Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers

By Brandi, Kendra, & KaylaArts Books

Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers episodes

August 28, 2025 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 their 30s. As Jennifer Garner would say - thirty, flirty, and thriving, baby!
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49 min
August 21, 2025 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 favorite grand gestures in romance books.
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54 min
August 14, 2025 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 from our favorite to least favorite. Pro-tip: listen to this episode using headphones or when you’re alone because things get very NSFW very fast!
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1 hr 18 min
August 07, 2025 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 Deserve Each Other, and more!
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1 hr 7 min
July 31, 2025 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, Washington!
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52 min
July 24, 2025 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 reveals what three things a fantasy book needs to have in order to grab her attention!
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26 min
July 17, 2025 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. If you'd like to join the book club and check out the the full unedited VIDEO episode, you can sign up using the link below!
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30 min
July 10, 2025 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 glam of Real Housewives, or brand new to world of reality TV Brandi’s here to be your guide. Tune in for a crossover episode full of reality TV chaos and romance novel recs!
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40 min
July 03, 2025 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 next read that steps out of the romance genre but still aligns with your tastes!
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29 min
June 26, 2025 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 your TBR for the second half of 2025. Did we mention any of your 2025 favorites?
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46 min

About Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers

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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!