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In honor of Valentine’s Day, learn everything you need to know about the romance genre! Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Webinar: Crash Course in RomanceNicholas Sparks booksColleen Hoover booksHello Stranger by Katherine CenterFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesSarah Adams booksMindy Klasky Tropes ListHarry Potter series by J.K. RowlingPeople We Meet on Vacation by Emily HenryThe Wedding Party by Jasmine GuilloryThe Hating Game by Sally ThorneThe Hating Game (film)Ali Hazelwood booksLove, Theoretically by Ali HazelwoodWith Love, from Cold World by Alicia ThompsonWritten in the Stars by Alexandria BellefleurBoyfriend Material by Alexis HallThe Fiancée Farce by Alexandria BellefleurAct Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia HibbertA Week to be Wicked by Tessa DareKnockout by Sarah MacLeanThe Singles Table by Sara DesaiBattle Royal by Lucy ParkerIt Happened One Summer by Tessa BaileyRole Playing by Cathy YardleyScandalized by Ivy OwensRomancing Mr. Bridgerton by Julia QuinnBridgerton (TV)How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa ColeThe Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi MatthewsThe Bodyguard by Katherine CenterFunny You Should Ask by Elissa SussmanJasmine Guillory booksTia Williams booksHelen Hoang booksSusan Elizabeth Phillips booksChristina Lauren booksMia Sosa booksOlivia Dade booksNatalie Caña booksBeverly Jenkins booksAdriana Herrera booksEvie Dunmore booksCourtney Milan booksJane Austen booksGeorgette Heyer booksJulia Quinn booksCat Sebastian booksTessa Dare booksSarah MacLean booksLisa Kleypas booksJudith McNaught booksJude Deveraux booksJulie Garwood booksMary Balogh booksNora Roberts booksAmanda Quick booksJayne Ann Krentz booksRomancing the Stone (film)Carla Neggers booksSarah J. Maas booksBlood and Ash series by Jennifer L. ArmentroutFreya Marske booksOlivia Atwater booksKresley Cole booksJ.R. Ward booksBride by Ali HazelwoodLana Harper booksApril Asher booksHaunting Adeline by H.D. CarltonTwisted series by Ana HuangElsie Silver booksRebekah Weatherspoon booksDone and Dusted by Lyla SageDevney Perry booksJennifer Lohmann booksMariana Zupata booksIcebreaker by Hannah GraceSarina Bowen booksElle Kennedy booksWindy City series by Liz TomfordeTwilight Saga series by Stephenie MeyerKimberly Lemming booksIce Planet Barbarians series by Ruby DixonDiana Biller booksAna María and the Fox by Liana De la RosaWe Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian What We’re Reading This Week: Ann: Surrender: Forty Songs, One Story by Bono Halle: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden Well-Read on FacebookWell-Read on TwitterWell-Read on BookshopWell-Read on Instagram
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We love a TBR episode, and even better is a TBR episode when we pick books for each other! Listen in for our selections, and we’ll end with what we’re reading this week. Books and other media mentioned in this episode: Ann’s picks:
Somehow this year is already halfway over (!!!!!), so it’s time to check in on our reading goals and parts of our book lives.