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Ep 558 - The Awakening, by LJ Smith (Vampire Diaries #1, w/ Natasha from UNSpoiled!)

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Dear diary: Today we talked to our friend Natasha from the UNSpoiled podcast about a high-school-aged vampire novel with a popular screen adaptation. No, it's not Twilight.

The UNSpoiled! podcast: https://www.unspoiledpodcast.com/
UNSpoiled! on Twitter: https://twitter.com/unspoiledshow

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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0:00.0

This is a headgun podcast.

0:06.2

While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told

0:10.5

tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.

0:16.3

Plus these are books you should have read by now.

0:40.6

Hey everybody, welcome to Overdoot.

0:42.4

It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.

0:45.4

My name is Andrew and you can see that I'm not the guy who normally says that part.

0:50.1

And it's because Craig is still here.

0:52.6

That's right, he still has a newborn baby and he is still taking a break.

0:57.4

And by taking a break, I mean he's not podcasting, I do think he's probably not sleeping

1:02.2

as much as he would like to be right now.

1:05.4

Yeah, this is our last episode of Spooktober 2022.

1:09.0

We hope that y'all have enjoyed all of our thrills and chills this month as much as we

1:14.6

did.

1:16.1

Our friend Natasha from the Unspoiled podcast joined us to talk about the Awakening, which

1:21.1

is number one in the Vampire Diaries series by L.J. Smith.

1:26.8

You're going to hear more about what we think about this book here in a minute, but the

1:30.4

way that I'd summarize it on Twitter and I stand by it is that it is like an early version

1:36.6

of Twilight without the engaging and well developed characters.

1:41.8

So yeah, enjoy this.

1:44.5

You can find more from Natasha at unspoiledpodcast.com and then she's also on Twitter at Unspoiled

1:50.9

Show.

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