S06.02: The Full Banana
We’re so excited you’re with us for this season! The first interstitial episode of Season 6 drops today and it’s the full banana, meaning—here’s where we talk about the absolutely bonkers romance novels we’ve encountered over our decades of romance reading. Sentient doors, 24-ounces of liquid, gorilla attacks, kinky bank robbers, and Tarzan retellings are here…and so much more!
Our first read along of the season will be Laura Kinsale’s Flowers from the Storm, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo or from your local indie.
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Show Notes
We had a great time at the Popular Romance Fiction conference at Yale. We met Carole Bell, one of our favorite reviewers. We were also joined on our panel by Julie Moody-Freeman of the Black Romance Podcast and Kinohi Nishikawa from Princeton. Our moderator was Jeania Ree Moore, a PhD student at Yale and one of the lead organizers of the conference. It was spectacular, as were all the panels and classes at the event.
Jen has decided, a group of Magnificent Firebirds is a phalanx, it just rolls off the tongue: a phalanx of firebirds!
Check out the great selection of romances and book boxes at Pocket Books Shop in Lancaster, PA.
The drilldo book is called Laying Pipe by Kate Allure, and here’s a little illustration from our fave, Jennifer Porter. Don’t worry future Fated Mates listener, I took a screenshot for posterity once twitter is gone for good.
You can listen to Sarah do a deep dive on Gorilla Twins over at Learning the Tropes.
You should really watch the movie Lone Star starring Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Peña, and a young Matthew McConaughey, but we are less sure if you should read The Elegance of the Hedgehog.
Books Mentioned this Episode
Sponsors
P. Rayne, author of Vow of Revenge,
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and
Andie James, author of Ruin and Redemption for the Earl
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and
Rose Prendeville, author of Lady Len and the Mysterious Mac
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S05.31: Stealing Midnight by Tracy MacNish: A+ Fresh
Finally, the read along we’ve been promising! We’re so excited to talk about Tracy MacNish’s Stealing Midnight, a gothic romance from 2008 that delivers what we here at the pod like to refer to as “the full banana.” We talk about bodysnatchers, about science, about dukes in disguise, about twins, and about why historical romance is unmatched. If you know Tracy MacNish, please tell her we love her book, and we’d really appreciate it if she’d write that second one.
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Show Notes
Let the New York Public Library explain the history of gothic romance to you.
Perhaps you want to know a little bit more about Resurrectionists and grave robbers. Most bodysnatchers were working for people who were learning about human anatomy.
I guess you could watch The Banshees of Inisherin if you want to learn to correctly pronounce the name Padraig.
Should you tell your twins their birth order?
Talking about foils is some real English teacher business.
Sir Gawain was one of King Arthur’s knights
Spanish fly is a real thing, and probably best to stay away from it.
Books Mentioned This Episode
Sponsors
Liza Snow, author of Obedience
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and
Lumi Labs, creators of Microdose Gummies
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