Episode 143: Warm Fuzzies - The Craft of Love by E.E. Ottoman
Episode 143: Warm Fuzzies - The Craft of Love by E.E. Ottoman

Light a fire, wrap a quilt around your shoulders, and hold that mug with two hands - this episode yr grls get in their comfies with THE CRAFT OF LOVE BY E.E. OTTOMAN.

Benjamin is a silversmith in need of a quilt. Remembrance is a quilter in need of a tea service. Can I make it any more obvious (in the style of Avril Lavigne). Also, Benjamin is trans and Remembrance's ex is a woman and it is 1830.

What makes a work of fiction cozy? How can authors talk about marginalized identities and the working class in historical romance without talking down about them? Why does romance produce more angst than cozies?

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Episode 142: Good As Dead - The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Episode 142: Good As Dead - The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

Ghosts exist yearround, but they are most welcome at Halloween Time. Thus Mo and Isa are discussing THE DEAD ROMANTICS by ASHLEY POSTON.

Professional ghost writer and hobby ghost talker-to'er Florence accidentally gets the tingles for her new editor, Kylo--EXCUSE ME--Benji, just as she loses tingles for her genre, romance. These problems get thrown into perspective when her father dies, followed shortly by the aforementioned editor. Don't worry though! Because Benji is a ghost now, so.…

Are references overwhelming contemporary romance? Why aren't there Hallmark Halloween movies? And - we return to that deep question - what makes a Romance?

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Episode 141: Night Court - A Court of Mist And Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Episode 141: Night Court - A Court of Mist And Fury by Sarah J. Maas

This week yr grls ask you to consider the toilet in their discussion of A COURT OF MIST AND FURY by SARAH J. MAAS.

Friend of the pod and noted Fae convert Feyre is feeling...weird about Tamlin (see that guy's deal in episode 140). Rhysand gets it and thus sweeps her away to high-fantasy Santa Fe one week at a time. Feyre slowly discovers not only a whole new world, but a whole new Feyre and maybe even a whole new man, in the process.

Do romance readers rationalize Bad People for the sake of tingles? Is fating mates an Out? Can breaking the world you built be good world building? Can you believe we didn't even get to the eye ball ring?

Grab your plungers and unfurl your senstivie-like-an-ear bat wings, we're getting to WORK on this one.

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Public Access Read-A-Long: Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen: Chapter 11
Public Access Read-A-Long: Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen: Chapter 11

In which Jane feels a lot better, Caroline feels a lot worse, and Darcy and Elizabeth raise eyebrows at each other.

What can we make of a repetitive chapter by a talented author? What are the key changes in Bingley between text and film and why might that be? We don't know yet, but we're excited to talk about it with you.

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