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February 14, 2023

CONVERSATION: Reading Slumps

JanineBook Reviews / Conversationsgenres / reading slumps / subgenres / tropes37 Comments

Janine: In our December conversation, 2022 in Review, Jennie mentioned that she’d experienced a bad reading slump last year. I don’t feel great about the number of books I’ve finished in 2022 and after hearing other peoples’ numbers, I feel even worse! I know it’s not a competition, but in ... more >

October 21, 2022

CONVERSATION: Redemptions that Worked or Failed for Us

JanineConversationsapology / family-reunion / recommendations / redemption / tropes50 Comments

Yesterday we held a conversation about redemption and reparation in the genre. Today we talk about the book redemptions that worked or didn’t work for us.   Janine: What are some examples of books where redemption or reparation felt sincere, meaningful and satisfying? What are examples of books where you ... more >

October 20, 2022

CONVERSATION: Redemption and Reparation in Romance

JanineConversationsapology / grovel / redemption / tropes14 Comments

A couple of weeks before Yom Kippur, Judaism’s Day of Atonement, I started this conversation about redemption and reparation in the genre. I’ve scrapped my original intro because the Yom Kippur is well past, so I’ll just say that Rose (once a DA reviewer) joined us for this one and ... more >

August 2, 2022

CONVERSATION: Marriage of Convenience Recommendations

JanineBook Reviews / Conversations / Need A Rec!marriage-of-convenience / recommendations / tropes36 Comments

Last Monday we had a conversation about the fake relationship and marriage of convenience tropes. When we were putting that post together, I asked DA contributors for recommendations and/or dis-recommendations of romances involving fake relationships and marriage of convenience. Friday’s post on recommendations for fake relationship books was published last ... more >

July 29, 2022

CONVERSATION: Recommendations for Fake Relationship Romances

JanineBook Reviews / Conversations / Need A Rec!fake relationship / recommendations / tropes14 Comments

On Monday we discussed the fake relationship and marriage of convenience tropes. In the same email conversation, I asked DA contributors for recommendations and/or dis-recommendations of romances involving fake relationships. Here is what came up. Layla: Some of my favorite fake relationship romances are Kylie Scott’s Lick (I think it ... more >

July 25, 2022

CONVERSATION: Fake Dating and Marriage of Convenience

JanineBook Reviews / Conversationsarranged-marriage / believability / fake relationship / forced proximity / high stakes / marriage-of-convenience / maturity / motive / tropes23 Comments

Janine: In our April open thread I lamented the omnipresence of fake relationships in contemporary romances so this seems like a good time to have a conversation about the trope. I’ve sometimes seen it discussed along with the marriage of convenience trope (readers compare them or group them under the ... more >

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