Looking for a few romances to add to your summer reading list? In this episode, we’re sharing romances that would make great beach reads, with stories full of second chances, complicated friendships, family expectations, emotional depth, and plenty of momentum. During our bookish check-in, Ashley shares Jessica Parra’s Rubi Ramos’s Recipe for Success (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm), a YA novel about baking, ambition, family pressure, and finding your own path. Jen shares June Hur’s The Forest of...

Curated by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@ashley_dicksonellison) I've been working on my summer reading TBR stack, and I find our book reviews to be a great place to start when working on new lists! Today I'm sharing several reviews that would be seasonally appropriate for summer as well as ones I'm hoping to read this season. Katherine Center's WHAT YOU WISH FOR - The Pursuit of Joy (Jen's review) (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) "Katherine Center’s What You Wish For is devoted to the pursuit of joy....

by Ashley Dickson-Ellison (@ashley_dicksonellison) Here we are with our mid-year updates on favorite reads so far this year! I have to say that, especially compared to last year (which was generally a slow and rather cumbersome reading year for me), I am off to a fun and exciting start this year with lots of great, impactful, and well-loved books that I haven't been able to put down, so that has been amazing. So far in 2026, I've really been following the leads on books that have been highly...