Category: Romance Reading Group

For us, it is always a season of joy. But we’re keeping with our Romance Reading Group December tradition of a Holiday movie to finish off the year. Join us on Monday 8th December online at 6pm UK time to discuss Single All the Way (2021) starring Michael Urie and Philemon Chambers (available on Netflix).  I’m … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – December 2025 Session: Single All the Way (2021)”

Happy October! As the nights draw in, it feels like the perfect time to turn up the heat – and what better way than with Triple Sec by TJ Alexander, a ‘fresh and sizzling polyamorous rom-com’. Recommended by one of our members (who clearly knows our taste), we’ll be asking questions such as: What new … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – October 2025 Session: TJ Alexander’s Triple Sec (2024)”

Romance Reading Group is back! Monday 29th September, 6:00-7:00pm (London Time), Google Meet We’re kicking off the new academic year with Laura Steven’s Our Infinite Fates (2025). Originally scheduled for May, it’s the perfect book to start fresh, with no end-of-year (well, maybe just a little start-of-the-year…) rush this time! Even if you haven’t read … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – September 2025 Session: Laura Steven’s Our Infinite Fates (2025)”

Monday 7th April, 6:30-7:30pm (London Time), Zoom Sign up via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/colleen-hoovers-it-ends-with-us-2016 [Read this paragraph with a deep cinematic voice, like in Hollywood movie trailers from the 00’s]  It has been a bestseller.  It has been turned into a movie.  It has been the excuse for young people to cry on TikTok. But it has not … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – April 2025 Session: It Ends with Us”

Monday 3rd March, 6:30-7:30pm (London Time), Zoom Sign up via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/love-is-blind Happy New Year! Yes, we’re a bit late but we were hibernating (aka snowed under with work and study) and we’re now renewed and ready for our first 2025 session coming up on 3rd of March at 6.30 (London Time)! Our RRG session focus … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – March 2025 Session: Love is Blind”

Monday 9th December 2024, 6-7pm GMT, Zoom Sign up via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/christmas-romance-special-hot-frosty Happy December! Are you ready for some Christmas cringe cheer? Well, Cathy (Lacey Chabert) was not ready either when a snowman came to life in Hot Frosty (2024). Yes, this is, in fact, the title of the movie, and we would love to meet the … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – December 2024 Session: Christmas Romance Special: Hot Frosty”

Monday 25th November 2024, 6-7pm GMT, Zoom Sign up via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/alyssa-coles-the-a-i-who-loved-me-1 We’ve been amiss in this reading group, we’ve been negligent, we’ve been slack: we have not once included a sci-fi romance or a romance originally published as an audiobook… or a romance written by the magnificent Alyssa Cole. So we fed these parameters to … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – November 2024 Session: Alyssa Cole’s The A.I. Who Loved Me”

Monday 28th October 2024, 6-7pm GMT, Zoom Sign up via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/bolu-babalolas-love-in-colour It’s that time of the year when excited students fill every available space, IKEA becomes a legit destination, everything comes out in “pumpkin spice” flavor, and the first Christmas ad pops up (it’s too early!). If only we could move beyond cliches, you muse… Well, … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group – October 2024 Session: Bolu Babalola’s Love in Colour”

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”