Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes can’t tell if we loved or just survived them.

This week, Amanda and Kat dive into I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue. Did our FMC drive us up a wall? Absolutely! Did we love every cringey moment of it? You know we did!

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She thought she had no triggers... then came this book.

This week, we're talking unhinged books, a conversation prompted after Amanda read Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers.

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This week, your book besties Amanda and Kat dive deep into their latest buddy read: House of Frank by Kay Synclaire. Selected via a whimsical trinket-based recommendation game (thank you, @emilysreadingera), this cozy fantasy read gave us adorable vibes, complex characters, and more than a few tears.

We talk about grief, memory loss, found family, and the magical weirdness that is Ash Gardens. From chair brothers to ghostly dinner guests, there’s no shortage of heart in this story—and we have thoughts. Like: did Ollie’s behavior really have to give middle school boy energy? Why didn’t anyone notice Frank’s decline earlier? And should more of us plan to be turned into trees?

Plus:

Also: Kat's Goodreads math skills are on full display, and Amanda may or may not be searching for fan art of two bickering cherubs.

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This week, your book besties try something new: letting an Insta reel decide their next buddy read. Amanda and Kat take on the “Pick a Trinket, Get a Book Rec” trend from @emilysreadingera — and it works (kind of).

We also spiral into:

Our favorite Kindle accessories (and shamefully naked e-readers)

Our book merch wishlist

A killer (literally) romance series one of us is binging

And of course... trope talk!!!

Books mentioned:

House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Lights Out and Caught Up by Navessa Allen

Butcher and Blackbird, Leather and Lark, and Scythe and Sparrow (Ruinous Love Trilogy)

The Mindfck Series* by S.T. Abby

Whether you’re a cozy Kindle girly, a glass-cup girlie, or a serial killer romance girlie (or all three?), there’s a little something for you in this chaotic episode.

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Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes fall in love with monsters. Hey! We don't judge here! 

What happens when your favorite book besties read a monster romance about a broke millennial with student loans and a very unconventional job? Apparently, a lot of screaming. And swooning.

In this week’s episode, Kat and Amanda dive headfirst into Morning Glory Milking Farm — a smutty-but-surprisingly-sweet book that’s exactly what the cover suggests… and also so much more.

We talk cinnamon roll love interests, interspecies acceptance, awkward audiobook moments on airplanes, tiny-hand tropes, and the surprisingly cozy vibes of Cambric Creek. Kat gives it 3 stars for being a little rushed, while Amanda bumps her rating up to 5 stars mid-episode. Bonus: we debate minotaur anatomy, read some of our favorite (unhinged) quotes, and explore the other books in the Cambric Creek universe.

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It’s our mid(ish)-year reading check-in, and your book besties are here to spiral through our top 10 books of the year (so far) — plus an honorable mentions we just couldn’t leave out.

Along the way, we talk tropes (forbidden love! smut with plot!), tearjerkers, and why some books just hit even if we can't explain why.

Our 2025 so-far standouts include:

Amanda’s Picks:

Kat’s Picks:

Honorable Mention (shared by both Amanda and Kat):

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

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Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes can’t tell if we loved or just survived them.

This week, Amanda and Kat dive into Quicksilver by Callie Hart. Did we love it? No. Did we hate it? Also no. Do we have thoughts? You bet!

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Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes hit 2x speed just to get through the cringe.

This week’s impromptu episode is a chaotic love letter to audiobook narrators—and a warning about graphic audio sound effects. Amanda and Kat discuss Lights Out and Caught Up by Navessa Allen, and why Jacob Morgan might just be the blueprint for romance narration.

Also in this episode:

Why Jacob Morgan is the standard and Teddy Hamilton just didn’t quite hit

When sound effects in graphic audio go too far

Amanda's love for Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

The joy of finding a perfect beach read

The single dad trope and why it doesn’t always hit for us

Quick trope talk: summer romances, accidental crushes, and Bridgerton tangents

This one’s got chaos, crushes, and a little cringe. You’ve been warned.

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Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes get emotionally derailed by magical realism.

This week, Amanda and Kat dive deep into their bestie read of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown—and it’s anything but spoiler-free.

NOTE: There are spoilers ahead. Proceed at your own caution. 

We’re talking magical realism, time travel, secret libraries, mysterious mentors, and a plot twist that hit us harder than we expected (seriously, we’re still recovering).

We cover:

The Book of Doors and its time-bending powers

Wild fan theories (Is Mr. Webber secretly Hugo? Could Cassie have become the Woman?)

The emotional devastation of thinking Izzy was dead

Loopy time loops, unlocked fears, and questionable time-travel ethics

Favorite relationships (London + Izzy, Cassie + Drummond)

Our favorite magical books (The Book of Pain, Health, Illusion, and more)

A new scale: “More baby than Gandalf”

This book broke Kat in the best way and gave Amanda some notes—and it made for one of our most passionate book chats yet.

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Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and this week, we might need to explain ourselves.

In one of our most unhinged episodes to date, Amanda and Kat spiral into the strange, sentient, and downright sizzling world of inanimate object romance. (Yes, it’s real. No, we don’t understand it either. But, do we love it? Absofuckinglutely!)

Inspired by the absurd dating simulator Date Everything, this episode covers pretty much the entire catalog of Holly Wilde:

The Deviled Egg Made Me Do

SPF Me (sunscreen. It's sentient.)

Taken by My TBR

I Accidentally Got Engaged to Daylight Saving Time

Laid by the Lint Trap Monster

Then, we ground ourselves with some good old-fashioned trope talk, including:

Nerds Falling in Love (Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood)

Secret Identity Shenanigans (Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas)

It’s weird. It’s funny. It’s probably going to make you Google something you’ll regret.

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