Margin Notes: Bookish Catch Up

We’re catching up for the first time in months and trading the curated feed for the full picture—Sicily’s stunning balconies and overflowing bins, the bliss of a 10-person dinner over a dance floor, and the $400 logo lesson that pushed us to own our brand instead of renting one.

Then we go inside the platforms: shifting Instagram aesthetics, making your own handwriting into a font, and choosing to treat the grid like a scrapbook instead of a scoreboard. On TikTok, the plan is simple and hard—post three times a day through year’s end, lead with value (recs, “if you like this show, read this”), and let small wins stack. The theme underneath it all is fit: smaller weddings, tighter formats, clearer promises, warmer colors, and a voice that sounds like you even when you’re nervous. That’s how you build something you can keep.

If this resonates, follow along for more romance chats, book-to-screen breakdowns, and creator behind-the-scenes. Subscribe, share with a friend who loves spicy books, and leave a quick review to help more readers find us.

Cover Art by: Fabienne and Jordan
Contact email: thebookishhourpod@gmail.com
Intro/Outro music: Season Two: Ramaramaray by Aiyo via Epidemic Sound Season One: Sweet Psycho via TikTok’s Offical Sound Studio on Capcut
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Podcast: @thebookishhourpod
Fabienne: @oxonheart
Jordan: @sipsoffiction

Chapters

• 0:08 Reunited After A Long Break
• 1:57 Work Shuffle & Sicily Travel Saga
• 6:52 Hiking Etna and Island Impressions
• 10:55 A Small, Perfect Wedding
• 16:30 Launching “Spill the Smut”
• 22:20 Ghosting Guests & Booking Strategy
• 26:35 Format Ideas: BookTalk, Movies, YouTube
• 31:12 Reading Streak: Hits and Misses
• 39:10 Content Shifts, Aesthetics, And Algorithms
• 46:10 Branding Misfire & DIY Identity
• 55:00 TikTok Growth Plan & Wrap-Up
• 1:17:08 Thank You, Rate and Review