Rudi, Gabby and Kat talk about significant reading moments, man-hymens, sex positions that destabilise the patriarchy, problematic faves, and our love for a good grovel. Also: Gabby ghosts us, and some of us come prepared with dick quotes.
Anna Cowan talks about life after Untamed, the struggle to manage motherhood with personal ambition, and some of her queer romance recs.
Rudi, Gabby and Kat finally manage to read the same book in time for this episode. We talk about The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite, WLW books, the role of tension in romance, and women's hobbies.
Romance reader Sophie Ly taks to Kat and Rudi about why she loves graphic novels, and gives us some recommendations for series with strong romantic arcs.
The Book Thingo bloggers decided to knock one book off our TBR piles. Spoiler alert: only one of us actually did the work, and you get no prizes for guessing who.
What happens when you combine a love of 80s action films with romance genre tropes? You get Ainslinn Kearns's books!
Guests: Rudi and Gabby | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 23/05/2019 Sydney #RomBkLove, the brainchild of the amazing Ana Coqui, is a month-long celebration of romance books, authors and readers. Book Thingo is excited to host today’s topic: Rebellious readers. In this episode, we thought it would be a good time to take a pause […]
Guest: Melanie Milburne | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 18/08/2018 RWAus When I heard Melanie Milburne’s keynote at the 2018 Australian Romance Readers’ Award, I knew we had to have her on the show. Her speech as a powerful personal statement about reconciling her feminism and her writing career. It as powerful because it […]