ashley and katherine are cousins, best friends, and major book lovers.

We've been reading books together for over ten years — trading recommendations, laughing a lot, and asking each other the only question that really matters: should I read that?

bookfare is what we've always done, just with a recording setup. Every episode we cover what we've each been reading, dig into book news, and do a deep dive on a book we read together that month. We have thoughts. We have opinions. We occasionally (usually) go completely off topic. And we always tell you if you should indeed, read that book.

We're based in Chicago and New York. We are not sponsored by anyone. We just really like books.