Gayle and Nicole attempt to discuss the romance books they’ve read over the year. Gayle has read some recent ones, but Nicole had to go further into her backlist to turn up some appropriate titles. Also what they’re reading, Gayle’s library woes and current literary scandals.
Literary News
Barbara Ehrenreich has choice words for Marie Kondo, which lands her into hot water.
The Twitter Beef Between Toni Adeyemi and Nora Roberts.
YA Author cancels her books after Twitter Feud.
A.J. Finn a.k.a. Dan Mallory gets the exposé treatment from the New Yorker.
What We’ve Been Reading
Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall: Hungover: The Morning After & One Man’s Quest For The Cure
Claire Fuller: Bitter Orange
Tommy Orange: There There
Soniah Kamal: Unmarriageable
Susan Conley: Elsey Come Home
Michelle Obama: Becoming
Gayle & Nicole Delve Into Love & Romance
Soniah Kamal: Unmarriageable
Curtis Sittenfeld: Eligible
Diana Gabaldon: Outlander
Helen Fielding: Bridget Jones’s Diary
Kent Haruf: Our Souls At Night
Sally Thorne: The Hating Game
Out This Week
Sonya Lalli: The Matchmaker’s List
Sophie Kinsella: I Owe You One
Whitney Scharer: The Age of Light
Jill Santopolo: More Than Words
Sally Thorne: 99 Percent Mine, The Hating Game