Rather be Reading

Here at Rather be Reading, we are closing out the year with a reflection of our top 23 reads of 2023. If you’re a listener of the podcast, you might recognize some reads we’ve talked about in previous episodes, and some new reads as well!

In Episode 16, Seph and Lis each share their winter read for this December! Seph read For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten, and Lis read You’re a Mean One, Matthew Prince by Timothy Janovsky.

In this minisode, Seph touches on her favorite “hint-o-winter” books for this holiday season!

Welcome to Winter! In this minisode, Lis shares her favorite winter books- a lil snowy, cold, holiday cheer lies ahead!

It’s the end of our cozy episodes, and we are so excited to share our reads for this week! Lis read The Dead Romantics and Seph read A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking!

Seph and Lis’s first combined minisode! Come listen to us talk about our top 3 favorite found/chosen family books!

Come join us for a cozy November! In this episode, Seph tells us about Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries, and Lis digs into Assistant to the Villain. Grab a mug of hot chocolate, a soft blankie, and a pair of ear phones!

Happy Halloween! In this episode, Seph tells you about her favorite books that fit into 5 spooky superlative categories!

Episode 13 of RbR has arrived! Come listen as Lis tell us about Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones and Seph talks about Slewfoot by Brom.

In our 3rd minisode and our first minisode to air this October, Lis tells us about her favorite books that fit under 5 Spooky Superlative categories!

SPOOKY MONTH HAS BEGUN AT RATHER BE READING!! In this first spooky-themed October episode, Seph read The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi, and Alissa read Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak.

Welcome, listeners, to episode 11! This is our final week of September’s Dark Academia month! In this episode, Lis kicks us off strong with The Maidens by Alex Michaelides. Seph then closes out the episode with Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.

Minisode #2! Come listen to Lis as she talks about her top 5 favorite back-to-school books (plus some honorable mentions).

Dark Academia month has begun at Rather be Reading! In this episode, Seph tells us about Blood Over Bright Haven by ML Wang and Lis dives into They Never Learn by Layne Fargo! ***SPOILER ALERT FOR THEY NEVER LEARN BEGINS AT 1:04:41 AND ENDS 1:07:12***

Welcome to RbR’s first minisode! Here, Seph talks about her top 5 favorite back-to-school books (plus some honorable mentions).

Welcome to episode 9! In this episode, things start out delightfully weird as Lis tells us about The Pisces by Melissa Broder. Then, Seph has an unpopular opinion when she tells us about A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman.

Welcome to episode 8! In this episode, Lis tells us about The House in the Cerulean Sea, and Seph talks about The Bone Ships. We also are hosting a giveaway, and all the details can be found in this episode! Enjoy!

This week Rather be Reading had some technical difficulties, so only 1/2 the RbR team will be sharing their reads with you: this week Seph boards the Fourth Wing hype train! Beware of spoilers ahead!

Welcome to episode 6!! In this episode, Seph talks about her time reading Nettle and Bone by T Kingfisher. Then, Lis tells us about her read, How to be Eaten by Maria Adelmann. As usually, there are spoilers ahead!

Welcome to episode 5 of Rather be Reading! This week, Lis kicks us off with a summary and her thoughts of The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James, then Seph relays her reading experience with Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey.

In episode 4 of Rather be Reading, Seph talks about Untethered Sky by Fonda Lee . Then Lis tells us about her time with A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske.

Episode 3 of Rather be Reading starts off with Lis taking us on an emotional rollercoaster ride with Go Ask Alice by anonymous. Then Seph discusses The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu.

In this episode of Rather be Reading, Persephone kicks us off with a summary and review of The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah. Next, Alissa walks us through her read of the week, Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie.

Join us this week for our FIRST EPISODE EVER!!! In this introduction of Rather be Reading, we answer some reading-related questions & lay the foundation for what you can expect to hear in all our bookish episodes to come.