Romance Your TBR: An Unhinged Historical Romance Podcast

Romance Your TBR: An Unhinged Historical Romance Podcast

by Caroline & Hannah

S02.25: Lesson #13: In Times of Gothic Distress, Everyone (Should) Grab a Cat

In which Caroline (young and savory) and Hannah (darling spicy cake) attend Old School School, study Gaywyck by Vincent Virga, and become sisters to the slime. Show Notes: - Gaywyck TikTok video by @chels_ebooks Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on November 3rd for Lesson #14: Moonstruck Madness by Laurie McBain. - Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes! - Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Intro: (00:00) ✪ Lesson #13: Gaywyck by Vincent Virga - (3:00) Outro: (48:58) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02.24: Frankenstein’s Monster…Appendage

In which Hannah and Caroline agree (yay!) that Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match by Sally Thorne is delightfully weird, get a crash course on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and pursue the goal of being adored (by Frankenstein’s monster). Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on October 20th for Lesson #13: Gaywyck by Vincent Virga. - Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes! - Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Intro: (00:00) - Caroline's Frankenstein Crash Course - (6:10) ✪ Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match, Sally Thorne - (20:50) Outro: (53:12) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02.23: Lesson #12: If You’re Gonna Kill Someone, You’ve Gotta Quote Macbeth

In which Caroline and Hannah attend Old School School, study An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley, and once again represent the two bodice-ripper-reading wolves living (at war) inside you. Show Notes: - Badass Romance review Caroline references Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on October 20th for Lesson #13: Gaywyck by Vincent Virga. - Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes! - Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Intro: (00:00) ✪ Lesson #12: An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley - (3:12) Outro: (52:45) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02.22: Again the Sexual Charisma of a Lisa Kleypas Hero

In which Hannah and Caroline finally read (and re-read) Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas, daydream about a cup and a bucket, and realize that life is indeed a highway(man). Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on October 6th for Lesson #12: An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley. - Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes! - Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Intro: (00:00) ✪ Again the Magic, Lisa Kleypas - (6:00) Outro: (1:14:44) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02.21: Lesson #11: Reformed Rakes Make the Best Husbands and Creditable Sheep Washers

In which Caroline and Hannah attend Old School School, study The Rake by Mary Jo Putney, and volunteer to be the sacrificial penguins testing the waters of broken (and sexually gifted) men. Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on October 6th for Lesson #12: An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley. - Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes! - Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Intro: (00:00) ✪ Lesson #11: The Rake by Mary Jo Putney - (2:37) Outro: (45:00) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02 TB-ARRRRR! Tuesday: Talk (and Moan) Like a Pirate Day 🏴‍☠️

In which Hannah and Caroline set sail upon the HMS Romance Your TBR to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day by bringing you a historical romance for every one of your swashbuckling, scallywagging, jolly rogering moods. Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on September 22nd for Lesson #11: The Rake by Mary Jo Putney. Intro - (00:00) - Talk Like a Pirate Day - (7:22) - The Dangerous Damsels Series, India Holton - (13:46) - The Bootlegger’s Bounty, Adriana Herrera - (16:45) - Hero Wanted, Betina Krahn - (19:40) - Dukes Do It Better, Bethany Bennett - (21:20) - The Ugly Duchess, Eloisa James - (24:52) - The Windflower, Laura London - (28:05) - Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress, Elizabeth Boyle - (37:22) - Scandalous Desires, Elizabeth Hoyt - (41:40) - Destiny’s Captive & Captured, Beverly Jenkins - (51:50) - How to Tame a Wild Rogue, Julie Anne Long - (58:34) - Gentle Rogue, Johanna Lindsey - (1:01:49) - Any Duke in a Storm, Amalie Howard - (1:17:08) - Lady Pirate, Lynsay Sands - (1:24:12) - Across a Moonlit Sea, Marsha Canham - (1:34:06) - The Captain of All Pleasures, Kresley Cole - (1:45:12) - The Pirate Prince, Gaelen Foley - (1:56:30) - Thief of Hearts, Teresa Medeiros - (2:12:06) Outro: (2:25:46) Our Piratical TB-ARRRRR: ~ The Pirate and I, Katharine Ashe ~ Seduced by a Pirate, Eloisa James ~ Stolen by a Pirate, Cynthia Wright ~ Only With Your Love, Lisa Kleypas Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02.20: Entering Aggressive Kill Mode

In which Caroline and Hannah define aggressive kill mode (less killing than you’d think), create your aggressive kill mode starter pack of historical romances, and channel the Olivia Rodrigo feminine rage of it all. Show Notes: - Aggressive Kill Mode merch - Aggressive Kill Mode: The Porta Potty Edit - Tangled Meme Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on September 22nd for Lesson #11: The Rake by Mary Jo Putney. Intro - (00:00) - Your Aggressive Kill Mode Starter Pack - (2:45) Histroms in Aggressive Kill Mode - Any Duke in a Storm, Amalie Howard - One Dangerous Night, Cathy Maxwell - Gentle Rogue, Johanna Lindsey - Seduce Me at Sunrise, Lisa Kleypas - The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, K.J. Charles - Prisoner of Love, Beverly Jenkins - Never Cross a Highlander, Lisa Rayne - An Island Princess Starts a Scandal, Adriana Herrera - Never Love a Highlander, Maya Banks - A Kiss to Remember, Teresa Medeiros - To Catch a Raven, Beverly Jenkins - Rebel, Beverly Jenkins - The Bareknuckle Bastards Series, Sarah MacLean - Never Seduce a Scot, Maya Banks - The Rakehell of Roth, Amalie Howard - Queen Bee, Amalie Howard - The Beast of Beswick, Amalie Howard - The Rebel and the Rake, Emily Sullivan - West End Earl, Bethany Bennett - A Rogue’s Rules for Seduction, Eva Leigh - The Perfect Crimes of Marianne Hayes, Cat Sebastian **Tempest, Beverly Jenkins is also in the “not afraid to shoot a gun” category - Lord of Scoundrels, Loretta Chase - A Season of Seduction, Jennifer Haymore - The Dangerous Damsels Series, India Holton - It Happened One Autumn, Lisa Kleypas - Shadowheart, Laura Kinsale - The Rake Gets Ravished, Sophie Jordan - The Marquess Makes His Move, Diana Quincy - The Highland Brides Series, Lynsay Sands - Private Arrangements, Sherry Thomas - Ravishing the Heiress, Sherry Thomas - The Princess and the Rogue, Kate Bateman - Skye O’Malley, Bertrice Small - The Bachelor Bargain, Maddison Michaels Authors in Aggressive Kill Mode - Elizabeth Hoyt - Beverly Jenkins - Lynsay Sands - Sarah MacLean - Amalie Howard - Sherry Thomas Non-Histroms in Aggressive Kill Mode - Immortals After Dark, Kresley Cole - Sweet Vengeance, Viano Oniomoh - The Folk of the Air Series, Holly Black - Your Talk Like a Pirate Day Preview - (1:07:00) Outro: (1:19:22) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02.19: Lesson #10: When in Doubt (or the Throes of Passion), Faint

In which Hannah and Caroline attend Old School School, study Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small, and represent the two bodice-ripper-reading wolves living inside you. Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on September 22nd for Lesson #11: The Rake by Mary Jo Putney. - Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes! - Follow/friend our Goodreads account for easy access to the books we rec on the pod! - Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Intro: (00:00) ✪ Lesson #10: Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small - (15:00) Outro: (1:14:55) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02.18: Romance Your TBR: Live from Steamy Lit Con 2023

In which Caroline and Hannah meet in person for the first time, manifest their bookish destiny, and record live from Steamy Lit Con in Anaheim, California. Show Notes: - Are you interested in going to Steamy Lit Con 2024? Find more information here: https://www.steamylitcon.com/ Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on September 8th for Lesson #10: Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small. - Follow/friend our Goodreads account for easy access to the books we rec on the pod! - Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Intro - (00:00) - Romance Your TBR: Live from Steamy Lit Con - (1:17) - Q&A - (52:24) Outro: (1:15:22) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

S02.17: Lesson #9: Monologuing Naked Is a Universal Experience

In which Hannah and Caroline attend Old School School, study The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, and are always just a teardrop away from laughing hysterically and running away... Reminders: - Check out our Old School School Syllabus and read along with us! Tune in on August 11th for Lesson #10: Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small. - Subscribe to Romance Your TBR on Substack to get monthly updates from your local spinsters, access to show notes and bingo cards, newsletter giveaways, and exclusive tipsy podcast episodes! - Follow/friend our Goodreads account for easy access to the books we rec on the pod! - Subscribe to @romanceyourtbr on YouTube for our weekly episodes with captions and transcripts! Intro: (00:00) ✪ Lesson #9: The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss - (00:06) - Steamy Lit Con & Other Announcements - (56:56) Outro: (1:01:15) Socials: - Follow the podcast @romanceyourtbr on Instagram & Twitter & Youtube & Goodreads - Follow Hannah @fringebookreviews on Instagram, Goodreads, & TikTok, and @fringebookhan on Twitter - Follow Caroline @salty_caroline_reads on TikTok & Instagram, and @salty_caroline_ on Twitter (Disclaimer: Image by Freepik)

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