23 episodes

It’s reading Love & Other Words for the first time and craving a love like Elliot Petropolous and Macy Sorenson. It’s opening a flower shop because that’s what Lily Bloom did in It Ends with Us. It’s the exact moment you listened to Midnights for the first time and heard Taylor say “sexy baby” in the second verse of Anti-Hero. It’s curling up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn & a box of tissues watching the All Too Well Short Film. It’s a hug between our favorite authors and Taylor Swift’s entire discography. 

These are the moments that define this podcast: Death by a Thousand Books. We target book lovers, Swifties and everyone in between. Each episode starts with a book review and ends with a Taylor Swift song. We deep dive into characters, plots and our best moments from our favorite books. We then breakdown songs & lyrics in relation to whatever book we are talking about that episode.  For our newbies who are just getting into reading, this podcast might be the perfect place to start your addiction. Grab your headphones and enter into the✨lavender haze for books lovers.✨

Hosted by Cierra Smetana - book enthusiast, iced coffee addict & lifelong swiftie. 
Social Media: @dbatbposcast 💘

Death by a Thousand Books Cierra

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    • 5.0 • 7 Ratings

It’s reading Love & Other Words for the first time and craving a love like Elliot Petropolous and Macy Sorenson. It’s opening a flower shop because that’s what Lily Bloom did in It Ends with Us. It’s the exact moment you listened to Midnights for the first time and heard Taylor say “sexy baby” in the second verse of Anti-Hero. It’s curling up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn & a box of tissues watching the All Too Well Short Film. It’s a hug between our favorite authors and Taylor Swift’s entire discography. 

These are the moments that define this podcast: Death by a Thousand Books. We target book lovers, Swifties and everyone in between. Each episode starts with a book review and ends with a Taylor Swift song. We deep dive into characters, plots and our best moments from our favorite books. We then breakdown songs & lyrics in relation to whatever book we are talking about that episode.  For our newbies who are just getting into reading, this podcast might be the perfect place to start your addiction. Grab your headphones and enter into the✨lavender haze for books lovers.✨

Hosted by Cierra Smetana - book enthusiast, iced coffee addict & lifelong swiftie. 
Social Media: @dbatbposcast 💘

    My Life with the Walter Boys (ft. Fifteen)

    My Life with the Walter Boys (ft. Fifteen)

    Now entering the Walter boy era… Giddy up🤠 This book is a perfect read for a younger audience, especially those who loved reading the Summer I Turned Pretty! Ali Novak was only 15 herself when originally published it on Wattpad. Jackie Howard loses her family in a tragic accident and has to uproot her perfect little New York life to move to Silver Falls, Colorado and live with (you guessed it) the Walter boys. On one hand, Walter Boys is a quick, fun read that is just fluffy. It’s a sweet story and I enjoyed it the same way I enjoy oreos – it's junkfood, but you can’t just read one page. For some reason you keep coming back for more. And somehow, despite its many flaws, I still loved reading it when I was in high school, and I think many teens will like it, too.
    My Life with the Walters boys premiered as a Netflix series in December of 2023, and has been officially renewed for a second season! This episode talks about the book, the show, the differences between both and highlights a very nostalgic song from the Fearless era because let’s face it: we all know what it felt like to be “Fifteen” 💛

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    • 23 min
    The Eras Tour film (ft. You're on Your Own Kid)

    The Eras Tour film (ft. You're on Your Own Kid)

    We’re about to go on a little adventure together & that adventure is going to span three and half hours of epic concert history all thrown into one episode, and it’s gonna be called “The Eras Tour Film” - see you there.😚 The Eras Tour Movie is love a letter to fans across the entire world. It captures her evolution as an artist, allows fans to relive the nostalgia of their favorite eras, and the production is nothing short of brilliant. It really shows how far Taylor has come in her career; from starting out as a sixteen year old on stage for 100 people, to sold out football stadiums, you've got to have respect for the woman, even if her music isn't your cup of tea. 
    The true magic of this movie lies in the relationship that Taylor Swift has created with her fans. One of the most heartwarming aspects of the Eras Tour itself is the swiftie-made tradition of trading “friendship bracelets”. Inspired by the  song featured in the episode: “So make the friendship bracelets, Take the moment and taste it..." from Midnight’s track 5 song "You're On Your Own, Kid." It’s more than just a trend or an inside joke, it’s a true testament to what it feels like to be a fan (and most importantly, the love story behind Taylor & Travis).♥️ So I chose this song and this episode to share my own story of how I became a full-time swiftie and to try to answer the question that all the haters seem to be asking: what’s the hype? Everyone has a story & I would love to hear yours!! Share your experience with me in this episode as we go through the eras together & eras together & celebrate the Eras Tour Movie.🎥🎬

    • 25 min
    The Eras era (part 2)

    The Eras era (part 2)

    Leave it to @taylorswift to make an era out of all of her other eras, as if they weren’t already iconic enough. 🦋🌞☔️🎩🗽🚓🌈🌲🥂🦸🏼‍♀️ We want to give a shoutout to our favorite Anti-Hero for her 9 VMA awards this year (including Video of the Year) by putting out our first ever 2 part episode!! 🤯 I mean it was pretty obvious considering we are covering all 10 albums in her discography, a three-hour concert production, the Eras Tour MOVIE, our top 5 albums & top 3 songs of all time.🎥🎶 And the worst part is: it could’ve been longer. 😆
    While we have dedicated an episode to every album individually, the concept of the “Eras era” has broken records on its own. Our conversation for this episode is structured like the Eras Tour itself, and we are diving into every detail of the production, the set list, the outfits, you name it. The first part (part 1) is concert heavy featuring the Lover through Folklore sets while part 2 wraps up 1989 & Midnights then jumps into our final thoughts, our top 5 eras and our top 3 songs of all time. From listening to any of the eras episodes so far, you know that we pick a top 5 from each album and share our lists blindly with each other. It’s become such a fun aspect for us to talk about so we added it to this episode in its own way. If you’re curious about us as cohosts on this podcast, it’s pretty wild that both our top 3 song choice (and albums) very much define us as humans & swifties. We hope you learn a little bit more about us after listening.
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    • 37 min
    The Eras era (part 1)

    The Eras era (part 1)

    Leave it to @taylorswift to make an era out of all of her other eras, as if they weren’t already iconic enough. 🦋🌞☔️🎩🗽🚓🌈🌲🥂🦸🏼‍♀️ We want to give a shoutout to our favorite Anti-Hero for her 9 VMA awards this year (including Video of the Year) by putting out our first ever 2 part episode!! 🤯 I mean it was pretty obvious considering we are covering all 10 albums in her discography, a three-hour concert production, the Eras Tour MOVIE, our top 5 albums & top 3 songs of all time.🎥🎶 And the worst part is: it could’ve been longer. 😆

    While we have dedicated an episode to every album individually, the concept of the “Eras era” has broken records on its own. Our conversation for this episode is structured like the Eras Tour itself, and we are diving into every detail of the production, the set list, the outfits, you name it.🪩 The first part (part 1) is concert heavy featuring the Lover through Folklore sets while part 2 wraps up 1989 & Midnights then jumps into our final thoughts, our top 5 eras and our top 3 songs of all time. From listening to any of the eras episodes so far, you know that we pick a top 5 from each album and share iur lists blindly with each other. It’s become such a fun aspect for us to talk about so we added it to this episode in its own way. If you’re curious about us as cohosts on this podcast, it’s pretty wild that both our top 3 song choice (and albums) very much define us as humans & swifties. We hope you learn a little bit more about us after listening. 🩷🫶🏻

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    • 37 min
    The Red era

    The Red era

    It feels like the perfect night… to drop the Red era.🤭 OUT NOW!❤️
    In 2012, Taylor Swift was 22 and turning into a pop icon of our generation. Her fourth studio album RED had it’s moment 11 years ago, and it had its moment again in 2021 when it was rereleased as (Taylor’s Version). When explaining the re-record of this album , Taylor Swift says: “I look back on RED as my true breakup album. Every other album has flickers of different things. But this was an album that I wrote specifically about pure, absolute, to the core heartbreak.” And that is exactly how we are going to dive into this era.
    In this episode, we of course have to talk about the original era & track list, but that doesn’t even scratch the surface of how much of an impact this album has had in present day. We now have the All Too Well (TMV) & Short Film to discuss, along with our top 5 songs including the tracks (from the vault). Sadie Sink & Dylan O’Brien. 🎬 The eras tour rain show.🌧️ Our own personal stories of heartbreak.❤️‍🩹 Message in a Bottle.🍾  State of Grace.💃🏼 All some of our favorite things associated with this era and so much more!! We are The Lucky Ones for being able to talk about this album & era in its entirety. It dives into emotions that we know All Too Well. It brings back so many memories that feel like The Very First night these songs were released. We hope you will Stay, Stay Stay for this entire episode (and it is a lengthy one)(sorry we are done with the puns now too). As always, thank you for listening!🥰

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    • 40 min
    The Speak Now era

    The Speak Now era

    Grab your purple glitter gel pens, swifties 💜🏰🎆☔️🦸🏻‍♂️✨ We’re here to tell you everything you need to know about the Speak Now era🫶🏻

    From being released in 2010 to being stolen from the vault and saved in 2023 (shoutout Taylor Lautner & Joey King!!!) Speak Now has been through an incredible journey. It’s the album that raised most of us swifties and got us through our first heartbreaks🥹 The long awaited (Taylor’s Version) was nothing short of perfection - the eras tour announcement, the vault tracks, the music videos. ALL topics of discussion in this episode!

    This episode is a crash course in everything John Mayer, Taylor Lautner & Joe Jonas. We’re breaking down every easter egg we’ve gotten for this re-release, what makes this era so iconic, ranking our favorite songs from the original album, and of course our favorite tracks (from the vault). This episode is ✨sparklin✨ and we hope you have as much fun listening to it as we did making it. 🦄

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    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

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7 Ratings

summers297 ,

Loving this concept!

This is literally my perfect podcast concept!! I’m loving listening — we have the same taste in books 😍 can’t wait to listen through the back catalog!

Harperpotomus ,

This Pod Is My New Personality

I can’t explain how much DBATB is literally the inside of my brain in podcast format. The discussion of my favorite genre of books is full of good takes and makes me think about each one in a new light. Then pairing it with a TS song down to matching lyrics to the plot?! I mean come on, this is EXACTLY what I’m looking for! I happened to come across their Every Summer After and Love and Other Words episodes just searching for reviews on these two of my favorite books, never expected to find something SO perfect!!

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Venn diagram of things I love!

I discovered this podcast through a targeted Instagram ad and it definitely worked! It’s been fun to hear their analysis of books I’ve read and to discover new ones.

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