Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 235 – Sanctuary
Nora Roberts Month continues! Heidi and Emily from Romancing the Shelf podcast returned and took us back to the 90s with the vintage romantic thriller Sanctuary. Sadly, this book has zero plates of casual pasta but it does have at least 3.5 romantic couples and almost as many murders. Listen to this episode on one of your three computers!
Content warning: Murder, sexual assault, questionable mental health care.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Romancing the Shelf – Sanctuary
“Nora Roberts: The woman who rewrote the rules of romantic fiction” by Carole Cadwalladr
Coming up next: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 235 – Sanctuary
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading Sanctuary by Nora Roberts. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 234 – Nightwork
Our Lady Nora Roberts has written a book about a handsome criminal who admires good architecture and casual pasta? We’re so back. Our friend and Nora Roberts expert Christine has returned to discuss Nightwork with us. Listen to this episode while working on your night cheese!
Content warning: Cancer, death of a parent.
Readers advisory: Here.
Coming up next: Sanctuary by Nora Roberts.
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Episode 233 – Bests of 2023
Once again, we’ve managed to sneak in a few good books this year! Here are our favorite books we read in 2023 (regardless of publication year. Long live backlist titles!)
Footnotes: Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2023 (featuring Renata’s picks for middle grade and YA!)
Coming up next: A January hiatus. Happy New Year! We’ll see you in February!
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Episode 232 – The Woman In Me
We finished our adventures with the Time Traveler’s Wife but decided to linger in the 2000s for awhile longer. Friend of the Show (and the Internet’s Best Friend) Margaret H. Willison joined us to discuss Britney Spears’s memoir The Woman In Me. Listen to this episode instead of listening to the music of Justin Timberlake!
Content warning: This book contains abuse, abortion, disordered eating, and all the other stuff you’d assume.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: “Miss American Dream” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.
Coming up next: Bests of 2023.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 232 – The Woman In Me
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Woman In Me by Britney Spears. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 231 – The Time Traveler’s Wife
We held our annual Patreon Choice poll and our Beloved Patrons chose to send us back in time to 2003 with The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Since the book is prominently set in Chicago, we were #blessed to be joined by prominent Chicagoan Ashley to unpack the Jeremy Bearimy of it all. Please do not listen to this episode while having sex with your future wife for the first time.
Content warning: Sketchy time travel age/consent issues, death of a partner, miscarriages.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: “Popular Titles are Vanishing from HBO Max After Merger” by Eric Deggans.
The Time Traveler’s Wife: Reception
Audrey Niffenegger Tweet about The Other Husband
Legends of Tomorrow – Swan Thong
Coming up next: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 231 – The Time Traveler’s Wife
Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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