Today’s word of the day: FRENUM. Listen in to find out how we used it.
3 brothers lust for 3 Amish girls. Brody Bunch. Get it? We spend 10 minutes talking about this bore of a book, and the rest of the time talking about frenums. Can you pluralize frenum? Freni?
Next book: The Bobby Gold Stories by Anthony Bourdain
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Join us for a rousing conversation with blogger, Instagrammer and snort-a-rifically amazing Lauren Cunningham about Hell’s Kitchen by Aiden Bates.
Check out Lauren’s blog Red Lips and Tortilla Chips and fantastic Instagram account (her photos are stunning).
Next book: Next book: PRIDE: A Bad Boy and Amish Girl Romance (The Brody Bunch Book 1)
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On today’s show we interview Libbie Hawker, the author of Mercer Girls, Tidewater, the best-selling novel writing guide Take Off Your Pants, and 20 other books. We learn more than we ever needed to know about bird boners. Find out more about Libbie on her website.
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Matthew walks up to a drive-thru bikini espresso place, because he’s an anarchist. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Becky nearly dies trying to save a chocolate croissant in a game of chicken with a Metro bus.
In our book this week, we read the follow up to Jana Aston’s Wrong (where the college age central character pines for her gynecologist) – this time the protagonist pines for her brother’s best friend. Meanwhile, some older creepy-ish guy giving her a ride to college is trying to git her in bed. Let’s reflect that this book is called Right.
Next up we review a person, not a book. 😉 Libbie Hawker, author of more books than Matthew and I have ever read. We will get a chance to ask her questions about shape-shifting and romance writing and you can too. Drop your question in the comments below.
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Matthew is voted Marketer of the Year, by no one ever, when he gets tongue-tied in front of a cute fan. Becky gives the young woman a book and then awkwardly asks for it back.
In this week’s episode, Matthew and Becky go deep into the MMA romance new adult genre. A genre that we never knew existed. Guess what? It’s a thing.
Next book: Right by Jana Aston
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Matthew looks for the beach at the Lompoc Federal Correctional Institution. Becky, meanwhile, co-wrote a book called Not One Shrine, while Matthew was away. It’s for sale now — go get it here.
This book was suggested to us by Elizabeth Chuang. Here’s a quick summary: One lady cop; One lady cop dog; One creepy sexist pig detective.
Next book: Punching and Kissing by Helena Newbury
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Matthew gets slipped a card from a guy named Nico in LA. Then he gets wet. Becky faces her karaoke fears. We discuss why clowns are scary and make really weird clown sounds.
Because it’s awesome in all the right ways, I’m going to drop the actual book description in here: This is a full 50 k novel with a guaranteed HEA. It has violence, steam, a forbidden pregnancy and lots of hot shifter commandos that are sure to knock down all your walls. Read it as a standalone and fall for the scorching werecougar twins who know just what to do to save the day!
Next book: Paw Enforcement by Diane Kelly
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Matthew crashes a science fair and discovers that cotton is absorbent. Becky takes a walk right into an urban bloodbath.
We read Nicholas Spark’s The Choice and while we don’t have much to say about the book, we have a lot of thoughts about Mr. Sparks.
Next book: Cats Got Your Tongue
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Becky gets high and things are suddenly really funny. She feels the need to talk about it. Meanwhile, Matthew visits a new ice cream place called Hog-In-Dogs, gets free samples and leaves without buying anything, like a MONSTER.
We fall back into the Sherrilyn Kenyon well with this week’s book Night Pleasures and man, she does not disappoint. Another Greekish tale, promiscuous BFF, more GOD-like man candy.
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In the first section we discuss the dramatic news that we have met our parallel universe twin — Adam Schwartz — who is running a Kickstarter to write his own romantic novel. LITBC fans, this guy has a comedy show where he pans romantic novels – I know, right? We both backed him instantaneously. He has the most awkward naked-ish picture of himself on the book cover and that, alone, is worth $10.
In this episode we talk about the book Steelheart and the characters DeathPoint and FaultLine and lots of other obvious superpower characters. Oh, and banks. Everything bad happens in a bank.
Next book: Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
P.S. Check out the video game that Matthew and I were addicted to in the 80s: Final Blow.
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