Episode 31: Don’t You Forget About Me - Stories Told In Alternative Formats

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Episode #31 

Episode Title: Don’t You Forget About Me: Stories Told In Alternative Formats

Release Date: September 2, 2022

Episode Summary:

Sometimes we get so focused on the traditional novel that we forget that stories come in all different types of formats and structures. This week, we’re giving those kinds of stories the spotlight. Join us as we recommend graphic novels, anthologies, short stories, novels with creative formats, and some truly wacky things Dawn found at the bookstore.

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Highlights: 

• • Reading is reading and don’t let anyone tell you format dictates whether something counts

• • Roni gets on her reading soapbox at a football game and was “that person”

• • Giving things a try that you think may not be for you

• • Dawn wants to time travel

• • The upsides of short stories

• • Dawn was definitely almost killed by one of the Children of the Corn

• • Leonard the dog makes known his love of LGBTQIA+ romance

• • The difference between graphic novels and comics 

• • Roni discovers a new way to read graphic novels that makes it so much easier for her to follow the story

• • Roni is going through a Buffy phase #sorrynotsorry

• • Novels with interesting formats

• • Remember when Twitter wasn’t a hellscape?

• • The elusive state of “full mental capacity”

• • IKEA can be effing scary

• • The curse of “have a great summer”

• • Roni loves her scary movies and books but she’s terrified of one book Dawn loves

• • Dawn cheats on “choose your adventure” books

• • Coloring books with interesting subjects

• • Our RAD Reading Recs of the week - including a book a listener recommended to us!

***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!

Books recommended by Roni:

• Night Shift by Stephen King

• Different Seasons by Stephen King

• Vampires Never Get Old edited by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker

• Slasher Girls and Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke

• Echoes: A Ghost Story anthology edited by Ellen Datlow

• Take the Heat: A Criminal Romance anthology

• Nightingale charity anthology 

• Fifty First Times: A New Adult Anthology

• Break Me Down by Roni Loren

• Yours All Along by Roni Loren

• Heartstopper by Alice Oseman (multiple volumes)

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 1 comic

• The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

• The Appeal by Janice Hallett

• Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros

• Catherine Ryan Howard books

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

• Night Film by Marisha Pessl

• Grady Hendrix’s books

Books recommended by Dawn:

• The Tattered Blue Line anthology

• Dissent: A charity anthology for reproductive rights  

• Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh

• Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh

• Chat stories 

• Love Letters by A.R. Gurney

• Minalima pop-up books - Alice In Wonderland, Wizard of Oz

• My Lady’s Choosing by Kitty Curran and Larissa Zagris

• Murdered by James Schannep

• Paint by Sticker books

• Crush and Color - Ryan Reynolds edition

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (Roni’s rec)

• Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (Dawn’s rec)

Other books mentioned:

• American Predator by Maureen Callahan

• Vicious by V.E. Schwab

• Not Until You serial by Roni Loren

• By the Hour by Roni Loren

• Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple

• Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

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 24: The Summer Reading Extravaganza!

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Episode #24 - Summer reading

Episode Title: The Summer Reading Extravaganza

Release Date: May 27, 2022

Episode Summary:

It’s one of the best bookish times of the year—summer reading season! Today, we’re giving you our best picks to add to your poolside stack, whether you’re looking for traditional breezy beach reads or something a little darker to keep you turning the pages.

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Highlights: 

• Does our reading change during summer?

• Roni got herself in trouble with summer reading lists and her library holds

• Our easy breezy summer pics

• The book Roni was able to read at a NASCAR race and not be distracted

• Dawn is reading some historicals now but she needs something extra in them

• Roni is slightly concerned with her obsession with dual timelines and time-travel in contemporaries

• Why Dawn has a friend to thank for not missing her “moment” to meet her husband and Roni has an old computer and a non-compatible America Online CD-ROM to thank for not missing hers

• How Dawn failed as a parent ;)

• What Dawn can’t listen to on audio

• Our darker “summer is too sunny” recs

• Roni’s weird category of books that make her think of summer

• Our RAD Recs of the week

**spoilers for book picks below*

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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 recommended by Roni:

• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

• Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave

• The Roommate by Rosie Danaan

• The Suite Spot by Trish Doller

• Lady Bridget’s Diary by Maya Rodale

• Maybe In Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

• Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

• Every Wild Heart by Meg Donahue

• Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan

• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

• The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

• The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

• Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

• 11/22/63 by Stephen King

• Joyland by Stephen King

• Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

• Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips

• Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan

Books recommended by Dawn:

• Only a Crush by Delancey Stewart

• Her Highlander Choice by Fenley Grant

• Second Chance Summer by Kait Nolan

• The One Night by Meghan Quinn

• Lucky Charmed by Sharla Lovelace

• Dirty Lies by Kristy Mallory

• The Survivors by Jane Harper

• Princess Claimed by Alison Aimes

• The Dragon of New Orleans by Genevieve Jack

• Scarred by Emiy McIntire

• Hard Time by Cara McKenna

Roni’s Summer Release

For You & No One Else by Roni Loren (July 5th)

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• A Sinful Empire Trilogy by Eva Charles (Dawn’s rec)

• Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse (Roni’s rec)

Other books/things mentioned:

• Timeline (movie)

• Along for the Ride (movie on Netflix)

• The Reunion by Meghan Quinn

• A Charmed Little Lie by Sharla Lovelace

• Serial podcast

• Upgrade by Black Crouch

• We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper

• I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

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 20: April Fools' Special - Books That Tricked Us

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Episode #20 

Episode Title: Books That Tricked Us

Release Date: April 1, 2022

Episode Summary

In honor of April Fool’s Day, we’re talking about the ways books can trick you—the good and the bad—and sharing the books that tricked us! Warning: Because of some of the bookish topics, this isn't an episode to listen to with your kids in the car. ;)

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Highlights: 

• The worst prank Dawn experienced

• Why Roni can’t hear the 80s song “Don’t Treat Me Bad” without having prank flashbacks

• Good twists vs. bad twists

• Books that switch genres on you

• Misleading book covers

• Secondary plots that take over

• The “It was all a dream…” Dallas cliche

• Dawn’s fraught relationship with Nicholas Sparks

• The book that didn’t play fair (in our opinions)

• URNs and the Gone Girl effect

• Non-fiction can trick us too!

• Book expectations vs. the reality - why the mismatch?

• Horror vs. thriller

• Great books that tricked us

• RAD Reading Recs of the week

• Roni’s written a steamy story for a charity anthology to help Ukraine, pre-order Nightingale today!

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!

Books mentioned (Note, some of these are recommendations, some are ones whose “tricks” didn’t work for us. Listen to find out which!)

• High Five by Stephanie Plum

• Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

• Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

• The Roommate by Rosie Danaan

• Where’d You Go, Bernadette? By Maria Semple

• 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard

• The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

• Four-Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

• Fantastic Land by Mike Bockoven

• No Exit by Taylor Adams

• Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

• The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager

• In My Dreams, I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

• Ten by Gretchen McNeil

Other things mentioned:

• The Strangers movie

• No Exit movie

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• Nomad by S.M. West (Dawn’s rec)

• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle on audio (Roni’s rec)

Roni’s in a charity anthology for the Ukraine - pre-order your copy for a good cause!

Nightingale charity anthology

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 17: Reading on a Budget

RAD Reading Podcast
Episode #17 

Episode Title: Reading on a Budget

Release Date: Feb. 18, 2022

Episode Summary

There’s nothing wrong with wanting ALL the books. Give us all the books! Unfortunately, very few of us have an unlimited book budget. So today we’re sharing our best tips on how to keep your TBR piled high without having to dig for quarters in your couch cushions. 

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Highlights: 

• When we use the phrase “at least it’s not drugs” and reference Scrooge McDuck right out of the gate

• Roni and pandemic book buying

• Why libraries are awesome and how to use yours to its fullest

• Dawn the book thief

• The fancy copy of The Neverending Story

• The magic of non-resident library cards

• Our favorite insider library tips

• Library sales

• Book subscriptions

• Book deal email lists

• Dawn uses “Roni curation” deals

• Goodreads giveaways and the one annoying feature that pushes Roni’s uptight buttons

• Becoming a book reviewer

• Dawn may still be bitter about getting rejected for a particular book

• Used bookstores

• Little Free Libraries

• Book swaps & Dawn declares “There are RULES for books swaps.”

• Don’t invite Roni to your book swap

• RAD Reading recs of the week

*spoilers of our picks 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!

Things mentioned:

• A list of libraries that offer non-resident cards 

• Kindle Unlimited

• The Book of the Month club

• The Bookworm Box

• The Book Drop

• Audible

• Libro.fm

• Bookbub

• Kindle Daily deals

• Nook Daily finds email 

• Book Riot Deals email

• Modern Mrs. Darcy daily deals email

• Audible daily deal email

• NetGalley

• Edelweiss

• Little Free Library

• Book darts

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• Chasing Fire by Emery Jacobs (Dawn’s rec)

• The Suite Spot by Trish Doller (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 8: Shameless Reading - Liking What You Like + Our Shameless Recs

RAD Reading Podcast
Episode # 8 

Episode Title: Shameless Reading - Like What You Like + Our Shameless Book Recs

Release Date: November 19, 2021

Episode Summary

This week we’re talking about dropping reader shame and reading what you want to read. Plus, we’re giving our favorite shameless recs! Make sure the kids aren’t in the room for this one, y’all. ;) Join us and read shameless! 

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Highlights: 

• The language/terms used to shame readers about certain types of books

• Roni gets on her soapbox about the word “cheesy”

• How genres read primarily by women are often shamed the most

• Shame about book covers, titles, taboos, and uncomfortable topics

• Self-help books and why they shouldn’t be shamed

• Graphic novels count as reading

• Romance novels and mental health

• People who watch romance on the screen but won’t read a romance novel

• Ways to keep things private if you really can’t been outwardly shameless

• Finding your people

• Our shameless book recs including Dawn’s blue aliens and Roni’s kinky picks

• Our RAD Reading Recs of the week

*spoilers of which books we talk about below*

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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 recommended by Roni:

• Natural Law by Joey W. Hill

• Willing Victim by Cara McKenna

• Liberating Lacey by Anne Calhoun

• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

• Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdet

• Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

• The Upward Spiral by Alex Korb

Books recommended by Dawn:

• Omegaverse novels by Callie Rhodes

• Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

• Bound by Eva Charles

• Masters of the Shadowlands series by Cherise Sinclair

• Sky Mates series by Susan Grant

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• American Queen by Sierra Simone (Dawn rec)

• A Knight In Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux (Roni Rec)

Other books mentioned:

• My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Other non-book things mentioned:

• How Romance Novels Helped Me Life Myself Out of Postpartum Depression by author Sherry Thomas

• Navigating Depression with the Help of Romance Novels by Carolina Ciucci

• Outlander TV show

• Bridgerton TV show

• True Blood TV show

Find us online:

RAD Reading Facebook Page

RAD Reading Instagram

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 4: October's Read/Watch/Listen Recs

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Episode #4

Episode Title: October’s Read/Watch/Listen 

Release Date: Oct. 22, 2021

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This week we’re giving you all of our favorites of the month! Join us as we share the books, audiobooks, TV shows, and movies that have gotten our highest marks.

Highlights:

• Dawn recommends lots of books with shirtless man covers 

• Roni recommends a steamy one with a deceiving cover

• Roni’s go to comfort read when she’s buried in revisions

• Dawn trying to get Roni to understand superheroes

• A documentary Roni couldn’t resist

• Roni’s audiobook recs

• Why 70s and 80s country songs probably messed us up

• Dawn’s singing debut in a Pizza Hut

• The songs Roni never skips

• 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!

Books recommended by Roni:

• The Roommate by Rosie Danan

• On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

• When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

Books recommended by Dawn:

• Samson by Callie Rhodes (The Boundarylands Omegaverse series)

• Zeke by Callie Rhodes

• Troy by Callie Rhodes

• Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score

• Waking the Dragon by Juliette Cross

Watch Recommendations from Roni:

• LuLaRich (Amazon Prime)

• Modern Family (Hulu)

• Milk Street (PBS)

Watch Recommendations from Dawn:

• Alias (Amazon Prime)

• What If (Disney+)

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 

• Archer

Listen Recommendations from Roni:

• Making Space Clutter Free by Tracy McCubbin

• The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

• “All My Favorite Songs” by Weezer

• “All I Wanted” by Paramore

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• The Martian by Andy Weir (Dawn rec)

• Joyland by Stephen King (Roni Rec)

Other things mentioned:

• Outlander 

• Bob’s Burgers

• The Goldbergs

• “Drinking my Baby Goodbye” by The Charlie Daniels Band

• Dark Matter by Black Crouch

Find us online:

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 3: Making Your Own Reading Journal (AKA Fun with Office Supplies)

RAD Reading Podcast
Episode # 3

Episode Title: Making Your Own Reading Journal (AKA Fun with Office Supplies)

Release Date: October 15, 2021

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Episode Summary: 

We love upgrading our reading lives, so this week we’re talking about one of our favorite ways to enhance the reading experience--creating our own reading journals! Plus, as always, we’re giving our RAD Reading Recs of the week.

Highlights:

• Why Dawn’s teen journals led her to get grounded--unnecessarily!

• The one journal Roni’s been able to stick with

• The basics of a reading/book journal

• Private reading journals vs. Goodreads 

• Roni avoiding awkward book signings

• What Dawn said that made Roni clutch her pearls

• The unexpected benefits of a reading journal

• Dawn’s epiphany about stencils

• The nuts & bolts of putting together your own journal

• What Roni wishes she’d been putting in her journal from the start

• Rating systems - Roni’s highly detailed one & Dawn’s low-key method

• Documenting reading challenges

• Finding your journaling style - decorative, bare bones, etc.

• Digital options for journaling

• Dawn’s signal that she’s been kidnapped

• Journaling tips

• Instagram perfect journals are not necessary

• Our favorite journaling supplies

• Our RAD Reading Recs of the Week

*Note: all book/product 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!

Supplies recommended by Roni:

• Leuchtturm1917 Journal 

• Stabilo Fineliner Pens

• Zebra Mildliner highlighters 

• Staedtler Ergosoft colored pencils 

• Staedtler Template, Geometric Shapes & Symbols to draw boxes and circles

Supplies recommended by Dawn:

• Plum Paper Notebook 

• Frixion pens

• Prisma Color Pencils 

Other resources mentioned:

• Roni’s free downloadable Romance Reading Journal

• Rock Your Reading Tracker by Sarah’s Bookshelves

• My Reading Journal by Anne Bogel (Modern Mrs. Darcy)

• Pensieve app

• Book of the Month club 

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Roni’s Reading Journal

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

Dear Writer, Are You In Burnout? by Becca Syme (Dawn’s rec)

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (Roni’s rec)

Find us online:

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Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram

Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram

Episode 2: Feeling All the Fall Feels - Seasonal Book Recs

Fall is here! This week we’re talking about whether or not we’re seasonal readers and how to enhance those autumnal vibes with your reading choices. We’re also bringing you a big stack of book recommendations! Roni’s got a pile of recs from one of her very favorite micro-genres: dark academia & campus novels. And Dawn is bringing the heat with sexy football-themed romances and some fun seasonal rom-coms. Come feel all the Fall feels with us!

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Highlights:

• To Pumpkin Spice Latte or not?

• Which of us is a seasonal reader

• The genres we reach for in Fall

• How to enhance the season with your reading

• The types of books that are particularly suited for Fall

• Halloween getting the short end of the holiday stick

• Roni trying to pronounce “horror” but sounding like she’s saying something offensive

• Roni’s favorite dark academia and campus novels

• Why Dawn almost had to move out of her new house

• Why Roni, the romance author, doesn’t read a ton of romance 

• Roni horrifies Dawn with her stance on mysteries

• Texting whodunnit guesses while reading

• Dawn recs a football-themed romance series and some LOL seasonal rom coms

• The RAD Reading Recs of the week

• How Roni sees book scenes through Instagram filters

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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 recommended by Roni:

• THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt

• FINDING FELICITY by Stacey Kade

• NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo 

• MISADVENTURES WITH A PROFESSOR by Sierra Simone

• NEVER SAW ME COMING by Vera Kurian

• IN MY DREAMS, I HOLD A KNIFE by Ashley Winstead 

• THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides 

• DINNER: A LOVE STORY by Jenny Rosenstrach

Books recommended by Dawn:

• THE FOURTH TIME CHARM by Maya Hughes

• THE ART OF FALLING FOR YOU by Maya Hughes

• FALLING INTO FOREVER by Delancey Stewart

• SHAKING THE SLEIGH by Delancey Stewart

• PINWHEELS, POTIONS, AND POSSIBILITIES by Fenley Grant

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• THE LOST MAN by Jane Harper (Dawn’s rec)

• THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab (Roni Rec)

Other books/authors mentioned:

• The Babysitter’s Club series

• The Harry Potter series

• Author Grady Hendrix

• Author Riley Sager

• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

• The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris

• Author Kresley Cole

• Harlequin holiday books

• Author Ruth Reichl’s food memoirs

• My Life in France by Julia Child

• Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo

• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Other non-book recommendations:

• Felicity (TV Show)

• YOU (TV show)

As promised on the podcast, here are photos of Roni’s cookbook collection:

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

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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)

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