THE FATE OF OPHELIA”    3:32“ELIZABETH TAYLOR”    9:07“OPALITE”    12:29“FATHER FIGURE”    19:22“ELDEST DAUGHTER”    23:29“RUIN THE FRIENDSHIP”    27:42“ACTUALLY ROMANTIC”    32:40“WI$H LI$T”    36:56“WOOD”    40:58“CANCELLED!”     44:00“HONEY”     52:14“THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL” FEAT. SABRINA CARPENTER     56:41Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

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 gifted with too many screen adaptations to count. The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 is officially OUT and wrapped, but that didn’t stop Jenny Han from announcing a finale MOVIE that’s going to let this era live on as long as possible. My Life with the Walter Boys season two is done and binged. The Off-Campus series by Elle Kennedy is just beginning, so is Every Summer After on Prime Video, so is The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, The People We Meet on Vacation. But wait, there’s more… Taylor Swift is ENGAGED!! She’s releasing a new album!! She’s performing at the Super Bowl Halftime show…? Books coming out, books to be talked about. I mean seriously? How is a girl to keep up with all of this?So this is a very laid-back episode. No easter eggs, no deep dives, no book talk. Just us, here yapping, talking, regetting to know each other, since it’s been so long. Here is an episode breakdown along with the time stamps so you can pick at choose the clips you want to hear me talk about. Our countdown to Life of a Showgirl starts NOW! 🔐🧡💚💃🎭🎪💎🎩❤️‍🔥INTRO & LIFE RECAP   3:54DBATB SEASON 3 EXPECTATIONS     12:22LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL PREDICTIONS     16:21THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY     24:52UPCOMING BOOK EPISODES     31:03Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

⚠️ 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 episode, so please know that before reading this book or listening to this episode.I think as the years pass, I realize how much of Reputation girlie I am🖤 I wasn’t initially until I went into my Reputation era in real life and then as I went through phases of other eras a little piece of Rep always was still a part of me. When you go through this era you stop caring what other people think and start doing things for you and I think that once you realize that and go through it, you never go back from it. I feel like that’s how I explain Rep as an album for Taylor Swift as well, and that’s also how I’m choosing to explain this book. Full episode breakdown ahead:First topic of discussion has to be Garrett Graham bc I love my little world of book boyfriends and Garrett certainly made it onto my list🏒Then we get into Hannah and the trauma of her story and what she’s been through, and then we talk about Garrett AND Hannah and their relationship together and how/why I liked them as a couple. Notice I say “liked” not LOVED (I rated this book 3 out of 5 stars). So we’ll talk about it, what I liked, what I disliked. And I actually asked you guys to throw some of your questions at my on instagram so I incorporated some of them into the episode! And lastly, our song featured in today’s episode is from the Reputation album, it is called King of My Heart so I am really excited to talk about the lyrics and the parallels of it in comparison to the Deal by Elle Kennedy. Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

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 day I finished Icebreaker. Henry Turner has a special place in my little heart and this song was made for Henry & Halle💜Some say boring I say simple; this was my favorite book in the Maple Hills trilogy. We start  this episode with the plotline and a character breakdown of both of our love birds, Halle and Henry, bc I think that they are both very real & relatable characters. I talk a lot about the entire Maple Hills series and the cameos of other character in this book. I wouldn’t even call them cameos tbh, Russ & Aurora from Wildfire are recurring characters in Daydream, and we got such an iconic Stassie moment, it’s like these books are their own little world and I love it so much. And then we  wrap up with the featured song of this romance that I think fits Halle and Henry so perfectly well, which is You are in Love from 1989 (Taylor’s version). So insert spoilers ahead.  💭🫶🏼Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

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 star for me. I listened to the official audiobook on Audible, which was so easy to listen to and very entertaining, and the cast really brought the entire book to life so if you're looking for a good audiobook to try, this might just be the one. 🎧This episode includes a little rating recap on this 5 star Christmas read, and there is  a lot about this book I want to talk about: the Grinch references and the Christmas Kringle contest, Cole and Story’s story - their relationship, their past and the SPICE. Absolutely talking about the spice duh you know me (I may never look at a candy cane the same anymore). The episode will wrap up with lyrical deep dive into the featured song that I chose for this book which is I Think He Knows from the Lover album, which is also a fun sexy song that to me... feels like a sister song to Dress from Reputation. A song about that is about this deep attraction you have for someone and the secrecy of the early feelings of love and what will happen when you finally obtain the object of your desire.  So that’s what to expect from this episode so thank you for listening & I hope you enjoy! ❤️Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

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 technically still fall in everyone’s world for a few more weeks. I wanted so badly to throw this episode in here bc the book we are about to talk about is just so cozy and adorable and something I really enjoyed reading for the vibes. Your episode breakdown is pretty straight forward: a mini rant about booktok, a summarized version of my review on this book, the Dream Harbor series and Laurie Gilmore, and ofc the things that I liked and disliked about this book and end the episode with some of my favorite lyrics from Everything has Changed.☕️Everything Has Changed is about how love can change you in a split second. It’s the miraculous feeling that the world around you has gotten better simply because you’ve gotten better: you’ve found comfort in loving someone. Taylor once explained this song begin about “the moment that both people are having where they see each other and, all of a sudden, the world looks different ‘cause everything changed.” And the insta-love trope in this book is why I chose this song. And if you ask me how I feel about the insta-love trope... I'll tell you to listen to this episode. 😉Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

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 @alihazelwood & I love anything she writes. I mean how could I not love an intelligent, witty fmc paired with a confident Alpha werewolf who will do anything to protect his pack? Not to mention their bed chem.🌶️🔥🥵 (Disclaimer: This episode and this book are both rated R.)The first song that actually came to mind for this book was the albatross from the TTPD Anthology, but selfishly… I do so much prep and require a dictionary to talk about most TTPD songs and I wanted this episode to be fun & light hearted & spooky so Anti-Hero it is. Which is still a really good choice lyrically of this book, in my opinion. It's a secretly vulnerable song about the thoughts and insecurities that keep us up in the middle of the night, so it's perfect to talk in comparison to our heroine, Misery, in Bride. Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

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 as movies but for now, we can at least admire their love story by reading it.  One of my favorite things in a book is dual POV; you all know how much I looooove dual POV. Liz was the silly little love lover in Better than the Movies, but Wes Bennet turning into a hopeless romantic was not on my 2024 reading bingo card. 😂I already talked a little bit about Liz & Wes in last week’s episode, but today we are really going to talk about their second chance love story and a little bit more about them as characters and how they developed  from the first book. Then we will listen to some of the songs that I love, where they’re mentioned in the book & pick out a few of my favorite lyrics that fit Wes & Liz the best. (Some of the bonus songs are: I Love You I’m Sorry by Gracie Abrams, Still by Niall Horan, another Taylor song that is placed perfectly which is Illicit Affairs, and I’m sorry but another Taylor Swift song that is mentioned in both book which is New Year’s Day.) Holding on the memories of WES + LIZ. 🍿🎶Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

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 Movies next weekend!! Lynn Painter is not only a new favorite author of mine, but also one of my favorite humans. She writes a mix of adult and YA rom-com books, and it is very clear that she has a thorough appreciation for 90’s and 2000's rom coms which I can absolutely relate to. AND I love a book that has a playlist.🎶 You all know how I listen to music and why I love Taylor Swift so much, and I am also one of those girls like Liz Buxbaum that always has a song for every emotion and every situation that life throws at you. This episode is a little bit about Lynn Painter, the author and why I love her so so much, then we will doing a lyrical dive in our song featured in today’s episode, Fearless, and talk about the Fearless era and some common themes in the album, I also have to talk about the playlist for this book that Lyn Painter created for the moments in this book, and then my final thoughts on Better than the Movies and of course, my newest addition the podcast: fancasting. Bc this book 100 % deserves it’s own Rom com.🎬🖤Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]

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 song But Daddy I Love Him are both a song and a quote from a movie that we all grew up, listening to with the same hidden message. Go ahead take your guesses now. I’ll wait until you think of it... It’s the Little Mermaid. Ariel, Alexis and Taylor Swift all have one thing in common and that is: they all fall in love with a man that they know that they shouldn’t, and these relationships are sabotage by the critique they get from the people in their lives. The rest of your episode breakdown includes, a lyrical breakdown for But Daddy I Love Him and that’s essentially going to be the script for this episode on its own bc it just fits this book THAT GOOD. We are breaking up our fantasy era of A Court of Thorns and Roses with a little Rom-com book bc that’s what I do best. This book is about Alexis Montgomery, an ER doctor from a big city with a family title she has to uphold, and Daniel, a carpenter/mayor, (figuratively not literally) in the tiny town of Wakan, MN and he runs a B & B, he has a dog and a baby goat and he’s absolute perfect of a male main character. The two could not be more different and their worlds couldn't be farther apart but just like in The Little Mermaid, they build their own happily ever after.  🧜🏼‍♀️❤️Send fan mail! Let me know what episodes you want to hear next. :)Support the showCHECK OUT DBATB PODCAST ON SOCIALS!🦋Instagram & Tiktok: @dbatbpodcast🌻Facebook group: https://m.facebook.com/groups/1663199...🏰Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1Eeb4vl...🏹Email: [email protected]