GENRE'D Review

Poet Emily Zogbi joins Genre’d for an Off Book episode covering contemporary fantasy, magical realism, YA comfort reads, and why poetry isn’t boring—you just haven’t found your poet yet.

We’re talking sci-fi vs fantasy, Libby reading habits, and the best books to start with — plus survivalist fantasies, adaptation hot takes, and a very real fear of space.

We are joined by author Nicolas DiDomizio to talk about his upcoming book A Murder Most Camp , a cozy murder mystery that is equal parts hilarious, heartfelt, and completely chaotic in the best way. Nic's new book drops April 28 , and we are lucky enough to be kicking off his entire promo season with his first interview about the book. Naturally, Katy finished the ARC about 45 minutes before recording. She is still emotionally at Camp Lore. In this episode we talk about the w

This week on Off Book , we invited our friend Jen Keefe  (stand-up comic, actor, and proud Libby power user) to do what can only be described as a public service: explain A Court of Thorns and Roses  from the perspective of someone who does not read fantasy. And honestly? She ate. We talk Libby strategy like it is a concert presale, unpack Jen’s memoir-first reading life, and then fully spiral into an ACOTAR recap featuring “Fire,” a scary wind, a stone heart, and a character

Welcome back to Genre’d: Off Book , where the books are optional but the opinions are not. This week, we’re doing our very first mailbag episode, meaning you sent us your most unhinged and heartfelt questions and we answered them with zero prep and full sister confidence. We pulled 10 questions out of a bowl at random and covered everything from apocalypse survival logic (our eyesight is… a liability) to book trend predictions for 2026. Then we brought in a very special guest

Morgan from Coop’s Kitchen joins Genre’d for an Off Book chat about fantasy, romantasy, tropes, and book recommendations, plus soup discourse and Coop the golden retriever.

Bryanna is back on Genre’d: Off Book —and if you’ve been with us since the early days, you’ll remember her from the first three episodes of the pod. This time, she joins Katy and Elyse in the newly upgraded “library” studio (still evolving, still a little chaotic) to talk about her favorite genre: contemporary fiction with Big Celebrity Book Club Energy . You know the vibe: the Reese pick, the Oprah pick, the “everyone is talking about this” pick—the books that feel like you

This week on Genre’d: Off Book , Elyse and Katy welcome their forever friend Ankeen to talk about the genre that raised them all: romance (with a generous side of smut). From sneaking Harlequins out of the library at age ten to rereading Montana Sky every time she needs a comfort book, Ankeen walks us through how romance hooked her early, why she took a long detour into philosophy, and what brought her back to smutty romance books as an adult. We dig into the big misconcep

A deep dive into dystopian fiction, celebrity memoirs, and adorable kid-book wisdom—plus a bonus interview with Melissa’s 4-year-old son about Captain Underpants.

This week on Off Book , Katy flips the mic to co-host Elyse for a deep dive into her forever favorite: fantasy. From childhood obsessions (Tamora Pierce forever) to adult hot takes (“fantasy is politics with dragons”), Elyse walks through where to start, what to read next if you’re fully converted, and why she’ll always have room in her TBR for fake dating and marriage of convenience. We also detour into high-heat subgenres, romance as a gateway back to fantasy, and an extre

About the episode: This week on Off Book , we sit down with writer, dancer, and communications pro Dinah Alobeid to talk about her one true love: literary and upmarket fiction . We dig into what those distinctions actually mean, why they get such a bad rap, and how they might convert even the most die-hard romantasy readers. Along the way, Dinah shares her favorite gateway reads, the “advanced stack” for serious fans, and the books that made her cry, clutch her chest, and r

Welcome to Genre’d: Off Book Our new in-between-the-episodes mini-series where we sit down to ask five questions that get to the heart of why we read what we read. Think of it as a peek behind the bookshelf: a quick chat about our genre comfort zones, our bookish red flags, and the titles that turned us into lifelong readers. From Thrillers to Throne of Glass: Katy’s Genre Origin Story In our very first Off Book episode, Katy takes the mic to talk about the genre that change