Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers

Happy Fall! This week we're chatting all about Fantasy and Romantasy books! We share our fantasy starter packs, favorite fantasy couples, and hand out tons of recommendations along the way. We also (Kendra vs. Kayla and Brandi) get in a little spoiler-filled tussle over the Belladonna series by Adalyn Grace (25:22 - 29:45 if you want to skip).Keep up with the Pod on instagram (@bringyourownpod)Fol...

Spoilers for the Right Move start at ~27:13This week Liz Tomforde (@liztomforde.author) is here! We chat all about the Windy City series, her life as an IRL flight attendant for a professional hockey team, and what readers can expect from her upcoming novel, Caught Up! (Windy City #3) Follow @BringYourOwnPod  to see us gush more about The Windy City Series! Follow Brandi @Brandos. Books Follow Ken...

This week the men of BYO stop by the pod for a fun couples quiz! Hosted by Kendra, Brandi's boyfriend Daniel and Kayla's husband Jared take turns answering bookish questions about their partners. (Spoiler alert: they each struggle a lot) Follow @BringYourOwnPod for more fun bookish content! Follow Brandi @Brandos. BooksFollow Kendra  @Kendra. Readz Follow Kayla  @Kaylas. Bookshelf  Advertising Inq...

This week Hannah Bonam-Young (@authorhannahby) drops by! We chat all about her hit summer novel, Out on A Limb, how she got started in the world of indie publishing with The Next Series, and where to find a man who will treat you right (hint: it involves dice)!Follow @BringYourOwnPod to see us talk about Out On A Limb and more of our fav romances of the year! Follow Brandi @Brandos. BooksFollow Ke...

Court is now in session; beware of MAJOR spoilers for How To Fake It in Hollywood starting at ~14:30 This week How To Fake it in Hollywood by Ava Wilder is on trial as the first installment of Defend a Book takes place. Brandi and Kayla (the prosecution) express why this book was a miss for them, while Kendra (the defense) explains why HTFFIH is one of her favorite books of the year. Follow @Bring...

Mazey Eddings stops by the pod! We fangirl over her adult contemporary romance series “A Brush With Love” (which everyone should read, btw!), discuss neurodiverse joy, sex positivity, and how the heck Mazey managed to break into publishing while being a full-time dental student. Mazey also spills all the tea on her newest release, “Tilly In Technicolor” & tells us what readers can expect from her...

Welcome to season 2! We're kicking things off this season by discussing our summer 2023 reading journeys. Find out our top reads of the season, the books that disappointed us the most, which new authors we're obsessed with, and more! Follow the pod Follow Brandi Follow Kayla Follow Kendra Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more...

This week we recap our time at Book Bonanza 2023. Taking place in Grapevine, Texas over the course of two days, we go over our favorite moments from the book signing, reveal all the authors we got to meet, and discuss that crazy wristband situation. Great for anyone who is curious into how book signings work and may want to attend the convention next year! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle....

This week we learn all about Steamy Lit, the adult bookish subscription company that empowers readers to incorporate self love into their reading habits. We’re joined by the company’s founder Melissa (@bookrecsbymel) as she walks us through Steamy Lit’s origins, the Steam Box , and what readers can expect from the upcoming inaugural Steamy Lit Con happening August 18-19, 2023 in Anaheim, Californi...

In the season one finale we’re taking it back to our bookish roots and talking about our #BookTok Favs! Before diving in we discuss how we discovered #BookTok, what we love about the community, the things we wish were different, and mention some of our favorite creators on the platform. Personal picks for this episode include: Heartstopper by Alice Oseman -  44:11 Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - 5...

In celebration of Father’s Day 2023, we’re sharing some of our favorite fictional Dad’s found in romance books (aka the hot fictional DILFs of our dreams). We gush and moan on why we love these fictional daddies, the relationships they have with their kids, and why they’re all worthy of #1 Dad status. Major Spoilers for: All Rhodes Lead Here: 16:40In A Jam: 33:14Funny Feelings: 48:41 Advertising I...

Summer is upon us! This Week's mini-episode is dedicated to Summer Reading! We share what makes a good summer read, recommendations, and the books we’re hoping to read as the days grow hotter and longer. Share your summer reading plans with us on Instagram @bringyourownpod Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad c...

This week we’re throwing it back to the late 2000s and early 2010s by talking about our favorite books from our youth! Kendra tries to explain the ludicrous plot of the Pretty Little Liars franchise, Brandi reveals that she may have been bullied over her Hunger Games obsession in middle school, and Kayla comes out of retirement as the number one Divergent fan on Tumblr. We also discuss some of the...

This week we dissect our personal rating systems, gush our favorite online reading trackers (spoiler alert: it's storygraph), and discuss what makes us give a book five stars! We also chat about our recent five star reads and why they made the cut! No spoilers this episode! Just vibes! Happy listening and tell us your recent five star read on instagram @Bringyourownpod Advertising Inquiries: https...

This week we welcome our very first special guest on the pod, Logan of @lcsbookstagram on instagram! Queen of Small Town Romances and audiobooks, Logan walks us through her personal reading journey, how she discovered bookish communities, her favorite parts of content creation, and more! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more...

This week we talk all things audiobooks! We reveal our audiobook origin stories,  dissect our individual listening habits, and foam at the mouth over our favorite narrators. We also each brought our latest audiobook obsessions and provide evidence as to why it should be your next listen! Audiobook picks (no spoilers just vibes): Belladonna: 42:11 Juniper Hill: 52:02Life's Too Short: 1:01:14 Advert...

First in our Author Spotlight Series: #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry! While gushing over our favorite novels written by Henry, we also discuss her recent rise in popularity, and how we each came to discover her work. And yes, we're talking all about her latest release Happy Place too! Spoiler-filled discussion timestamps:Beach Read: 28:48People We Meet On Vacation: 48:37Book Love...

This week we discuss our favorite smutty romance books! Brandi gushes over Give Me More by Sara Cate, Kendra is on her knees for Play With Me by Becka Mack, and Kayla turns bright red reading a scene from Heartless by Elsie Silver. We also go in-depth about our personal smut preferences, how we started reading spicy romances, and more! Things get very NSFW very fast so we recommend listening with...

This week we're sharing our unpopular bookish opinions. We're giving our thoughts on the pregnancy trope, love triangles, discreet covers and more! For more on our unpopular bookish opinions or to tell us your own, follow the pod on instagram @Bringyourownpod Episode contains spoilers for Heartless by Elsie Silver. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redci...

Part two of our deep-dive into the #Booktok favorite Addicted/Calloway Sisters Series series by Krista and Becca Ritchie. We’ll be covering the remaining five books in the series: Thrive, Addicted After All, Fuel the Fire, Long Way Down, & Some Kind of Perfect. Follow us on instagram @BringYourOwnPod to keep up on all things happening with the pod! Time Stamps: Thrive:07:39Addicted After All: 33:3...

Part one of our deep-dive on the #Booktok favorite Addicted/Calloway Sisters Series series by Krista and Becca Ritchie. We cover our favorite books, characters and couples from the series, followed by and in-depth spoiler-filled discussion of the first five books: Addicted to You, Ricochet, Addiction For Now, Kiss The Sky, and Hothouse flower. Follow the pod on Instagram @BringYourOwnPod Time stam...

In celebration of Women's History Month we've each brought our favorite Book Girlfriend. These are the fictional women who inspire us, teach us, and make us fall to our knees. No kidding, we would do anything to spend a single night with many of these women. Have a favorite Book Girlfriend? Tell us on Instagram and give a follow to stay up to date with the pod and see list of spoilers for this epi...

This week we’ve each brought our favorite trope! From Fake Dating to Single Parent- find out what makes these tropes stand out to us and the books that deliver on them! Have a favorite trope we forgot to mention? Tell us on Instagram and give us a follow to stay up to date with the pod and more! @BringYourOwnPodPotential minor spoilers for: It Happened One Summer, Juniper Hill, The Soulmate Equati...

To start things off we’ve each brought our favorite comfort books! What makes you treat a book like your personal safety blanket? When do you find yourself reaching for it the most? We discuss this and tell the story of how we all became bookish besties via the internet! Tell us your favorite comfort book and keep up with the podcast by following us on Instagram! @BringYourOwnPod Advertising Inqui...