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May 20, 2025 66 mins

SUMMER IS HERE!!! To celebrate we've pulled together what might be our longest TBR list yet (we were VERY optimistic about our reading goals). In this episode we discuss books from every genre, nonfiction to thriller to romance and even some books we pulled out from childhood.

08:17 Anticipated reads: 

  • Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
  • A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Bandanna
  • Katabasis by RF Kuang

24:24 Summer TBR: 

  • Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
  • People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
  • Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Grams
  • Blood over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
  • The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren 
  • The Only One Left by Riley Sager  
  • Its all Tuberculosis by John Green
  • The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haight
  • It’s Not Hysteria by Karen Tang
  • We were Liars by E. Lockhart
  • The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden
  • The Host by Stephanie Meyer

4:38 Books we recommend for summer

  • Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
  • Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
  • Poison Study by Maria Snyder 
  • The Lies of Locke Lamora By Scott Lynch
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares 
  • The Switch by Beth O’Leary
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler
  • Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Happy Hour by Marlow Granados

Summer Reads with episodes on the pod 

  • Fable by Adrienne Young 
  • Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • God of the Woods by Liz Moore


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