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Episode 16: We've Only Just Begun - Our Favorite Series Starters

February 4, 2022 Roni Loren

RAD Reading Podcast
Episode #16

Episode Title: We’ve Only Just Begun: Our Favorite Series Starters

Release Date: Feb. 4, 2022

Episode Summary:

It’s all about book series today! We're defining the different types of series, talking about why we love reading them, and then we’re giving our favorite series starter books. Let’s do this!

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Highlights: 

  • To series read or not to series read

  • Connected series vs. continuing series

  • Duets and trilogies

  • Shared world series

  • Roni remembers a book she forgot she wrote

  • Dawn makes friends in parking lots with people pulling things out of their trunks 

  • Series and fandoms and which fandom Roni was googling a decade ago

  • Why we love series

  • Why not waiting for a whole series to be written before buying can be important

  • RIP one of Roni’s series

  • Relief from decision fatigue

  • Our favorite series starters recs

  • Our RAD Recs of the Week

  • How Loren is pronounced



*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!

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Books recommended by Roni:

  • The Duke and I by Julia Quinn (The Bridgerton series)

  • Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas

  • Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan

  • Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

  • Halfway to the Grave by Jeannine Frost

  • Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

  • City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

  • Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

  • Captive in the Dark by CJ Roberts



Books recommended by Dawn:

  • Scoring a Soulmate (Mr. Match series) by Delancey Stewart

  • Big Chance Cowboy by Teri Anne Stanley

  • Company Assassin by Claudia Blood

  • Greed (A Sinful Empire series) by Eva Charles



RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

  • Mischief Night by Delaney Foster (Dawn’s rec)

  • Simply: Easy Everyday Dishes by Sabrina Ghayour (Roni’s rec)



Other books mentioned:

The Ones Who Got Away series by Roni Loren

Melt Into You by Roni Loren

Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

The Black Company series by Glen Cook

One for the Money by Janet Evanovitch

In Death series by J.D. Robb

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

The Enchanted Rock Immortals series

Blurring the Lines by Roni Loren (Invitation to Eden series)

True North series by Sarina Bowen

The Cocky Hero Club series by Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto  (reader rec)






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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.)

In Show Notes Tags rad reading, rad reading podcast, bookish podcast, series starters, first book in series, romance novels, roni loren, dawn alexander, book recommendations
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