Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast

727. RT Rewind: March 2009 Reviews

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast

Show Notes

We’re back in the time machine heading to March 2009 to check out the new books reviewed in Romantic Times Magazine.

We’ve got: Hot dog shrines Alpha heroines PT Cruisers Allegories for the siege of Leningrad Whore’s Dust

We’ve got some new books in the magazine that are still bangers today across many genres, alongside some books that we’re going to leave in 2009, right after we talk about them in this episode. We got big yikes, folks! Big yikes!

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