It's 100+ degrees in West Texas, so we're leaning in, this whole episode is beach reads, summer sips, and surviving the heat with a book in hand.

In this episode: our bottle of the week (Cade Sauvignon Blanc- one wine, three barrels, and the accidental invention of the word "Zengi"), the wine-and-Taco-Bell pairing nobody asked for, summer reading superlatives (best pool read, best beach thriller, best vacation romance), why every good thriller happens next to a body of water, and the book Megan read in ONE day. Then we each build our ideal beach bag including books, snacks, and a flask that holds an entire bottle of wine and play Quirk or Cringe (TBR lists, movie covers, spoiler-lookers), and answer your real questions in the Summer Reading SOS: reading-slump cures, no-spice romance, what'll actually scare you, and the book club book we all trauma-dumped about.

Plus what's new at the store: our Book & Bottle pick (Down with the Shipmans + a beachy Chardonnay), bingo nights, and August is bedazzle anything night, as well as a 90's ALL out trivia, and a BIRTHDAY PARTY CELEBRATION because Paper & Vine turns ONE! 🎉

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