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Can I Bring My Book

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Welcome to Can I Bring My Book a podcast brought to you by besties, Kat and Amanda. Join us as we- tangentially- talk books... and so much more!

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27:32

Your Book Besties Buddy Read The Scared Sexy Short...

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2025/10/28

In this episode, Amanda and Kat are talking Amazon's Scared Sexy collection of novellas. They can barely remember the details from one book... now six?! Yup! Cue the chaos! Want to check out these reads yourself? Click here Want to join our book club? Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. You can signup here Can I Bring My Book Social Links: Instagram: @canibringmybook_club TikTok: @canibringmybook_club Facebook: www.facebook.com/canibringmybook

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22:08

Books That Broke Us (And Other Unhinged Q&A Confessions)

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2025/10/21

This week’s episode is pure unfiltered book chaos!Kat brought the questions, Amanda brought the vibes, and neither of us brought a plan. We rapid-fire our way through a whirlwind of bookish Q&A: the books that broke us, the ones that shocked us, and the authors we wish would rewrite entire plots. From emotional blind dates with books to Kindle Unlimited rabbit holes and the heartbreak of overdue Libby loans… get in, bestie. We're going for a ride! Want to join our book club? Sign up for our

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21:26

Pumpkin Spice, Gilmore Girls, and the $5 Book Bamboozle

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2025/10/14

Your book besties are back, and this time… we’ve got thoughts. In this week’s episode, Amanda and Kat buddy read Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc, a YA seasonal romance with big Barnes & Noble promo energy—and not a lot else. Is it cute? Maybe. Is it cozy? Sort of. Is it secretly a middle school book disguised as a fall-themed romcom? Absolutely.We talk about mismatched marketing, the "new kid in town" trope, and the ongoing epidemic of miscommunication in YA romance

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17:07

It’s Not a Phase- It’s a Bookish Obsession

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2025/10/07

Your book besties are at it again!This week, we’re spiraling into our latest bookish obsessions and honestly? We’re not even pretending to feel bad about it. We’re talking blind date books we’re too nervous to unwrap, time travel stories that completely took over Kat’s reading life, and 2AM reading binges that we definitely regret in the morning (but also… not really). Also in this episode: Amanda packed six books for a two-night trip. Plus her Kindle. Obviously. Kat is in her

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24:14

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue: An...

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2025/09/30

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes can’t tell if we loved or just survived them.This week, Amanda and Kat dive into I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue. Did our FMC drive us up a wall? Absolutely! Did we love every cringey moment of it? You know we did! Want to join our book club? Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. You can signup here Can I Bring My Book Social Links: Instagram: @canibringmybook_club TikTok: @canibringmybook_club Facebook:

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26:48

Your Book Besties Talk Unhinged and Taboo Books

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2025/09/23

She thought she had no triggers... then came this book.This week, we're talking unhinged books, a conversation prompted after Amanda read Little Stranger by Leigh Rivers. Want to join our book club? Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. You can signup here Can I Bring My Book Social Links: Instagram: @canibringmybook_club TikTok: @canibringmybook_club Facebook: www.facebook.com/canibringmybook

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24:47

House of Frank by Kay Synclaire: An In-Depth Chat...

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2025/09/16

This week, your book besties Amanda and Kat dive deep into their latest buddy read: House of Frank by Kay Synclaire. Selected via a whimsical trinket-based recommendation game (thank you, @emilysreadingera), this cozy fantasy read gave us adorable vibes, complex characters, and more than a few tears.We talk about grief, memory loss, found family, and the magical weirdness that is Ash Gardens. From chair brothers to ghostly dinner guests, there’s no shortage of heart in this story—and we have

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16:50

Trinkets, Tropes, and the Blasphemy That Is a Naked...

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2025/09/09

This week, your book besties try something new: letting an Insta reel decide their next buddy read. Amanda and Kat take on the “Pick a Trinket, Get a Book Rec” trend from @emilysreadingera — and it works (kind of).We also spiral into: Our favorite Kindle accessories (and shamefully naked e-readers) Our book merch wishlist A killer (literally) romance series one of us is binging And of course... trope talk!!! Books mentioned: House of Frank by Kay Synclaire The Ministry of Time by

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24:48

Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta: An...

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2025/09/02

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes fall in love with monsters. Hey! We don't judge here! What happens when your favorite book besties read a monster romance about a broke millennial with student loans and a very unconventional job? Apparently, a lot of screaming. And swooning. In this week’s episode, Kat and Amanda dive headfirst into Morning Glory Milking Farm — a smutty-but-surprisingly-sweet book that’s exactly what the cover suggests… and also so much

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14:04

Your Book Besties Share Our Favorite Reads of 2025...

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2025/08/26

It’s our mid(ish)-year reading check-in, and your book besties are here to spiral through our top 10 books of the year (so far) — plus an honorable mentions we just couldn’t leave out.Along the way, we talk tropes (forbidden love! smut with plot!), tearjerkers, and why some books just hit even if we can't explain why. Our 2025 so-far standouts include: Amanda’s Picks: A Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America by Matt Kracht Are You Mad at Me? by Meg Josephson First Time Caller by B.K

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37:56

Quicksilver by Callie Hart: An In-Depth Chat with...

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2025/08/19

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes can’t tell if we loved or just survived them.This week, Amanda and Kat dive into Quicksilver by Callie Hart. Did we love it? No. Did we hate it? Also no. Do we have thoughts? You bet! Want to join our book club? Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. You can signup here Can I Bring My Book Social Links: Instagram: @canibringmybook_club TikTok: @canibringmybook_club Facebook: www.facebook.com/canibringmybook

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11:56

Narrator Crushes, Summer Flings, and Moaning Audiobooks

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2025/08/12

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes hit 2x speed just to get through the cringe. This week’s impromptu episode is a chaotic love letter to audiobook narrators—and a warning about graphic audio sound effects. Amanda and Kat discuss Lights Out and Caught Up by Navessa Allen, and why Jacob Morgan might just be the blueprint for romance narration. Also in this episode: Why Jacob Morgan is the standard and Teddy Hamilton just didn’t quite hit When sound effects in

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24:00

Your Book Besties Buddy-Read The Book of Doors

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2025/08/05

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes get emotionally derailed by magical realism. This week, Amanda and Kat dive deep into their bestie read of The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown—and it’s anything but spoiler-free. NOTE: There are spoilers ahead. Proceed at your own caution. We’re talking magical realism, time travel, secret libraries, mysterious mentors, and a plot twist that hit us harder than we expected (seriously, we’re still recovering). We cover: The Book

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22:44

Your Book Besties Read WHAT?!?!

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2025/07/29

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and this week, we might need to explain ourselves. In one of our most unhinged episodes to date, Amanda and Kat spiral into the strange, sentient, and downright sizzling world of inanimate object romance. (Yes, it’s real. No, we don’t understand it either. But, do we love it? Absofuckinglutely!) Inspired by the absurd dating simulator Date Everything, this episode covers pretty much the entire catalog of Holly Wilde: The Deviled Egg Made

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31:21

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid: An In-Depth Chat...

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2025/07/22

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and sometimes get emotionally wrecked by slow-burn space heartbreak.This week, Amanda and Kat deep-dive into their July buddy read: Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (⚠️ Heads up—this episode contains spoilers from start to finish! Plus there's mention of suicide.) Set during NASA’s 1980s shuttle era, Atmosphere follows aspiring astronaut Joan Goodwin through training, trauma, queerness, and quiet acts of resistance. As she builds her

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20:06

Books That Made Us Cry and We Loved Every Moment

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2025/07/15

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and ugly cry over them.This week, Amanda and Kat tackle the ultimate emotional damage: books that made them cry. Amanda brings the heartbreak with Sandwich and A Little Life, while Kat breaks down the emotional gut punch of At First Spite and the historical devastation of Salt to the Sea. It’s fine. We’re fine. (We are not fine.) Also in this episode: The books that broke us (and the ones we’re still recovering from) Bathtub rescues,

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17:34

Never Have I Ever (But Maybe I Have)

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2025/07/08

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and reveal way too much during bookish party games.This week, Amanda and Kat play a bookish round of Never Have I Ever — and things get personal. From dog-earing pages to borrowing books indefinitely, they confess it all (including some spicy inspiration). Then, they take a BuzzFeed quiz to find out their romance novel archetypes — turns out, they might both be the thoughtful observer type. Also in this episode: Their favorite book tropes

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24:37

My Type? Morally Gray With a Mask

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2025/07/01

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and confess our book crushes.This week, Amanda and Kat get personal about their literary love lives—aka, book boyfriends (and the occasional book breakup). Amanda swoons over her masked man Josh from Lights Out, while Kat... is book-boyfriend single. For now. In this episode, we dive into: Their favorite book boyfriends (and why morally gray is irresistible) The “I hurt you to protect you” breakup trope A breakdown of the masked man

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17:58

This Is Not the Book Haul You Planned For

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2025/06/24

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and bring zero plans.This week’s episode starts with birthday vibes and somehow unravels into hot takes, book haul logistics, and an existential debate about whether the "mentor dies" trope is a literary rite of passage. Amanda wants a birthday book spree. Kat wants rules. And neither of them agrees on how many books one person should be allowed to carry. They dive into: The chaos of viral book buying sprees (and whether they’re

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20:52

We Really Should Have Had an Agenda

Can I Bring My Book ·

2025/06/17

Can I Bring My Book: The podcast where besties meet books… and occasionally forget to plan ahead.This week’s episode is a full-on hot take tornado. Amanda and Kat may not have had an agenda, but they definitely had opinions. From mood reading denialists and Goodreads ethics to reading as “overconsumption,” nothing is safe. Along the way, they discuss: 📚 Why mood reading is real (and personal) 🎧 Accidentally re-reading the wrong story 🔥 Grady Hendrix’s unhinged author reviews of his own

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