RAD Reading Podcast
Episode #23
Episode Title: Casual Friday with Bookish Friends - Editor Jessica Snyder and Author Stacy Woodson
Release Date: May 13, 2022
Episode Summary:
Today, we’re keeping it casual and having our first guests over to share their best book recommendations! Join us as we welcome indie editor Jessica Snyder and mystery writer Stacy Woodson. Expect some great romance, mystery, and suspense recommendations! Also, Roni has a number of books that she didn’t know quite how to rate because…reasons.
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Highlights:
Meet our guests!
Dawn is giving her visitors the full Texas experience
Roni admits she used to line dance
Books that are hard to rate
Dawn recommends a book with the word “sausage” in the tagline
Editor Jess has a rec that’s a master class in upping the stakes in a story
Editor/writer brain showing up when you’re reading can be a problem
Thoughts on love triangles
A tip for listening to books on your Kindle
The upside of reading anthologies
Roni found a book she didn’t know existed but definitely needed in her life
Should authors go back and change things in earlier books
Our RAD recs of the week
And stay tuned for bloopers, in which Roni reveals just how embedded in her psyche, Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer is
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:
Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Books recommended by Dawn:
Make Me Shiver by Marie Johnston
Baby for the Bosshole by Nadia Lee
Books recommended by our guests:
After Hours on Milagro Street by Angelina M. Lopez
Blind Tiger by Sandra Brown
Tinderbox by Rachel Grant
The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer
Other books mentioned:
“Two Tamales, One Tokarev, and a Lifetime of Broken Promises” by Stacy Woodson
Praise by Sara Cate
Gravity by Sara Cate
Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovitch
Dangerous Ground by Rachel Grant
Crime Hits Home anthology by Mystery Writers of America edited by S.J. Rozan
The Other Half of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
Other non-book recommendations:
RAD Reading Recs of the Week:
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume (Dawn’s rec)
Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food In America by Mayukh Sen (Roni’s rec)
Connect with our guests:
Editor Jessica Snyder - her website
Author Stacy Woodson - her website
Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram
Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram
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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.)