Whatever you want to call it -beach reads, bubble bath books, commercial fiction, light books, women's fiction - there's always a place for the fluffier side of reading. Today we discuss some of our favorites and answer the questions: How do I find light books that are still interesting? How do I know what light books to take a chance on? What genres can I explore? How do I preview content? Books mentioned in this episode: Finlay Donovan is Killing It: A Mystery by E Cosimano The Ruby Red Series by Kerstin Geir Nicolas Sparks Stephanie Plum Series by J Evanovich Where the Crawdads Sing by D Owens Anna Lee Huber Series Mary Stewart Books (Like The Moon Spinners) Susanna Kearsley Books (Marianna and The Firebird specifically) PG Wodehouse Dorothy Sayers Jenny Colgan (specifically the Bookshop on the Corner) Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey Dear Mr Knightly by K Reay And Only to Deceive by T Alexander The Grand Sophie by G Heyer The Crocodile on the Sandbank by E Peters Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by H Simonson The Mitford Series by Jan Karon #lightreads #bubblebathbooks #beachreads #summerreading Visit our new WEBSITE- ⁠⁠⁠www.bookfarepodcast.com⁠⁠⁠ You can leave us your email there to receive a free gift- a printable pdf of some of our best book-finding resources for you AND your kids! And when you do that, you'll be entered in a drawing to win an exclusive Book Fare sticker pack for free!! Leave us a 5 Star Review in iTunes and we just might read it on air! Leaving a 5 Star Review is the BEST way to grow our show and we dearly appreciate them! All 5 Star reviews will be entered for a change to win BookFare Swag - namely a BookFare Mug!! One winner will be drawn every week through Valentine's Day! Do you love books or do you want to? Are you tired of reading in a vacuum and struggling to find good books? Has motherhood somehow made your brain a dusty shamble? Friend, you are in the right place! BookFare Podcast is here to help you find great books that you will LOVE and a community to share them with, all while nurturing your own brain and helping you create a culture of reading in your life and family. We are Elizabeth, Tricia, and Amanda, and we are here to help you do just that! We’re not academics or scholars. We’re just three women, mamas, and friends who believe in the power of great books to grow our minds and hearts and those of our children. We have all been through seasons when we barely read and seasons when our brains felt left-behind. We have struggled to find the right things to read and people to talk about them with. But through our experiences with different book clubs, in-person and online, and dedicated reading through the years, we have started to crack the formula for keeping great books in our lives and families through all seasons. We love this journey, and we are on it with you. That’s why we started Book Fare - to create a safe and welcoming place for women who care about the content of what they read- an exciting book club that combines FUN with truth, goodness and beauty! So… from newbie readers to seasoned bibliophiles, from beach reads to Beowulf, from new releases to classic literature and everything in between- we are here to explore and curate reading content for you and your family. Together, we will laugh and think our way through all that good and great literature has to offer. We will seek virtue and values through literature and training our affections one dog-eared, coffee-stained and child-graffitied book at a time!

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