Bring Your Own: A Bookish Podcast for Romance Readers

By Brandi, Kendra, & Kayla

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Episodes: 155

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Bring Your Own is a bookish podcast hosted by three besties who met via the internet. Each week join Brandi, Kendra, & Kayla as they chat (and sometimes fight) about their favorite books, authors, the bookish community, and more!  Follow the pod on Instagram: @bringyourownpod Follow the hosts:  Brandi: @brandos.books Kendra: @kendra.readz Kayla: @kaylas.bookshelf 

Episode Date
Blind Reacting to Our Listeners' Bookish Hot Takes
Aug 20, 2026
Joss Richard Talks Let’s Kiss and Tell, Fake Dating & So Much More
Aug 13, 2026
Truly Sinful Bookish Takes | Our 7 Deadly Sins
Aug 06, 2026
Book Recommendations for Olivia Rodrigo Fans
Jul 30, 2026
The Best and Worst Books of 2026 So Far
Jul 23, 2026
Book Recs for Every Song on Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves
Jul 16, 2026
They Opened The Bookish Khia Asylum!
Jul 09, 2026
Book Recs for the folklore Girlies
Jul 02, 2026
Hannah Brown Gets Real About Love, Heartbreak, and Her Most Personal Story Yet
Jun 25, 2026
The Queer Hades Retelling Everyone's Talking About | Chip Pons Interview
Jun 18, 2026
We Need to Talk About Every Year After
Jun 16, 2026
BRUTALLY Honest Rankings of Our Book Club Picks
Jun 11, 2026
2026 Books You Need to Add to Your Summer TBR
Jun 04, 2026
Everyone’s Losing It and Brooke Averick Explains Why
May 28, 2026
We Have A Lot to Say About Cherry Baby…
May 21, 2026
We Need to Talk About Off Campus
May 20, 2026
Tier Ranking Your Favorite Book Couples
May 14, 2026
Books to Define a Year: Celebrating Kendra
May 07, 2026
13 Going on 30: Revisiting Books We Loved as Tweens
Apr 30, 2026
Reader Rot: Breaking Down the New York Times & Kindle Best-Sellers Lists
Apr 23, 2026
Reading 1-Star Review of our Favorite Books
Apr 16, 2026
The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez Deep Dive
Apr 09, 2026
Romance Author Rose & Thorn
Apr 02, 2026
Mismatched Book Comps
Mar 26, 2026
One Last Trip to the Windy City: A Windy City Series + In Her Own League Deep Dive
Mar 19, 2026
Which Book Did It Better?
Mar 12, 2026
2026 Spring Book Releases To Have On Your TBR
Mar 05, 2026
Bookish Game Night: AU Meet Cutes, Bookish Matchmaker, and Name That Book
Feb 26, 2026
Stephanie Archer Talks Vancouver Storm Series, Hockey Romance, and What Comes Next
Feb 19, 2026
The Greatest Love Stories of All Time
Feb 12, 2026
Tier Ranking: Judging Books by Their Cover
Feb 05, 2026
The Future of the Romance Genre with Iman Hariri-Kia
Jan 29, 2026
2026 Reading Goals and Plans
Jan 22, 2026
Readers Review the People We Meet on Vacation Movie 👀
Jan 13, 2026
Worst Books of 2025 (According to Our Listeners)
Jan 08, 2026
Best Books of 2025
Jan 01, 2026
The 2025 BYO Book Awards | S5E39
Dec 23, 2025
2025 BookTok Drama Round-Up with Gracie (@grapiedeltaco) | S5E38
Dec 18, 2025
Bookish Naughty & Nice Lists | S5E37
Dec 11, 2025
Winter Book Releases to Have On Your Radar in 2025/2026 | S5E36
Dec 04, 2025
Thanksgiving Dinner with Book Heroes and Villains | Mini Ep
Nov 27, 2025
Tier Ranking Popular 2025 Romance and Fantasy Books | S5E35
Nov 20, 2025
Books We’ll Never Read | S5E34
Nov 13, 2025
Mate by Ali Hazelwood Deep Dive | S5E33
Nov 06, 2025
Spooky Romances with Lyla Sage! | S5E32
Oct 30, 2025
Monster Romance Roundtable #3 | S5E31
Oct 23, 2025
Read This, Watch That: TV show recommendations for Romance Readers | S5E30
Oct 16, 2025
The Most Overrated and Underrated Romance Books of 2025 | S5E29
Oct 09, 2025
Kayla’s 13 Going on 30th Birthday Bash | S5E28
Oct 02, 2025
Books Everyone Should Be Reading in Fall of 2025! | S5E27
Sep 25, 2025
Things That Work in Romance Books but Not in Real Life | S5E26
Sep 18, 2025
The Best Weddings in Romance Books to celebrate Brandi’s Wedding! | S5E25
Sep 11, 2025
Fall 2025 Book Releases to Have On Your Radar | S5E24
Sep 04, 2025
Brandi’s 30th Bookish Birthday Bash! | S5E23
Aug 28, 2025
Grand Gestures, Authors, and Romance Book Draft #3 | S5E22
Aug 21, 2025
Tier Ranking: Smutty Words and Other Sexy Things That Appear in Romance Books | S5E21
Aug 14, 2025
Upcoming Book-to-Screen Adaptations We’re Excited For! | S5E20
Aug 07, 2025
Summer 2025 Reading Recap + Yap Session | S5E19
Jul 31, 2025
Fantasy Books for Non-Fantasy Readers ft. kendra.readz | Mini Ep
Jul 24, 2025
Book Club Excerpt: One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune | Mini Ep
Jul 17, 2025
Books & Bravo; Watch This, Read This ft. brandos.books | Mini Ep
Jul 10, 2025
Non-Romance Books for Romance Readers ft. kaylas.bookshelf | Mini Ep
Jul 03, 2025
Our Mid-Year Check In; The Best Books of 2025 So Far | S5E18
Jun 26, 2025
Listeners’ Bookish Hot Takes | Mini Ep
Jun 19, 2025
Bookish FMK | Mini Ep
Jun 12, 2025
Bad Reviews of 2025 Book Releases | Mini Ep
Jun 05, 2025
Summer 2025 Book Releases to Have On Your Radar | S5E17
May 29, 2025
Is Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry a Romance Novel? | S5E16
May 22, 2025
Defending Book Couples We Hate ft. @ Kimmybookss | S5E15
May 15, 2025
Kendra’s Birthday Bash: Books every 27-Year-Old Should Read | S5E14
May 08, 2025
Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez Deep Dive | S5E13
May 01, 2025
Lyla Sage’s Last Ride at Rebel Blue Ranch | S5E12
Apr 24, 2025
Blind Dates with Book Boyfriends & Girlfriends | S5E11
Apr 17, 2025
The Best and Worst Books of 2025 So Far | S5E10
Apr 10, 2025
Unpacking Promise Me Sunshine with Cara Bastone | S5E9
Apr 03, 2025
Bookish Game Night With @Morgannbook | S5E8
Mar 27, 2025
Tier Ranking our All-Time Favorite Books | S5E7
Mar 20, 2025
Adalyn Grace knows a thing or two about love triangles | S5E6
Mar 13, 2025
Deep Diving into Deep End by Ali Hazelwood | S5E5
Mar 06, 2025
Spring 2025 Book releases to have on your radar | S5E4
Feb 27, 2025
Layne Fargo spills the tea on her hit novel ‘The Favorites’ | S5E3
Feb 20, 2025
A Very Bookish Valentine’s Day | S5E2
Feb 13, 2025
2025 Reading, Winter Break Updates + Reintro | S5E1
Feb 06, 2025
Carissa Broadbent: Not Your Average Romantasy ft kaylas.bookshelf | Mini Ep
Jan 30, 2025
Hot People Read Katie Cotugno ft. kendra.readz | Mini Ep
Jan 23, 2025
Lisa Kleypas: Historical Romance for Newbies ft. brandos.books | Mini Ep
Jan 16, 2025
The Worst Books of 2024 According to our Listeners | Mini Ep
Jan 09, 2025
Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 2) | Mini Ep
Jan 02, 2025
Rating Listeners' Top Ten Reads of 2024 (part 1) | Mini Ep
Dec 26, 2024
Best Books of 2024 | S4E16
Dec 19, 2024
Holiday Romance Novella Roundtable #2 | S4Ep15
Dec 12, 2024
Favorite Fictional Families | S4Ep16
Dec 05, 2024
Bookish Rewind: A look back at previous Top 10 lists | S4E13
Nov 21, 2024
Audiobook Catch-Up 2024 | S4E12
Nov 14, 2024
Cara Bastone: Ready or Not, NYC, & finding the humor in romance! | S4Ep11
Oct 31, 2024
Book Covers: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly | S4Ep10
Oct 24, 2024
Monster Romance Roundtable with Maya! | S4E9
Oct 17, 2024
The State of the Bookish Community with @Haleys.house | S4Ep8
Oct 10, 2024
Tier Ranking: Enemies to Lovers Books | S4Ep7
Oct 03, 2024
2v1: Books One of Us Loved and the Other Didn't | S4Ep6
Sep 26, 2024
Fanfiction Girlies | S4Ep5
Sep 19, 2024
Tarah DeWitt: Savor It, Narrative Therapy, and What's Next! | S4Ep4
Sep 12, 2024
Bookish Game Night #2 | S4Ep3
Sep 05, 2024
Sports Romance Ramblings + Book Draft | S4Ep2
Aug 29, 2024
Summer 2024 Reading + Life Update | S4Ep1
Aug 22, 2024
Game Night with Lauren Asher! | S3Ep16
Jun 20, 2024
2024 Summer Reading Plans, Goals and Recommendations! | S3Ep15
Jun 13, 2024
Tier Ranking: Friends to Lovers Books | S3Ep14
Jun 06, 2024
Guess The Bad Review | S3Ep13
May 23, 2024
Magnolia Parks: Into the Dark Recap ft. @Kimmybookss | S3Ep12
May 16, 2024
Listener's Unpopular Bookish Opinions Pt. 2 | S3Ep11
May 09, 2024
Book Rankings: First and Favorite & Under, Over, and Perfectly Rated | S3Ep10
May 02, 2024
Abby Jimenez Deep Dive | S3Ep9
Apr 25, 2024
Game Night with Giana Darling | S3Ep8
Apr 18, 2024
Tier Ranking: Fake Dating Books | S3Ep7
Apr 11, 2024
Sweetgrass + Q1 Reading Recap | S3Ep6
Apr 04, 2024
Build Your Own Book to Screen Adaptation | S3Ep5
Mar 28, 2024
Romance Book Draft #1 | S3Ep4
Mar 21, 2024
Game Night with Hannah Bonam-Young | S3Ep3
Mar 14, 2024
Listener's Unpopular Bookish Opinions | S3Ep2
Mar 07, 2024
2024 Bookish Ins and Outs, Reading Goals, and Recommendations | S3Ep1
Feb 29, 2024
Best Books of 2023 | S2Ep17
Dec 21, 2023
Holiday Romance Novella Roundtable | S2Ep16
Dec 14, 2023
Defend a Book #2: Lovelight Farms Series by B.K. Borison | S2Ep15
Dec 07, 2023
Magnolia Parks Universe Deep Dive w/ @kimmybookss | S2Ep14
Nov 30, 2023
Lauren Asher: Love Redesigned, Starting a New Series, and Crafting Relatable Characters | S2Ep13
Nov 16, 2023
Bookish Game Night | S2Ep12
Nov 09, 2023
Fallen Men Series Recap w/ @bookish.sel | S2Ep11
Nov 02, 2023
Monster Romance Roundtable | S2Ep10
Oct 26, 2023
Build Your Own Romance Book | S2Ep9
Oct 19, 2023
Elsie Silver: Hopeless, Canadian Cowboys, and what's next after Chestnut Springs | S2Ep8
Oct 12, 2023
Fantasy Gorls: Our Fav Fantasy & Romantasy Books | S2Ep7
Oct 05, 2023
Liz Tomforde: The Right Move, Female Friendships, and Praise Kinks | S2Ep6
Sep 28, 2023
Couples Challenge: Bookish Edition | S2Ep5
Sep 21, 2023
Hannah Bonam-Young: Out on A Limb, Disabled Joy, and Unsexy Smutty Words | S2Ep4
Sep 14, 2023
Defend A Book #1: How To Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder | S2Ep3
Sep 07, 2023
Mazey Eddings: Messy Characters, Sex Positivity, & Dental School | S2Ep2
Aug 31, 2023
Summer Reading Recap | S2Ep1
Aug 24, 2023
Book Bonanza 2023: The Good, The Bad, and The Best Moments | Bonus Ep 2
Jul 06, 2023
What is Steamy Lit? ft. Special Guest @bookrecsbymel | Bonus Ep 1
Jul 04, 2023
Bring Your Own...Booktok Fave | S1Ep15
Jun 22, 2023
Bring Your Own...Favorite DILF | S1Ep14
Jun 15, 2023
Bring Your Own...Summer TBR (Mini Episode!) | S1Ep13
Jun 08, 2023
Bring Your Own...Childhood Fave | S1Ep12
Jun 01, 2023
Bring Your Own...Recent Five Star Read | S1Ep11
May 25, 2023
Bring Your Own...Special Guest ft. Logan (@lcsbookstagram) | S1Ep10
May 18, 2023
Bring Your Own...Audiobook | S1Ep9
May 11, 2023
Bring Your Own...Emily Henry Book | S1Ep8
May 04, 2023
Bring Your Own....Smutty Fave | S1Ep7
Apr 27, 2023
Bring Your Own...Unpopular Bookish Opinion | S1Ep6
Apr 20, 2023
Bring Your Own....Addicted Series Deep Dive (Part 2) | S1Ep5
Apr 13, 2023
Bring Your Own.... Addicted Series Deep Dive (Part 1) | S1Ep4
Apr 06, 2023
Bring Your Own....Favorite Female Character | S1Ep3
Mar 30, 2023
Bring Your Own....Book Trope | S1Ep2
Mar 23, 2023
Bring Your Own...Comfort Book | S1Ep1
Mar 11, 2023