RAD Reading Podcast
Episode #33
Episode Title: Roni’s Birthday Episode + Our 1-year Podcast Anniversary!
Release Date: September 30, 2022
Episode Summary:
Today, we’re celebrating Roni’s birthday by talking about the books that influenced her as a reader. Then, Dawn is gifting Roni with a stack of book recommendations tailored to her tastes. Plus, we’re celebrating our 1-year podcast anniversary! Come and join our bookish party!
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Highlights:
Our little baby podcast is now one year old!
Roni’s embarrassing TBR confession
We get wistful about the Scholastic book fair flyer
Team Babysitters Club vs Team Sweet Valley High
A book that gutted Baby Roni
The day Dawn missed a very important day in reading class and was book traumatized
The joy of nineties teen horror books
That age when you hit the “sneaky reads”
Yep, Flowers in the Attic messed all of us up ;)
That time Roni asked her dad the definition of a word and was mortified to find out the answer
When Roni’s reading life died and the book that brought her back
How did Roni end up writing super steamy romance
Dawn gifts Roni with personalized book recs
Roni somehow brings things back to Buffy again
Our RAD Recs of the week!
We go on a tangent about fear just in time for the spookiest month
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*Note: all book links are affiliate links which means the podcast makes a small commission if you make a purchase, but there is no extra cost to you!
Books that made Roni a reader:
The Babysitter’s Club series by Ann M. Martin
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Fear Street books and Point Horror, R.L. Stine, and Christopher Pike
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice
The Shining by Stephen King
Shocking Pink by Erica Spindler
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Erotic romance authors Maya Banks, Shayla Black, Jaci Burton, Lauren Dane, and Joey W. Hill
Dawn’s “gifted” book recommendations for Roni:
Movie Night Menus by Tenaya and Andre Darlington
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Nowhere Girl by Cheryl Diamond
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
RAD Reading Recs of the Week:
Only a Secret by Delaney Stewart (Dawn’s rec)
Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth (Roni’s rec)
Roni also seconded a previous Dawn pic: Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
Find us online:
Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram
Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram
Another note: Because we are both in the publishing industry, sometimes the books we recommend might be by an author we know personally, an author who shares a publisher, editor, or agent with Roni, or an author whom Dawn has edited. Publishing is a small world, so that will happen from time to time. However, we guarantee that we only recommend books we love. We have not been asked to promote any of these books and none are paid ads. However, some books we review may be ARCs (advanced reading copies provided by publishers to reviewers for honest reviews.)