013. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams with Steve Ammidown
Short Description
Guest Steve Ammidown (BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library Archivist) joins the podcast to discuss The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams. Topics include Romancelandia’s history, Warm blanket reads, Men’s friendships, Men reading romance, Emotional idiots, What we give of ourselves in marriage, and Why The Bromance Book Club is a book worth reading.
Tags
contemporary romance, romance novel discussion
Show Notes
Guest: Steve Ammidown (Manuscripts and Research Archivist at BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library)
We read: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Website: BGSU Browne Popular Culture Library https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html
Twitter: @Stegan
BGSU Pop Culture Library Twitter
Books mentioned:
- Aphrodite’s Kiss by Julie Kenner
- Brothers Sinister series by Courtney Milan
- Entwined Destinies by Elsie Washington - first category romance by a black woman featuring black main characters
- Gaywyck by Vincent Virga
- Throwing Stones by Avery Cockburn (Curling Romance)
Can you redeem baddies from book 1 in book 2?
Kini Allen’s episode - Julianna Keyes’ Time Served has an antagonist who is the MC in Book 2, In Her Defense
Alisha Rai, Forbidden Hearts series.
- Book 1: Hate to Want You
- Book 2: Wrong to Need You
Discussed in Episode 1, We discussed Lord Saint Vincent from Lisa Kleypas’s Wallflower series, who is the villain in book 2 (It Happened One Autumn) but the MC in book 3 (Devil in Winter)
Other mentions:
- Editor Vivian Stephens at Dell Candlelight
- Jessica Lynn Van Slooten Ted Talk: Romance Novels Are Feminist
- BGSU Researching the Romance 2020 Conference with Alyssa Cole - April 22-23, 2020
- RWA About The Romance Genre (cites % men reading romance)
Trope Town: Men’s Friendships
- Brothers Sinister Series by Courtney Milan
- Rules for Scoundrels Series by Sarah MacLean
- Double Up by Vanessa North
- Roller Girl by Vanessa North
- FBI/US Attorney Series by Julie James (starts with Something About You)
- Rafe by Rebekah Weatherpoon
- Champions of Desire Series by Christa Tomlinson
- A Tale of Two Cities Novellas by Alexandra Warren
Contributors:
@Readaholic19, Jess (@romtenkey) on Twitter, Kat Jackson, Nathan Burgoine
Transcript
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Guests
Alyssa Cole, Amanda Diehl, Andrea Martucci, Angela Toscano, Arielle Zibrak, Ash Dylan, Becky, Bree Hill, Carter Sherman, Charish Reid, Christina Fattore, Copper Dog Books, Dani Lacey, Danielle Knafo, Denise Williams, Diana Filar, EE Ottoman, Emma Barry, Eric Selinger, Erin Leafe, Esme Brett, Felicia Grossman, Funmi B., Hannah Hearts Romance, Hsu Ming Teo, Huike Wen, Jack Harbon, Jayashree Kamble, Jennifer Crusie, Jess, Jessica Lyn Van Slooten, Jhen, Jodi McAlister, Jodie Slaughter, Joe Martucci, John Jacobson, Julie Moody-Freeman, Karelia Stetz-Waters, Kate Clayborn, Katee Robert, Katrina Jackson, Kelly Reynolds, Kennedy Ryan, Kianna Alexander, Kini Allen, Kit Rocha, Lucy Score, Lynell, Margarita Guillory, Margo Hendricks, Maria DeBlassie, Megan Erickson, Mia Sosa, Nicole Falls, Norma Perez-Hernandez, Penny Reid, Rebecca Romney, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Rosie Danan, Ruby Lang, Sandra Kitt, Scarlett Peckham, Sionna Fox, Sri Savita, Steve Ammidown, Suzanne Jefferies, Talia Hibbert, Tamara Lush, Tasha L. Harrison, The Swoonies, Tif Marcelo, Tina Benigno, Whoamance, fangirl jeanne