About this episode

Cindy Pham discusses her transition from BookTuber to author, her debut novel, and current book trends.

This week, we’re joined by BookTube royalty and queen of reviews Cindy Pham. Now stepping into her author era, she’s here to talk about it all: what’s on her TBR, why she’s drawn to messy, flawed characters, and how years of reviewing books have shaped the way she writes her own. Cindy also shares the story behind her debut novel, The Secret World of Briar Rose, from first drafting it as a teenager to returning years later with a completely new perspective and a fully developed frontal lobe. Plus, we get into reality TV deep dives, bookish trends she’s loving and side-eyeing, and the hilarious promise of a future rant video about her own main character, because no one is safe, not even her.   BOOKS MENTIONED: Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser  This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke  The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham That Asian Girl Is a Problem by Rachel Phan (Coming Soon) Just Between Us by Adeline Kon  Strange Familiars by Keshe Chow What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo How to Keep House While Drowning by KC…

People in this episode

Guest: Cindy Pham

Topics covered

• book trends
• debut novel
• character development
• BookTube
• reality TV
• book reviews

Keywords

• Cindy Pham
• BookTube
• debut novel
• book reviews
• character development
• reality TV
• book trends

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Secret World of Briar Rose, Lady Tremaine, This is How You Lose the Time War, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Yesteryear, That Asian Girl Is a Problem, Just Between Us, Strange Familiars, What My Bones Know, How to Keep House While Drowning

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