On this episode, Samiksha Gaur, a mom and baker who has found herself enjoying dark romance recently, talks to me about her life engaging with bookish social media. We talk about a bunch of series that she loves, how she got back into reading later in life, and we give a big shoutout to Tanima Kazi for getting us connected!
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Lost Man’s Lane by Scott Carson
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
New People by Danzy Senna
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Books Highlighted by Samiksha:
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Broken Bonds (The Bonds that Tie Series #1) by J. Bree
A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR Series #1) by Sarah J. Maas
The Kat Bunglar by Tanima Kazi
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Quicksilver by Callie Heart
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Lady Iris’s Lover by Kelsey Painter
Mindf*ck by S.T. Abby
Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Famous Five by Beja & Nataël
Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
Never Lie by Frieda McFadden
There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
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