S02.10: Amnesia Romance Novels
We’re talking about the most scientific of topics today — it’s Amnesia Week! Whether you love or hate it, or believe it simply doesn’t exist, you can’t deny the fact that amnesia has kept a battalion of romance readers in books for nigh on forty years. And of course, we’re talking about Overboard.
Next week, we’re switching things up and running a full recommendation podcast! You asked us questions, and we’re recommending a metric romance ton of books! Don’t miss it!
In two weeks, we’re going to a classic of classics! The read was on both Jen & Sarah’s list—Loretta Chase’s Lord of Scoundrels, which is on the lions’ share of Best Romance Novels Ever lists. We’ll get into why. Read Lord of Scoundrels at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo or your local indie.
SHOW NOTES
Listen, it's Eric FONER. He's kind of a big deal.
More about how brains develop.
A twitter thread about Sarah's brain surgeon.
The kind of Amnesia in books and movies isn't real, but in case you were wondering, all about global amnesia and aphasia.
Jen & Sarah have seen the 80s version of Overboard 100 times, and the 2018 version no times.
Speaking of Pregneisa... on the podcast I Don't Even Own a Television, these two guys mostly read it to make fun of it, but then listen to just this snippet of Jeb Lund TOTALLY GETTING ROMANCE.
Kylie Scott does write about zombies, and threesomes, and rock stars, and getting with your Dad's best friend.
Jen did write about Lies as an example of an Unreliable Narrator, but she still enjoyed the book!
Jen couldn't locate the future/present/past thread on twitter, but this is a placeholder in case she ever does.
All about that incel bullshit.
The Silent Towns is a short story by Ray Bradbury in The Martian Chronicles---which Jen really liked for the most part! Try There will Come Soft Rains instead.
The Last Man on Earth is a TV show and While You Were Sleeping was a movie.
Jen likes the scummy, sexy white boy thing Matthew McConaughey has going on.
"Don't You Forget About Me" is the theme song to The Breakfast Club. No one had amnesia in the movie, they were just teenagers likely to be shitty to each other.
Buy buttons from Kelly and shirts from Jordandené.
Ashley from Southern California was blooded by The Duchess War by Courtney Milan
Next week we're doing the first of our big romance recommendation podcasts, but get reading Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase -- it's our next read!