Death by a Thousand Books

About Death by a Thousand Books

Welcome to Death by a Thousand Books podcast!💘 Every episode starts with a book review and ends with a Taylor Swift song. It’s a podcast for book lovers, Swifties and everyone in between. Together, we deep dive into characters, plots and the best moments from our favorite books. Then I use my swiftie power to breakdown songs & lyrics that I think would fit that book best. For any newbies who are just getting into reading, this podcast might be the perfect place to start your tbr! (and if you don’t know what a tbr is, don’t worry you’ll get there). Whether you’ve been here from the beginning or just tuning in, I’m happy you’re here!! I started this podcast because I could talk for hours endlessly about two things: books & Taylor Swift. So I found a way to combine my love for both. I have always wanted to be a part of the book community but had no idea where to start. If even just one person picks up a new book after listening to one of these episodes, I’ll be happy. It’s been such a fun experience reading & recording these episodes, releasing them and finding those people that geek out over this idea as much as I do.🤓 DBATB is available to listen on Spotify, Apple Music & YouTube! Check out any of the streaming platforms to see all of the released episodes and read the descriptions. Hosted by Cierra Smetana🎙️

Publisher

Cierra

Category

arts · fiction · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Apr 2023

Latest episode

4 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Oct 2025

   The Life of a Showgirl

   HAPPY TS12!!!🧡 I love myself for prewriting this description bc it’s currently 11:58 on October 3rd and I just finished editing 2.5 HOURS of footage for today’s episode. Today we’re celebrating The Life of a Showgirl together, we’re dusting off our eras tour outfits and heading to the movie theatre to celebrate a new album with a room full of screaming swifties. And most importantly, we’re listening to a new episode of DBATB podcast. For the first time ever, I’m live reacting to a brand...

2. 

   26 Sept 2025

   The Life of a Book Girl

   Welcome back to DBATB podcast, holy crap! Is this real life? 🥹 You’re in for an exciting new season of podcasting and I’m so excited to share the first episode with you. There has never been a better time to be a book girl. We are being gifted with too many screen adaptations to count. The Summer I Turned Pretty season 3 is officially OUT and wrapped, but that didn’t stop Jenny Han from announcing a finale MOVIE that’s going to let this era live on as long as possible. My Life with the Walter...

3. 

   8 Feb 2025

   The Deal (ft. King of my Heart)

   ⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: There are mentions and flashbacks throughout of rape and domestic violence, emotional abuse, like some really tough conversations. They are a big part of this book and I will be touching on these topics later in the episode, so please know that before reading this book or listening to this episode. I think as the years pass, I realize how much of Reputation girlie I am🖤 I wasn’t initially until I went into my Reputation era in real life and then as I went through phases of...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 22 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

14

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77