Hi & welcome to Beach Reads and Bubbly’s Substack, Club Bubby!
What is Beach Reads & Bubbly?
Beach Reads and Bubbly is an Instagram and website dedicated to my love of books, specifically romances, thrillers, and contemporary fiction—that's the 'Beach Reads' part. I pair each book with a carefully crafted cocktail or mocktail—that's the 'Bubbly'!
What do you get with your subscription?
Unpaid Subscribers get my weekly Friday Faves newsletter filled with what I’m reading, loving, & eying every Friday morning. You’ll also get access to Cake with Katie my ‘bite-sized'‘ author interview series!
Paid Subscribers will receive everything free subscribers get plus, you’ll join the B.R.A.D Book Club (more below!), and receive The Bubbly Bulletin (also more below!) monthly. Plus, you’ll have access to the subscriber-only group chat where you can talk all things books (and bubbly!) with other BR&B readers.
What’s The B.R.A.D Book Club? I coined the term B.R.A.D years ago, and it stands for Beach Read After Dark. Essentially, it’s those romance novels that are heavy on the spice 🔥. I don’t review B.R.A.Ds in great detail on my Instagram, and I wanted to create a space where we could read the books together and discuss them with spoilers. Here’s how it will work:
On the 1st of the month I will send out the survey with four B.R.A.D.s where you can vote on what you’d like to read that month. Then, on the 3rd of the month I will announce (via e-mail & IG story) what the book will be and we can all get reading! Then, on the last day of each month I will send out the B.R.A.D Bookclub newsletter where I’ll review the book, pair it with a cocktail, and have a spoiler-ridden discussion on Substack video!
What’s The Bubbly Bulletin? A monthly newsletter containing all the book news fit to print! Adaptation announcements, authors we love who’ve announced their next books, author news, and anything else I think is relevant to us, all in one place!
Who’s Katie?
Hi, I’m Katie, and I’m the gal behind Beach Reads & Bubbly!
I created this account back in 2020 to share what I was reading with my friends, and it’s remained exactly that 5 years later! While the community has grown beyond my wildest dreams, I am still just a chick reading books and letting you know what I’m loving.
A lot of my favorite books are often deemed “guilty pleasures,” and I am here to remove all the guilt and help connect you with as many books that bring you pleasure as possible. Life is too short to suffer through books you don’t love! My favorite genres are romance & thrillers, but I am open to everything! I coined the term “B.R.A.D.” a few years back, which stands for Beach Reads After Dark and is basically a steamier romance book that is heavy on the romance and light on the plot (if you know what I mean😏).
I am so happy you’re here; I’ve coined this “the happiest corner of the internet,” and that’s all thanks to YOU. Seeing this community grow is truly a life highlight.
