October is officially over and we're ready for some holiday romance. In this episode you'll hear about some of our favorite classic holiday romance storylines, books to look out for this season, a possible true love romance in the making, and Rachel & Amanda narrowly avoid parking tickets. This is a classic wild episode of Bubbles & Books you won't want to miss.

Holiday Romances mentioned:

Christmas Is All Around by Martha Waters

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch

Love You A Latke by Amanda Elliott

I’ll Be Gone For Christmas by Georgia K. Boone

The Christmas Tree Farm by Laurie Gilmore

Ellyn's Currently Reading | Lost & Lassoed by Lyla Sage & A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young

Amanda's Currently Reading | Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton & Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

Rachel's Currently Reading | Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi

Don't miss authors Mac Barnett & Shawn Harris at Dog-Eared Books Saturday, November 9, at 3 PM! Get your tickets HERE!

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Welcome back to another week of Bubbles & Books. This week, we're so excited to welcome children's picture book author & illustrator Jess Hannigan to the podcast. Jess is the mind behind one of our favorite books this year Spider in the Well. Her clever story has brought us so much joy this year, and we loved having the opportunity to chat about how she got started and what we can expect next.

Ellyn's Currently Reading | The Barn by Wright Thompson & O Sinners! by Nicole Cuffy

Amanda's Currently Reading | Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton & Inciting Joy by Ross Gay

Books coming out this week: The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny & The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins

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The leaves are falling, and that's a sure sign of the book fair rolling into your schools. And if you're lucky, a local bookstore is giving you a taste of the book fair you remember fondly from your youth, but making it fun for your adult self. This week we're reminiscing about the book fair, talking facts about the beginning of the Scholastic Book Fair, and of course sharing all about our upcoming public school book fairs and our adult Boozy Book Fair! We've got bookseller Bailey on the podcast to talk about everything she has prepped and it's a fun one full of nostalgia.

Note: In the episode Amanda begins discussing the story of the Minotaur, Ariadne, and who unalives who... You can read about the myth here.

Ellyn's Currently Reading | The Last Murder At the End of the World by Stuart Turton & Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs by Luis Elizondo

Amanda's Currently Reading | What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci & Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

Bailey's Currently Reading | Lady Audley's Secret by M.E. Braddon

Books coming out this week: Hot Mess: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, Patriot by Alexei Navalny, & Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret: A Festive Mystery by Benjamin Stevenson

Don't miss author Neal Stephenson at Dog-Eared Books on Sunday, October 27, at 6 PM. Get your tickets HERE.

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We'll tell you now, you're going to want to grab the tissues for this episode. Recently we shared some sad news about our incredible shop dog Lovie getting a cancer diagnosis. While we're confident in the lovely medical team at Iowa State University's Vet Med. But with a tough diagnosis comes tough conversations. Today we are joined by picture book author Derick Wilder. His story "The Longest Letsgoboy," will bring tears to your eyes but offer comfort to the difficult moments in life that are eventual with family and pets. We're honored to have Derick with us on today's episode and we hope that his story might find you when the time comes.

What we're drinking | Definitely bubbles

Ellyn's Currently Reading | The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

Amanda's Currently Reading | What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci

Books coming out this week: Poloston by Neal Stephenson & What I Ate In One Year by Stanley Tucci

Don't miss author Neal Stephenson at Dog-Eared Books on Sunday, October 27, at 6 PM. Get your tickets HERE.

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In honor of tonight’s vice presidential debate - book pairings! Ellyn has combined some of your favorite reads with the perfect pairing. One might call her a book sommelier!

What we're drinking | Bubbles of course!

Ellyn's Currently Reading | We Do Not Part by Han Kang & The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

Amanda's Currently Reading | Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery

Books coming out this week: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich & Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

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We're back! Amanda & Ellyn are our queens of a random tangent, so today Producer Rachel has asked the people to ask Amanda & Ellyn random questions, book recommendations, and anything they might want to know.

What we're drinking | Forgot to look at the name, but listener Dace brought it from the country of Georgia!

Ellyn's Currently Reading | Colored Television by Danzy Senna

Amanda's Currently Reading | Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery

Books coming out this week: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney & Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan

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Today we're bringing you an episode of all the things we've been chatting about behind the counter at Dog-Eared Books. There's cannibalism. There's sea monsters. We're talking about menopause. And so many more random, yet entertaining topics. And please make sure to let us know if you think Ellyn and Rachel would be perfect on the Amazing Race.

What we're drinking | I can't remember but it's French and is bubbly!

Ellyn's Currently Reading | The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse & The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

Amanda's Currently Reading | Burn by Peter Heller & The Mystics Would Like A Word by Shannon K. Evans

Rachel's Currently Reading | Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel & Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

Mariah's Currently Reading | A Sign of Affection by Suu Morishita, Slewfoot by Brom, & Beautyland by Marie Helene-Bertino

Books coming out this week: The Mystics Would Like A Word by Shannon K. Evans & Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

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Did you know we're an INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION?!? Yes it's true, and we're so honored to have met our friend Dace who traveled all the way from the county of Georgia to visit us in little old Iowa. So in Dace's honor, we are talking about bookstores we would love to visit around the world.

Bookstores we want to visit around the world:

• Propsero’s Books
• Hay-on-Wye (Hi on Wye)
• Shakespeare and Company
• El Ateneo Grand Splendid
• Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen
• Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore
• Livraria Lello
• Brome Lake Books - Livres Lac-Brome

As heard in the episode: "This is a Megan Follows Bar"

What we're drinking | Marani Sparkling Wine Brut (from the country of Georgia and gifted to us by Dace!)

Ellyn's Currently Reading | A Good Girls Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Amanda's Currently Reading | The Gray Wolf by Louise Penny

Books coming out this week: Daydream by Hannah Grace

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