Coast to Coast Books

The episode that goes completely off the rails: featuring gastrointestinal distress, missing wheel related head injuries, hostile gummy bear negotiations, and a book argument between two people who definitely still love each other…?! Join us this week as Rosika & Kristen lose all control over the plot of the show!

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Creators Mentioned

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Books Mentioned

Rental House by Weike Wang

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Join Rosika and Kristen this week as they dig into their favorite autumnal books! Also featuring being haunted by our acid reflux, the rock bands of our emo youths, and the never ending TBR! 

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Bonus Points // if you have a Victober reading recommendation for Rosika this week!

Creators Mentioned

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Books Mentioned

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Funny Story by Emily Henry

Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan

The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

World War Z by Max Brooks

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

The Troop by Craig Davidson

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The Time Machine by H. G. Wells

Join us for this weeks episode as we kiss 2025 75% goodbye! We check in on all the book goals Kristen and Rosika’s past selves made in their optimistic New Year’s enthusiasm! Also featuring off topic highlights of optical illusion clothing and the seafood spread at Chinese weddings!

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Creators Mentioned

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Jay at my0.25life crisis

https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos

Rosika’s Unhinged Diaper Science Book Review Video and Whiskey Rants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH5B4FEmdHQ&t=1066s

Books Mentioned

Heartstopper Vol 1. by Alice Oseman

Fair Play by Louise Hegarty

Fair Play by Eve Rodsky

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries Vol 1.) by Martha Wells

Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries Vol 2.) by Martha Wells

Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller

Hop in for this week’s episode as Rosika and Kristen catch up after 2 weeks off the show. We cover everything from recent reads to butt whistles & leeches! Bonus plot twist at the end of the episode! 

P.s. Kelly and Marcella: Rosika wants you to know she still hasn’t managed to send either of your mail packages and feels great shame reverberating to her ancestors.

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Creators Mentioned

Marcella in the Margins

https://www.youtube.com/@marcellainthemargins

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Jay at my0.25life crisis

https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos

Books Mentioned

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Albatross by Terry Fallis

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de Bernières

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Recursion by Blake Crouch

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

Ever wanted to hear the story of how Kristen and Rosika met and became friends? It involves binder envy, the plague years, and cardio friendly van kidnapping. Also featuring happily diving deep into our fan mail bag and come up holding mad cow and the unforeseen downsides of spicy leaves?

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Creators Mentioned

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Jay at my0.25life crisis

https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos

Books Mentioned

How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis

How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Anne Price

Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed

Wild by Cheryl Strayed

Untamed by Glennon Doyle

Coming at you live from our beach house coffee table! Rosika and Kristen combine toddler wrangling skills and manage to record an episode on our in-person bookish adventures! Tune in this episode to hear all about our escapades through west coast independent bookstores!

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Creators Mentioned

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Jay at my0.25life crisis

https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos

Books Mentioned

The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu

We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida

Know My Name by Chanel Miller

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, Illustrated by Jon Klassen

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Illustrated by Jemima Catlin

The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan

The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Disappointing Affirmations by Dave Tarnowski

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

Salt Sugar MSG by Calvin Eng

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

Curious George by H. A. Rey

The Last Dragon in Moominvalley by Cecilia Heikkilä

The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson

The Barnabus Project by Devin Fan and Terry Fan

The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

In this episode Kristen accidentally does Rosika AND the pod dirty! Featuring: unusual amounts if peppy chattiness, beach book hauls, tomato overload, meat of the pot and true love is chili crisp? Show will be on hiatus the next two weeks as Rosika & Kristen get to hang out in real life!

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Creators Mentioned

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Jay at my0.25life crisis

https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos

Books Mentioned

The Asian Barbecue Book By Alex Skaria

Dinner in French by Melissa Clark

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz

The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Upgrade by Blake Crouch

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Recursionl by Blake Crouch

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green

Jingo by Terry Pratchett

Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years by Jim Kacian, Philip Rowland & Allan Burns

Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières

Join Kristen and Rosika for this weeks episode as they discuss recommendations and TBRs for Women in Translation Month! Also featuring questionable wardrobe choices, accidentally settling someone else’s marriage argument about missing jewelry, a desired Christmas book flood and Nutella?

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Creators Mentioned

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Jay at my0.25life crisis

https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos

Hank Green’s Pride and Prejudice aka

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

https://www.youtube.com/@LizzieBennet

Books Mentioned

The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand

When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami

Butter by Asako Yuzuki

Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi

Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius

My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird by Afghan Women

Sweet Bean Paste by Tetsuya Akikawa

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Birthdays, book fails, and unsolicited compliments abound on this weeks episode! Rosika finds her favorite book of the year and Kristen raves about two new reads!

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Creators Mentioned

Jay at my0.25life crisis

https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos

Marcella in the Margins

https://www.youtube.com/@marcellainthemargins

Books Mentioned

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand

Sweet Bean Paste by Tetsuya Akikawa

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl

Join us this week as Rosika & Kristen deep dive into the much maligned genre of Self Help books! Also featuring the itching plague of the week and medieval wench wear? Not to be missed!

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Creators Mentioned

Kelly @kellyseeksbooks

https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks

Jay at my0.25life crisis

https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos

Books Mentioned

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Monk and Robot Series by Becky Chambers

The Red Threads of Fortune by Neon Yang

How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Anne Price

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell

What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff

Expecting Better by Emily Oster

Cribsheet by Emily Oster

The Family Firm by Emily Oster

Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman

How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis

Fair Play by Eve Rodsky