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Bookending the nation with our love, and our love of books! Best friends Kristen and Rosika talk about the books they are reading, chat about all things bookish, and recommend books to you!

  1. 1월 19일

    #46 - Our 2026 Book Goals! // New Year Same Nonsense

    In a tale stranger than fiction Rosika & Kristen are both feeling relatively awake and ready for this week’s episode! Join us this week as we look at the successes & fails of our past selves (complete with stats) and look toward what we want to achieve in 2026! Also featuring yelling about gift giving, lying to toddlers about the calendar, and celebrating one year of the show! P.S. We promise to get a swear jar for 2026. Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com   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 Skull by Jon Klassen Salt Sugar MSG by Calvin Eng Albatross by Terry Fallis Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Lord of Chaos by Robert Jordan The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 by Martha Wells Feng Shui Modern by Cliff Tan Maine Characters by Hannah Orenstein Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

    58분

  2. 1월 5일

    #45 - Kristen’s Back!!! & Our Top Books 5 of 2025!

    Welcome as we perform a wellness check on Kristen deep in the heart of her maternity leave! Join us for a cohost reunion and talk about our favorite books of 2025! In other news: Rosika overthinks a sports metaphor, Kristen regals us with her birth story, we discuss the finer points of hospital go bags, midlife crisis earring updates, and the joys of hanging out with your best friend after far too long! Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com Books Mentioned Heartstopper Books 3, 4, & 5 (Series) by Alice Oseman Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell Scythe (series) by Neal Shusterman Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna Know My Name by Chanel Miller The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt Shark Heart by Emily Habeck Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 by Martha Wells Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

    59분

  3. 2025. 12. 22.

    #44 - Book Obsessions | feat. Jay // aka. THE ‘Kevin Wilson’ Episode!

    It the episode that explains most of Jay's personality, it's book obsessions time! In other news Jay is mistaken for an actual child, we explore the differences between your twenties and thirties, Rosika complains about nesting instinct b******t, and we recount the cringey moments of our teenage youth!   Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com Creators Mentioned Kelly @kellyseeksbooks https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks Jay at my0.25life crisis https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos Books Mentioned A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony Snicket Empire of AI by Karen Hao One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams No Exit by Taylor Adams The Last Word by Taylor Adams The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan Scythe (series) by Neal Shusterman Divergent by Veronica Roth Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson Baby, You’re Gonna Be Mine by Kevin Wilson Now is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin Wilson

    1시간 7분

  4. 2025. 12. 02.

    #43 - Confessions of a Bookseller & Dream Bookshops | feat. Kelly!

    Join Rosika and special guest host Kelly as we dig deep into hypothetical bookshops and answer burning questions about the business of books! Side quests include Rosika’s jewelry related life crisis, artificial intelligence tries vegan cookery, & endlessly loving petty shots taken at our missing host Kristen! Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com   Creators Mentioned Kelly @kellyseeksbooks https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks Books Mentioned The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan Wild by Cheryl Strayed How to Break Up with Your Phone by Catherine Anne Price The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan In the FLO by Alisa Vitti Inciting Joy by Ross Gay Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Sourdough by Robin Sloan A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Yellowface by R. F. Kuang Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit

    1시간 14분

  5. 2025. 11. 17.

    #42 - Books VS Movies! | feat. Special Guest Host Jay!

    Brace yourselves listeners! This very special episode Jay enters the Coast to Coast Books cinematic universe as a guest host! Join us this week as Jay and Rosika get emotionally vulnerable with the nostalgic bands of our youth and mortality. We also share some some extremely hot takes on books vs cinema! Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com   Creators Mentioned Jay at my0.25life crisis https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos Marcella in the Margins https://www.youtube.com/@marcellainthemargins Kelly @kellyseeksbooks https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks Books Mentioned Save the Date by Allison Raskin The Weavers of Alamaxa by Hadeer Elsbai The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Book Lovers by Emily Henry Beach Read by Emily Henry People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Seduced by Pamela Britton A Room with a View by E. M. Forster The Gentleman's Gambit by Evie Dunmore The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee The Maze Runner by James Dashner The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Stardust by Neil Gaiman Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King Five Survive by Holly Jackson My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Divergent by Veronica Roth The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling The Hobbit by J. R. R.Tolkien Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl Matilda by Roald Dahl

    1시간 8분

  6. 2025. 11. 03.

    #41 - Books of our Youth: Kelly Enters the Chat!

    Kelly crosses through the fourth wall and enters the pod! Join us this week as we reach back through time to find the books that explain our current bookish selves and maybe Kelly’s obsession with North Korea? Also featuring debates over the finer points of personal 5 star scales, strikes in healthcare, and mediocre murder mysteries. Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com Creators Mentioned Kelly @kellyseeksbooks https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks Kelly's non-sober review of 1Q84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Vt9o1RCr0 Kelly's epic obsession with North Korea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCMsHLyMvzI Jay at my0.25life crisis https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos Marcella in the Margins https://www.youtube.com/@marcellainthemargins Books Mentioned 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Know My Name by Chanel Miller Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen by TJ Klune Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Lord of the Flies by William Golding Divergent by Veronica Roth Untamed by Glennon Doyle Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle Forward by Abby Wambach House of Stairs by William Sleator Redwall by brian jacques Mossflower by Brian Jacques Triss by Brian Jacques The Redwall Cookbook by Brian Jacques If I Should Die Before I Wake by Han Nolan Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor by Kathryn Lasky Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregory Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carolyn Meyer Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa, 1595 by Patricia McKissack The Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers by Stan and Jan Berenstain The Song of the Lioness Series by Tamora Pierce The Immortals Book Series by Tamora Pierce

    1시간 14분

  7. 2025. 10. 20.

    #40 - Books That Made Us HUNGRY!!!

    Join us this week as two very pregnant readers (for once not nauseous) Kristen and Rosika wax poetical on food related reads! Also featuring tomato-geddon, maternity leave gift giving, and questionable audiobook accent work! Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com Books Mentioned Heartstopper Vol 2 by Alice Oseman Maame by Jessica George Born A Crime by Trevor Noah The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai Shin'ya Shokudō (aka Midnight Diner) by Yarō Abe The Hobbit by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Harry Potter Novel (series) by J.K. Rowling A Game of Thrones (series) by George R. R. Martin Redwall (series) by Brian Jacques The Redwall Cookbook by Brian Jacques The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C.S. Lewis Butter by Asako Yuzuki Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell The Kitchen Front by Jennifer Ryan That Sounds So Good by Carla Lalli Music

    1시간 2분

  8. 2025. 10. 13.

    #39 - BOOK FIGHT!!!

    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! Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com   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

    56분
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Bookending the nation with our love, and our love of books! Best friends Kristen and Rosika talk about the books they are reading, chat about all things bookish, and recommend books to you!

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  • 제작진
    Rosika | Kristen
  • 방송 연도
    2025년 - 2026년
  • 에피소드
    46
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    © Rosika | Kristen
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