Hello everyone! Here's a bit of a DISCLAIMER. We had some technical difficulties with the software we used to capture the first half of the interview. As a result, we lost that audio. This clip is the second half of our AMAZING interview with Lauren. But don't worry! We're meeting up with her next week... Continue Reading →
Ep. 60: Supplemental Science Corner
As promised, here is the lost science corner from last week's episode! Not only is the ability of the human body to regenerate blood fascinating, but it also leads to some extremely questionable search history. I swear I'm not a serial killer. Really. But hey, as interesting as blood science (is that like blood magic?)... Continue Reading →
Ep. 48 Supplemental (feat. Ross Murray of GLAAD)
We were so happy to be able to sit down with Ross Murray, the Senior Director of Education & Training at The GLAAD Media Institute, and have a conversation about our episode on Brynne Rebele-Henry's Orpheus Girl. It was such an amazing opportunity and we learned a ton! Below, we've compiled a list of the resources... Continue Reading →
Explosives and Chemistry: A Rachel’s Science Corner
Hello everyone and welcome to a special Rachel's Science corner! Here you'll find the audio for a special science expose that unfortunately didn't make it into the final cut for our last episode, Ep. 45: Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here. Towards the end of the book, (SPOILERS!) there's a huge stand-off between our... Continue Reading →
A Commentary on Twilight
Big thank-you to Sara and Courtney over at the wonderful podcast Bodice Tipplers for writing their commentary on the Twilight franchise! We absolutely love the both of them and highly highly recommend their podcast, Bodice Tipplers, which takes a deep dive into the romance novels one might find on one's mother or grandmother's nightstand. Be... Continue Reading →
Ep. 38: Alpha Centauri Lost
Who's ready for some crazy and surprisingly fun sci-fi romance?! I AM Okay so I think that everyone can agree and probably understand that I expected this book to be a total dumpster fire. I even went in to it TRYING to hate it. And don't get me wrong, there were some odd and mildly... Continue Reading →
Ep 37: Another boi Another Dragon Tattoo
Now. You could argue. That it’s because I read book 14 out of a god-knows-how-long-of-book-series that maybe I should have started at the beginning. Maybe I would have enjoyed this book more. You would be WRONG. This book is just...rotten bananas. Like it is just too crazy to even...almost talk about and we did a... Continue Reading →
Ep. 36: A Lot of People Lay Dying
I'll admit. The chains definitely sparked some questions Whelp we finally did it guys. We have our first trigger bingo game! We'll have our bingo cards available here in the next few weeks so you can play along with us! Okay fair. Adam starts out as a MASSIVE dick THE AMOUNT OF TORTURE IN THIS... Continue Reading →
Ep 35: The Call of the Jungle
OK so for this book I have to agree with some of our Facebook followers and say that the cover plus the title does now unfortunately make me think of golden showers. When I was in college, my friends used to have this joke for me where if I wanted something sweet they would point... Continue Reading →
And the winner of Worst Romance Novel Title Ever goes tooooooooooooo….FANTASY LOVER Here's your required fan service. You're welcome Hey let's face it. There are far worse things than early 2000's ripped surfer dude So at first, my eyes rolled all the way into the sunset when they mentioned that Grace is a sex therapist.... Continue Reading →