We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week, we are celebrating Christmas in July! To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.

Care to join us on Patreon with even more content? We would love to have you join us at From the Bookstacks of Literally Reading!

Literally Reading:

Shopgirls by Jessica Anya Blau (Traci)

Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (Ellie)

Crack the Book Open:

In A Holidaze by Christina Lauren (Traci)

The Christmas You Found Me by Sarah Morgenthaler (Ellie)

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman (Traci)

The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand (Ellie)

Always in December by Emily Stone (Traci)

A Winter in New York by Josie Silver (Ellie)

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter (Traci)

Holiday Romance by Catherine Walsh (Ellie)

A Very Merry Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams (Traci)

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (Traci)

Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak (Traci)

Faking Christmas by Cindy Steel (Ellie)

Ten Blind Dates by Ashley Elston (Ellie)

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison (Ellie)

I’ll Be Home for Christmas by Jenny Bayliss (Traci)

Good Spirits by B.K. Borison (Ellie)

Hi Readers! Welcome to Literary Lineup: July 2025 Edition! On this mini-episode, we’ll each share three books that we are hoping to pick-up in July.

July 2025

We Won’t All Survive by Kate Alice Marshall (Traci)

She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena (Ellie)

Silverborn (Nevermoor #4) by Jessica Townsend (Traci)

The Rabbit Club by Christopher J. Yates (Ellie)

Far and Away by Amy Poeppel (Ellie)

We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who read in any spare minute that we have. This week, we are discussing five star reads for us, not necessarily for other readers. To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.

Care to join us on Patreon with even more content? We would love to have you join us at From the Bookstacks of Literally Reading!

Literally Reading:

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Fun for the Whole Family by Jennifer E. Smith

Crack the Book Open:

The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett

Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton

Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix