We're on break for the holiday week, so we're rerunning an episode from earlier this year in which we reflect on the 2023 books we still want to get to and the books we were most excited about coming out in 2024.

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Books Discussed

The Wildest Ride by Marcella Bell

Change of Plans by Dylan Newton

Forever Your Rogue by Erin Langston

Outfield Assist by Cat Giraldo

Ruined by Sarah Vaughn, illustrated by Sarah Winifred Searle and Niki Smith

Technically Yours by Denise Williams

Fly With Me by Andie Burke

Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

Night for Day by Roselle Lim

Birding With Benefits by Sarah T. Dubb

The Spy and I by Tiana Smith

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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Jess and Trisha offer a few more gifting recommendations and then talk about some of their favorite new books of 2024.

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Books Discussed

Fast Track Fiance by Amanda Cinelli

Amor, Actually by Adriana Herrara et al

Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria

Loving the Secret Billionaire by Adriana Anders

Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare

At First Smile by Melissa Whitney 

Play it Again by Aidan Wayne

The Turning Point by Francis Ray

Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper 

Salt Magic, Skin Magic by Lee Welch

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgens

Tea for Two by C.M. Nascosta

Romancing the Inventor by Gail Carriger 

The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

Aurora’s Angel by Emily Noon

Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao

Heat and Run by Adriana Herrera

A Shore Thing by Joanna Lowell 

The Prospects by KT Hoffman

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C Higgins

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

Even if We’re Broken by A.M. Weald

Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha

Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee

The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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Jess and Trisha respond to requests for recommendations for everything from romances with older couples to gentle reads to romcoms.

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Books Discussed

A Tale of Two Florists by Brenna Bailey

Midlife Crisis by Audra North

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory

Role Playing and Do Me a Favor by Cathy Yardley

Come As You Are and Lips Like Sugar by Jess K Hardy

Autumn by Cole McCade

Heartwaves by Anita Kelly

Mrs. Martin’s Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish 

Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door by Lucy Score

The Cock Down the Block by Amy Award

The Wolf of Wall Street by Lucy Eden

Lights out by Navessa Allen

The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

Worth Fighting For by Jesse Q Sutanto

In Memoriam by Alice Winn 

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

The Night Mark by Tiffany Reisz

The Palace of Eros by Caro de Robertis

The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley

Angels’ Blood and Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee

Shapechangers and Sword-Dancer by Jennifer Roberson 

A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane

Highland Dragon Warrior by Isabel Cooper

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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It’s Book Club week! Jess and Trisha discuss The Siren of Sussex and similar historical romance books they recommend.

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Books Discussed

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

An Unnatural Vice by KJ Charles

The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan

Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana de la Rosa

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

The Wallflowers series by Lisa Kleypas (first book is Secrets of  Summer Night)

The Brothers Sinister Series by Courtney Milan (first book is The Duchess War)

The Girl Meets Duke series by Tessa Dare (first book is The Duchess Deal)

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@JessIsReading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @TrishaHaleyBrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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Jess and Trisha get ready to announce dates for the next WIR Book Club and recommendations episodes and then dive into a discussion about age gap romances.

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This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks.

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It's time to start reading The Siren of Sussex!

Have you watched A Family Affair or Lonely Planet?

Books Discussed

The Fall that Saved Us by Tamara Jerée

The Talk of Coyote Canyon by Brenda Novak

Stepdaddy Season by Natisha Raynor

Ella Gets the D by Tanvier Peart

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

The Art of Scandal by Regina Black

Everything For You by Chloe Liese

You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

So Sweet by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! And of course, send us your holiday recommendation requests! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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Jess and Trisha talk updates and seasonal reading and then offer some magical/paranormal/supernatural recs.

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This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks.

And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co

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We have a new book club book! Get ready to read The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews with us later this year.

As we mentioned, there are ways to support those dealing with hurricane recovery - you can preorder anthologies Loving Carolina and Of Storms and Stardust now!

Books Discussed

The Palace of Eros by Caro de Robertis

Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath

Lips Like Sugar by Jess K. Hardy

The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

Unwritten Runes by KD Casey

Deja Brew by Celestine Martin

Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

Splinter by Jasper Hyde

Magic in the Air by Adrianna Schuh

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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Jess and Trisha announce a new WIR Book Club book and then talk about the impact of book bans on romance authors and readers before offering some recs for Bisexual Awareness Week.

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This October, Tailored Book Recommendations is giving away a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! TBR is the perfect way to take the guesswork out of finding your next favorite read. To get started with TBR, just fill out a quick survey about your reading likes and dislikes, and we’ll pair you with a professional book nerd— aka bibliologist— who uses their bookish knowledge to match you with three books they think you’ll dig. You can sign up to receive your recommendations via email or have your bibliologist’s picks delivered right to your door as either hardcovers or paperbacks.

And if you sign up or gift TBR in the month of October, you’ll be automatically entered to win a pair of Beats Fit Pro headphones! Current TBR subscribers also have a chance to win by purchasing a drop-in round of recommendations in October. Sign up today at mytbr.co

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We have a new book club book! Get ready to read The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews with us later this year. 

Jess mentioned the great work Book Riot’s Kelly Jensen has done related to book bans and censorship, and there’s a TON of her writing out there, but to start, you can find her pieces on how to fight and explain book bans on bookriot.com.

Books Discussed

Baking Me Crazy by Karla Sorensen

Demon’s Dream by Elle Kayson

The Love Study by Kris Ripper

The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Role Playing by Cathy Yardley

Wrong to Need You by Alisha Rai

Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings

Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon

Even If We’re Broken by A.M. Weald

Neighborly by Katrina Jackson

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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Jess and Trisha get caught up on all of the news that's been happening and all of the books they’ve been reading while they’ve been away.

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Trisha was delighted to hang out with Kendra on Read or Dead last month.

Time Magazine did a whole romance thing (and we approve)! [Time]

NaNoWriMo did a whole AI thing (and we do not approve). [By Laura Wheatman Hill for Slate]

Books Discussed

Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Demon’s Dream by Elle Kayson

Nine Tailed by Jayci Lee

Cubs and Campfires by Dylan Drake

Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

The Oath by T M Richardson

The Vibrant Years by Sonali Dev

The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez

Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha

A Little Kissing Between Friends by Chencia C. Higgins

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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Jess and Trisha are off this week, so we're sharing an episode that went live on the Book Riot Podcast about the adaptation of Colleen Hoover's It Ends With Us, starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni — notably not a romance novel, though as we've lamented on When in Romance, it often gets characterized as such.

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Jess is joined by All The Books co-host Emily Martin! They talk news around adaptations and recommend some reality TV romances worth checking out.

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Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18!

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Benedict Bridgerton, it's your time!

Amazon's Fourth Wing adaptation has a showrunner.

Did you know there were TikTok Book Awards?

Books Discussed

Happiness Falls by Angie Kim

Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle

The Earl Who Isn't by Courtney Milan

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hilbert

Looking for a Sign by Susie Dumond

Funny Story by Emily Henry

One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

Natural Disaster by Erin McLellan

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

Sight Unseen by Kasha Thompson

Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly

If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading). Find Emily on instagram @emandhercat.

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Jess and Trisha talk briefly about the possible romance world implications of Project 2025 and then discuss their many — MANY — feelings about The Idea of You (both the book and film).

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Make this your most bookish summer yet with personalized reading recommendations from Tailored Book Recommendations! Our bibliologists (aka professional book nerds) are standing by to help you find your next favorite read. Get your recommendations via email, or opt to receive hardcovers or paperbacks delivered right to your door. And with quarterly or annual plans available, TBR has something for every budget. Get started today from just $18!

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People and Wikipedia both have Project 2025 information that you might find informative. 

Here’s an interview with Robinne Lee that discusses the process of getting her book published. [Ty Cole for BET]

Don’t forget to check out the new Black Romance has a History podcast!

Books Discussed

The Idea of You by Robinne Lee

Only for the Week by Natasha Bishop

Before I Let Go and This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan

Consort of Fire and Queen of Dreams by Kit Rocha

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address ([email protected]). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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