We are back rating our listeners top ten books of 2024 for us to judge! We go through each list and award a letter grade. Will we rate yours?

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Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 2) | Mini Ep

This week we asked our listeners to submit their top ten books of 2024 for us to judge! We go through each list and award a letter grade. Will we rate yours?

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Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 1) | Mini Ep

It's that time! This week we reveal our individual top 10 books of the year lists for 2024! We share our honorable mentions before jumping into our top ten lists and sharing why these particular novels made the cut. We also list the books that are on our 2025 TBR!

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Best Books of 2024 | S4Ep16

Our Holiday Romance Novella roundtable is back! We each read a holiday novella to share with one another and take turns recapping our books in extreme detail. They all are equal parts festive, spicy, and weird.

Major spoilers for the following:
Elf'd by Ginger Kane
Working The North Pole by J.M. Thyme
Frisky The Snowman by Lauren Biel

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Holiday Romance Novella Roundtable #2 | S4Ep15

This week we share our favorite fictional families from recent books we've read and who'd we want to spend the holidays with!

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Favorite Fictional Families | S4Ep16

his week we reminisce on our previous Top 10 Books of the Year lists from 2021 and 2022 and discuss if they still hold up!

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Bookish Rewind: A look back at previous Top 10 lists | S4E13

This week we discuss our current audiobook listening habits, our favorite (and least favorite) narrators, and share some new recommendations!

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Audiobook Catch-Up 2024 | S4E12

Spoilers for Ready or Not start at ~33:30

Author Cara Bastone joins us today! She walks us through her writing journey, what goes into producing Audible Originals, how the idea of Ready or Not took shape, and much more!

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Cara Bastone: Ready or Not, NYC, & finding the humor in romance! | S4Ep11

It's time to judge books by their covers! We run through a list of well known book-covers from the romance, ya and fantasy genres and deem if they're good, bad, or straight up not fun to look at. We also discuss if the books cover matches the tone and overall vibe of the story.

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Book Covers: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly | S4Ep10

Monster Romance Roundtable is back! This week we’re joined by our friend / monster romance connoisseur Maya. We take turns explaining in excruciating detail the plots of three different monster romances hand-picked by our special guest! Follow Maya @Maya_reads_spice [https://www.instagram.com/maya_reads_spice/?hl=en]

Major spoilers for the following monster romances: Caught By The Monster’s Trap by Mei Kaera, Wed to The Orc by Layla Fae and Bigfoot’s Bride by Candace Ayers.

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Monster Romance Roundtable with Maya! | S4E9

Bring Your Own is a bookish podcast hosted by three besties who met via the internet. Each week join Brandi, Kendra, & Kayla as they chat (and sometimes fight) about their favorite books, authors, the bookish community, and more! 

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