Guests: Gabbyand Rudi| Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 7/09/2019 Sydney
We turned 4 in August (hurrah!), so of course we're bringing you our anniversary special in November. Because that's how we (ie Kat) roll. As usual, Rudi is the architect of all shenanigans, and this year, she's assisted by some of our podcast listeners!
Thank you to Ana, Ben, Chachic, Jen, Mel and Sarah for taking part in this episode. You were all AMAZING!
And now, over to you, dear listener -- who do you think would make the best Gabby? Tweet your vote (write-ins welcome!) and tag us using #BTpod.
Gabby-- Irreplaceable: @penneclearwater
Rudi-- Best audio producer ever: @rudi_bee
Jennifer Hallock-- Author of Sugar Sun historical romance series: @jen_hallock; Instagram; Facebook; jenniferhallock.com; Amazon
Chachic -- Filipino book reader, blogger and Instagrammer: @chachic_; Instagram; chachic.wordpress.com
Melissa -- Pork roll tragic: @moetical
Sarah-- Bringer of sweet things: @Bluestocking_a
Ana Cocqui-- Blogger, librarian and podcaster: @anacoqui; podcast; website
Ben-- Romance reader and Instagrammer with impeccable taste in podcasts: @bentchbites; Instagram
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Guests: Sophie Ly and Rudi Bremer | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 9/06/2019 Sydney
I've been sitting on this episode for a little while, but hold on to your one-click buttons because Sophie Ly joins Rudi and me with a huge number of graphic novel recommendations. (But please note: not all of them are HEA romances, but we try to identify which of the titles fall into that bucket. We do also talk about the difficulty of knowing if a graphic novel series will have a romantic HEA.)
Shout out to Vikki, who tweeted in response to our #rombklove episode (EP69). If you're on Twitter and listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to live tweet or just send us your reactions by using the hashtag #btpod.
Sophie Ly -- Host of Gaggle of Geeks podcast, and best known on the Book Things podcast as Rudi's alter ego: @Soph_Ly; podcast
Rudi Bremer -- Amazing audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee
Dustin Nguyen, Fiona Staples, Nicola Scott, Chris Evans
The Umbrella Academy cover:
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Guests: Rudi Bremer and Gabby| Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 9/02/2019 Sydney
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. We also talk about the books we lie about having read, books we feel guilty about not having read, and romance classics that didn't really work for us.
Rudi Bremer -- Amazing audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee
Gabby -- Wearer of socks and gloves, epilogue hater: @penneclearwater
K.J. Charles, Alyssa Cole, Victoria Dahl, Alisha Rai, Georgette Heyer, Julie Anne Long, Eloisa James, David Copperfield(magician), Johanna Lindsey, Jude Deveraux, Susan Andersen, Rosemary Rogers, Bertrice Small, Anna Cowan, Anna Campbell, Patricia Gaffney, Judith McNaught, LaVryle Spencer
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Guest: Aislinn Kearns| Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 19/08/2018 RWA
What happens when you combine a love of 80s action films with romance genre tropes? You get Ainslinn Kearns's books! Rudi and I caught up with Aislinn at the Romance Writers of Australia convention last year, and we talked about romance characters with disability, favourite tropes, and dealing with food intolerance in the apocalypse.
Thank you to Clairefor being such a wonderful listener!
Ainslinn Kearns-- Australian author of contemporary romance: @ardentaislinn; facebook; aislinnkearns.com
Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Dolph Lundgren, Idris Elba
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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 from title recommendations, and instead focus on our habits as readers. Rudi, Gabby and I talk about our personal reading rules, how they affect our enjoyment of books, and whether we've broken our rules for particular authors or books.
If you don't have time to listen to the podcast, but would still like to participate in today's #rombklove topic, here are the rules and habits we talk about:
You can join in the conversation by using the hashtag #rombklove on social media. Let us know what reading rules and habits you've developed for yourself. Who would you break your rules for? We'll be hanging out mostly on Twitter, and we hope to continue the discussion there.
Finally, thank you to Fangirlxmillion for leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. We love hearing from our audience, and we truly appreciate it!
Gabby — Wearer of socks and gloves, epilogue hater: @penneclearwater
Rudi Bremer — Amazing audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee
Laura Kinsale, Courtney Milan, Nana Malone, Melissa Blue, Rebekah Weatherspoon
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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 was so honest and reflective in a way I hadn't heard from many romance authors before. I hope that comes out in our conversation in this episode. Melanie celebrates over 15 years and 80 books this week - an amazing achievement.
Shout out to stephnay14 for the awesome review on Apple Podcasts!
Melanie Milburne-- Australian author of contemporary category romance: @twitter; facebook; melaniemilburne.com.au
Kate Cuthbert, Victoria Dahl, Michael Robotham
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Guests: Gabbyand Rudi | Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 18/01/2019 Sydney
To celebrate Valentine's Day, the BT bloggers are back on the podcast to talk about love languages. To find your own love language, you can take a free quiz here.
Shout out to Ben, whose Instagram spreads featuring the podcast are amazing!
Gabby— Wearer of socks and gloves, new owner of the Fabio cover of Flowers From the Storm: @penneclearwater
Rudi Bremer— Amazing audio producer and recommender of books: @rudi_bee
Jennifer Hallock, Julia Quinn, J.R. Ward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4DzoNkomQ0
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Guest: Amy Andrews| Host: Kat Mayo | Audio producer: Rudi Bremer | Recorded: 18/08/2018
Following on from the theme set by Kate's 2018 RWA conference keynote, which we talked about on our previous episode, I chat with Amy Andrews on where she stands on the subject of safe sex in romance fiction. We also spend a bit of time talking about sports romance, and if you're fan of any of the rugby codes, you'll probably yell at me at some point because I very likely got them mixed up.
Thanks heaps to divaflip for leaving us a review on iTunes! We read every single review, and it really helps to know that you're enjoying the show.
Amy Andrews-- Australian romance author: @AmyAndrewsbooks; facebook; instagram; amyandrews.com.au; BD| BT | Amz
Kate Cuthbert, Jodi McAlister, Suzanne Brockmann, Stefanie London, Ainslie Paton
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Kate and Jodi talk about Kate's game-changing keynote, Consenting adults, at the 2018 Romance Writers of Australian conference, what happy endings look like in different cultures, condoms in romance, power politics, and cultural conversations.
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Host: Kat Mayo
Audio producer: Rudi Bremer
Recorded: 19/08/018 RWA
What better way to celebrate the new year than with our (super very) belated podcast anniversary episode! *cue applause*
We talk about Lisa Valdez's books, whether you can have a multi-book romance, our urban fantasy faves, and Gabby's love for Flowers From the Storm.
Once again, Rudi has organised a special treat for us -- we're playing Book Thingo bingo!
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Host: Rudi Bremer
Audio producer: Rudi Bremer
Recorded: 21/09/2018 Sydney