Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers

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 Galentine’s Day with and share our fav romantic moments from romance books!  Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redc...

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 store for us all! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com...

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 War of Lost Hearts and Crowns of Nyaxia), her favorite characters and books, and the difference between romantic fantasy and the new bookish term - "Romantasy." Follow Kayla @Kaylas. Bookshelf Follow the pod on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod Fo...

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 and Adult Romance titles and give you suggestions on where to start with each! Follow Kendra @Kendra. Readz Follow the pod on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kayla @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: htt...

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! She'll convince you to give historical romance a shot and guide you where to start your soon-to-be new obsession. Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas. Bookshe...

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 picks. Warning: There are plenty of jumpscares.  Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-...

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 instagram @BringYourOwnPodFollow Brandi @Brandos. BooksFollow Kendra  @Kendra. ReadzFollow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad cho...

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? Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra  @Kendra. ReadzFollow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more...

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 lists and sharing why these particular novels made the cut. We also list the books that are on our 2025 TBR! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla @Kaylas. Bookshelf Adve...

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. They all are equal parts festive, spicy, and weird. Major spoilers for the following: Elf'd by Ginger Kane Working The North Pole by J.M. ThymeFrisky The Snowman by Lauren Biel Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPodFollow Brandi @Brandos. B...

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 @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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 @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

This week we discuss our current audiobook listening habits, our favorite (and least favorite) narrators, and share some new recommendations! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod    Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your...

Spoilers for Ready or Not start at ~33:30Author Cara Bastone joins us today! She walks us through her writing journey, what goes into producing Audible Originals, how the idea of Ready or Not took shape, and much more! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod  Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz  Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b...

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, bad, or straight up not fun to look at. We also discuss if the books cover matches the tone and overall vibe of the story. To see some of our favorite books covers follow us on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Ken...

Monster Romance Roundtable is back! This week we’re joined by our friend / monster romance connoisseur Maya. We take turns explaining in excruciating detail the plots of three different monster romances hand-picked by our special guest! Follow Maya @Maya_reads_spice Major spoilers for the following monster romances: Caught By The Monster’s Trap by Mei Kaera, Wed to The Orc by Layla Fae and Bigfoot...

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 whatever  the hell is happening on Threads. Follow Haley!  Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod   Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books  Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz   Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b...

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 @BringYourOwnPod  Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz  Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choi...

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 our personal opinions on books are correct (or why the other opinions are wrong)! All is fair in friendship and books!  Time stamps for books discussed: Slow Dance: 11:38, Lovelight Farms: 19:30, Georgie, All Along: 20:35, Seven Year Slip: 2...

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 @BringYourOwnPodFollow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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 teases what readers can expect from her forthcoming novel Left of Forever and plays a round of “Build of Romance Book.” Follow Tarah on Instagram!   Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod   Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Kendra  @Kendra...

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 you can get right!! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod  Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books  Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz  Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcirc...

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 also host a sports romance draft where we pick our fav fictional athletes and micro tropes. Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod  Follow Brandi @Brandos. BooksFollow Kendra  @Kendra. ReadzFollow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inqui...

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 our time spent at Steamy Lit Con! Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod Follow Brandi @Brandos. BooksFollow Kendra  @Kendra. ReadzFollow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https:...

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 Billionaires Series while plying a series of bookish mini-games! Spoilers from 32:00 - 45:53. Follow us on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod  Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books  Follow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz  Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inq...