Feeling All the Fall Feels - Seasonal Reading & Book Recs

Fall is here! This week we’re talking about whether or not we’re seasonal readers and how to enhance those autumnal vibes with your reading choices. We’re also bringing you a big stack of book recommendations! Roni’s got a pile of recs from one of her very favorite micro-genres: dark academia & campus novels. And Dawn is bringing the heat with sexy football-themed romances and some fun seasonal rom-coms. Come feel all the Fall feels with us!

Highlights:

• To Pumpkin Spice Latte or not?
• Which of us is a seasonal reader
• The genres we reach for in Fall
• How to enhance the season with your reading
• The types of books that are particularly suited for Fall
• Halloween getting the short end of the holiday stick
• Roni trying to pronounce “horror” but sounding like she’s saying something offensive
• Roni’s favorite dark academia and campus novels
• Why Dawn almost had to move out of her new house
• Why Roni, the romance author, doesn’t read a ton of romance 
• Roni horrifies Dawn with her stance on mysteries
• Texting whodunnit guesses while reading
• Dawn recs a football-themed romance series and some LOL seasonal rom coms
• The RAD Reading Recs of the week
• How Roni sees book scenes through Instagram filters

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Books recommended by Roni:

• THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt
• FINDING FELICITY by Stacey Kade
• NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo 
• MISADVENTURES WITH A PROFESSOR by Sierra Simone
• NEVER SAW ME COMING by Vera Kurian
• IN MY DREAMS, I HOLD A KNIFE by Ashley Winstead 
• THE MAIDENS by Alex Michaelides 
• DINNER: A LOVE STORY by Jenny Rosenstrach

Books recommended by Dawn:

• THE FOURTH TIME CHARM by Maya Hughes
• THE ART OF FALLING FOR YOU by Maya Hughes
• FALLING INTO FOREVER by Delancey Stewart
• SHAKING THE SLEIGH by Delancey Stewart
• PINWHEELS, POTIONS, AND POSSIBILITIES by Fenley Grant

RAD Reading Recs of the Week: 

• THE LOST MAN by Jane Harper (Dawn’s rec)
• THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab (Roni Rec)

Other books/authors mentioned:

• The Babysitter’s Club series
• The Harry Potter series
• Author Grady Hendrix
• Author Riley Sager
• Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
• The Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris
• Author Kresley Cole
• Harlequin holiday books
• Author Ruth Reichl’s food memoirs
• My Life in France by Julia Child
• Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Other things mentioned:

• Felicity (TV Show)
• YOU (TV show)

Fun stuff:

Photo of Roni’s cookbook collection

Find us online:

• RAD Reading Facebook Page
• RAD Reading Website
• Connect with Roni on her website or @roniloren on Instagram
• Connect with Dawn on her website or @dawnalexanderbooks on Instagram

Another note: Because we are both in the publishing industry, sometimes the books we recommend might be by an author we know personally, an author who shares a publisher, editor, or agent with Roni, or an author whom Dawn has edited. Publishing is a small world, so that will happen from time to time. However, we guarantee that we only recommend books we love. We have not been asked to promote any of these books and none are paid ads. However, some books we review may be ARCs (advanced reading copies provided by publishers to reviewers for honest reviews.)

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