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Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Bring Your Own is a bookish podcast hosted by three besties who met via the internet. Each week join Brandi, Kendra, & Kayla as they chat (and sometimes fight) about their favorite books, authors, the bookish community, and more! Follow the pod on Instagram: @bringyourownpod Follow the hosts: Brandi: @brandos.books Kendra: @kendra.readz Kayla: @kaylas.bookshelf
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- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Kayla’s 13 Going on 30th Birthday Bash | S5E28
This week, we’re celebrating Kayla turning the big 3-0! We take a look back at 2008 in a “13 Going on 30” inspired segment, talk about what Little Kayla…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Books Everyone Should Be Reading in Fall of 2025! | S5E27
Fall is here, and so are our reading recommendations for the season. This week we each share books that are peak fall in terms of vibe, aesthetic, setting, and…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Things That Work in Romance Books but Not in Real Life | S5E26
We asked listeners to share things that make them swoon and fangirl in romance novels but would totally ick them out in real life! Join us on Patreon! Follow…
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The Best Weddings in Romance Books to celebrate Brandi’s Wedding! | S5E25
This week, our lovely host Brandi is getting married! To celebrate, we share our favorite weddings from books, movies, and pop culture! Brandi also shares her…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Fall 2025 Book Releases to Have On Your Radar | S5E24
This week we’re sharing upcoming Romance and Fantasy books releasing in Fall 2025! We’ll tell you which ones we’re dying to read and the ones we think you…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Brandi’s 30th Bookish Birthday Bash! | S5E23
Celebrate Brandi’s 30th birthday with us! We talk all the feelings around turning 30, books that remind us of Brandi, and dole out recs with characters in…
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Grand Gestures, Authors, and Romance Book Draft #3 | S5E22
We're back with another book draft! In honor of Fantasy Football season fast approaching, this week we take turns drafting romance books, authors, and our…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Tier Ranking: Smutty Words and Other Sexy Things That Appear in Romance Books | S5E21
It’s Tier Ranking time! This week, we’ll be placing words and phrases often used during smut scenes in romance novels into four different categories, ranging…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Upcoming Book-to-Screen Adaptations We’re Excited For! | S5E20
This week, we discuss the numerous book-to-screen adaptations that have recently been announced, including The Love Hypothesis, People We Meet On Vacation, You…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Summer 2025 Reading Recap + Yap Session | S5E19
This week, we share how our summer reading went and the other fun things we were up to during our break, including a fun bookish girls’ trip to Forks…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Fantasy Books for Non-Fantasy Readers ft. kendra.readz | Mini Ep
Riding solo this week, self proclaimed “not a fantasy girl” Kendra shares the few fantasy novels that she’s enjoyed and recommended over the years. She also…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Book Club Excerpt: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune | Mini Ep
This week, we're giving non-Patreon subscribers a sneak peek at what goes on during book club episodes! Our first pick was One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Books & Bravo; Watch This, Read This ft. brandos.books | Mini Ep
In this solo episode Brandi is pairing her favorite Bravo TV shows with the perfect bookish match. Whether you're deep in the drama of Vanderpump Rules and…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Non-Romance Books for Romance Readers ft. kaylas.bookshelf | Mini Ep
In this mini episode, Kayla is flying solo to share her favorite non-romance reads that still hit all the right notes for romance lovers. Tune in to find your…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Our Mid-Year Check In; The Best Books of 2025 So Far | S5E18
It’s that time of year! We’re checking in to discuss our favorite reads of the year so far, our individual reading stats, and which books we think HAVE to make…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Listeners’ Bookish Hot Takes | Mini Ep
This week, we’re reacting to bookish hot takes as shared by our listeners! Join us on Patreon! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Bookish FMK | Mini Ep
This week, we play a fun game of FMK with book characters submitted by our Patreon subscribers! Join us on Patreon! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Bad Reviews of 2025 Book Releases | Mini Ep
This week, we read through one-star reviews of the top Romance book releases of 2025 and take turns guessing the book based on the review! Join us on Patreon!…
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Summer 2025 Book Releases to Have On Your Radar | S5E17
This week we’re sharing upcoming Romance and Fantasy books releasing in summer 2025! We’ll tell you which ones we’re dying to read and the ones we think you…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Is Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry a Romance Novel? | S5E16
This week, we deep dive into Emily Henry’s latest release, “Great Big Beautiful Life” and whether or not the novel is a romance. We also share our current…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Defending Book Couples We Hate ft. @ Kimmybookss | S5E15
This week, we’re joined by our good friend Kimmy from @Kimmybookss and take turns defending book couples we hate with a burning passion. Books include: The…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Kendra’s Birthday Bash: Books every 27-Year-Old Should Read | S5E14
This week, we’re celebrating Kendra’s 27th birthday! She’ll share the books that defined her past year and what all 27 year olds should read. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR…
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Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez Deep Dive | S5E13
This week, we share our thoughts on Abby Jimenez’s “Say You’ll Remember Me,” which has been the topic of conversation on booktok and bookstagram since its…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Lyla Sage’s Last Ride at Rebel Blue Ranch | S5E12
#1 NYT best-selling author Lyla Sage is here this week to talk about the latest release in her Rebel Blue Ranch series, Wild & Wrangled! She walks us through…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Blind Dates with Book Boyfriends & Girlfriends | S5E11
This week we're playing matchmaker for our favorite romance novel heroes and heroines. We have three rounds of potential suitors that we'll hype up and at the…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
The Best and Worst Books of 2025 So Far | S5E10
This week we look back on our reading stats for the first quarter of 2025! We reveal the best romance books we’ve read, the worst, and what we hope to read in…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Unpacking Promise Me Sunshine with Cara Bastone | S5E9
This week we’re dissecting Cara Bastone’s latest romance novel ‘Promise Me Sunshine’ with Cara herself! She shares the inspiration behind the plot, characters…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Bookish Game Night With @Morgannbook | S5E8
This week bookish influencer Morgann Book joins us for game night! We play three bookish games while discussing Morgan’s book club, book-to-screen adaptations…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Tier Ranking our All-Time Favorite Books | S5E7
This week we take Tier Ranking to the next level by ranking our favorite books of all time! However, there can only be four books per category so things become…
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Adalyn Grace knows a thing or two about love triangles | S5E6
#1 New York Times best-selling author, Adalyn Grace stops by the pod to chat all about the Belladonna series including the forthcoming novella "Holly"…
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Deep Diving into Deep End by Ali Hazelwood | S5E5
Today, we discuss all things Deep End by Ali Hazelwood! We share our favorite scenes, quotes, and spicy scenes and explain why this book quickly became our…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Spring 2025 Book releases to have on your radar | S5E4
Today we’re sharing upcoming Romance and Fantasy books releasing spring 2025! We’ll tell you which ones we’re dying to read and the ones we think you should…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Layne Fargo spills the tea on her hit novel ‘The Favorites’ | S5E3
Author Layne Fargo stops by to chat about her hit novel The Favorites which took BookTok and Bookstagram by storm upon its release. We talk about the world of…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
A Very Bookish Valentine’s Day | S5E2
This Valentine’s Day we’re sharing which one of our many book boyfriends we’d choose as our Valentine. We also discuss the female main characters we’d spend…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
2025 Reading, Winter Break Updates + Reintro | S5E1
Welcome to Season 5 of Bring Your Own! This week, we'll be reintroducing ourselves, sharing how our reading held up over break, and discussing what 2025 has in…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Carissa Broadbent: Not Your Average Romantasy ft kaylas.bookshelf | Mini Ep
Join co-host Kayla (@kaylas.bookshelf) as she guides you through popular fantasy author Carissa Broadbent's backlist. She talks about Carissa's two series (The…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Hot People Read Katie Cotugno ft. kendra.readz | Mini Ep
Join co-host Kendra (kendra.readz) as she guides you through the backlist of NYT best-selling author, Katie Cotugno! She'll walk you through both Cotugno's YA…
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Lisa Kleypas: Historical Romance for Newbies ft. brandos.books | Mini Ep
Join co-host Brandi (@brandos.books) as she gives non-HistRom readers her tried and true introduction to historical romance through the work of Lisa Kleypas!…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
The Worst Books of 2024 According to our Listeners | Mini Ep
This week we asked our listeners to submit their worst reads of 2024! We go through the titles they submitted and share if we agree or disagree with their…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 2) | Mini Ep
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? Follow us on…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersRating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 1) | Mini Ep
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?…
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Best Books of 2024 | S4E16
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…
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Holiday Romance Novella Roundtable #2 | S4Ep15
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…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Favorite Fictional Families | S4Ep16
This week we share our favorite fictional families from recent books we've read and who'd we want to spend the holidays with! Follow us on instagram…
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Bookish Rewind: A look back at previous Top 10 lists | S4E13
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! Follow us on instagram…
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Audiobook Catch-Up 2024 | S4E12
This week we discuss our current audiobook listening habits, our favorite (and least favorite) narrators, and share some new recommendations! Follow us on…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersCara Bastone: Ready or Not, NYC, & finding the humor in romance! | S4Ep11
Spoilers for Ready or Not start at ~33:30 Author Cara Bastone joins us today! She walks us through her writing journey, what goes into producing Audible…
- Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers
Book Covers: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly | S4Ep10
It's time to judge books by their covers! We run through a list of well known book-covers from the romance, ya and fantasy genres and deem if they're good…
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Monster Romance Roundtable with Maya! | S4E9
Monster Romance Roundtable is back! This week we’re joined by our friend / monster romance connoisseur Maya. We take turns explaining in excruciating detail…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersThe State of the Bookish Community with @Haleys.house | S4Ep8
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…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersTier Ranking: Enemies to Lovers Books | S4Ep7
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…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers2v1: Books One of Us Loved and the Other Didn't | S4Ep6
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…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersFanfiction Girlies | S4Ep5
This week we talk all about FanFiction! We discuss our favorite fandoms, ships and share which books we would write fanfic for! Follow us on Instagram…
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Tarah DeWitt: Savor It, Narrative Therapy, and What's Next! | S4Ep4
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…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersBookish Game Night #2 | S4Ep3
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…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersSports Romance Ramblings + Book Draft | S4Ep2
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…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersSummer 2024 Reading + Life Update | S4Ep1
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…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance ReadersGame Night with Lauren Asher! | S3Ep16
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…
Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers2024 Summer Reading Plans, Goals and Recommendations! | S3Ep15
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…
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Tier Ranking: Friends to Lovers Books | S3Ep14
This week we tackle tier-ranking popular Friends to Lovers books that our listeners submitted! Follow us on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi…