Episode 18: Take My Money Please - Autobuy Authors

RAD Reading Podcast
Episode #18 

Episode Title: Take My Money Please: Autobuy Authors

Release Date: March 4, 2022

Episode Summary:

Today is all about the autobuy authors. We love finding autobuys, but we can also get stuck in a rut, only reading our sure things. Join us as we tackle the pros and cons of autobuy authors and then share a list of our favorite autobuys. And warning, technology and Roni’s puppy hated us this episode, so expect some bloopers in the middle and some outtakes at the end.

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Highlights: 

• Texas ice sucks

• Roni’s 6-month writing sabbatical

• Puppies eating post-it notes

• What is an autobuy author

• Why we love autobuy authors

• Why autobuys can sometimes get us stuck

• Your dad and James Patterson

• Somehow Twilight comes up again and we’re on different #TeamJacob #TeamEdward teams

• Where to find authors and books like your favorite autobuys

• Sometimes you can’t trust cover quotes

• Stephen King blurbs everything

• Our favorite autobuy authors in multiple genres

• Queso currency

• Dawn talks about ending on a cliffhanger and then the universe makes a joke about it

• Roni institutes the Emergency Kong Protocol

• Dawn and her aliens

• Our RAD Recs of the week

• Roni lent Dawn a book! 

• Stay tuned for outtakes

**episode spoilers ahead**

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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!

Roni’s autobuy authors:

• Christina Lauren

• Colleen Hoover

• Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Leigh Bardugo

• V.E. Schwab

• Gretchen Rubin

• Cal Newport

Dawn’s autobuy authors:

• Roni Loren

• Maya Hughes

• Marie Johnston

• Eva Charles

• Delaney Foster

• Emily McIntire

• Delancey Stewart

• Nadia Lee

• Meghan Rho

• Jane Harper

• Ruby Dixon

• Callie Rhodes

• Marlowe Roy

• Riley Sager

• Laura Griffin

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica (Dawn’s rec)

56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard (Roni’s rec)

Find us online:

RAD Reading on Instagram

RAD Reading Facebook Page

RAD Reading Website

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.)

Episode 10: What-to-Read Decision Fatigue + the Secret to Reading Reviews

RAD Reading Podcast
Episode #10 

Episode Title: What to Read Decision Fatigue + the Secret to Reading Reviews

Release Date: 12/3/21

Episode Summary: 

The What to Read decision fatigue is real, y’all. Join us today as we talk about some practical (and some bonkers!) ways to pick your next book, how to deal with choosing if you’re a mood reader, and what to do if you keep picking up books you don’t like. Also, we’re giving you insider tips on how to read those Amazon and Goodreads reviews because all is not as it seems at first glance. Oh, and there’s an incident with an umbrella. 

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Highlights:

• The decision fuel tank and Roni melting down over a Christmas tree

• The teetering TBR and the Why did I buy that again? brain fog

• Roni loves a spreadsheet as long as there is no math (and you can download a blank copy of her TBR spreadsheet for yourself!)

• Your taste and how books go stale

• Dawn and The Umbrella, you’ll just have to listen to understand

• Reading challenges and our opposing views

• Using “best of” book lists for inspiration

• Strange Facebook recommendation groups

• Some bonkers options for picking your next book

• Wrapping books? Um, what?

• Mood reading struggles

• Contagious bookish excitement and where to find it

• Book monogamy not required

• What to do when you keep picking up books you don’t enjoy

• Deciphering the gold in book reviews

• When  “adorable” and “hilarious” are bad words

• No, Roni doesn’t have a chip on her shoulder about reviews, shut up

• “Weird sex” reviews

• Our RAD Reading Recs of the week

Book selection spoilers ahead

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RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• Mercy Street by Mariah Stewart (Dawn rec)

• It Happened One Autumn by Lisa Kleypas and Devil In Winter by Lisa Kleypas (Roni rec -- yes, she cheated with two.)

Other books mentioned:

The Third Best Thing by Maya Hughes

No Exit by Taylor Adams

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

Joyland by Stephen King

Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score

Breath of Deceit by Selena Laurence

Other things mentioned:

Roni’s TBR/Book Rec spreadsheet - you can access a blank version here

Roni’s Read Wide Challenge

Help Name That Book facebook group

The umbrella photo

Book Darts, Dice Rolls, and Other Creative Ways to Pick Your TBR on Book Riot

Fated Mates podcast with Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop

Storygraph

Find us online:

RAD Reading on Instagram

RAD Reading Facebook Page

RAD Recs page

Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram

Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram

*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!

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.)

Episode 6: Distraction Detox - Less Screen Time, More Reading Time

RAD Reading Podcast
Episode # 6 - Reading Upgrade

Episode Title: Distraction Detox - Less Screen Time, More Reading Time

Release Date: Nov. 5, 2021

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Episode Summary/Highlights: 

Do you find yourself picking up your phone instead of picking up a book or your e-reader? Yeah, us too. Today we tackle how to tame the screen time so we can get more reading time, especially during the busy holiday season. We’ll also discuss how the type of book you pick up can make all the difference. And as usual, we’ll have a pile of reading recs for you! 

Highlights:

• This is our reading brains on smartphones

• The power of Do Not Disturb

• How to reclaim reading time in a screen time world

• Roni’s haunted moaning window makes a cameo

• The types of books that are better suited for distracted minds

• Fast-starting book recs

• Recs for short and snappy reads

• Short story/essay collections that you can tackle in bite-sized bits

• Page-turning memoirs

• Some of our favorite binge-worthy book series

• Roni is horrified to realize she’s read books two and three of a series and not book one

• Roni’s doorstop length books

• Our RAD Reading Recs of the week

*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!

EPISODE SPOILERS AHEAD…

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Books recommended by Roni:

• Boys Like You by Juliana Stone

• I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

• Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• This Will Only Hurt a Little by Busy Phillips

• Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo

• Brokedown Cowboy (Copper Ridge series) by Maisey Yates

• Bad News Cowboy by Maisey Yates

• 11/22/63 by Stephen King

• Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

Books recommended by Dawn:

• Chasing Vega by Terry Shepard

• Why Moms Are Weird by Pamela Ribon

• Charmed in Texas series by Sharla Lovelace

• Faceoff anthology by International Thriller Writers

• Matchup anthology by International Thriller Writers

• Different Seasons by Stephen King

• Tinsel and Tatas anthology for charity

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

• Always a Bridesmaid (For Hire) by Jen Glantz

• One For the Money (Stephanie Plum series) by Janet Evanovitch

• Naked In Death (In Death series) by J.D. Robb

Other books mentioned:

• Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

• Gold Valley series by Maisey Yates

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik (Dawn)

• Deep Work by Cal Newport (Roni)

Roni’s many blog posts on social media breaks and device-free summers:

• A Screen-Free Summer for Kidlet: How, Why, & If I'll Lose My Mind

• The 10-Day Update 

• 5 Week Update on Screen-Free Summer

• The End of Our Screen-Free Summer: Results and Moving Forward

• The After-Effects of Our Device-Free Summer

• Device-Free Summer 2.0: Why We’re Doing This Again

• 7 Things to Reduce Distractions and Increase Focus

• On Productivity and Distraction: Deep Work

• Revisiting Deep Work

• Stop Letting Your Inbox Distract You: Making Rules Work For You

• The Digital Declutter & Why I’m Taking a 30-Day Social Media Break

• After the 30-Day Social Media Ban: What Surprised Me & What I’m Changing

Find us online:

RAD Reading Facebook Page

RAD Reading List

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.)

Episode 1: The Life-Changing Magic of the DNF (Did Not Finish)

RAD Reading Podcast
Episode 1

The Life-Changing Magic of the DNF (Did Not Finish)

Release Date: Oct. 1, 2021

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Episode Summary/Highlights: 

Our first episode! Join us as we talk about our vision for the podcast, preview our weekly bookish themes, and then jump into our topic of the week--the life-changing magic of not finishing a book you’re not enjoying. And make sure you stay until the end to get our RAD Reading Book Recommendations of the week!

Highlights:

• A sneak peek of our four weekly themes

• The “I used to be a reader” struggle

• Why being a chronic finisher can be a roadblock to a happy reading life

• Reasons it’s so hard for some of us to DNF (not finish a book)

• The book trope Roni hates

• How to combat the DNF fears

• Do DNFs count for reading challenges?

• Tips for becoming a DNF master 

• The difference between a DNF and a Not For Now

• How to pick better books

• Our RAD Book Recs of the week

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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!

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Dawn rec)

I’ll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Roni rec)

Other books mentioned:

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Emma by Jane Austen

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Only Plane In the Sky by Garrett M. Graff 

Non-book things mentioned:

9/11: I Was There (documentary)

Find us online:

RAD Reading Facebook Page

RAD Reading Website

The RAD Reading List

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.)