We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week, we are celebrating Christmas in July! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.
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Literally Reading:
Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau (Traci)
Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (Ellie)
Crack the Book Open:
In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren (Traci)
The Christmas You Found Me by Sarah Morgenthaler (Ellie)
The Family Game by Catherine Steadman (Traci)
The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand (Ellie)
Always in December by Emily Stone (Traci)
A Winter in New York by Josie Silver (Ellie)
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter (Traci)
Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh (Ellie)
A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (Traci)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Traci)
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak (Traci)
Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel (Ellie)
Ten Blind Dates by Ashley Elston (Ellie)
Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison (Ellie)
I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss (Traci)
Good Spirits by B.K. Borison (Ellie)
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