Episode 51: Cozy Christmas Reads 2025

Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 51 - A VERY special episode, our FIFTH annual Cozy Christmas Reads! This is the perfect time of year for some emotional junk food in book form!

We are celebrating the fifth season of our annual Cozy Christmas Reads episode. Here are the links to 2021, 2022 and 2023 and 2024. For those who know the Cozy Christmas episode traditions well, you know that means we’re joined by two amazing and special guests Stef Cunningham and Ali Oppenlaender.

In This Episode:

• The show starts how it always does, with the ladies & their special guests checking in on how their reading is going.
• The ladies rank their reads from Scrooge to Christmas on Hallmark Street.
• Next up, the friends share the books they brought to the episode. Listener, you’ll be walking away with 8 cozy books for your holiday listening.
• It wouldn’t be an episode of Medium Lady Reads without hot takes. Tune in to find out what we’re all thinking.
• All four women share what they’re waiting for from the library and what they’re reading next.

Books Mentioned in This Episode:

• All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 
• Maple Syrup: A Short History of Canada's Sweetest Obsession by Peter Kuitenbrouwer
• Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
• Tress and The Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
• Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman
• Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
• Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
• Season for Second Chances by Jenny Bayliss
• Meet Me Under the Mistletoe by Jenny Bayliss
• The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
• December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss
• Kiss Me at Christmas by Jenny Bayliss
• Half Spent was the Night by Ami McKay 
• The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella by Nita Prose
• A Merry Little Lie by Sarah Morgan
• The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan
• The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
• The Dictionary of Lost of Words by Pip Williams
• Good Spirits by B.K. Borison
• Love Light Farms by B.K. Borison
• First Time Caller by B.K. Borison
• The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
• Christmas at the Ranch by Julia McKay
• How to Read a Book by Monica Wood
• One In A Million Boy by Monica Wood
• The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
• A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
• Sweet Heat by Bolu Babalola
• In the Veins of the Drowning by Kalie Cassidy
• Alchemised by SenLinYu 
• Spectacular by Stephanie Garber
• Winterhouse by Ben Guterson
• Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
• The Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
• Wreck by Catherine Newman
• The Correspondent by Virginia Evans 
• Walking with Beth by Merilyn Simonds
• Accomplish to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 
• August Lane by Regina Black