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Tuesday 18th June 2024, 18:30-19:30 BST, Zoom Sign up for the Zoom link here: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/bridgerton-season-3 We waited and waited, and since May 16th, we’ve waited some more. But four days is the absolute maximum we can wait for you to watch part II of Bridgerton, Season 3 (Penelope’s & Colin’s story), after it drops on June … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – June Session: Bridgerton: Season 3”
Monday 20th April, 13:00 – 14:00 BST, Zoom Sign up for the Zoom link here: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/jodi-mcalisters-not-here-to-make-friends We’re so excited for the third novel in the Marry Me, Juliet series by romance author and scholar, Jodi McAlister, Not Here to Make Friends, we’re jumping on it early! Described as “a full-on villain romance novel, filled with lying, scheming and … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – May Session: Jodi McAlister’s Not Here to Make Friends”
Monday 29th April, 18:30 – 19:30 GMT, Zoom For our next meeting, we’re reading and discussing Bolu Babalola’s Honey & Spice, a novel written by the self-coined “romcomoisseur.” Babalola made waves with her Love in Colour anthology, while Honey & Spice is her first romance novel. Fake-dating? Check. Clever banter? Check. Issues of gender, race and love? Check, check, and check … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – April Session: Bolu Babalola’s Honey & Spice”
Monday 18th March, 18:30 – 19:30 GMT, Zoom The Romance Reading Group’s March session is welcoming spring with the popular f/f romance Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake. Filled with some of our favourite romance tropes (childhood crush, small town setting, bookstore!), this is a queer romance novel that we would love to … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – March Session: Ashley Herring Blake’s Delilah Green Doesn’t Care”
Monday 26th February, 18:30-19:30 GMT, Zoom The Romance Reading Group’s second session in 2024 focuses on another hit from last year: We might be late to the party, but at least we’re going! And by “party,” we mean the BookTok sensation Fourth Wing(hyperlink) by Rebecca Yarros, and by “going” we mean a nerdy get together … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – February Session: Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing”
The Romance Reading Group would like to welcome 2024 with a film that marked (for better or for worse) 2023: To light up the dark, cold January nights, join us on January 29th for a session on Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. What kind of budget and infernal agreements does this movie have to turn everything pink, … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – January session: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie”
It’s that time of the year! The Romance Reading Group would like to say goodbye to 2023 with our Christmas Special: Join us on December 12th for a session on Dash & Lily (‘s Book of Dares), a Netflix series based on the novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. (There are two links above, … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – December session: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares”
Tuesday 28 November at 6:30 pm BST, Zoom Autumn and winter symbolize death and the hope for the renewal to come in spring. In this spirit (and with a bit of an imaginative stretch)… Join us on the 28th November for our Romance Reading Group session on Akwaeke Emezi’s novel You Made a Fool of … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – November session: Akwaeke Emezi’s You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty”
Join us on the 14th June for our Romance Reading Group session on Emily Henry’s People We Meet on Vacation (aka You and Me on Vacation). I bet you’re thinking “this sounds like a book club session” Yes! It is! Are you as excited as we are? So grab a copy from your local library, RSVP to our event, and join … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Emily Henry’s ‘Vacation’ Romance”
Disney has recently released its own romance novel series “Meant to Be,” with modern retellings of Cinderella, Belle and Ariel (forthcoming). What an excellent opportunity to discuss 100 years of Disney influence on romance! What do you anticipate the (hideous ?) progeny of such a coupling to be? Join us for the next Romance Reading … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Disney Romance”
