Although we had to check out of the real life Inn BoonsBoro, we were able to return there through the power of fiction. We read the second book in the Inn BoonsBoro trilogy, The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts, with our returning guest and Nora Roberts expert Christine.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Inn BoonsBoro
Coming up next: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover.
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Thanks to our wonderful Patreon Patrons, we recently traveled to Nora Roberts’ bed and breakfast in Maryland, Inn BoonsBoro, along with our Resident Nora Roberts Expert, Christine, and Resident Robe Expert, Nicole! Please enjoy this bonus episode where the four of us talk about our luxurious weekend stay, debate the content of a dolphin massage, and fail to accurately describe the size of a pretzel.
Footnotes: Romancing The Shelf: Our Trip to BoonsBoro!
Big Pretzel:
Coming up next: The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts.
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It’s our first episode of the year and we’re already longing to get away from it all. So we were joined by Heidi and Emily of the Romancing the Shelf podcast to discuss the book The Next Always by Nora Roberts. But also more importantly, we discussed Inn BoonsBoro, the B&B where this book is set, but also the B&B that Nora Roberts owns in real life! Heidi and Emily gave Kait and Renata travel tips for their upcoming stay in BoonsBoro. Listen to this episode on your way to pick up your next pizza.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Romancing The Shelf: Our Trip to BoonsBoro!
Coming up next: The Last Boyfriend by Nora Roberts.
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Another year has come and gone, and yet we’re still here, talking about books! For a treat, here are some good ones.
Footnotes: Boston Globe’s Best Books of 2022 (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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Democracy works: our Patreon patrons voted for us to read Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, so we did. And we, along with our returning guest Meredith Goldstein, of the Boston Globe’s Love Letters, actually kinda…loved it? Sorry haters, we’ve been Gilbertpilled. Listen to this episode while eating incredible homemade pasta, or just some frozen pizza if you’re currently in the USA.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: “The ‘Eat Pray Love’ Problem: How Movie Liz Ruined The Story Of Book Liz” by Linda Holmes
“In which I don’t review ‘Eat Pray Love'” by Crunk Feminist Collective
The new colonialism of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ by Sandip Roy
“Elizabeth Gilbert Is Owning Her Past Mistakes” by Lizzy O’Leary
Coming up next: Bests & Worsts of 2022.
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Duarte’s been asking us for more feline representation, so we were joined by Phillip Mottaz, author of the Psychic Barber Mystery series, to read the first Mrs. Murphy mystery, Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown. It’s a small town cozy mystery solved by a postmistress and her pets. Unfortunately, the pets have weirdly regressive attitudes. Turn the volume up on this episode to make sure you can hear it over all the almonds being blended!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Rita Mae Brown’s Wikipedia page
Coming up next: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
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We reunited with Sydney and Delaney from Book Cult to discuss the cult-adjacent teachings of Sylvia Browne, as presented in her book Blessings From The Other Side: Wisdom and Comfort From the Afterlife For This Life. Play this one extra loud to make sure that it’s audible to the spirits hovering three feet above you!
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Book Cult Episode 43: Blessings From The Other Side
Book Cult Episode 75: Worst Bestsellers (that’s us!)
44 Life Themes Everyone Chooses Before Incarnation: Which One Did You Choose?
Coming up next: Wish You Were Here by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown.
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With Saturation Day (and spooky season!) upon us, Kait retreated to her queers-only bunker with returning guests Wren and Laura to discuss Chuck Tingle’s horror novella Straight. Listen to see what happens when three type-A planners read a book about the type of people who don’t google the menu before going to a new restaurant.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: Nightfire Proves Love is Real With Chuck Tingle’s Horror Novel, Camp Damascus
Coming up next: Blessings from the Other Side by Sylvia Browne.
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We got tired of reading reality TV memoirs, so instead we read a thinly-veiled reality television novel, L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad. Some of us (Renata) enjoyed it more than others of us (Kait), but we were both thrilled to talk to Helena Greer (@BlumAgainCurios), the author of Season of Love and the upcoming For Never And Always.
Readers advisory: Here.
Candy pairing: Helena says Sour Patch Kids, Kait says a big novelty lollipop, Renata says cotton candy.
Footnotes: Fug Girls Book Club: Lauren Conrad’s L.A. Candy
“Lauren Conrad Is The World’s Most Successful Reality-TV Defector” by Misty White Sidell
Coming up next: Straight by Chuck Tingle.
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It’s our 8th anniversary, and Stephenie Meyer has rudely not written anything new for us to read, so instead we decided to take a page from Diana Gabaldon and time travel through our past. We recorded this supersized Origin Stories episode where we answer listener questions, talk about the history of our friendship and our podcast, and only cry a little bit! Thanks for listening to us for 8! years!
Footnotes: Check out our newly revamped and relaunched merch store on TeePublic! Flash sale until 9/28/22!
The Secret: We don’t understand electricity, but we use it
Matthew McConaughey’s Peace Corps ad
Coming up next: L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad.
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