When In Romance
When In Romance is a biweekly show dedicated to romance novel news, gushing, and book recommendations!
Episodes
April 29, 2024 • 63 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about author identities and pen names, bookish events gone wrong, and road trip romances.
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Looking to elevate your reading life? Tailored Book Recommendations is here to help with handpicked recommendations. Tell the Bibliologists at Tailored Book Recommendations about what yo...
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April 15, 2024 • 47 mins
Trisha is joined by special guest Vanessa Diaz, Managing Editor for Book Riot, and they talk about reading habits, books they love, and why third person present narration is so weird.
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April 1, 2024 • 61 mins
Jess and Trisha cover a few potpourri topics and updates before talking about romances that are worth the hype.
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March 18, 2024 • 54 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about the impact of AI and machine learning on books and then take a virtual visit to the Tucson Festival of Books.
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March 4, 2024 • 56 mins
To celebrate February 29, Jess and Trisha go all in on books they love that were published in Leap Years.
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February 19, 2024 • 49 mins
Jess and Trisha reflect on the major theme of Valentine’s romance coverage and then recommend some romance short stories and novellas.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To g...
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February 5, 2024 • 55 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about romance covers, genre data (or lack thereof), and romance books that fit the 2024 Read Harder Challenge.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get ...
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January 22, 2024 • 61 mins
Jess and Trisha kick off 2024 WIR Book Club by discussing The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich and then discuss other books with mistaken identities or disguises.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading h...
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January 8, 2024 • 52 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about 2023 books they still want to get to and the books they’re most excited about coming out in 2024.
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2024 is the tenth year of the Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons and diversify our TBRs. To get book re...
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December 11, 2023 • 54 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about their favorite romance reads of 2023. Prepare your TBR for many, many books — front list AND back list.
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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you (or a reader you know and love) hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a...
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November 27, 2023 • 64 mins
It’s part two of our 2023 recommendation request episodes! Jess and Trisha talk about romances with tough female heroines, queer fantasy romance, immersive romance series, and more!
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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a...
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November 13, 2023 • 58 mins
It’s part one of our 2023 recommendation request episodes! Jess and Trisha talk about diverse paranormal romances, romances with ace representation, holiday romances, and more!
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It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budg...
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October 30, 2023 • 58 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about the current “steaminess” discourse in romance and new books with some of their favorite tropes.
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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classic...
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October 16, 2023 • 52 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about the popular practice of republishing previously self-published romances and offer a few of their recs for Bang in the Night BINGO.
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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's ro...
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October 2, 2023 • 56 mins
Jess and Trisha dive deep into The Perfect Find, talking about both the novel and the Netflix adaptation.
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Autumn is here, which means it's time to curl up with a great read and get cozy — whatever your version of cozy looks like. Whether it's romance, creepy reads, modern classics, or escapist re...
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September 18, 2023 • 57 mins
Jess and Trisha are reunited(!) and get caught up on romance news, adaptations, and their reading over the last couple of months.
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Book Riot's editorial team is writing for casual and power readers alike over at The Deep Dive! During the month of September, all new free subscribers will be entered...
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August 21, 2023 • 53 mins
Special guest Jenn Northington joins Trisha to talk about anthologies and books to help you break a reading slump.
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Wanna escape the Dog Days of summer with purrfect book recommendations? Let Tailored Book Recommendations pick awesome books to keep you entertained. Touch grass, grab some lemonade,...
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August 7, 2023 • 55 mins
Jess is joined by Book Riot's resident velocireader, Liberty Hardy, who listens patiently while Jess discusses news and then actually gets the chance to talk when the pair discuss witch romances (with many detours along the way).
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July 24, 2023 • 59 mins
Jess and Trisha check in on the current state of romance publishing and then talk about some of their favorite romances of 2023 so far.
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July 10, 2023 • 49 mins
Jess and Trisha talk about Regency romance and why so many romances are set in that 9 year(!) period and then share what romances they’re excited about in the second half of 2023.
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