Kiddush Book Club

Yonit and Jessica, miles apart geographically but not when it comes to book recs!

Jessica and Yonit reunite after months of reading through our to-be-read piles! We have all the book recs for you. Get ready to add books to your GoodReads, request from the library, and order from wherever you love to buy books, because your own to-be-read pile is about to grow super tall and topple over and crush you and you'll die happy beneath a collapsed pile of lovely wonderful books. L'Chaim!

Yonit and Jessica get a little too fershnikt on DuckFarts and talk about some NSFW (young ears and modest ears, be warned) Chanukah books, recommend fantastic new releases, and forget the rest in a drunken haze of vodka. L'Chaim!

Yonit and Jessica drink caramel cinnamon apple cider because it's fall, discuss recent reads we've loved, which books have gotten us through, and what Midnight Sun could have been vs. what it is. L'Chaim!

Yonit and Jessica drink pineapple sake and talk about death. L'Chaim! Warning: major spoilers in this episode that focuses on character deaths in fiction. If you haven't read Little Women or Harry Potter and are planning to, then maybe wait on this episode.

Jessica and Yonit STILL DON'T HAVE COCKTAILS because, let's face it, drinking alone at home just isn't the same. L'Chaim! We discuss how to open your mind to new genres, new books, and how to explore beyond the bestseller lists and find amazing bestseller-worthy books from diverse voices and cultures.

Jessica and Yonit don't have any drinks! Send l'chaims!!! We discuss our love of book series and go off on our usual tangents, making it extremely difficult to describe the contents of this episode. Enjoy!

Jessica, Yonit, and guest Megan, are having a weird week. L'Chaim! From May the 4th and Murder Hornets to Twilight and a 672-page Edward book, we have to wonder: Are vampires back? And were they ever gone?

In which Jessica's husband makes her a very strong coffee martini then realizes Yonit's children have left her on read without any wine, and rushes over to Yonit's house to leave a coffee martini of mercy on her doorstep. L'Chaim! Oh, and also we talk about writing and books. Extra long episode just for your lockdown pleasure!

Yonit and Jessica reZoom the Kiddush Book Club, but only one of us has a cocktail. L'Chaim! We discuss books we've read during quarantine, artsy books with no story that we can't be bothered with, twitter pitch parties, and Anne Frank. There's a bit of an awkward transition in the middle and we blame everyone in the house using the internet at the same time.