Podcasts about black swan lane

A Wrexford & Sloane Mystery.

This week's show, after some 1953 Satchmo sass: a guest DJ “tribute to 1980” set by Jim Santo + brand new Libertines (U.K.), Joel Stoker Dennis Davison, Black Swan Lane, Mountain Goats, Crime & the City Solution, and NORMANS, plus The Orioles, Monkees,...

This week's show, after a 1981 Replacements recitation: brand new Real Estate, Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band, Finnogun's Wake, Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Swan Lane, Clientele, and Smug Brothers, plus Temptations, Pretty Things, Culture, Beach Boys...

This week, after a dash of 1965 Paul Simon: brand new Nada Surf, Feeders, Pointed Sticks, Billy Bragg, Black Swan Lane, Willie Nelson Family, and Midnight Oil, plus David Bowie, Barbara Lynn, Pete... Real Punk Radio podcast Network brings you the best in Punk, Rock, Underground Music around! From Classic Oi!, Psychobilly and Hardcore to some Classic Rock n Roll and 90's indie Alt Rock greatness!! With Tons of Live DJ's that like to Talk Music From Garage Rock, to Ska.. We are True MUSIC GEEKS!

Shaena and Jenna talk about three types of books that they "hate." These are the books that they are tired to seeing on the new book shelves at the library and wish would be banished to the overflow stacks. On the Reading Break, Shaena talks about Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh, and Jenna talks about Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose. The episode ends on a positive note, where Shaena and Jenna share the trends that they love. What do you think of current book trends? Share your thoughts using #librarylifepod

This week, after little Jim ’n’ Jack break out the joy of 1969’’s Beatle George Harrison: brand new Wolfhounds, Fontaines D.C., Moon Attendant, Willie Nelson, Black Swan Lane, and Lisa Mychols &... Real Punk Radio podcast Network brings you the best in Punk, Rock, Underground Music around! From Classic Oi!, Psychobilly and Hardcore to some Classic Rock n Roll and 90's indie Alt Rock greatness!! With Tons of Live DJ's that like to Talk Music From Garage Rock, to Ska.. We are True MUSIC GEEKS!

Kitchen Sink # 108 Playlist The Bats – Gone to Ground (new, Foothills, out Nov 13th, NZ since 1982) Tough Age – Possession (Which Way Am I?, Toronto indie pop sounding much like a Flying Nun band like The Bats and Able Tasmans) Able Tasmans – Fa Fa Fa Fa (A Cuppa Tea And A Lie Down Deluxe Reissue 2015, originally 1986, NZ indie pop) Terrible Signal – Switching View (The Window, new, Melbourne Australia jangle pop) Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – She’s There (new, Melbourne indie pop, Sideways to New Italy) Break 1 Bob Mould – Siberian Butterfly (new, Blue Hearts, SF by way of Berlin these days, pop punk) HIGH/LOW – In Silence (Milk Moustache EP, new, Southend on Sea, surf punk, released as a series of 6 Eps that will make up their album Cyclops) Previous Love – Egotrip (Egotrip/Hatemouth single, new, Buffalo shoegaze) Draag – Nothing Ever Happened Deerhunter Cover (LA dreamgaze) Sloan – Silence Trumps Lies (new single, Toronto indie rock) flowerbed – Pyrite (new, split EP with heavytrip, Denton TX shoegaze) Dreams of Empire – Space Invader (Brighton UK indie rock, new single, from forthcoming Encapsulation LP) Fir Cone Children – Soaking In feat. Krissy Vanderwoude (from forthcoming Waterslide At 7 A.M., Berlin dream punk) The Reds, Pinks, and Purples – Forgotten Names (new, You Might Be Happy Someday, sad pop from SF) Business School – Forever (new, Sunk In the Tide, California dream pop) Still Corners – Last Exit (Tessa Murray and Greg Hughes, new single, London dream pop) Doug Tuttle – Bruised and Bothered (new single, Somerville psych folk) Break 2 Working Men’s Club – Tomorrow (new s/t, Manchester post punk) Fotoform – Yves Klein Blue Styrofoam Remix (new, Seattle dream pop) Bootblacks – Nostalgia Void (new, Thin Skies, NYC dark wave) Kraków Loves Adana – Don’t Ask Why (new, Darkest Dreams, Hamburg dark wave) Black Swan Lane – Scream For Me (new single, Jack Richard Sobel, Atlanta post punk) I Could Live In Hope - Fight For Life (new, PSA/Not OK EP, Nashville shoegaze) Darksoft – Eternal Blue (new, Meltdown, Seattle indie rock) LOMA – Half Silences (new, Don’t Shy Away, Dripping Springs TX dream pop, featuring a member of Shearwater) Daydream Cathedral – Dawn Is a Feeling (new, Faded Facades EP, Moody Blues cover, LA neo psych) Citrus Clouds – Honey (new, Phoenix dream pop) Break 3 The Luxembourg Signal – Mourning Moon (new, The Long Now, CA/London collective, includes Beth Arzy from Jetstream Pony and Trembling Blue Stars) Heavy Sigh – People Pleaser (new, Hard to Care, NJ dream pop) Peachblood – Longing Sky (new single, Brighton UK dream pop) meadowlake – Under the Sea (new single, Netherlands dream pop) LAUNDER – Wonder (2018 Pink Cloud EP, LA indie pop, feat. Zachary Cole Smith of DIIV on guitar) Juliper Sky – Into the Outer Light (new single, Manchester UK dream pop) PARAGⴲN CAUSE – Without You (new, What We Started, Ottawa dream pop) Ten Million Lights – Better to Know (new, Shine So Bright EP, Portland OR shoegaze) Two Harbors – Turn On and On (new, from Closer To Heaven: A Tribute To Ed Ackerson by Susstones, Minneapolis indie rock, Ackerson was in Polara, 27 Various, and other bands) 93millionmilesfromthesun – Everything Goes Wrong In the End ( I Had Nothing To Dream EP, Doncaster UK shoegaze) Break 4 Skullcrusher – Farm (new single, LA folk rock) Josienne Clarke - The Sea Sandy Denny Cover Studio Demo (Historical Record vol. 3&4 Learning To Sail, Scottish folk rock) Sandy Denny – By The Time It Gets Dark Acoustic Demo (I've Always Kept A Unicorn - The Acoustic Sandy Denny) Luluc – Daydream Pt. II (Dreamboat, new, Brooklyn indie folk)

BPL staff members discuss the media they've been enjoying during this unusual time, as well as a few special messages for our patrons. ----more---- Follow these links to find our picks digitally: Ultraista by Ultraista The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin Becoming by Michelle Obama Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose Wilde Life by Pascalle Lepas The Third Hotel by Laura van Den Berg

Kitchen Sink # 99 Playlist Meadowlake – I Won't Let You Down (single, Nov 19, Netherlands based dream pop) Pendant – Through a Coil (Through a Coil, Oakland-based musician Christopher Adams). Superdrone – Freedom (Creation EP, Southampton UK psych gaze) Theatre Royal – Down South With the Chameleons (B-Sides & Other Cuts, Rochester UK indie pop) Break 1 SPC ECO – All in Time (February EP, Dean Garcia and Rose Berlin, UK electronica) Cerulean Veins – Fell in Love (Blue, San Diego coldwave) Black Swan Lane – Condannare (Vita Eterna, Atlanta dream pop, Jack Sobel and John Kolbeck) Schonwald – Inner Sin (new single, Italian post punk) Alienbaby Collective – Degenerate Moon (Fishbowl / Terrestrial double EP, Liú Mottes, Netherlands noise pop) Pure Hex – Fall (Pure Hex EP, SF based dream pop) Honeymoan – Still Here (Weirdo EP, Cape Town bedroom pop) Chromatics – Touch Red (Closer to Grey, Portland OR synth pop) Lake Ruth and Listening Center – How I Hear You (The Sunday Experience EP, released as a benefit for music writer Mark Barton) Stephen Fellows – Not Going Down (Slow Glass, Sheffield UK post punk from ex-Comsat Angels vocalist) Break 2 Smashing Orange – Something You Said (from Collide / Something You Said dual release with The Sunflowers, Clawfist Singles Club, Wilmington, Delaware shoegaze) Peel Dream Magazine – Pill (Agitpop Alterna, forthcoming, NY based indie rock) Grrrl Gang – Love Song (Here to Stay!, Indonesian pop punk) Jeanines – Been in the Dark (Things Change EP, out March, Brooklyn indie pop) Postcards – Spiderwebs (The Good Soldier, Beirut Lebanon dream pop) The Fast Camels – Blissful Serenity (Full of Strange, Glasgow psych pop) Eyelids – At Sea (The Accidental Falls, Portland OR indie pop, band members’ second-to-none pedigrees earned from time spent in Guided By Voices, The Decemberists, Stephen Malkmus and Elliott Smith. Featuring lyrics written by poet and frequent Tim Buckley collaborator Larry Beckett that span over four decades and produced by REM iconoclast Peter Buck). Records – Held Up High (Shades in Bed, 1979 UK power pop with Will Birch and John Wicks RIP) Nada Surf – So Much Love (Never Not Together, Feb 7th, NY indie rock) Go Betweens – You Tell Me (Australian indie pop, Tallulah, 1987) Dropkick – Feeling Never Goes Away (The Scenic Route, Andrew Taylor, Scottish jangle pop) Lost Ships – All of the Pieces (title track from EP, Portsmouth UK jangle pop) Gaarden – The Fall (from The Fall, Sydney dream pop) Mundy's Bay – Goodbye (Lonesome Valley out March, Montreal dream pop) The Proper Ornaments – Black Tar (Mission Bells out 2/28, James Hoare and Max Oscarnold, London UK indie pop) Break 3 Chapterhouse – Something More (Ambient Version), C90 box set, Reading UK dream pop, song in original version from 1991’s Whirlpool) Flyingpool – Orange Sky (Flyingpool Demo, Belgian dream pop) Pale Saints – True Coming Dream (Woodhouse Studio Demo), 30th anniversary of The Comforts of Madness Indoor Voices – Heart (Animal, new, not announced, missed by accident) Seasurfer – Lovers Breakdown (single, German dreamgaze) Dead Horse One – Lost (The West is the Best, French shoegaze) Galaxina – Iris (new single, Andalusia Spain shoegaze) Magic Shoppe – Doppelgänger (A side to exclusive vinyl release of Doppelgänger / S.F.O., Boston psych) Flyying Colours – Goodtimes (new, Melbourne psych gaze) Radio Supernova – Kyyti (Tähtiin, Finnish shoegaze) Purple Heart Parade – Starwheel (Desolation Angel EP, new, UK psych reminds of The Verve) Break 4 Pastel Coast – La Nuit (Hovercraft, French jangle pop) Deserta – Save Me (Black Aura My Sun, LA dream pop) Iress – Shamed (new single, LA shoegaze)

Kitchen Sink # 97 Playlist Ghost Patterns – Disappears (new single, UK/Canadian psych gaze/post punk) Black Swan Lane – Tremble (Vita Eterna, new, Atlanta/Manchester UK post punk/dream pop, featuring Dave Fielding from Chameleons UK and Jack Richard Sobel) Angel Falls – Sleep No More (Comsat Angels cover, St. Paul dreamgaze, Dan Ballek and Paul Lopez) Dead Horse One – Swallow (French shoegaze, The West is the Best) Break 1 Box and the Twins – Shadows (Zerfall, cold wave, Germany) Fenella – Slow Swoop (s/t debut, Jane Weaver side project with bandmates, UK electronic/ambient music) Elizabeth – Meander (The Wonderful World of Nature, Australian dream pop featuring Elizabeth Mitchell of Totally Mild) Underground Lovers – Dunes (A Left Turn, Melbourne indie pop) Bedroom Eyes – Aphantasia (Nerves, Boston “sneakergaze”) Lorelei – Skylight (Lorelei is the project of Claudia Schmidt and Arlen McCarthy, Australian dream pop) Fragile Animals – Waiting (new single, Brisbane dream pop) Deserta – Hide (Black Aura My Sun, forthcoming, LA post punk) Hollie Kenniff – Unfolding (featuring Goldmund, aka Keith Kenniff, Helios) VIM – Waiting (new single, Melbourne AU dream pop) Break 2 The Hanging Stars – (I've Seen) The Summer in her Eyes (new single, UK psych rock) Shambolics – Chasing a Disaster (Chasing a Disaster, UK indie pop) the black watch – Crying All the Time (new single, LA psych rock) Army Navy – Seismic (new single, LA jangle pop) Quivers – When It Breaks (new single, Hobart AU jangle pop) Young Guv – Roll With Me (GUV I & II, Toronto indie pop, new) The Morning After Girls – Hidden Spaces (s/t debut, NYC/Australian psych) The Hollies – Pegasus (Butterfly, 1967) Robyn Hitchcock – Sunday Never Comes (new single, UK/Nashville psych pop) Lemondaze – Neon Ballroom (London dreamgaze, new single) Break 3 Novanta – The Plot Thickens (Some Are Stars EP, Milano Italy dream pop) Life on Venus – Darker than Blue (Odes to the Void, new, Moscow shoegaze) Reveries – Find Me (new single, Walla Walla grungegaze) Tombstones in their Eyes – Behind My Mind (Maybe Someday, LA psych) Magic Shoppe – Trystan Everglades (Circles, new, Boston gaze) Hundredth – Iridescent (Iridescent 4 cut single, LA shoegaze) Superdrone – Strange as Angels (The Creation EP, UK psych) Break 4 SPC-ECO – Work it Out (Dean and Rose Garcia, new single, UK darkwave) Inkräktare - Say Goodbye To You

A thick mist had crept in from the river. It skirled around the man's legs as he picked his way through the foul-smelling mud, drifting up to cloud the twisting turns of the narrow alleyways. He paused for a moment to watch the vapor ghosting through the gloom. A shiver of gooseflesh snaked down his spine. Shifting, he peered into the darkness, trying to spot the wrought-iron arches of Half Moon Gate. But only a shroud of black-on-black shadows lay ahead. -- Andrea Penrose, Murder at Half Moon Gate Author Andrea Penrose writes everything Regency: romances (as Andrea Pickens), steamy romances (as Cara Elliott), and not one but two fabulous Regency mystery series, which you can check out on her website right here. Her first mystery series, the Lady Arianna mysteries, is lighter, with a dash of chocolate, while her Wrexford and Sloane mysteries -- Murder on Black Swan Lane, and the latest, Murder at Half Moon Gate -- are a darker take on the Regency era. Both are brimming with mystery, friendship, and fabulous Regency details. Who knew Napoleon liked chocolate? Well, we all do now. Andrea is herself a fan of Georgette Heyer -- and really, who isn't? We talk about the fabulously evocative language of the Regency, and lo and behold, Ms. Heyer herself, on her website, offers up a dictionary of Regency slang. So if you find yourself becoming befogged, the remedy is within ames-ace.  ;) Here are all of Andrea's mysteries in order: Wrexford & Sloane Mystery Series 1 - Murder on Black Swan Lane 2 - Murder at Half Moon Gate Lady Arianna Regency Mysteries 1 - Sweet Revenge 2 - The Cocoa Conspiracy 3 - Recipe for Treason 4 - Smoke and Lies Novella: The Stolen Letters As always, if you'd rather read than listen, the transcript is below. Enjoy! -- Laura ****************************************************************************************************** Transcript of Interview with Andrea Penrose Laura Brennan: Andrea Penrose is a woman of mystery -- my favorite kind! Her bestselling mysteries are set in Regency England: The Lady Arianna Series, which melds danger, deception, and a dash of chocolate; and her newest series, The Wrexford and Sloane mysteries, in which an artist and a scientist find answers -- and unexpected chemistry -- when they solve cases together. Andrea, thank you for joining me. Andrea Penrose: Well, thank you very much for having me. LB: So you have been writing professionally for a long time now and under many pen names. AP: I have, and don't get me started on why. But it tends to be publishing, if you write for one house, you can't write under that same name for another house. LB: And it also allows people to not pick up a book that is, for example, a mystery when what they're looking for is your steamy Regency romances. AP: That's absolutely correct, too. Andrea Penrose is my mystery nom de plume. LB: So, Regency has been the thread running through a lot of your work, right? Because you went from Regency romances to slightly steamier Regency romances, to Regency mystery. So why Regency? AP: Well, you know, I love the era. I just find it a fabulously interesting time and place. It's a world that's aswirl in the silk and seduction of the Napoleonic wars, but it's also a time when radically new ideas are clashing with the conventional thinking of the past. People were questioning the fundamentals of society, and as a result everything was changing. Politics, art, music, science, social rules. The world was turning upside down. You had -- the romantic movement was really individual expression. You had Beethoven writing these amazingly emotional symphonies, and Byron pending wildly romantic poetry. And you had Mary Wollstonecraft writing the first feminist manifestos. Then the Industrial Revolution, technology is disrupting everyday life. So in many ways, it's the birth of the modern world. And for me,

Epigraph On this episode we discuss ALL THE ROMANCE BOOKS with Bea & Leah Koch, owners of The Ripped Bodice—America’s only Romance bookstore. The Ripped Bodice is celebrating their one year anniversary this month!     This episode is sponsored by Books & Whatnot, the newsletter dedicated to books, bookselling, and bookish folk; check out the newsletter archive here. Follow Books & Whatnot on Twitter at @booksandwhatnot. We now have an email newsletter! If you want to get our show notes delivered directly to your inbox—with all the books mentioned on the podcast and links back to the bookstore we’re interviewing PLUS GIFs—sign up HERE. Introduction In which we feel real fancy, learn more about geography, and can’t stop asking for recommendations. We’re drinking French 75s and feeling classy as fuck. We’re Reading Bea is reading Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose (out June 27). And she recently finished An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole, which she thinks will be a great gateway romance (out March 28) about a female spy posing as a slave. Fun fact, Alyssa Cole lives in Martinique, and Kim and Emma’s geography lessons continue. Leah is reading Kiss Me That Way by Laura Trentham and Flirting with Disaster by Victoria Dahl. Emma is reading Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt—a graphic foodie memoir that is weird and delicious. She also just started Kim & Kim by Magdalene Visaggio, which is a comic about punk rock bounty hunters in space. Kim is reading Love Is Love a graphic anthology written in response to the Orlando shooting curated by Marc Andreyko; an important, but difficult read. All proceeds for the book go to the victims, survivors, and families affected by the Orlando Pulse shooting. Which is to say, everyone should buy this book. She’s also reading The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch (out April 18) a futuristic space Joan of Arc story, which hits weirdly close to home in its political content. We’re Excited About: Bea and Leah have so many frontlist romance novels to tell you about: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole (more than worth a second mention and out March 28) Full Mountie (#3 in the Frisky Beavers series) by Ainsley Booth & Sadie Haller (out April 4) First in the Frisky Beavers series is Prime Minister “and is basically about if Justin Trudeau weren’t married and liked kinky sex.” Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy (author of Dumplin’; out May 9) The Thing About Love by Julie James (out April18)  Julie James will be making an appearance at Ripped Bodice on her author tour! The Devil in Spring by Lisa Kleypas (#3 in The Ravenels series, with the kids of characters from her Wallflowers series) Emma is excited for Tender by Sofia Samatar (writer of A Stranger in Olondria and out April 11 from Small Beer Press) and Next Year, for Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson, which is the only book about polyamory she has read so she asked for more recs... SIDETRACK: Polyamory Recommendations Laid Bare by Lauren Dane (#1 in the Brown Family series) Maya Banks Glutton for Pleasure by Alisha Rai Back to frontlist... Kim is looking forward to The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Whereas: Poems by Layli Long Soldier The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chapter I [19:00] In which we discuss Bea & Leah’s Romance Origin Story, Talk Vaginal-Looking Covers, and Get ALL THE ROMANCE RECOMMENDATIONS Bea loved historical fiction (and historical fashion) and introduced Leah to The Bridgertons series by Julia Quinn (which is great for people who want to test the waters of regency romance) First in the series is The Duke and I Leah ultimately came to love contemporary romances and became a hardcore romance fan with the help of Nora Roberts—The Bride Quartet series is one of her favorites First in the series is Vision in White Also mentioned: Julie James, whose newest book is The Thing About Love (mentioned earlier and out April 18) and Susan Elizabeth Phillips whose newest book is First Star I See Tonight Where to Start with Contemporary: First, what level of heat are you looking for? Super graphic and dirty? Or cloaked in metaphor? Not Quite As Dirty Nora Roberts It Had to Be You (Chicago Stars #1) by Susan Elizabeth Phillips. You know, the one with the boobs on the cover: Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn (for geek fandom readers) Really Dirty Recs Beautiful Bastard (Beautiful Series #1) by Christina Lauren Vampire Romance Recommendations (because we love Buffy) Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1) by J.R. Ward (super dirty) Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs (Jane Jameson #1) by Molly Harper (funnier romance) The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires (Half Moon Hollow #1) by Molly Harper Famous people make appearances as vampires—people like Dick Cheney Witchbian Romances (because we love Willow) Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Vampire Sorority Sisters #1) (lesbian vampire sorority) Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island Trilogy #1) by Nora Roberts Dark Witch (Cousins O’Dwyer Trilogy #1) by Nora Roberts Lunatic Fringe by Allison Moon (Kim rec: werewolf lesbian feminist) Two Sexy Nonfic Picks Girl Sex 101 by Allison Moon Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski Side note: Send us a pic of your favorite vaginal cover (via email or Twitter)! Like this: Non-Paranormal Queer/Diverse Recs Rebekah Weatherspoon (also has non-vampire lesbian romances) For Real by Alexis Hall (author of some gorgeous MM romances) Damon Suede writes super hot romances, which are frequently about firemen; his newest title is Lickety Split (out March 17) The Prince’s Psalm by Eric Shaw Quinn (a Biblical gay romance) First Position by Melissa Brayden (lesbian ballerinas) I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (MM YA) Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown (FF YA) The Soldier’s Scoundrel by Cat Sebastian (gay regency) K.J. Charles (also writes gay regency, but they’re not all dukes) Wanted, A Gentleman is one of her newer titles The Spare and the Heir (Lords of Time #5) by Jenn LeBlanc (gay victorian) LeBlanc is also a photographer and illustrates many of her romances with super hot photos. Glutton for Pleasure by Alisha Rai (mentioned earlier as poly rec) Trade Me by Courtney Milan (Cyclone #1) (contemporary romance with POC characters) The Countess Conspiracy (Brothers Sinister #3) by Courtney Milan Beverly Jenkins writes African American historicals Breathless (Old West #2) is her newest release Daughters of a Nation by Alyssa Cole, Piper Huguley, Lena Hart & more (an anthology of stories about black suffragettes) Silk, Swords, and Surrender by Jeannie Lin The Tang Dynasty series by Jeannie Lin (about the ancient Chinese Tang dynasty & recommended if you liked the Netflix show Marco Polo. This series is even better with intrigue and sword fighting) Butterfly Swords is the first in the series Originally posted by l231 Chapter II [36:50] In which we chat about The Ripped Bodice, the romance community, and what it means to be feminist. -Fifty Shades of Gray, why they don’t sell it (it’s not a good representation of BDSM), and how they help customers find their next read after Fifty Shades -Ripped Bodice looks like a very fancy lingerie dressing room (yes, they have a fainting couch). The store is separated into 5 Zones, which are decorated to reflect their genre: Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Erotica, and Everything Else -Sidelines: bookish things, but also things that will appeal to romance readers like stuff about feminism. Solid rec for Juniper & Ivy’s nerdy wood laser cut pieces.  “Part of being a romance bookstore is being unapologetically feminist and sex positive” Chapter III [48:35] In which Bea goes hardcore practical for her Station Eleven pick, people are kinda boring (in a good way), and we talk sexy nonfiction. Bea’s Station Eleven pick is Robert’s Rules of Order by Henry Robert. Leah is bringing “the most comprehensive survival guide [she] can find.” Originally posted by batesmotel On a desert island, Leah is bringing Happy Ever After Nora Roberts (#4 in the Bride Quartet) and Bea is bringing A Week to Be Wicked by Tessa Dare. On their Wild adventure, Bea would bring one of Alison Weir’s “crazy tudor histories” and Leah would bring The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg Anne Boleyn, a King’s Obsession (one of Weir’s newest books out May 16) Bookseller Confession: “Your tawdry thing that you think is super scandalous is really boring...” The Dirtiest Romance You’ve Read Olivia Cunning’s Sinners on Tour series First in the series: Backstage Pass J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series First in the series: Dark Lover Impossible Handsell Self-published titles with god-awful covers and non-fiction i.e. Come As Your Are by Emily Nagoski and Playing Well with Others: Your Field Guide to Discovering, Exploring, and Navigating the Kink, Leather, and BDSM Communities by Lee Harrington and Mollena Williams The Romance Books Every Bookseller Should Recommend Daughters of a Nation by Alyssa Cole Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan Also, have more than two romances and don’t laugh (or sneer) at your customers who are buying romance novels. Come on. Originally posted by yourreactiongifs Favorite Bookstores LA Bookstore: Diesel Childhood Bookstore: Women & Children First Not-Yet-Open Bookstores: The Queens Bookshop and Books Are Magic European Bookstores: Persephone Books (London) and Shakespeare & Co. (Paris) Favorite Literary Media The romance/life blog Smart Bitches, Trashy Books and their podcast Smart Podcast, Trashy Books Book Riot Girls at Library Heroes and Heartbreakers Romance Twitter—follow all your favorite authors on Twitter Epilogue [1:02:20] The Ripped Bodice can be found so many places on the internet the store’s website Instagram Twitter Facebook You can also sign up for the Ripped Bodice newsletter on their website—they’ve got events, recommendations, and a thing called Fitzwilliam’s Corner (that’s Fitzwilliam Waffles; he’s their dog, he is awesome, and he has his own Instagram).   You can find us on Twitter at @drunkbookseller and everywhere else as DrunkBooksellers (plural). Emma tweets @thebibliot and writes bookish things for Book Riot. Kim tweets occasionally from @finaleofseem, but don’t expect too much. BONUS CONTENT We always have more content than we can fit into one hour and this time said content was extra interesting. So for all the people who read our show notes and/or subscribe to our newsletter, here are a few more recommendations from Bea & Leah Romances That Are Library/Bookstore-Adjacent Broken Resolutions (Lovestruck Librarians #1) by Olivia Dade Taking the Heat by Victoria Dahl (Girls Night Out #4) Rock Addiction by Nalini Singh (Rock Kiss #1) (librarian falls in love with a rockstar) Romances About Publishing/Writing  The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (publishing romance) Temptations of a Wallflower by Eva Leigh (#4 Wicked Quills of London) (historical where the woman writes erotica) How to Woo a Reluctant Lady by Sabrina Jeffries (#3 Hellions of Halstead Hall) (main character writes gothics)