Episode Summary:

It’s Dawn’s birthday week! Today, we’re going to celebrate Dawn with an episode dedicated to the books she loves. First, she’s bringing us a list of books that she credits with making her into a reader. Then, Roni is “gifting” Dawn with three book recommendations that are tailor-made for her. Plus, we’re bringing you a recap from our fabulous weekend at the Book Bonanza conference! Join us for the birthday bash!

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Highlights:

Our Book Bonanza conference recap
Dawn the Designated Extrovert
Miss Connie the super librarian
Roni played Never Have I Ever with some superstar authors…and can’t remember much because she might’ve metaphorically blacked out on stage
Strawberry Ice Cream Hershey kisses are dangerous
We almost had a murderous dinner
Readers truly are the best
The books that made Dawn into a reader
Read the book but skip this movie
The power of English teachers
The book that every 80s kid had tucked inside their backpack
The book that taught Dawn it was okay for stories not to have a happy ending
The book Dawn would save in a fire
Roni gifts Dawn with three book recommendations
Dawn’s husband is very nice but she does like an alphahole hero in her books
Our RAD Recs of the Week

**episode spoilers below**

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Books recommended by Dawn:

A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
After the First Death by Robert Cormier
Forever by Judy Blume
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
Places I Never Meant to Be edited by Judy Blume

Roni’s birthday recommendations to Dawn:

Fallen Too Far by Abbi Glines
Dirty Ties by Pam Godwin
Wolf Gone Wild by Juliette Cross

RAD Reading Recs of the Week:

One for the Money by Janet Evanovitch (Dawn’s rec)
Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Other books mentioned:

Waking the Dragon by Juliette Cross
The Say Everything series audiobooks with Desiree Ketchum’s narration
The Black Lily by Juliette Cross

Other things mentioned:

The Book Bonanza conference

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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.)