Between the Covers Podcast

DeAnn and Rachel are back, and are going through their top three favorite romances from 2023 plus two other books they loved. DeAnn even put together a fun game for Rachel. She shares a one sentence hint of an upcoming romance read, and Rachel has to guess the book. Not as easy as Rachel had hoped, but still fun!  Live near Dog-Eared Books in Ames, IA? Join us for the Between the Covers Book Club every month! You can find a list of upcoming reads here! We hope to see you.  Follow the podcast on Instagram: @betweenthecoverspod Follow DeAnn on Instagram: @eodbrt Follow Rachel on Instagram: @morethanthepages Want to sign up for one of Dog-Eared's FOUR different book subscriptions (including a romance one)? The monthly book subscription box that is sure to make you smile? Follow the link here! 

We absolutely loved building our brackets of bookish hotties and having you all help us vote for the ultimate book hottie. We share all about the process, the fun that happened while putting our bracket together. Let us know what surprised you with our final results!

This episode is all about Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake. We discuss the Between the Covers book club pick and everything they loved about it. This queer rom-com was instantly a favorite, and they've been looking forward to chatting about it. We can't wait to continue on with the series, and read Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail.  Live near Dog-Eared Books in Ames, IA? Join us for the Between the Covers Book Club every month! You can find a list of upcoming reads here! We hope to see you.  Follow the podcast on Instagram: @betweenthecoverspod Follow DeAnn on Instagram: @eodbrt Follow Rachel on Instagram: @morethanthepages Want to sign up for the Dog Pack? The monthly book subscription box that is sure to make you smile? Follow the link here!  Grab a copy of Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake: Pick up at Dog-Eared Books - Order here Have delivered to your home - Order here Listen on audio with Libro.fm - Listen here 

Pack your suitcase, grab your favorite fancy shoes, and let's take a plane, train and car back to a small town. Today's episode focuses on a favorite Hallmark trope, which is when a main character returns to their small town. They're big city now, and coming home is almost like entering another world.  We share all sort of books that fit into this trope, from romance to general fiction! The book that inspire this episode is Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashely Herring Blake.  Let us know what you think, and share what books you think go into this trope! Live near Dog-Eared Books in Ames, IA? Join us for the Between the Covers Book Club every month! You can find a list of upcoming reads here! We hope to see you.  Follow the podcast on Instagram: @betweenthecoverspod Follow DeAnn on Instagram: @eodbrt Follow Rachel on Instagram: @morethanthepages Want to sign up for the Dog Pack? The monthly book subscription box that is sure to make you smile? Follow the link here! 

Well hello there! This episode is all about Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee. The cute rom-com book that also takes place in a bookstore. The perfect combination right? Books and love, what could be better.  DeAnn and Rachel talk all about their book club read, what they loved about it and what they can't wait to read from the author next. It's safe to say this one was a hit with readers and can't wait to talk all about it with you.  Live near Dog-Eared Books in Ames, IA? Join us for the Between the Covers Book Club every month! You can find a list of upcoming reads here! We hope to see you.  Follow the podcast on Instagram: @betweenthecoverspod Follow DeAnn on Instagram: @eodbrt Follow Rachel on Instagram: @morethanthepages Want to sign up for the Dog Pack? The monthly book subscription box that is sure to make you smile? Follow the link here! 

As a reader, what's better than having a book be set in a bookstore? Not much! And that's why we're so excited about these rom-com titles that fit into the trope. We share the books that we've enjoyed, want to read and ones that may fit adjacent into this category. And in our next episode, we'll be chatting all about the book that inspired this episode, Booked on a Feeling by Jayci Lee! Make sure to tell us your favorite book set in a bookstore in the comments!  Follow the podcast on Instagram: @betweenthecoverspod Follow DeAnn on Instagram: @eodbrt Follow Rachel on Instagram: @morethanthepages

WE ARE BACK AND WE MISSED TALKING TO YOU ALL. We got together and figured the best way to re-kickoff the podcast was to talk about our favorite romances of 2022. Let us know if any of our favorite romance reads of 2023 also made your list! We will be returning to discussing our book club reads and trop episodes, as well as filtering in bonus episodes here and there. We love chatting about romance reads and we are so happy you're joining us.    Follow the podcast on Instagram: @betweenthecoverspod Follow DeAnn on Instagram: @eodbrt Follow Rachel on Instagram: @morethanthepages

The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall was our July pick for the Between the Covers book club. DeAnn & Rachel are doing a run down of this hilarious and fun story, as well  as sharing what the book club thought, and of course a few (lot) spoilers during the discussion!  You won't want to miss this chat, that as usual sometimes goes off track. But that wouldn't be a Between the Covers episode if there weren't a few tangents or two! Pick your copy up at Dog-Eared Books, the library or your local indie to read alone with DeAnn & Rachel! The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall Freya Scott is getting married. Her wedding to Matthew, her long-term boyfriend, is the first of eight in her calendar this year, and as someone who prides herself on being meticulously organized, Freya is intent on making it the perfect day to remember. But when Matthew calls things off hours before they walk down the aisle, Freya's entire life plan goes up in smoke. Humiliated and heartbroken, the last thing she wants is to attend a summer of other peoples' nuptials on her own. Fortunately, her friends have an idea: together they devise a series of outrageous challenges for Freya to complete at each event, designed to distract her from Matthew and what might have been. From getting stuck in an old church bathroom and needing to be rescued by the vicar to making out with a barman at a French chateau, Freya realizes that despite herself, she might just be having fun. By the time the final wedding arrives, she will discover that the road to a happy ending sometimes has unexpected detours, that “I do” is only the beginning––and that perhaps her own love story isn't over just yet.

HEY HEY HEY! We are back with a new episode covering the trope "Almost a Bride" or maybe even along the lines of just simply "Not a Bride".  Do they make it down the aisle? Are they bridesmaid repeatedly? Why isn't marriage happening for them or their friends perhaps?  We talk about all the books that we have loved and involve the wedding day (and sometimes lack of a wedding day) Stay tuned for our next episode where we recap the delightful rom-com The Wedding Season by Katy Birchall.  xoxo - DeAnn & Rachel p.s. merch is coming! Keep your eyes out!

It has been one year since Between the Cover book club started! In 2021 we read our first book The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren. The lovely writing duo even graced us with their presence via zoom for our discussion that day!  Now after one year, we read their latest book Something Wilder. And it was a wild adventure. Listen in to this episode to hear DeAnn and Rachel chat about the book, what they thought, and what the group decided the overall rating of the book was. (hint: it's the highest group rating yet!) Don't forget, when it's a book recap episode SPOILERS are shared! If you like spoilers like Rachel, then you're good to go. But if not, read the book then come back and listen later!  Make sure to share, like or whatever it is you do to spread the love of the Between the Covers Podcast. We appreciate you as listeners and look forward to the next episode! 

The second chance romance. The love that makes your heart flutter when you think back on it. Everything that went wrong, and why it couldn't work. BUT THEN. Life gives you the opportunity to make it work for a second time... and maybe this time will be the last!    DeAnn and Rachel share all the books that gave them the heart flutters of second chance romance. Have you had a second chance romance in your life?

Happy Pride Month! Today's episode features the lovely Queer romance The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun. This book is perfect for people who love trashy ridiculous dating reality tv or those who just love romance! As always, we talk about spoilers in the book episodes. So if you haven't read it, and don't want spoilers, pick up the book and come back once you've finished! Or if you're like Rachel and enjoy spoilers, then keep on listening! Between the Covers podcast is Dog-Eared Books production, and is produced by Dog-Eared Books in Ames, IA. Follow them at @dogearedbooksames on Instagram and Facebook! If you want to shop the books we talk about head to Bookshop dot Org to check out the list of books and support the podcast by purchasing from it. _____________________________________________________ Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it's no wonder then that he's spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise's history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star. Charlie is far from the romantic Prince Charming Ever After expects. He doesn't believe in true love, and only agreed to the show as a last-ditch effort to rehabilitate his image. In front of the cameras, he's a stiff, anxious mess with no idea how to date twenty women on national television. Behind the scenes, he's cold, awkward, and emotionally closed-off. As Dev fights to get Charlie to connect with the contestants on a whirlwind, worldwide tour, they begin to open up to each other, and Charlie realizes he has better chemistry with Dev than with any of his female co-stars. But even reality TV has a script, and in order to find to happily ever after, they'll have to reconsider whose love story gets told.

Welcome back to  Between the Covers Pod where we talk about the trope forced proximity, and rom-coms with a reality tv influence. Don't you love when two former flames are forced into the same space possibly rekindling their love? Or what about the love of trashy reality tv where someone is searching for their "one true love" but the love comes from a different direction? That's just part of what DeAnn and Rachel talk about in today's episode! This theme/trope is based off our next read The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun. Grab your copy and join us for when we discuss either in person, on social or just simply by listening to the podcast! Books talked about in todays podcast can be found by heading to our bookshop.org page! Shop our books to support our podcast and us! 

This episode covers Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron. The Modern Jane Austen retelling of Emma takes on a fun South Asian experience and story.  Kamila Hussain's life might not be perfect, but, whew, it's close. She lives a life of comfort, filled with her elaborate Bollywood movie parties, a dog with more Instagram followers than most reality stars, a job she loves, and an endless array of friends who clearly need her help finding love. In fact, Kamila is so busy with her friends' love lives, she's hardly given any thought to her own . . . Fortunately, Kamila has Rohan Nasser. A longtime friend of the family, he's hugely successful, with the deliciously lean, firm body of a rock climber. Only lately, Kamila's “harmless flirting” with Rohan is making her insides do a little bhangra dance. But between planning the local shelter's puppy prom, throwing a huge work event, and proving to everyone that she's got it all figured out, Kamila isn't letting herself get distracted—until her secret nemesis returns to town with an eye for Rohan. Suddenly, it seems like the more Kamila tries to plan, the more things are starting to unravel—and her perfectly ordered life is about to be turned upside down.

It's a trope episode and this week we're talking about the trop "friends to lovers". The ultimate will they won't they. Friends but could there be something more? We are chatting about our favorite books that fall into this category and sharing our own experiences around friends to lovers moments we may or may not have had in our life. Here are the books DeAnn mentioned she liked in this trope: "People We Meet on Vacation" by Emily Henry "A Lot Like Adios" by Alexis Daria "The House Swap" by Jo Lovett "Adult Assembly Required" by Abbi Waxman "The Happy Ever After Playlist" by Abby Jimenez Here are the books Rachel mentioned she liked in this trope:  "Love and Other Words" by Christina Lauren "Hook Line and Sinker" by Tessa Bailey "Love Rosie" by Cecelia Ahren "Weather Girl" by Rachel Lynn Solomon "Dear Emmie Blue" by Lia Louis "The View is Exhausting" by Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta "Payback's a Witch" by Lana Harper You can now shop the books we discuss and our book club picks by following the link to bookshop.org and shopping our romance curated lists. Shopping bookshop.org under our name helps support us and our podcast. We love being able to share these recommendations with you.

Tessa Bailey we love you and your books. This week your hosts DeAnn & Rachel are talking about Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey. The second book in  the Bellinger sisters series. It was the March book club pick and was overall loved by the hosts and participants in the book club. Listen to the episode to hear what they loved and didn't love. This episode may sound a bit echo-y, but that's because we're recording in DeAnn's new home! Let us know how much you loved this episode by commenting on our Instagram post or sharing to your social media stories. Thanks for listening! When Rachel mentions the book Atlas Six she couldn't think of the author at the time, and it is Olivia Blake. Shop the books Rachel & DeAnn talk about by following this link to https://bookshop.org/shop/betweenthecoverspod . Shopping from our lists not only supports us as creators but also keeps your dollars from going to losers who would rather spend money to go to space than helping people.

To be one of the many... or to be not one of the many we should say. This episode of Between the Covers Pod DeAnn and Rachel discuss the trope Not Another Notch in the Bedpost. Basically finding all the reasons why someone shouldn't be with someone and not just simply end up another number. They share books that they feel fit into this category and their own experiences.

It's the episode where we chat about the February book club read Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon. DeAnn & Rachel share their thoughts, what the book club said and maybe a spoiler or too so beware! 

Have you ever had a workplace romance? Do you like to read about workplace romances and all the shenanigans that happen? Join DeAnn & Rachel as they discuss this rom-com trope and what books you can read!