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248. Our Live Show at RT Part I: Robin Bradford and Janna MacGregor

It’s our live show, recorded Friday, May 5, 2017, at the Romantic Times BookLovers Convention in Atlanta! We had wine, snacks, and a room full of somewhat tired and entirely awesome podcast fans, and I’m so excited to share the audio with you! We start with a conversation with Robin Bradford, known on Twitter as @Tuphlos, and we talk about trends we hear about and trends she witnesses as a librarian. We also discuss types of swag, compose our perfect catnip book, and take recommendation requests. Then I introduce a friend of mine, Janna McGregor, the debut author of The Bad Luck Bride, which came out the Tuesday of RT, May 2. Funny enough, when she came up for a quick Q&A, one of the readers in the audience had already read her book and recommended it to everyone.

Massive, bountiful thanks to our Patreon supporters, without whom this would not have been possible.

Thanks to Beth, who brought an entire bottle of wine because she is noble and makes wonderful choices.

Thanks to Mel, Erin, Elizabeth, and everyone else who helped me with the technical setup.

Thanks to Robin Bradford, Janna MacGregor, Amanda, Carrie, Elyse and RedHeadedGirl.

Thanks to everyone who came to the show and made it so much fun.

And most of all, thank you for listening, for subscribing, leaving a review, telling a friend, or checking out our Patreon page. You’re the reason I’m still doing this. So thank you.

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This podcast transcript was handcrafted with meticulous skill by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks.

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  1. Cat C says:

    I have to jump in before even finishing this podcast to say HUZZAH for librarian romances! There are two charming contemporary series I’ve been reading–Lovestruck Librarians by Olivia Dade is almost over (sad, but that means there’s a bunch of books available!), and depicts small-ish town community as well as casual diversity. And the first book (novella) Broken Resolutions features stuck-in-the-snow too, haha. And Sarah Title is starting a Librarians in Love romantic comedy series. Disclaimer that I know her personally and really like her. But The Undateable is hilarious (the librarian accidentally goes viral as a grumpy librarian meme!) AND speaking of more catnip, the next one coming out next month features a male librarian! (Falling for Trouble)

  2. Arethusa says:

    Male librarians! That’s what I want. Male nerds in general. Is there a rec thread for male nerd romances? I’ll need to search for it.

    I absolutely loved this podcast. It felt so short. You all sounded wonderful. I have ten Amazon pages open and my budget is already crying in anticipation.

  3. Nancy C says:

    I’m only part-way through the podcast, but I wanted to say yay for all of it so far! I follow Robin on Twitter (I’m also a librarian), and was cheering in my car on the way to work as I listened.

    Also, I have a copy of the Amish Vampires in Space cover at my desk at work. Seriously, not joking. Our Americorps VISTA volunteer last summer gave it to me after I got her to read Hedging His Bets (hedgehog shifter–again, not joking).

    Can’t wait to finish listening on my way home tonight, and I’m praying for the day I get to attend RT for myself and meet some of you lovely folks in person!

  4. Robert says:

    Looks like I’m not alone with my library (and bookstore) romance kick, having recently started a library job and wanting to read books in my new setting! Recently asked Twitter to help me with some recs for a list on my blog (and to overload my TBR obviously). Got a good list, but not big enough for my liking 😉

    Just put The Undateable on my TBR. In the middle of Broken Resolutions right now, so I’m trusting your rec of Sara Title, Cat, lol.

    Any chance there’s a list on the site with some more books to check out? Or anyone know of a list somewhere else? Goodreads overwhelms me with their lists. I already tried on there.

  5. Thuy says:

    This episode was so great!!! So many book recommendations. Listening to the comedy romance recommendations, made me think of “Walk of Shame” by Lauren Layne. Its hilarious. Look up all the book recommendation from above!!

  6. Cristie says:

    Loved this podcast so much! Any chance you guys want to post the second half a little early? I mean it is a long weekend..;)

  7. SQ says:

    @Arethusa I’ve totally read a contemporary with a male librarian, but I can’t remember what it was. I could submit a HaBO, but it would essentially say, there’s a male librarian! If I remember, he was new to town too.

    Also, another librarian romance I’d recommend – Looking for Trouble by Victoria Dahl.

    I read most of the Lovestruck Librarian series after hearing about Driven to Distraction on a recent SBTB podcast, but I’ve found them to be hit or miss.

  8. SQ says:

    @Arethusa I figured it out! A great male librarian read is Taking the Heat
    by Victoria Dahl. It’s the last book in the same series as Looking for Trouble.

  9. Kareni says:

    What a fun show! And thanks for the transcript, Garlic Knitter.

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