Episode 29: The Romance Genre and More

Special guest Meccah from the Lansing Libraries joins us for a dive into favorite romance picks and the romance genre in general, along with our regular diverse range of picks for the month. 

Cheryl’s Books:  
Nothing Compares to you: What Sinéad O’Connor Means to Us edited by Sonya Huber and Martha Bayne
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe
Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life:  The Plants and Places that Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales by Marta McDowell

Mentioned: 
Hanif Abdurraqib writing about Sinéad O’Connor (Instagram post) Instagram
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit
Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life: The Plants & Places that Inspired the Iconic Poet by Marta McDowell

Jessica’s Books:   
Archangel’s Eternity by Nalini Singh
Get a life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert 
The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit

Mentioned: 
Angel’s Blood (first book in series) by Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh’s wide range of titles.
Talia Hibbert titles, “The Brown Sisters” trilogy.
The author I blanked on was Jasmine Guillory.
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Mari’s Books:   
Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath by R.L. Toalson
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees by Amy Novesky
Navigating Night by Julie Leung
Our Lake by Angie Kang

Meccah’s Books:   
Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
More titles by Kennedy Ryan
Tia Williams titles
Twenty-Four Seconds From Now: A Love Story by Jason Reynolds
We Go Slow by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie