Welcome back! March is coming to a close. Here’s what we’re reading right now:
Lara: I’ve just started The Luckiest Lady in London by Sherry Thomas from 2013! It’s my first historical romance of hers so I’m excited for it. So far I’m enjoying it but I’m only one chapter in!
Claudia: I just finished A Most Worthy Husband by Faye Delacour ( A | BN | K | AB ) and really liked it, except the ending felt very rushed. Great working-class hero.
Sarah: I am reading Here for All the Reasons: Why we Watch the Bachelor, ( A | BN | K | AB ) an anthology edited by Ilana Masad, and Stevie K Seibert Desjarlais
It’s a terrific collection of critical essays that examine the culture and fandom of the Bachelor franchise and it could not arrive at a more appropriate time.
One essay by Jeanna Kadlec examines the way the franchise is Evangelical coded and “peddles conservative fantasy.” And she wrote something I cannot stop thinking about: “The contestants are in an open relationship with the lead while professing traditional values.”
Amanda: I’m reading Binding the Baron by Charlie Lane. It’s historical fantasy and I recent featured it in the After Dark Sunday Sales because it was FREE! I’m enjoying it so far but it does have a sexist and classist magical structure.
Whatcha reading? Let us know in the comments!