Here’s what we suggest instead of/in addition to reading This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti. Listen to the podcast to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!
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Episode 236 – Icebreaker
Ice, ice, baby! Annie Cardi, author of Red, returned to the podcast to discuss the sexy skater Booktok sensation Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. Join us as we skate back to college and dirty talk our way into the Olympics!
Content warning: Disordered eating, gaslighting, emotional abuse.
Readers advisory: Here.
Footnotes: “Who Is Hannah Grace? And Why Won’t She Show Her Face?” by Elisabeth Egan
Coming up next: This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti.
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Readers Advisory: Episode 236 – Icebreaker
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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