Greetings and salutations, romantics! In this week's episode, we'll consider our favorite royalty romance tropes and sing the praises of the modern princess. Plus, more about Black-owned bookstores, current reads, and Shandy's lakeside cabin HEA. Sadly, we lost the audio on our recap of the book club discussion of Bringing Down the Duke -- but never fear, we'll regroup and recap next time!
For readalikes, book lists, and antiracism resources, to learn more about attending a book club meeting, or just to chat with us about romance, find us here: https://www.ci.oswego.or.us/library/online-bookish-affair or email us directly at ssedell@lakeoswego.city or sdickinson@lakeoswego.city.
You can also find us on Instagram at @theknitterlybookworm and @shandybeereads! (Disclaimer: these are our personal bookstagram accounts and the opinions espoused on those accounts do not necessarily reflect the views of LOPL.)
Books mentioned in this episode:
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole
A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole
His Defiant Princess by Nana Prah
The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert
How To Catch A Queen by Alyssa Cole
The Princess and the Rogue by Kate Bateman
His Inherited Princess by Empi Baryeh
His Captive Princess by Kiru Taye
A Cowboy To Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon
If The Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon
A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole
40-Love by Olivia Dade
Desire and the Deep Blue Sea by Olivia Dade
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
A House Is A Body by Shruti Swamy
Rebel by Beverly Jenkins
Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Spice and Secrets by Suleikha Snyder
Bookstores mentioned in this episode:
Reparations Club: https://rep.club/
Eso Won Books: https://www.esowonbookstore.com/
The Ripped Bodice: https://www.therippedbodicela.com/
