Guest: Rudi and Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 21/12/2020 Sydney

This conversation was recorded at the end of 2020. I’ve been so slack about releasing the episode that Rudi has been distributing bootleg copies of the audio. We talk about significant reading moments, man-hymens, sex positions that destabilise the patriarchy, problematic faves, and our love for a good grovel.

Also: Gabby ghosts us, and some of us come prepared with dick quotes.

Guests

Rudi Bremer — Long-suffering audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee | Little Yarns

Gabby — Wearer of socks and gloves, epilogue hater, sits in the wrong chair: @gabbymight

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Amz — Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn (including The Duke and I)
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Glitterland by Alexis Hall
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — London Celebrities series by Lucy Parker
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Ritual of Proof by Dara Joy
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Nicholas by Elizabeth Amber
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Savior by J.R. Ward
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Shadows by J.R. Ward [ Review ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward [ review ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Lady Gallant by Suzanne Robinson

People

Ilona Andrews (author), Bibo Reyes (cover model), Judith McNaught (author)

Links

• iTunes | Amazon — Title (Medium)
• Goodreads
• The Unbearable Banality of Romance Novel Décor by Alexandra Lange
• What Would Danbury Do? — Website | Apple | Spotify
• Ever After — Bookshop in Wollongong (Australia)
• K-Cups — Let’s face it: it’s not even a Nespresso, let alone a legit espresso machine
• @manwhohasitall (Twitter)
• Nespresso
• Black Dagger Brotherhood cheat sheet — Recaps and character summaries of J.R. Ward’s vampire romance series
• Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

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Guests: Gabby and Rudi | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 27/01/2020 Sydney

It’s been a year since Gabby, Rudi and I recorded an episode where we were all in the same room. But we managed to sneak in a couple of hours, while Gabby was back in Sydney, to talk about reading challenges, spring rolls, Goodreads super powers, sulk body parts, and baking. Now that we’re living through a pandemic, it’s likely we won’t be recording in person again for a while, so we hope you enjoy our reunion episode!

Speaking of the pandemic, we recognise that COVID-19 has touched everyone’s lives in different ways, and that for some of us, this is a time of great anxiety and loss. We send you our love and our very best wishes.

Guests

Gabby — Wearer of socks and gloves, epilogue hater, sits in the wrong chair: @penneclearwater

Rudi Bremer — Long-suffering audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Work For It by Talia Hibbert
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Beard Science by Penny Reid [ livetweets ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Tough Guy by Rachel Reid
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Wicked Sin by Ainsley Booth
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Off the Ice by Avon Gale
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — A Duke in Disguise by Cat Sebastian
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Game Changer by Rachel Reid
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Goalie Interference by Ainsley Booth
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Lawyer’s Luck by Piper Huguley
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Brazen and the Beast by Sarah MacLean
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Rebel Hard by Nalini Singh
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — His at Night by Sherry Thomas

People

Anna Cowan [ podcast ], Lisa Valdez

Links

• Lumpia
• Goodreads reading challenge
• Vaginal Fantasy Bookclub
• Amazon — The Great British Bake Off (TV)
• Amazon — Holiday Baking Championship (TV)
• Amazon — Cupcake Wars (TV)
• Netflix — The Princess Switch (TV)

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guest: Anna Cowan | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 25/01/2020 Sydney

Australian author Anna Cowan’s debut novel, Untamed, caused quite a stir and remains a keeper on my shelf. It’s a beautifully written romance that explores gender and power, and we talk about some of the issues that she explores in the story. In the seven years since the book came out, Anna has been raising her children, and we have an incredibly honest conversation about the struggle to manage motherhood with personal ambition.

Finally, Anna names some of her favourite queer romances, and I shamelessly angle to learn some tidbits about her current work in progress!

Guest

Anna Cowan — Australian author of historical romance: annacowan.com

Books

• BD | BT | Amz — Untamed by Anna Cowan [ review ]
• BD | BT | Amz — Lady Sherlock series by Sherry Thomas
• BD | BT | Amz — Work For It by Talia Hibbert
• BD | BT | Amz — Songs You Know by Heart by Eleanor Kos
• BD | BT | Amz — Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
• BD | BT | Amz — Lush Money by Angelina M. Lopez
• BD | BT | Amz — The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
• BD | BT | Amz — In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
• BD | BT | Amz — Fence: Striking Distance by C.S. Pacat and Sarah Rees Brennan
• BD | BT | Amz — Lothaire by Kresley Cole
• BD | BT | Amz — She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
• BD | BT | Amz — Title by Author

People

Gabby, C.S. Pacat

Podcasts

• Little Yarns — A podcast for preschoolers, exploring the diverse languages, stories and countries of Indigenous Australia, hosted by Rudi Bremer
• The Wicked Wallflowers Club — A podcast for readers and writers of romance, co-hosted by Jenny Nordbak and Sarah Hawley
• Fated Mates — A romance novel podcast, co-hosted by Sarah MacLean and Jen Prokop

Links

• Netflix | Amazon — The Untamed (TV)
• Netflix | Amazon — The Witcher (TV)
• ‘…it sort of made me catch my breath, to write something so exposed.’ — Punch an asshole in the face
• Tension
• Romance Writers of Australia
• Escape Publishing

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guests: Rudi Bremer and Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 20/22/2019 Sydney

The Book Thingo podcast comes out of accidental hiatus (blame Kat!) with an episode dedicated (mostly) to The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite. Spoiler: we disagree about many things. This leads to a discussion of women taking up hobbies, such as knitting and baking, that are actually work. Does a hobby have to be productive? We have opinions and theories. (Because of course, we do.) We circle back to the book by exploring whether producing something beautiful has value of its own.

Just before the 1-hour mark, I describe a historical romance plot for a book whose plot I couldn’t remember. This book does exist! Details in the outro.

We love hearing from our listeners — thanks for patiently waiting for this episode to drop! We love hearing from you, so tag us on your live tweets and Instagram stories using #BTpod, or send us an email at [email protected].

Guests

Rudi Bremer — Long-suffering audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee

Gabby — Wearer of socks and gloves, epilogue hater: @penneclearwater

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — No Two Ways by Chi Yu Rodriguez
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Fling by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventures by Courtney Milan
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Proper English by K.J. Charles
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Beard Science by Penny Reid
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Lover at Last by J.R. Ward [ review ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — London’s Perfect Scoundrel by Suzanne Enoch

People

Tessa Dare, Loretta Chase

Links

• Tough Mudder
• The Great British Bake Off
• Etsy
• Yuendumu, NT
• History Ever After, Part I: The Fabricated Chronotope by Jennifer Hallock
• History Ever After, Part II: The Problem of Chronotopes by Jennifer Hallock

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guests: Gabby and Rudi | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 7/09/2019 Sydney

We turned 4 in August (hurrah!), so of course we’re bringing you our anniversary special in November. Because that’s how we (ie Kat) roll. As usual, Rudi is the architect of all shenanigans, and this year, she’s assisted by some of our podcast listeners!

Thank you to Ana, Ben, Chachic, Jen, Mel and Sarah for taking part in this episode. You were all AMAZING!

And now, over to you, dear listener — who do you think would make the best Gabby? Tweet your vote (write-ins welcome!) and tag us using #BTpod.

Guests

Gabby — Irreplaceable: @penneclearwater

Rudi — Best audio producer ever: @rudi_bee

Jennifer Hallock — Author of Sugar Sun historical romance series: @jen_hallock; Instagram; Facebook; jenniferhallock.com; Amazon

Chachic — Filipino book reader, blogger and Instagrammer: @chachic_; Instagram; chachic.wordpress.com

Melissa — Pork roll tragic: @moetical

Sarah — Bringer of sweet things: @Bluestocking_a

Ana Cocqui — Blogger, librarian and podcaster: @anacoqui; podcast; website

H. Bentham — Romance reader and Instagrammer with impeccable taste in podcasts: @bentchbites; Instagram

People

Sophie Ly, Danielle Steel

Links

• IASPR — International Association for the Study of Popular Romance
• Donut Papi
• Podcast episode 67: Love Languages

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guests: Sophie Ly and Rudi Bremer | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 9/06/2019 Sydney

I’ve been sitting on this episode for a little while, but hold on to your one-click buttons because Sophie Ly joins Rudi and me with a huge number of graphic novel recommendations. (But please note: not all of them are HEA romances, but we try to identify which of the titles fall into that bucket. We do also talk about the difficulty of knowing if a graphic novel series will have a romantic HEA.)

Shout out to Vikki, who tweeted in response to our #rombklove episode (EP69). If you’re on Twitter and listening to the podcast, we’d love for you to live tweet or just send us your reactions by using the hashtag #btpod.

Guests

Sophie Ly — Host of Gaggle of Geeks podcast, and best known on the Book Things podcast as Rudi’s alter ego: @Soph_Ly; podcast

Rudi Bremer — Amazing audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Twilight graphic novels by Stephenie Meyer and Young Kim [ review ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Umbrella Academy Volume 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Sunstone by Stjepan Šejić
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Witchblade by David Wohl, Brian Haberlin and Michael Turner
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Nightwing
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Black Magic by Nicola Scott
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Fresh Romance Volume 1
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Lucifer by Neil Gaiman
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Sandman by Neil Gaiman
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Saga by Ryan K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Runaways by Ryan K. Vaughan
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Ice Planet Barbarians series by Ruby Dixon
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Anita Blake graphic novels by Laurell K. Hamilton
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Mercy Thompson graphic novels by Patricia Briggs
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Great Expectations graphic novel by Charles Dickens
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Mills & Boon comics
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Tikka Chance On Me by Suleikha Snyder
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (Rhage)
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Stranded With a Mountain Man by Aislinn Kearns
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Blossom Among Flowers by Jay E. Tria
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Sidekick by Auralee Wallace
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Birds of Prey by Gail Simone
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Locked Box by Eve Dangerfield
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Fence by C.S. Pacat

People

Dustin Nguyen, Fiona Staples, Nicola Scott, Chris Evans

Links

• Gaggle of Geeks (podcast) — Weekly wrap-up on geek and popular culture co-hosted by Sophie
• BT podcast 2nd anniversary episode
• Nightwing’s butt
• Comixology
• Chris Evans chopping logs
• iTunes | Amazon — Interview With a Vampire (Film)
• Netflix | Amazon — Boys Over Flowers (TV)

The Umbrella Academy cover:

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guests: Rudi Bremer and Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 9/02/2019 Sydney

The Book Thingo bloggers decided to knock one book off our TBR piles. Spoiler alert: only one of us actually did the work, and you get no prizes for guessing who. We also talk about the books we lie about having read, books we feel guilty about not having read, and romance classics that didn’t really work for us.

Guests

Rudi Bremer — Amazing audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee

Gabby — Wearer of socks and gloves, epilogue hater: @penneclearwater

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Lover at Last by J.R. Ward [ review ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Flowers From the Storm by Laura Kinsale
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — On the Road by Jack Kerouac
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Sheltered by Charlotte Stein
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Don’t Look Down by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer [ review ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Devil’s Bride by Stephanie Laurens [ review ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Countess by Lynsay Sands [ review ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Sheik by E.M. Hull
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Dream Hunter by Laura Kinsale
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Maiden Lane series by Elizabeth Hoyt
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James [ reviews ]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Kissing Comfort by Jo Goodman

People

K.J. Charles, Alyssa Cole, Victoria Dahl, Alisha Rai, Georgette Heyer, Julie Anne Long, Eloisa James, David Copperfield (magician), Johanna Lindsey, Jude Deveraux, Susan Andersen, Rosemary Rogers, Bertrice Small, Anna Cowan, Anna Campbell, Patricia Gaffney, Judith McNaught, LaVryle Spencer

Links

• iTunes | Amazon — She’s the Man (Film)
• #romanceclass — Independently published books from Filipino authors
• Witch, Please (Podcast)

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guest: Aislinn Kearns | Hosts: Kat Mayo and Rudi Bremer | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 19/08/2018 RWA

What happens when you combine a love of 80s action films with romance genre tropes? You get Ainslinn Kearns’s books! Rudi and I caught up with Aislinn at the Romance Writers of Australia convention last year, and we  talked about romance characters with disability, favourite tropes, and dealing with food intolerance in the apocalypse.

Thank you to Claire for being such a wonderful listener!

Guest

Ainslinn Kearns — Australian author of contemporary romance: @ardentaislinn; facebook; aislinnkearns.com

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Station Alpha by Aislinn Kearns
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Stranded with the Mountain Man by Aislinn Kearns
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Mission Recovery series by Dana Marton
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Whiskey-Eyed Woman by Aislinn Kearns
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Soldiering On by Aislinn Kearns
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Christmas Tango by Aislinn Kearns
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Underground Fighter series by Aislinn Kearns
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — On the Move by Aislinn Kearns

People

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, Idris Elba

Links

• iTunes | Amazon — Die Hard (Film)
• iTunes | Amazon — Shaun of the Dead (Film)
• What’s this about dick soap? — An explanation on Book Riot

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guests: Rudi and Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 23/05/2019 Sydney

#RomBkLove, the brainchild of the amazing Ana Coqui, is a month-long celebration of romance books, authors and readers. Book Thingo is excited to host today’s topic: Rebellious readers.

In this episode, we thought it would be a good time to take a pause from title recommendations, and instead focus on our habits as readers. Rudi, Gabby and I talk about our personal reading rules, how they affect our enjoyment of books, and whether we’ve broken our rules for particular authors or books.

If you don’t have time to listen to the podcast, but would still like to participate in today’s #rombklove topic, here are the rules and habits we talk about:

• Gabby: Don’t trust anyone who doesn’t like Passion by Lisa Valdez.
• Kat: Don’t read a series until it’s finished.
• Rudi: It’s perfectly acceptable to skip books in a series, or even retcon it out of a series.
• Gabby: I will not read a series with the same couple in multiple books.
• Gabby: I won’t read epilogues.
• Gabby: I can’t skip books, and I can’t read them out of order.
• Gabby: I don’t hold physical books sacred. I will dogear the corners, which is the natural order of bookmarking. (Gabby went through a phase of ripping off or erasing clinch covers and spines.)
• Rudi: Use digital bookmarks for returning to specific scenes in books, for good and bad.
• Rudi: It’s okay to spot-read — ie just reading the scenes that resonated with me, and that I feel like rereading.
• Kat: I will open keepers on a random page and just start from there.
• Kat and Rudi: We will read the end of a book first (also known as killing fairies).
• Kat: When I open a book, I expect it to be magnificent.
• Rudi: I have to read 3-4 books from a new-to-me author before writing them off.
• Gabby: Never read a novella.
• Kat: No matter what the physical description of the hero is, I’ll imagine the same person.
• Rudi: For every straight white het author that I read (and book that reflects that), I read a book and an author that sit outside of those parameters.

You can join in the conversation by using the hashtag #rombklove on social media. Let us know what reading rules and habits you’ve developed for yourself. Who would you break your rules for? We’ll be hanging out mostly on Twitter, and we hope to continue the discussion there. You can also find out more about #RomBkLove here.

Finally, thank you to Fangirlxmillion for leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. We love hearing from our audience, and we truly appreciate it!

Guests

Gabby — Wearer of socks and gloves, epilogue hater: @penneclearwater

Rudi Bremer — Amazing audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Passion by Lisa Valdez
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Sapphire Flames by Ilona Andrews
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Black Dagger Brotherhood by J.R. Ward
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Captive Prince series by C.S. Pacat
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Beard Science by Penny Reid
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Spymaster series by Joanna Bourne
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Day of the Duchess by Sarah MacLean
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Passion and Ink by Naima Simone
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — A Seditious Affair by K.J. Charles
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Thirsty by Mia Hopkins

People

Laura Kinsale, Courtney Milan, Nana Malone, Melissa Blue, Rebekah Weatherspoon

Links

• AAR’s top 100 romances: 2018 (and we talk about it on episode 60)
• Secret Feminist Agenda (podcast)
• What kind of reader are you? meme via Writers’ HQ
• Mills and Boon (publisher)
• iTunes | Amazon — Breaking Bad (TV)
• WOC in Romance (blog/readers’ advisory resource)

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guest: Melanie Milburne | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 18/08/2018 RWAus

When I heard Melanie Milburne’s keynote at the 2018 Australian Romance Readers’ Award, I knew we had to have her on the show. Her speech as a powerful personal statement about reconciling her feminism and her writing career. It as powerful because it was so honest and reflective in a way I hadn’t heard from many romance authors before. I hope that comes out in our conversation in this episode. Melanie celebrates over 15 years and 80 books this week — an amazing achievement.

Shout out to stephnay14 for the awesome review on Apple Podcasts!

Guest

Melanie Milburne — Australian author of contemporary category romance: @twitter; facebook; melaniemilburne.com.au

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Lexi’s Secret by Melanie Milburne
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Prince’s Stolen Virgin by Maisey Yates
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Penniless Virgin to Sicilian Bride by Melanie Milburne
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The Choke by Sofie Laguna
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent

People

Kate Cuthbert, Victoria Dahl, Michael Robotham

Links

• Australian Romance Readers Awards
• Kate Cuthbert’s keynote speech at RWAus 2018
• iTunes | Amazon — The Wife (Film)

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].

Guests: Gabby and Rudi | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 18/01/2019 Sydney

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the BT bloggers are back on the podcast to talk about love languages. To find your own love language, you can take a free quiz here.

Shout out to Ben, whose Instagram spreads featuring the podcast are amazing!

Guests

Gabby — Wearer of socks and gloves, new owner of the Fabio cover of Flowers From the Storm: @penneclearwater

Rudi Bremer — Amazing audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee

Books

• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — The 5 Love Languages: How to express heartfelt commitment to your mate by Gary Chapman
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — My Imaginary Ex by Mina V. Esguerra
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — A Little Bit Wild by Victoria Dahl
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Harlot by Victoria Dahl
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Wicked West by Holly Summer
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone (not romance)
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat [reviews]
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Rock Hard by Nalini Singh
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Daughters of Arianne Series by Joey W. Hill
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — A Taste of Honey by Rose Lerner
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Bad Neighbor by Molly O’Keefe
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Baby Come Back by Molly O’Keefe
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Rafe by Rebekah Weatherspoon
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Beard Science by Penny Reid
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Grin and Beard it by Penny Reid
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Until You by Judith McNaught
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Prep and Prejudice by Miren B. Flores
• BD | BT | Amz | Aud — Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas [review]

People

Jennifer Hallock, Julia Quinn, J.R. Ward

Links

• Kitchen Aid vs Kenwood
• iTunes | Amazon — Weird Science (Film)

Missed a previous episode? You can find a list of all the Book Thingo podcast episodes here and catch up. You can also email your feedback and suggestions to [email protected].