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Ep. 149 St. Vincent Day Crossover with Heaving Bosoms and Andie!

April 2, 2021 Authors, Bloggers/Journalists, Podcast Episodes

Happy St. Vincent Day!! We’re thrilled to feature a special crossover episode with Heaving Bosoms to celebrate! As if that wasn’t awesome enough, we’re also joined by beloved author Andie J. Christopher who hosts Drunk Romance History on Instagram! Listen for Andie’s solemn vow to write us a St. Vincent/Derek Craven MMF, why we all adore Sebastian St. Vincent, and how we think you should celebrate St. Vincent Day. Come tell us who you picture as St. Vincent and how you plan to celebrate!

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Here’s Andie J. Christopher’s website!

Ep. 147 Best Books of 2020 with Maureen Lenker!

March 3, 2021 Authors, Bloggers/Journalists, Podcast Episodes

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Maureen Lenker from Entertainment Weekly is back to talk to us about the best books she read in 2020. We talk through the 10 that made her Best of 2020 column along with some honorable mentions she didn’t have space for and some of Jenny’s favorites. Also enjoy a discussion of words we evidently don’t know how to pronounce correctly (are you saying segue and buoy the right way?) and why Sarah thinks Jenny is far more metal than she actually is.

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Ep. 130 Book Recs and Laughter #4

May 13, 2020 Authors, Bloggers/Journalists, Podcast Episodes, What We're Reading!

Sarah, Melody, Jenny, and Jen Prokop (I refuse to cut Jen out of a picture!)

We’ve started a new series of episodes to help us all through the isolation! It’s kind of a spin on What We’re Reading, but with funny stories and lots of old friends! We’re having past guests (and some exciting new voices) come on to share “a book rec and a laugh” with us. We’re basically crowd sourcing good books and joy for you from some of our favorite people!

This episode features Melody Carlisle who is a goddamn delight. She cohosts the Heaving Bosoms podcast, which you should definitely check out if you haven’t yet! I was about to suggest some favorite episodes and couldn’t even narrow it down–literally pick one that strikes your fancy and join the cult.

Our second guest is our beloved Sierra Simone. She shares the most on brand mortifying story ever!

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Support for today’s episode comes from The Honey Don’t List by Christina Lauren!



You can find Melody on Twitter! You can also find her podcast, Heaving Bosoms, on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook!

You can find Sierra Simone on Facebook or Instagram or head straight to her website and devour her books immediately!

Jenny and Sarah

Ep. 127 Book Recs and Laughter #2

April 22, 2020 Authors, Bloggers/Journalists, Podcast Episodes, What We're Reading!

We’ve started a new series of episodes to help us all through the isolation! It’s kind of a spin on What We’re Reading, but with funny stories and lots of old friends! We’re having past guests (and some exciting new voices) come on to share “a book rec and a laugh” with us. We’re basically crowd sourcing good books and joy for you from some of our favorite people! This episode features Tif Marcelo, Leigh Kramer, and Jen Prokop from Fated Mates!

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Stuff We Mention:

Support for today’s episode comes from The Sinner by J.R. Ward!

You can find Tif Marcelo on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook!

Leigh Kramer’s Twitter and Instagram are most excellent! You MUST follow her blog if you want book recs–we go to Leigh when we want to figure out what to read!

Jen Prokop is on Twitter as JenReadsRomance! You should also check out her podcast, Fated Mates…because it’s glorious! JenReadsRomance.com is the perfect place to find direction if you’re newer to romance. You can also get the coolest buttons there!

Ep. 126 Book Recs and Laughter #1

April 15, 2020 Authors, Bloggers/Journalists, Podcast Episodes, What We're Reading!

We’ve started a new series of episodes to help us all through the isolation! It’s kind of a spin on What We’re Reading, but with funny stories and lots of old friends! We’re having past guests (and some exciting new voices) come on to share “a book rec and a laugh” with us. We’re basically crowd sourcing good books and joy for you from some of our favorite people! This first episode features Sarah and Jenny sharing their own recs and funny stories as well as a guest segment with Maureen Lee Lenker from Entertainment Weekly!

In addition to adding to your TBR, you can hear about Sarah’s adorable school girl shenanigans, Jenny’s Playboy audition fail, Maureen’s bus toilet incident, and more! Let us know what you think of the new idea and who you’d like to hear!

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Books We Mention:

Do you follow Maureen’s romance column in Entertainment Weekly? It’s always full of great recs! Check out her latest!

Support for today’s episode comes from The Honey Don’t List by Christina Lauren!

Ep. 42 What We’re Reading #3

August 22, 2018 Bloggers/Journalists, Podcast Episodes, What We're Reading!

Our third iteration of What We’re Reading, featuring Jen Prokop from JenReadsRomance!

We give a few life updates on Sarah’s new book and Jenny’s adventures in motherhood. Also, dicksoap. We have thoughts.

We forgot to take a picture together, so Jen gets to be the silhouette lady in the middle of this one.

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  • Books we discuss in this episode:

    A Taste of Pleasure by Chloe Blake

        • Gorgeous cover!
        • “Ghost Chef” meets handsome Italian man at a wedding
        • Snappy dialog, great banter.
        • Jen considers it “perfect”

    Whiskey Sharp: Unraveled by Lauren Dane

        • Angst vs stakes
        • high stakes low angst (external conflict)

    Forbidden Hearts series by Alisha Rai

    Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins

        • Historical in which hero is passing as white
        • High stakes/high angst, but the drama is driven by the internal conflict

    Sparks Like Ours by Melissa Brayden

        • F/F surf romance
        • Friends to lovers with one heroine discovering her sexual identity

    My Lady’s Lover by Nicola Davidson

        • F/F historical novella
        • Lady’s maid falls for her employer
        • “spectacular”

    Vegas Top Guns Series by Katie Porter

        • Sexy kinks.
        • Exhibitionism at its finest
        • Bisexual showgirl and a photographer

    Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan

        • Dark story of a woman escaping an abusive marriage
        • Incredibly powerful story of a woman surviving and fighting
        • Basketball romance

    Burn Down the Night by M. O’Keefe

        • Motorcycle club romance
        • AMAZING heroine who is not here for your bullshit

    Judgment Road by Christine Feehan

    Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

    Rules of Scoundrels series by Sarah MacLean

    Radiance by Grace

    Hidden Legacy Series by Ilona Andrews

    Kate Daniels Series by Ilona Andrews

    Guardian Series by Meljean Brook

    Anita Blake Series by Laurel K. Hamilton

    Everything Ravaged. Everything Burned. (short story)

    Recs We’re Looking For:

    Angsty Books!

    Vikings!

    Tortured Control Freaks Who Like to Get a Little Kinky!

Ep. 17 Jennifer Prokop: Representation in Romance

March 2, 2018 Bloggers/Journalists, Podcast Episodes
In this episode, we’re joined by Jennifer Prokop, perhaps better known as @JenReadsRomance on Twitter. She’s an avid romance reader and reviewer, and teaches middle school English, so she has a knack for breaking complex concepts down in a way that makes them easier to grasp. We discuss representation in romance, how to be better allies, and how uncomfortable but necessary these conversations are. Jen also reviews romance for The Book Queen’s Book Palace. Some of our favorite posts from her are: Who Did it Better…In an Elevator Who Did it Better…On a Horse Listen on Google Play Music Ways to listen: You can click the button in the banner on the right or this link to download (and subscribe!) on iTunes! Or click the button above to access the show on Google Play. It’s also available on Stitcher, Spotify, or most other podcast apps! Highlights from our conversation include:
  • Witnessing the joyful epiphany her students experience when they see themselves represented in fiction.
  • How to respond to kids who learn to assign gender to things like books and reject them on that basis. “Books don’t have genitals!”
  • The Big 8 social identifiers and how they play out in fiction.
  • Why terms like “privilege” make white people so uncomfortable.
  • If we’re comfortable feeling historical pride, why can’t we also get comfortable with historical shame?
  • Strategies for explaining and handling these concepts to kids.
  • The metaphor of windows vs mirrors for readers and why “window books” can be the most exciting as a reader if you approach them with an open mind. With an open heart, all books can be both windows and mirrors because you can find something to relate to in the authentic human experience.
  • Why white, American, cishet, able-bodied women basically never have to think about representation when they’re reading–and why that can be problematic.
  • How harmful the “stealing our jobs” rhetoric is and how it stems from white fragility.
Books mentioned in this episode: Nurture Shock: New Thinking About Children by PO Bronson and Ashley Merryman Books by Alyssa Cole Books by Alisha Rai Books by Colson Whitehead Books by Talia Hibbert Books by Melissa Blue

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