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| Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 2) | Mini Ep | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:23:46 | |
We are back rating our listeners top ten books of 2024 for us to judge! We go through each list and award a letter grade. Will we rate yours? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 1) | Mini Ep | 26 Dec 2024 | 00:22:35 | |
This week we asked our listeners to submit their top ten books of 2024 for us to judge! We go through each list and award a letter grade. Will we rate yours? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| The State of the Bookish Community with @Haleys.house | S4Ep8 | 10 Oct 2024 | 01:30:12 | |
This week we chat with Haley from the Gilmore to Say podcast about the highs and lows of the bookish community. We discuss everything from booktok drama to whatever the hell is happening on Threads. Follow Haley! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Tier Ranking: Enemies to Lovers Books | S4Ep7 | 03 Oct 2024 | 01:10:14 | |
We're back with another tier ranking! We work together to rank popular enemies to lovers books that were submitted by our listeners! Follow us on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| 2v1: Books One of Us Loved and the Other Didn't | S4Ep6 | 26 Sep 2024 | 01:10:27 | |
This week we go head to head in a fun 2v1 style bookish debate. We go through books that two of us loved and the other didn't (and vice versa) and discuss why our personal opinions on books are correct (or why the other opinions are wrong)! All is fair in friendship and books! Time stamps for books discussed: Slow Dance: 11:38, Lovelight Farms: 19:30, Georgie, All Along: 20:35, Seven Year Slip: 25:05, Infernal Devices: 32:23, This Summer Will Be Different: 42:45, Foxglove: 51:56. Follow us on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Fanfiction Girlies | S4Ep5 | 19 Sep 2024 | 00:58:04 | |
This week we talk all about FanFiction! We discuss our favorite fandoms, ships and share which books we would write fanfic for! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Tarah DeWitt: Savor It, Narrative Therapy, and What's Next! | S4Ep4 | 12 Sep 2024 | 01:02:47 | |
USA-Today Best-selling Author Tarah DeWitt joins us to talk about her recent release Savor It, and the re-releases of Funny Feelings and the Co-Op! She also teases what readers can expect from her forthcoming novel Left of Forever and plays a round of “Build of Romance Book.” Follow Tarah on Instagram! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Bookish Game Night #2 | S4Ep3 | 05 Sep 2024 | 00:46:02 | |
Game Night is back! Join us as we play three bookish mini games: Quote Challenge, Guess Who, and Name a Book Based off the Trope! Play Along and see how many you can get right!! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Sports Romance Ramblings + Book Draft | S4Ep2 | 29 Aug 2024 | 01:01:37 | |
This week we yap all about Sports Romances! We share what we love about the genre, the things we could do without, and share our favorite recommendations. We also host a sports romance draft where we pick our fav fictional athletes and micro tropes. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Summer 2024 Reading + Life Update | S4Ep1 | 22 Aug 2024 | 00:58:45 | |
Welcome to season 4 of Bring Your Own! We're kicking things off by sharing the best books we read over break and recapping all our summer activities including our time spent at Steamy Lit Con! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Game Night with Lauren Asher! | S3Ep16 | 20 Jun 2024 | 01:00:17 | |
NYT Best Selling Author Lauren Asher is back to talk all things Love Unwritten! She walks us through what readers can expect from book 2 in the Lakefront Billionaires Series while plying a series of bookish mini-games! Spoilers from 32:00 - 45:53. Follow us on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| 2024 Summer Reading Plans, Goals and Recommendations! | S3Ep15 | 13 Jun 2024 | 00:56:28 | |
This week we share our summer reading plans and goals as well as the books we think ecerything should be reading this season! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Best Books of 2024 | S4Ep16 | 19 Dec 2024 | 01:33:06 | |
It's that time! This week we reveal our individual top 10 books of the year lists for 2024! We share our honorable mentions before jumping into our top ten lists and sharing why these particular novels made the cut. We also list the books that are on our 2025 TBR! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Tier Ranking: Friends to Lovers Books | S3Ep14 | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:54:57 | |
This week we tackle tier-ranking popular Friends to Lovers books that our listeners submitted!
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| Guess The Bad Review | S3Ep13 | 23 May 2024 | 00:39:42 | |
This week we take turns reading 1 star reviews of our favorite books! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark Recap ft. @Kimmybookss | S3Ep12 | 16 May 2024 | 01:37:30 | |
This episode features MAJOR Spoilers for Magnolia Parks: Into The Dark by Jessa Hastings! Proceed with caution! Our beloved friend Kimmy from @kimmybookss is back to recap the recent Magnolia Parks Universe installment, Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark by Jessa Hastings. We talk in detail about the best, most jaw-dropping and tear-inducing moments, while stating our hopes for the rest of the series. For more of the infamous Kimmy follow her on Instagram. Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Listener's Unpopular Bookish Opinions Pt. 2 | S3Ep11 | 09 May 2024 | 00:53:38 | |
Part two of airing out our listener's unpopular bookish opinions! We discuss if we agree or disagree with your hot takes on narrators, book couples, tropes and more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Book Rankings: First and Favorite & Under, Over, and Perfectly Rated | S3Ep10 | 02 May 2024 | 01:03:00 | |
Join us as we take turns revealing our first and favorite books of authors our listeners submitted! We then share books that we think are underrated, overrated, and perfectly rated! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Abby Jimenez Deep Dive | S3Ep9 | 25 Apr 2024 | 01:28:25 | |
Next in our Author Spotlight Series: #1 New York Times Bestselling author Abby Jimenez! We rank her characters and couples, have a spoiler-filled chat about her four recent novels, and end off with some trivia questions! Time Stamps:
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| Game Night with Giana Darling | S3Ep8 | 18 Apr 2024 | 00:57:36 | |
Author Giana Darling (@gianadarlingauthor) is here for a fun bookish game night! We play three mini bookish games while Giana dishes about her latest releases and what's to come! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Tier Ranking: Fake Dating Books | S3Ep7 | 11 Apr 2024 | 01:08:26 | |
This week we're forced to work together and tier-rank popular fake-dating romance books. Spoiler Alert: We fight! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Sweetgrass + Q1 Reading Recap | S3Ep6 | 04 Apr 2024 | 00:51:32 | |
This week we recap our time at the Sweetgrass, a romance book signing that took place in Charleston, South Carolina in March of 2024. We also share our personal Q1 reading journeys and which books are in the running for our top reads of the year so far. Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Build Your Own Book to Screen Adaptation | S3Ep5 | 28 Mar 2024 | 00:56:43 | |
This week we take turns imagining some of our favorite books as movies! Brandi pitches Elissa Sussman's "Funny You Should Ask", Kayla does "Check & Mate" by Ali Hazelwood, and Kendra takes on "Ready or Not" by Cara Bastone. We fancast each book, and share are overall creative visions.
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| Holiday Romance Novella Roundtable #2 | S4Ep15 | 12 Dec 2024 | 01:20:22 | |
Our Holiday Romance Novella roundtable is back! We each read a holiday novella to share with one another and take turns recapping our books in extreme detail. They all are equal parts festive, spicy, and weird. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Romance Book Draft #1 | S3Ep4 | 21 Mar 2024 | 01:01:22 | |
It’s Draft Day! This week we each take turns drafting different romance books, book boyfriends, and book girlfriends to our respective teams. Follow @BringYourOwnPod to see our teams! Follow Brandi @Brandos.Books Follow Kendra @Kendra.Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas.Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Game Night with Hannah Bonam-Young | S3Ep3 | 14 Mar 2024 | 00:59:43 | |
Author Hannah Bonam-Young(@authorhannahby) is back for an epic bookish game night! We play three mini games while Hannah walks us through what life has been like re-releasing her Next Series with a traditional publisher. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Listener's Unpopular Bookish Opinions | S3Ep2 | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:42:07 | |
This week we air out our listener's unpopular bookish opinions! We discuss if we agree or disagree with your hot takes on 3rd act break ups, book ratings, and more! Huge shoutout to everyone who submitted as we couldn't get get through them all. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| 2024 Bookish Ins and Outs, Reading Goals, and Recommendations | S3Ep1 | 29 Feb 2024 | 01:19:42 | |
Welcome to a brand new season of Bring Your Own! To kick off season 3 we're sharing our 2024 reading in's and out's alongside our bookish goals for the year. A new season also means new book recs! We each provide three books that everyone should have on their TBRs this year. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Best Books of 2023 | S2Ep17 | 21 Dec 2023 | 01:17:27 | |
This week we reveal our individual Top 10 Books of The Year Lists! We take turns counting down from 10 sharing why these books stood out to us in 2023, and list our honorable mentions as well! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Holiday Romance Novella Roundtable | S2Ep16 | 14 Dec 2023 | 01:05:05 | |
In honor of the holiday season, we each read a Holiday Romance Novella to share with each another! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Defend a Book #2: Lovelight Farms Series by B.K. Borison | S2Ep15 | 07 Dec 2023 | 00:54:29 | |
Court is back in session as the Lovelight Farms series by B.K. Borison takes the stand. Major spoilers for all three books in the series (Lovelight Farms, In the Weeds, and Mixed Signals). Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Magnolia Parks Universe Deep Dive w/ @kimmybookss | S2Ep14 | 30 Nov 2023 | 01:57:44 | |
SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE MAGNOLIA PARKS UNIVERSE SERIES BY JESSA HASTINGS! IF YOU HAVE NOT READ MAGNOLIA PARKS, DAISY HAITES, MP: THE LONG WAY HOME, & DH: THE GREAT UNDOING YOU WILL BE SPOILED FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES. THIS IS YOUR FIRST WARNING! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Lauren Asher: Love Redesigned, Starting a New Series, and Crafting Relatable Characters | S2Ep13 | 16 Nov 2023 | 01:05:51 | |
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| Bookish Game Night | S2Ep12 | 09 Nov 2023 | 00:34:55 | |
Its Game Night! This Week we compete against one another while playing three bookish-themed mini games. Games include a Quote Challenge, Guess Who, and Name a Book based off a Trope. Play along and help determine the winner by the end of the episode! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Favorite Fictional Families | S4Ep16 | 05 Dec 2024 | 00:54:48 | |
This week we share our favorite fictional families from recent books we've read and who'd we want to spend the holidays with! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Fallen Men Series Recap w/ @bookish.sel | S2Ep11 | 02 Nov 2023 | 01:22:01 | |
This week we're joined by our bookish bestie Selina (@bookish.sel) to recap the Fallen Men Series by Giana Darling. We take turns sharing our favorite books, couples, characters, spicy scenes and more in a hilarious spoiler-filled discussion.
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| Monster Romance Roundtable | S2Ep10 | 26 Oct 2023 | 01:02:47 | |
In honor of Halloween, we each read a Monster Romance to share with one another! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Build Your Own Romance Book | S2Ep9 | 19 Oct 2023 | 00:57:26 | |
This week we each take turns building our own romance books! We list out which tropes we'd include, how steamy they'd be, and share our dream fan casts.
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| Elsie Silver: Hopeless, Canadian Cowboys, and what's next after Chestnut Springs | S2Ep8 | 12 Oct 2023 | 00:46:36 | |
This week Elsie Silver drops by the pod to talk all things Chestnut Springs, how she crafts near perfect smut scenes, and what readers can expect from her latest release, Hopeless. She also give us a sneak peek at what's to come after the Chestnut Springs series and plays a fun "Who Said It?" game with us! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Fantasy Gorls: Our Fav Fantasy & Romantasy Books | S2Ep7 | 05 Oct 2023 | 00:53:22 | |
Happy Fall! This week we're chatting all about Fantasy and Romantasy books! We share our fantasy starter packs, favorite fantasy couples, and hand out tons of recommendations along the way. We also (Kendra vs. Kayla and Brandi) get in a little spoiler-filled tussle over the Belladonna series by Adalyn Grace (25:22 - 29:45 if you want to skip). Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Liz Tomforde: The Right Move, Female Friendships, and Praise Kinks | S2Ep6 | 28 Sep 2023 | 00:57:14 | |
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| Couples Challenge: Bookish Edition | S2Ep5 | 21 Sep 2023 | 00:31:57 | |
This week the men of BYO stop by the pod for a fun couples quiz! Hosted by Kendra, Brandi's boyfriend Daniel and Kayla's husband Jared take turns answering bookish questions about their partners. (Spoiler alert: they each struggle a lot) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Hannah Bonam-Young: Out on A Limb, Disabled Joy, and Unsexy Smutty Words | S2Ep4 | 14 Sep 2023 | 01:12:47 | |
This week Hannah Bonam-Young (@authorhannahby) drops by! We chat all about her hit summer novel, Out on A Limb, how she got started in the world of indie publishing with The Next Series, and where to find a man who will treat you right (hint: it involves dice)! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Defend A Book #1: How To Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder | S2Ep3 | 07 Sep 2023 | 00:54:32 | |
Court is now in session; beware of MAJOR spoilers for How To Fake It in Hollywood starting at ~14:30 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Mazey Eddings: Messy Characters, Sex Positivity, & Dental School | S2Ep2 | 31 Aug 2023 | 01:14:39 | |
Mazey Eddings stops by the pod! We fangirl over her adult contemporary romance series “A Brush With Love” (which everyone should read, btw!), discuss neurodiverse joy, sex positivity, and how the heck Mazey managed to break into publishing while being a full-time dental student. Mazey also spills all the tea on her newest release, “Tilly In Technicolor” & tells us what readers can expect from her upcoming 2024 sapphic romance, “Late Bloomer”! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Bookish Rewind: A look back at previous Top 10 lists | S4E13 | 21 Nov 2024 | 01:02:10 | |
his week we reminisce on our previous Top 10 Books of the Year lists from 2021 and 2022 and discuss if they still hold up! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Summer Reading Recap | S2Ep1 | 24 Aug 2023 | 00:52:29 | |
Welcome to season 2! We're kicking things off this season by discussing our summer 2023 reading journeys. Find out our top reads of the season, the books that disappointed us the most, which new authors we're obsessed with, and more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Book Bonanza 2023: The Good, The Bad, and The Best Moments | Bonus Ep 2 | 06 Jul 2023 | 01:22:42 | |
This week we recap our time at Book Bonanza 2023. Taking place in Grapevine, Texas over the course of two days, we go over our favorite moments from the book signing, reveal all the authors we got to meet, and discuss that crazy wristband situation. Great for anyone who is curious into how book signings work and may want to attend the convention next year! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| What is Steamy Lit? ft. Special Guest @bookrecsbymel | Bonus Ep 1 | 04 Jul 2023 | 01:16:08 | |
This week we learn all about Steamy Lit, the adult bookish subscription company that empowers readers to incorporate self love into their reading habits. We’re joined by the company’s founder Melissa (@bookrecsbymel) as she walks us through Steamy Lit’s origins, the Steam Box , and what readers can expect from the upcoming inaugural Steamy Lit Con happening August 18-19, 2023 in Anaheim, California. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Bring Your Own...Booktok Fave | S1Ep15 | 22 Jun 2023 | 01:46:16 | |
In the season one finale we’re taking it back to our bookish roots and talking about our #BookTok Favs! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||