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!
We wanted a scary spooky episode so join Kristen and Rosika as they engage in the ultimate fear factor challenge… letting someone else choose our next reads! Served with a heaping table of side quests: Kristen survives a Noreaster, Rosika embroiders to fulfill her mother’s victorian lady dreams, eldest daughters prevail at mid autumn festival, and mistakes were made all around in the shed building/ luffa growing categories!
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Creators Mentioned
Jay at my0.25life crisis
https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos
Books Mentioned
Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino
Dungeon Crawler Carl: The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Alanna the Lioness by Tamora Pierce
Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce
The Circle Opens Series by Tamora Pierce
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
5 Oct 2026
#58 - Banned Books Week! // You Can’t Tell Us What to Read!
Join Kristen and Rosika this episode where (as usual) at least one of us is falling apart and one of us went on a book reading bender! Join us in celebrating banned books week by reading whatever the hell we want and no one can do anything about it! Also featuring tangents on joining dungeon cults, Brie Larson’s acting, and a heated debate about if licking lips is sexy at all.
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Creators Mentioned
Jay at my0.25life crisis
https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos
Books Mentioned
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman
Hooked by Asako Yuzuki
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
Room by Emma Donoghue
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
21 Sept 2026
#57 - AI vs. Literature // FIGHT!!
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 fantasy.
Wanna write in to the show? email us at:
coasttocoastbookspodcast@gmail.com
Creators Mentioned
Jay at my0.25life crisis
https://www.youtube.com/@my0.25lifecrisis/videos
Books Mentioned
Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
Chasing My Cure by David Fajgenbaum
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi
Shy Girl by Mia Ballard
1984 by George Orwell
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Spotify
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Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
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