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Bookending the nation with our love, and our love of books! Best friends Kristen and Rosika talk about the books they are reading, chat about all things bookish, and recommend books to you!
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#57 - AI vs. Literature // FIGHT!! (opens the original)
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Armed with zero professional qualifications and maximum confidence, Kristen & Rosika attempt to attack the scale of the AI apocalypse in the world of literature. Project Panama, AI generated language, AI translation , and AI in education are all up on the chopping block between two best friends who just really love books. This weeks tangents include: sports inflicted toddler meltdowns, the magic of little town libraries, and giving flowers to an author for world building outside the lanes of fan
#56 - Do Book Awards Matter? (opens the original)
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Join our hosts Kristen and Rosika this week as they dive into what meaning book awards have on our life as average readers! Kristen also unwittingly reads almost all of Rosika’s recent favorites including the brothers Green, Trevor Noah, and just a little apathetic robot named Murderbot. As always we feature amazing tangents including: how capitalism is ruining the sports dreams of children, horses vs zebras, and Jay is back and gracing our mailbag! Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coast
#55 - Trad Wife Fiction // Yesteryear (opens the original)
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In this extra long episode join Kristen and Rosika as they chat about mom life, garden life, and of course… trad wife in fiction life! Many tangents include: the joys of the football ultra section, nap miracles, summer barf, dinosaur squash patches, and cucumber-geddon. If you’re just here to listen to two best friends chat about Yesteryear skip ahead using the chapters below! Your loss though because the cucumber-geddon is peak comedy. Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbooksp
#54 - Reading Slumps // Friend or Foe? (opens the original)
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Join Kristen and Rosika as they talk about the reading slumps that sucked them both under this year and the books that are getting them out of it. Also featuring the antics of traveling solo with little kids, the profound suck of little baby colds, feral pumpkins, DIY loofas, animated crushes, and well adjusted childhood nightmares. Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com Creators Mentioned Kelly @kellyseeksbooks https://www.youtube.com/@kellyseeksbooks Jay at
#53 - New Year’s Reading Goals Check In // Halfway! (opens the original)
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Kristen and Rosika check in on their new years reading goals and how successfully (or not) they have been at pursing them! Also featuring bookstore closing book hauls, being an unhinged chaos muffin at world cup betting, butchering Scottish words, and the comedic virtues of human blanket facsimile creations to appease tiny overlords. Wanna write in to the show? email us at: coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com Books Mentioned That Sounds So Good by Carla Lalli Music Night Bitch by Rachel Yoder Are
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