RAD Reading Podcast
Episode # 7 Reading Why
Episode Title: Fuzzy Sock Books - Reading for Comfort
Release Date: November 12, 2021
Grab your fuzzy socks, cozy blanket, and a cup of something warm. Today is all about fuzzy sock books, AKA comfort reading. We’re talking about the types of books that lend themselves best to comfort reading, sharing cozy bookish activities, and then giving you a pile of recommendations to snuggle up with, including our RAD recs of the week!
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Highlights:
Our favorite comfort reading categories
The odd things we see posted on the neighborhood pages in our small towns
Black moments vs. gray moments in a story
What’s comforting can vary widely from person to person
To reread or not to reread
Watching the movie/TV show of a book (gasp!) first
Dawn’s daughter’s shocking reading habit
Roni’s deep secret she keeps from her husband ;)
Comforting bookish activities
Dawn gives us an update on her book journaling
Dawn hunting down hero-inspired body wash
Roni’s book-inspired food emergency
Bookish girls’ night out
Our cozy book recommendations
Roni is shocked--no, like literally with electricity--and blows out her microphone
Our RAD Reading Recs of the week
*episode spoilers ahead*
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Books recommended by Roni:
Hope for the Holidays by Alison Kent
Lady Bridget’s Diary by Maya Rodale
Sex Lies and Online Dating by Rachel Gibson
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
My Kitchen Year by Ruth Reichl
Off the Clock by Roni Loren (yes, my book)
Books recommended by Dawn:
Vangie Vale series by R.L. Syme
Accidentally In Love with a Biker by Teri Anne Stanley
The Outsiders or anything by S.E. Hinton
Judy Blume: Forever, Tiger Eyes
A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle (Dawn’s review)
Stealing the Bride by Nadia Lee
Sexy Sinner by Eva Charles
RAD Reading Recs of the Week:
Secondhand Sinners by Genevieve Lynne (Dawn rec)
My Life In France by Julia Child (Roni rec)
Other books mentioned:
Cackle by Rachel Harrison
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller
Merlin Raj and the Santa Algorithm by D. G. Priya
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The BFG by Roald Dahl
YOU by Caroline Kepnes
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Cooking at Home by David Chang and Priya Krishna
The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren
Other non-book recommendations:
YOU the TV show (Netflix)
Normal People the TV show (Hulu)
Julie and Julia movie
*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!
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.)