All the Backlist! January 31, 2025

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

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This week, Trisha recommends a couple of romances that are great for both experienced and new romance readers. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. A new year means a new Read Harder Challenge! Join us as we make our way through 24 tasks meant to expand our reading horizons. To get recommendations for each task, sign up for the Read Harder newsletter. All Access subscribers get even more recommendations plus community features, where you can connect with like-minded readers in a cozy and supportive corner of the internet. You can become an All Access member starting at $6 per month or $60 per year to get unlimited access to all members-only content in 20+ newsletters, community features, and the warm fuzzies of knowing you are supporting independent media. To join, visit bookriot.com/readharder. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to All the Backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.
0:14.4	I am your host for the week, Tricia Brown, and this is episode number 497.5.
0:20.1	You are listening to this show the day it comes out. It is the last day
0:23.3	of January. And if you're listening to it after that, January is officially over, which means
0:27.9	we're in February, because that's how months work. I guess it might also be after February, but
0:32.8	just for the sake of my premise, let's presume that it is February. As a romance reader and reviewer, February can be a fraught time.
0:41.3	Valentine's Day brings a ton of romance coverage, especially these days, since media outlets are covering romance in a way that they weren't, 10 or even five years ago.
0:51.0	And it's great that that coverage exists, but to be honest with you, especially
0:54.6	around Valentine's Day, a lot of that coverage is very bad. I could do a whole podcast just about
1:00.1	that. In fact, I have multiple times. Check out when in romance with me and Jess Pry. Anyway,
1:06.1	the coverage may not be worth your time to dive into, at least not the non-book riot coverage.
1:12.7	But maybe you're still a tiny bit interested in the genre if you haven't already read it.
1:17.2	Maybe you read it all the time? Fantastic. But if you don't, it can't feel like there's a little
1:21.9	bit of a barrier to entry. It can be a little intimidating to figure out where to start.
1:26.2	Not everyone is ready to go full 50 shades or even
1:29.4	full fourth wing, and that's okay. In fact, it's pretty great because there are so many,
1:35.3	so many better romances. And today, I'm going to talk to you about a couple of books that
1:39.9	will allow you to kind of dip your toe in the romance water, even if you are not quite sure that
1:44.9	the genre is for you. More on that, after the break. Today's episode is brought to you by
1:52.7	Thomas Nelson, publisher of Take Your Seat at the Table by Anthony O'Neill. In Take Your Seat
1:58.2	At the table, best-selling author Anthony O'Neill reveals the
2:01.1	indispensable tools and strategies to take ownership of your decisions and step into your best life.
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