Hi Hello Bookmates! We're back! Our brief hiatus has come to an end, and we thought we'd ease back in with what HAD been our plan for our Valentine's Day Bonus Episode- Romance Book Recs!

So hop back in with us as we catch up, catch you up, and throw out some books to check out if you love romance!

Cheat Sheet for your TBR:

Lita's Recs:

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Suddenly You by Lisa Kleypas

Tiffany's Recs:

Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen

Sunday's at Tiffany's by James Patterson

The Key Trilogy by Nora Roberts

In this episode, we talk about the GoFundMe for Tiffany's mom. We would never ask for donations, but if you feel inclined to do so, or want to/would be willing to share with others, it can be found here:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-our-mom-cindy-fight-a-rare-neurological-condition

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Happy New Year, Bookmates! Join us as we take a trip down memory lane as we discuss our book highs, lows, and honorable mentions of the 2025. It's surreal to think we have Season 2 under our belts. Thank you all for book clubbing with us. We're beyond grateful and humbled to have you all here, and we can't wait to keep reading with you in 2026!

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Merry Christmas Bookmates! That's a wrap on Season 2! We're beyond grateful for all of you who have joined us for Book Club this year, and can't wait to keep reading with you in 2026!

Join us for our final Book Club Selection of 2025: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

Fun Fact: this Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Reader's Favorite Romance (2020), it is the 2nd highest tagged Christmas book on Goodreads, just under A Christmas Carol!

This book was a merry time, even if it left us wanting a bit! Hallmark meets Groundhog Day- it was a cute, easy Yuletide read for sure, and we definitely had a great time talking about it, and bonus points for Tiffany with the Utah setting!

Synopsis:

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…but not for Maelyn Jones. She’s living with her parents, hates her going-nowhere job, and has just made a romantic error of epic proportions.

But perhaps worst of all, this is the last Christmas Mae will be at her favorite place in the world—the snowy Utah cabin where she and her family have spent every holiday since she was born, along with two other beloved families. Mentally melting down as she drives away from the cabin for the final time, Mae throws out what she thinks is a simple plea to the universe: Please. Show me what will make me happy.

The next thing she knows, tires screech and metal collides, everything goes black. But when Mae gasps awake…she’s on an airplane bound for Utah, where she begins the same holiday all over again. With one hilarious disaster after another sending her back to the plane, Mae must figure out how to break free of the strange time loop—and finally get her true love under the mistletoe.

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