Gilmore To Read: Kennedy Ryan Needs *This* To Write Her Real, Raw, Riveting Romances
Gilmore To Say: A Gilmore Girls Podcast
Tara Llewellyn & Haley McIntosh
4.7 • 636 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2025
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to Gilmore To Read! Kennedy Ryan (yes, THE Kennedy Ryan) joined me to discuss This Could Be Us, our February book club pick as well as the final installment in her Skyland series— Can’t Get Enough. Out May 13th!
In this episode, Kennedy and I talk about what sort of research she does for each of her books, how she started her romance journey in a very Lane Kim way, what good tv shows she loves, and how she’s planning on taking over Hollywood (my words, not hers!) You’re gonna love hearing from this delightful, hilarious, and inspiring author!
In May, Reading Is Sexy is reading One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune and Where You Read, I Will Follow is continuing Be Ready When The Luck Happens by Ina Garten!
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| 0:00.0 | 5, 6, 7, 8, Skyland. |
| 0:11.3 | Hi, y'all. Welcome or welcome back to Gilmore to Read. I'm your host, Haley, and I'm so glad you're here today, because what a delightful and inspiring guest I've got for you. |
| 0:20.4 | I have to say I have a list of dream authors to have on Gilmore to Read, and today's author |
| 0:25.2 | was on that list, and it is such an honor to cross off Kennedy Ryan from that list. |
| 0:31.2 | But before we get to Kennedy, I wanted to do some book club updates. |
| 0:34.6 | If you've never listened to Gilmore to Read before, this is the book club segment of Gilmore to Say. Our two Gilmoreish book clubs are where you read I will |
| 0:42.1 | follow, which is currently reading Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Anna Garten, the barefoot |
| 0:46.7 | contessa, WWTBFCD. And we have the Reading of Sexy Book Club, which is our romance club. In April, we read flirting lessons by Jasmine Guillory, which is now my favorite book of hers. |
| 0:58.7 | She'll be on the podcast soon. |
| 1:00.5 | And for May, we're reading One Golden Summer by Carly Fortune, which comes out on May 6. |
| 1:05.3 | Carly will also be on the podcast soon, and I can confirm that both of them are big Gilmar girls fans. |
| 1:10.2 | I also have an episode |
| 1:11.4 | with Carabastone talking about Ready or Not coming soon as well. There's truly so much going on |
| 1:16.6 | for Gilmore to read right now. So many good books coming your way. So many good authors to talk to. |
| 1:21.6 | You can stay up to date on our Instagram or over on our Patreon where you can join the book clubs |
| 1:26.2 | and the chat as a free member. |
| 1:30.0 | And now on to our main event. |
| 1:35.2 | New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kennedy Ryan writes for women from all walks of life, empowering them and placing them firmly at the center of each story and in charge of |
| 1:39.5 | their own destinies. |
| 1:41.0 | Kennedy and her writings have been featured in NPR, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Glamour, Cosmo, Ebony, Time, and many others. |
| 1:49.0 | The audio edition of her novel Reel, and This Could Be Us, both received the prestigious Audio Award, |
| 1:54.3 | and her Skyland series is currently in development for television at Peacock. |
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