1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:01,700 Bridget: Well, hello everyone. 2 00:00:01,700 --> 00:00:03,990 And welcome to romance at a glance. 3 00:00:04,030 --> 00:00:05,239 Rag on romance. 4 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:08,039 I'm your host Bridget and with me is my co host, Shani. 5 00:00:08,340 --> 00:00:09,069 Hi, Shani. 6 00:00:09,179 --> 00:00:10,359 Shani: Hi, Bridget. 7 00:00:10,389 --> 00:00:11,500 How you doing today? 8 00:00:11,559 --> 00:00:13,369 Bridget: Am doing very well, Shani. 9 00:00:13,429 --> 00:00:18,769 I got so much book mail this week and I'm very excited about it. 10 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:20,860 Um, Shani, I got many things. 11 00:00:20,970 --> 00:00:22,070 I got many, many things. 12 00:00:22,610 --> 00:00:27,810 I got out of the woods by Hannah Bonham Young, which is 13 00:00:27,810 --> 00:00:29,459 coming out or just came out. 14 00:00:29,775 --> 00:00:31,794 Rather, by the time this episode comes out. 15 00:00:32,194 --> 00:00:35,345 Uh, so I want to thank you, Del, for sending that to me. 16 00:00:35,444 --> 00:00:38,584 Also from Del, I got Flirting with Disaster by Nayani Kumar. 17 00:00:38,985 --> 00:00:40,854 I'm super excited about reading both of those. 18 00:00:40,864 --> 00:00:42,224 They're on my TBR for this week. 19 00:00:42,244 --> 00:00:46,054 Also coming out this, at the beginning of this week, which just happened, is 20 00:00:46,054 --> 00:00:47,684 called It's a Love Skate Relationship. 21 00:00:48,114 --> 00:00:49,984 Um, look how cute this cover is. 22 00:00:49,985 --> 00:00:52,504 Is that not the cutest little cover in the entire world? 23 00:00:52,505 --> 00:00:53,128 It's super cute. 24 00:00:53,128 --> 00:00:58,185 Um, it's a. It's about a figure skater and a hockey player, and they 25 00:00:58,185 --> 00:01:01,994 are both, you know, kind of enemies to lovers, sizzling chemistry. 26 00:01:02,035 --> 00:01:05,334 It's also a sapphic romance, which I enjoy the fact that it's enemies 27 00:01:05,334 --> 00:01:06,845 to lovers, but they're both, 28 00:01:08,454 --> 00:01:09,045 so she's, 29 00:01:09,645 --> 00:01:11,695 she's a hockey player and she's a figure skater. 30 00:01:11,725 --> 00:01:12,994 So I'm excited about that one. 31 00:01:13,230 --> 00:01:13,690 Okay. 32 00:01:13,790 --> 00:01:14,190 So yeah. 33 00:01:14,790 --> 00:01:17,300 And then also I got more books, but I'll tell you about them in a little bit, 34 00:01:17,460 --> 00:01:21,250 but those three, I'm very excited about and congrats everyone on your pub week. 35 00:01:21,260 --> 00:01:23,029 Cause they all came out this week or last week. 36 00:01:23,419 --> 00:01:24,159 Shani: Fantastic. 37 00:01:24,320 --> 00:01:24,680 All right. 38 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:25,900 Well, you want to get this shit popping? 39 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:32,480 Bridget: Shani, I would love nothing more than to get the shit popping with you. 40 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,235 Romance at a 41 00:01:34,235 --> 00:01:34,821 Shani (3): glance. 42 00:01:34,821 --> 00:01:35,991 Uh huh. 43 00:01:35,991 --> 00:01:38,332 Romance at a glance. 44 00:01:38,332 --> 00:01:40,673 What'd you say there? 45 00:01:40,673 --> 00:01:41,844 Romance at 46 00:01:41,844 --> 00:01:43,014 Shani: a glance. 47 00:01:43,014 --> 00:01:48,979 Go You know, Bridget, it is colder than a witch's teat in my house right now. 48 00:01:51,250 --> 00:01:52,630 It's so funny because you live in L. A. 49 00:01:52,830 --> 00:01:55,149 Bridget: and people would think that your house would get cold, but it does. 50 00:01:55,150 --> 00:01:55,929 I 51 00:01:55,930 --> 00:01:58,300 Shani: try to tell people L. A. gets like super duper cold 52 00:01:58,319 --> 00:01:59,610 and I live in a warehouse. 53 00:01:59,739 --> 00:02:01,449 So there is absolutely no climate control. 54 00:02:01,449 --> 00:02:03,539 So in the summer it's like a million degrees and in the 55 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:05,080 winter it's like zero degrees. 56 00:02:05,100 --> 00:02:08,070 Me and the dog are cuddled up together here trying to get some warmth. 57 00:02:08,550 --> 00:02:09,000 Okay. 58 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:12,260 And if it wasn't for my beautiful new bundle of magic money 59 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:14,239 and my nighttime sleep shot. 60 00:02:15,065 --> 00:02:20,475 I don't think I would be able to fall asleep because it is so fricking cold. 61 00:02:20,555 --> 00:02:22,035 I am shivering. 62 00:02:23,465 --> 00:02:26,495 And last night I passed out so hard. 63 00:02:26,495 --> 00:02:29,154 It was beautiful. 64 00:02:29,905 --> 00:02:31,804 Bridget: I mean, you got to get that sleep to get that mental 65 00:02:31,804 --> 00:02:32,935 clarity is what I'm saying. 66 00:02:33,455 --> 00:02:37,805 I have been, as you know, sleeping by myself for the 67 00:02:37,805 --> 00:02:39,685 first time in over a decade. 68 00:02:40,375 --> 00:02:44,395 Every night for the last three weeks, um, I told my husband, I 69 00:02:44,395 --> 00:02:45,445 was like, got to fix the cracks. 70 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:47,310 And I have been sleeping alone. 71 00:02:47,590 --> 00:02:50,460 I told my kids, if you have a problem in the night, go find your dad. 72 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,660 And it has been great, Shani. 73 00:02:53,679 --> 00:02:55,390 I feel so rested. 74 00:02:55,689 --> 00:02:56,820 Take my sleep shot at night. 75 00:02:57,130 --> 00:02:58,599 Take my morning shot in the morning. 76 00:02:58,970 --> 00:03:02,379 And right now, I am just working on that whole mental health 77 00:03:02,379 --> 00:03:03,879 kick, regular health kick. 78 00:03:04,450 --> 00:03:07,440 To this podcast, I brought my kombucha, my coffee. 79 00:03:07,829 --> 00:03:11,040 Uh, and an entire giant green smoothie. 80 00:03:11,099 --> 00:03:13,379 So I am just hitting it all now, friends. 81 00:03:13,489 --> 00:03:14,189 It feels great. 82 00:03:15,029 --> 00:03:15,779 Shani (4): Living the dream. 83 00:03:15,829 --> 00:03:16,429 That's a wealth. 84 00:03:16,659 --> 00:03:17,049 I love this. 85 00:03:17,079 --> 00:03:17,469 Yes. 86 00:03:17,559 --> 00:03:19,969 Also, I really love that you said the kids to go wake up 87 00:03:19,969 --> 00:03:22,059 their daddy, because, like, hmm. 88 00:03:22,060 --> 00:03:23,450 Bridget: What the heck? 89 00:03:23,779 --> 00:03:25,999 I've been waking up for years. 90 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:27,779 It's not my You're like, I'm not the default parent. 91 00:03:28,359 --> 00:03:28,839 Yeah. 92 00:03:28,980 --> 00:03:29,780 Not at night. 93 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:31,049 Mama needs sleep. 94 00:03:31,090 --> 00:03:31,540 Okay. 95 00:03:32,109 --> 00:03:32,620 Not at night. 96 00:03:34,250 --> 00:03:35,290 Shani (4): 23 chromosomes. 97 00:03:35,970 --> 00:03:36,990 Bridget: Yeah, exactly. 98 00:03:38,060 --> 00:03:43,350 If you guys want to get your mental wealth in check and do the mental 99 00:03:43,350 --> 00:03:46,950 wealth challenge with magic mind, you can use our code magic mind. 100 00:03:47,170 --> 00:03:53,009 com forward slash romance, jam, J A N romance, Jan. And of course we 101 00:03:53,009 --> 00:03:57,005 will drop the link in the description and it will give you a. 45 percent 102 00:03:57,035 --> 00:04:03,705 off of a bundle of the morning, daytime and the evening, nighttime. 103 00:04:03,825 --> 00:04:04,125 Sure. 104 00:04:05,224 --> 00:04:07,075 So if you want to get that, you can go to magicmind. 105 00:04:07,075 --> 00:04:08,705 com forward slash romance. 106 00:04:10,810 --> 00:04:13,720 Shani, let me tell you, uh, before I tell you about all the rest of the 107 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:17,569 books that I got sent in the mail by publishers, uh, let me tell you a little 108 00:04:17,569 --> 00:04:19,749 bit about, uh, a few books that I read. 109 00:04:20,769 --> 00:04:21,140 Shani (2): Tell me. 110 00:04:21,349 --> 00:04:25,080 I'm so excited because you read so much more than me and my January has 111 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:26,610 been a little bit of a hellscape. 112 00:04:26,889 --> 00:04:28,400 So I want to look through you, 113 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:33,040 Bridget: um, well, you guys, last time I told you that I was going to read Gwen 114 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:39,390 and Art are not in love, uh, which is like descendants of King Arthur and Guinevere. 115 00:04:39,840 --> 00:04:43,540 Are supposed to get married, but then he falls in love with her brother and 116 00:04:43,540 --> 00:04:45,140 she falls in love with this lady night. 117 00:04:45,780 --> 00:04:50,380 And I thought the cover was so cute and I thought that I was going to 118 00:04:50,380 --> 00:04:52,189 love it so much and I DNF'd it. 119 00:04:52,509 --> 00:04:57,100 And my goal this year, dear listeners, cause you know, I struggle to DNF cause 120 00:04:57,100 --> 00:04:58,069 I always want to know what happens. 121 00:04:58,340 --> 00:05:00,350 My goal this year is to just get out. 122 00:05:00,675 --> 00:05:03,735 Just dnf that shit and move right the fuck along. 123 00:05:04,125 --> 00:05:05,265 So I dnf this book. 124 00:05:05,265 --> 00:05:05,895 I'm very sad. 125 00:05:05,895 --> 00:05:08,925 I think for other people, this book might, well, might work really well. 126 00:05:09,525 --> 00:05:12,045 Um, I did not really like the Arthur character. 127 00:05:12,135 --> 00:05:13,995 I thought I, I thought she was okay. 128 00:05:14,205 --> 00:05:16,275 She wasn't my favorite kind of mc, but I thought she was okay. 129 00:05:16,575 --> 00:05:18,615 But the Arthur character did not really work for me. 130 00:05:18,945 --> 00:05:20,205 Um, and so I was like, you know. 131 00:05:21,095 --> 00:05:21,685 Let's DNF. 132 00:05:22,545 --> 00:05:28,235 Ah, a book that I should have DNF'd Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yaros. 133 00:05:28,594 --> 00:05:30,295 Guys, I was really excited about this book. 134 00:05:30,355 --> 00:05:30,765 Okay. 135 00:05:31,284 --> 00:05:32,305 I was very excited. 136 00:05:32,325 --> 00:05:35,925 I loved book one, Fourth Wing. 137 00:05:35,935 --> 00:05:36,765 Shani has not read it. 138 00:05:36,775 --> 00:05:38,664 So I'm just going to tell you guys about it like you've read it. 139 00:05:39,054 --> 00:05:41,164 Um, it is fantasy. 140 00:05:41,384 --> 00:05:42,734 It's very violent. 141 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:44,960 Uh, very sexual. 142 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:51,200 She's uh, she is a romance author and this was like her first big fantasy. 143 00:05:51,260 --> 00:05:51,680 It's good. 144 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:52,170 It's fast. 145 00:05:52,210 --> 00:05:56,000 It moves like the stakes are high in a way that I feel like a lot of things 146 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,630 aren't high where they're like, it's a dangerous world and everyone survives. 147 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,990 Like in that book, everyone does not survive. 148 00:06:00,999 --> 00:06:02,590 People are dropping like flies. 149 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,870 Um, and it was great. 150 00:06:05,130 --> 00:06:08,700 The second book slogged a bit for me. 151 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:12,650 Um, There were parts of it where I was like, do we care about this? 152 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:13,400 Is this information? 153 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:14,200 Like who gives a fuck? 154 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:16,250 Like this was not introduced in the first book. 155 00:06:16,250 --> 00:06:17,300 So why do we care now? 156 00:06:17,650 --> 00:06:21,240 This third book I thought was the finale of the trilogy. 157 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:25,680 I thought we were going to close out the main MC's arc and her journey. 158 00:06:26,490 --> 00:06:29,519 She was supposed to be a scribe and then they made her into a dragon rider. 159 00:06:29,530 --> 00:06:30,784 Everyone thought she would die. 160 00:06:31,355 --> 00:06:32,745 And she's kept on surviving. 161 00:06:33,995 --> 00:06:35,585 I thought this was going to be the finale. 162 00:06:35,625 --> 00:06:37,685 I got halfway through this book and I was like, God damn it. 163 00:06:37,685 --> 00:06:39,745 There is no way they're going to be able to wrap this shit up. 164 00:06:39,755 --> 00:06:40,835 They're dragging it out. 165 00:06:40,844 --> 00:06:42,835 It turns out now it's going to be five books. 166 00:06:42,885 --> 00:06:43,925 It should have been a trilogy. 167 00:06:44,425 --> 00:06:48,924 I think if they had made it a trilogy, I think I would have really liked this book. 168 00:06:48,965 --> 00:06:54,265 However, you would have literally killed yourself because it 169 00:06:54,295 --> 00:06:55,705 was, let me tell you why. 170 00:06:55,765 --> 00:06:58,745 It was a book where the author or the author, the main 171 00:06:58,745 --> 00:07:00,365 character kept being like. 172 00:07:01,510 --> 00:07:04,990 But you don't trust me with all your secrets, but you don't trust me with 173 00:07:04,990 --> 00:07:09,240 all your shi for like hundreds of pages And he's like well, I can't 174 00:07:09,250 --> 00:07:14,430 because I'm a general and a king of this army And so you're gonna have to 175 00:07:14,430 --> 00:07:18,115 just deal with that In the same way that I trust you are doing things that 176 00:07:18,115 --> 00:07:19,385 aren't going to hurt me behind my back. 177 00:07:20,055 --> 00:07:21,675 Uh, and she keeps so many secrets from him. 178 00:07:21,675 --> 00:07:23,645 It's so hypocritical and I hate it so much. 179 00:07:24,255 --> 00:07:26,595 And then they're just like, Oh, we can't be together. 180 00:07:26,625 --> 00:07:30,465 Oh, I just want to like bang your hot body, but like not exploring the 181 00:07:30,465 --> 00:07:32,455 vulnerability of the relationship enough. 182 00:07:33,154 --> 00:07:37,355 And then also they take like a 200 journey, 200 page 183 00:07:37,355 --> 00:07:40,375 journey that does not matter. 184 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:42,140 And makes no sense. 185 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:46,350 The cultures that they introduce, A. They don't spend enough time for you to 186 00:07:46,350 --> 00:07:48,220 really, like, be immersed in it and care. 187 00:07:48,570 --> 00:07:50,100 But also, I'm like, 188 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,830 this would have been, like, future books. 189 00:07:53,859 --> 00:07:57,050 Had you tied up the trilogy, these cultures could have been, you could, like, 190 00:07:57,050 --> 00:07:59,919 sprinkle them in a little, I guess, but, like, this would have been future books. 191 00:07:59,919 --> 00:08:01,030 Oh, we're going to the islands. 192 00:08:01,089 --> 00:08:01,939 Future characters. 193 00:08:01,950 --> 00:08:02,480 Future books. 194 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:03,300 Future problems. 195 00:08:04,010 --> 00:08:04,360 Okay? 196 00:08:04,700 --> 00:08:06,340 The central problem is not on the islands. 197 00:08:06,340 --> 00:08:07,810 The central problem is over here. 198 00:08:08,070 --> 00:08:11,149 We need to go back over here, where our friends are dropping, like, flies. 199 00:08:12,340 --> 00:08:13,210 I was so mad. 200 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,690 the end of the second, the end of the second book had such a good cliffhanger. 201 00:08:18,470 --> 00:08:23,560 Um, and I was very disappointed. 202 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,270 I don't even think I'm gonna read books four and five, 203 00:08:25,930 --> 00:08:28,030 um, which I'm very sad about. 204 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,049 Shani: Well, that book is so thick, so like it's a long it's 205 00:08:32,049 --> 00:08:33,370 also, yeah, it's not a short book. 206 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,829 It's 515 pages. 207 00:08:36,069 --> 00:08:37,030 Small margins. 208 00:08:37,270 --> 00:08:37,329 Bridget: Yeah. 209 00:08:37,329 --> 00:08:38,409 How small those margins are. 210 00:08:38,500 --> 00:08:38,860 Shani: Yeah. 211 00:08:38,860 --> 00:08:39,669 The, it's a long book. 212 00:08:39,939 --> 00:08:42,069 That book, that book is too big to be. 213 00:08:43,409 --> 00:08:44,620 That book is too big to be bad. 214 00:08:44,660 --> 00:08:47,550 Like, you can't keep reading if they didn't get you 215 00:08:47,550 --> 00:08:49,030 already with that many pages. 216 00:08:49,230 --> 00:08:49,920 Correct. 217 00:08:49,990 --> 00:08:50,860 Bridget: Well, and I'm very sad. 218 00:08:50,900 --> 00:08:54,470 And I will continue to recommend that people read the first book and 219 00:08:54,470 --> 00:08:55,660 then just not read anything else. 220 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:57,709 I mean, just read the first book. 221 00:08:57,729 --> 00:08:58,259 Enjoy it. 222 00:08:58,290 --> 00:09:02,679 And just, even though it doesn't end on like a conclusion, just let your mind 223 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,689 take you where you want to go and just. 224 00:09:05,455 --> 00:09:07,465 Or maybe read the second book and then just be done. 225 00:09:07,854 --> 00:09:08,535 Just be done with it. 226 00:09:08,785 --> 00:09:11,954 Shani (2): Well, the funny thing is you could probably these books sometimes do 227 00:09:11,954 --> 00:09:15,714 the, you know, the and then and then and then and then, and I bet you, if you read 228 00:09:15,714 --> 00:09:19,685 the first book and then read the last book, book five, you'll probably be fine. 229 00:09:20,045 --> 00:09:21,844 Like if you just skip the whole middle section, 230 00:09:22,274 --> 00:09:24,194 Bridget: especially all the wishy washy of their relationship, 231 00:09:24,534 --> 00:09:26,264 like move the fuck on for sure. 232 00:09:26,265 --> 00:09:27,184 Yeah. 233 00:09:27,185 --> 00:09:27,874 It makes no sense. 234 00:09:28,685 --> 00:09:30,414 Like he was willing to literally do anything. 235 00:09:30,414 --> 00:09:32,224 I'm not going to spoil it for everyone who hasn't read it yet, but he was like 236 00:09:32,234 --> 00:09:33,974 literally willing to do anything for her. 237 00:09:34,705 --> 00:09:35,495 including 238 00:09:37,615 --> 00:09:38,285 some things. 239 00:09:38,615 --> 00:09:43,935 And I don't want to spoil it, but I will say it was silly. 240 00:09:44,055 --> 00:09:48,075 One book I do want to hype up because I am very excited about it is Tracy Dion. 241 00:09:48,165 --> 00:09:53,695 And I feel that everyone should be as excited for Tracy's upcoming book 242 00:09:53,764 --> 00:09:58,025 Oathbound, which is book three in the legend born cycle as they were for this 243 00:09:58,025 --> 00:10:05,665 book, because it is also about a Like, sort of coming of age in, they're both in 244 00:10:05,665 --> 00:10:07,175 their like early twenties in the books. 245 00:10:07,724 --> 00:10:13,074 Um, there's a lot of magic and or magical elements, uh, 246 00:10:14,014 --> 00:10:16,365 books one and two were awesome. 247 00:10:16,415 --> 00:10:19,274 If you have not read them yet and you like fantasy, fantasy 248 00:10:19,275 --> 00:10:22,504 romance, um, she is younger. 249 00:10:22,504 --> 00:10:26,084 I mean, she's like 20 years, 18, 19, 18, 19, 20, something like 250 00:10:26,084 --> 00:10:27,994 that, um, cause she's in college. 251 00:10:28,420 --> 00:10:32,550 Uh, but they have such a cool lore in this book. 252 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:34,240 She has root magic. 253 00:10:34,290 --> 00:10:35,680 Um, she's African American. 254 00:10:35,860 --> 00:10:41,319 The root magic comes from her ancestrally African and African American side. 255 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,670 And they do root magic, which is different than like the other type of 256 00:10:44,670 --> 00:10:48,720 magic, which is from the fact that she's biracial, comes from the other side. 257 00:10:48,949 --> 00:10:51,230 And most people can like do one or the other. 258 00:10:51,230 --> 00:10:54,270 And one side of course has been like trying to drown out root magic 259 00:10:54,270 --> 00:10:57,379 forever, but root magic is in the roots of, you know, the whole. 260 00:10:57,729 --> 00:10:59,300 Genealogy and can't be crushed. 261 00:10:59,589 --> 00:11:00,849 It is awesome. 262 00:11:00,879 --> 00:11:04,910 So I highly recommend that book three comes out in March. 263 00:11:05,189 --> 00:11:10,239 I am doing my best to get Tracy on the show, uh, TBD, but regardless, 264 00:11:10,239 --> 00:11:12,389 I will tell you all about the book because it is great and you should 265 00:11:12,389 --> 00:11:15,859 read it and you should like it more than onyx storm because it's better 266 00:11:16,650 --> 00:11:17,279 Shani (2): because it's better. 267 00:11:17,729 --> 00:11:17,999 Okay. 268 00:11:18,199 --> 00:11:23,225 So speaking of root magic, I, I giggle about this constantly, as you 269 00:11:23,225 --> 00:11:25,824 know, my former partner moved out. 270 00:11:25,915 --> 00:11:26,275 Right. 271 00:11:26,425 --> 00:11:33,125 But it had been over a year in which I broke up with him and like, because like 272 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:35,475 a finances, we couldn't really move out. 273 00:11:35,645 --> 00:11:35,935 Right. 274 00:11:36,525 --> 00:11:39,114 Um, but there was a certain point where like two different times where 275 00:11:39,114 --> 00:11:40,265 he was like, I'm going to move out. 276 00:11:40,295 --> 00:11:40,865 I think it's better. 277 00:11:40,865 --> 00:11:41,965 We live apart and whatever. 278 00:11:41,965 --> 00:11:42,805 And I was like, yes. 279 00:11:43,139 --> 00:11:47,949 You know, like that, I love that for us, like, let's do that, you know, cause 280 00:11:48,020 --> 00:11:50,989 then you, then you have the chance of being friends or you have the chance of 281 00:11:50,999 --> 00:11:52,509 whatever, you know, things don't get that. 282 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:56,159 And then like, so like, he like didn't move out the first time. 283 00:11:56,229 --> 00:12:00,079 And then the second time he was like, you know, I'm going to move out. 284 00:12:00,099 --> 00:12:03,550 And I was like, yes, you know, and then we're like, we cried, we held 285 00:12:03,550 --> 00:12:06,729 hands, we're like, you know, thanks so much for this experience of life. 286 00:12:07,005 --> 00:12:08,655 But yes, go, whatever. 287 00:12:08,895 --> 00:12:10,085 And then he didn't move out. 288 00:12:10,085 --> 00:12:12,555 It was like, he didn't even say that he was moving out. 289 00:12:12,555 --> 00:12:14,265 Didn't make no plans, nothing. 290 00:12:14,745 --> 00:12:17,994 And so at the start of the new year, I really wanted him out. 291 00:12:18,974 --> 00:12:23,054 So there is this, there is this like root magic spell that 292 00:12:23,054 --> 00:12:25,014 if you take three bay leaves. 293 00:12:25,404 --> 00:12:25,844 Okay. 294 00:12:26,474 --> 00:12:29,064 And three Baileys represents three days. 295 00:12:29,484 --> 00:12:30,814 And I took these three Baileys. 296 00:12:30,814 --> 00:12:31,935 They're still on my door right now. 297 00:12:32,364 --> 00:12:37,064 And I put a magnet and I stuck them to my door and he moved out three days 298 00:12:37,064 --> 00:12:38,814 later and he moved out in three days. 299 00:12:39,175 --> 00:12:39,915 And I was like, 300 00:12:45,774 --> 00:12:46,064 Bridget: magic is real. 301 00:12:46,764 --> 00:12:47,244 You can't tell me different. 302 00:12:47,634 --> 00:12:48,244 Magic is real. 303 00:12:48,244 --> 00:12:49,535 Intentions are real. 304 00:12:49,954 --> 00:12:52,244 I do think putting things in the universe is real. 305 00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:53,825 I do think that that is real for sure. 306 00:12:54,234 --> 00:12:56,964 Um, speaking of feminine rage and wanting to get rid of. 307 00:12:57,655 --> 00:12:59,895 Uh, dudes, another book that I highly recommend that you 308 00:12:59,895 --> 00:13:01,935 read, uh, is called Iron Widow. 309 00:13:02,274 --> 00:13:08,974 Um, it is technically in, like, a YA fantasy space, I guess you would say. 310 00:13:09,334 --> 00:13:14,055 Um, this is another book where, uh, people are dying. 311 00:13:14,415 --> 00:13:16,944 Like, this isn't a, oh, it's a dangerous world and everyone's fine. 312 00:13:16,944 --> 00:13:20,365 This is a, oh, it's a dangerous world and people are getting crushed. 313 00:13:20,744 --> 00:13:24,275 So it's kind of like if you took, like, A whole bunch of ancient 314 00:13:24,305 --> 00:13:31,065 Chinese lore and put it into a sci fi world and then also added in. 315 00:13:31,479 --> 00:13:39,089 Um, kind of a sort of similar thing to the, I don't know if you've 316 00:13:39,089 --> 00:13:42,229 watched the movie by Guillermo del Toro, where they have like the 317 00:13:42,229 --> 00:13:45,819 giant kind of robot things where the people mind blink into the robots. 318 00:13:46,549 --> 00:13:51,189 Um, but it has some elements of that in it and a lot of just 319 00:13:51,189 --> 00:13:55,800 like feminine fury about being. 320 00:13:56,004 --> 00:14:00,784 Held down being treated as less than being abused just because 321 00:14:00,784 --> 00:14:02,694 you're a woman and a girl. 322 00:14:03,015 --> 00:14:04,694 Um, and I'm reading the second book right now. 323 00:14:04,694 --> 00:14:05,834 I just reread the first book. 324 00:14:05,834 --> 00:14:08,665 So it's been a while since the first book was published and 325 00:14:08,775 --> 00:14:10,944 I'm now reading the second book, which is called Heavenly Tyrant. 326 00:14:11,344 --> 00:14:12,644 Uh, the first book is incredible. 327 00:14:12,644 --> 00:14:13,155 Five stars. 328 00:14:13,484 --> 00:14:16,805 And the second book, uh, I'm only like maybe a quarter of the way 329 00:14:16,805 --> 00:14:17,944 through or a third of the way through. 330 00:14:18,265 --> 00:14:19,635 Um, and I'm loving it so far. 331 00:14:19,635 --> 00:14:20,655 So I highly recommend that. 332 00:14:21,005 --> 00:14:22,775 Shani: Wait, is this, uh, the author is 333 00:14:22,775 --> 00:14:23,435 like Chinese. 334 00:14:24,159 --> 00:14:24,499 Bridget: Yeah. 335 00:14:24,549 --> 00:14:25,599 Her last name is Zao. 336 00:14:25,599 --> 00:14:27,719 Z H A O. Is it 337 00:14:27,719 --> 00:14:28,479 Shani (2): polyamorous? 338 00:14:28,759 --> 00:14:28,969 Bridget: Yeah. 339 00:14:28,969 --> 00:14:29,979 It's polyamorous. 340 00:14:30,389 --> 00:14:31,489 Why choose? 341 00:14:31,529 --> 00:14:35,759 They have a really good TikTok and Instagram, um, and it's 342 00:14:35,759 --> 00:14:37,269 definitely worth checking out. 343 00:14:37,289 --> 00:14:38,479 And also the book is awesome. 344 00:14:38,539 --> 00:14:40,509 Shani (2): Cause you said Iron Widow and You would like it. 345 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:41,549 They probably have an audiobook. 346 00:14:41,619 --> 00:14:42,529 You should listen to it. 347 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:43,770 I've been meaning. 348 00:14:44,375 --> 00:14:45,635 I honestly been meaning to. 349 00:14:45,694 --> 00:14:49,185 I just feel like my body has been in like fight or flight for so long that like I 350 00:14:49,215 --> 00:14:52,484 didn't, I've just been just surviving. 351 00:14:53,935 --> 00:14:58,584 But like, I'm feeling like I'm starting to hit my thrive, my 352 00:14:58,584 --> 00:14:59,764 thrive era, which is great. 353 00:15:00,055 --> 00:15:00,704 Come back. 354 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:01,579 Shani: Come back 355 00:15:01,579 --> 00:15:02,030 Shani (2): to us. 356 00:15:02,030 --> 00:15:04,649 But yeah, actually, I think I might buy that one right now while we're talking. 357 00:15:06,379 --> 00:15:09,419 Bridget: Uh, well, I also have some very exciting updates for our 358 00:15:09,430 --> 00:15:11,190 podcast and things that are upcoming. 359 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,290 Um, we are going to be chatting with Amanda, who's the founder of 360 00:15:15,290 --> 00:15:19,670 the last chapter bookstore, which is a romance bookstore in Chicago. 361 00:15:20,030 --> 00:15:23,109 Uh, chatting about like how to start your own brick and mortar, why she 362 00:15:23,109 --> 00:15:24,410 started her own brick and mortar. 363 00:15:24,605 --> 00:15:29,214 Romance bookstore, how it's going, you know, favorite things, uh, any 364 00:15:29,214 --> 00:15:30,834 like cool events she has coming up. 365 00:15:30,964 --> 00:15:32,584 Um, so I'm excited about that. 366 00:15:33,035 --> 00:15:37,335 And Trey from Instagram, her Instagram is xo. 367 00:15:37,575 --> 00:15:41,444 treylee is coming and we are going to review. 368 00:15:41,969 --> 00:15:45,209 I got abducted by aliens, and now I'm trapped in a rom com, which 369 00:15:45,209 --> 00:15:47,400 is Kimberly Lemmings latest book. 370 00:15:47,699 --> 00:15:51,579 Uh, so I'm super excited about that, and thanks for Berkeley for sending me a copy. 371 00:15:52,039 --> 00:15:56,560 Um, that's all gonna be in February, and then in March, I'm 372 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:57,920 gonna tease out a little further. 373 00:15:57,930 --> 00:16:01,150 In March, remember last episode, I was talking about how I love Lucy Lennox. 374 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:02,840 Of course, you know that, Shani. 375 00:16:02,860 --> 00:16:03,290 Shani (2): Yes. 376 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:08,060 Bridget: And she's gonna return for interview number two in March 377 00:16:08,060 --> 00:16:11,060 to talk about the billionaire brotherhood series and just catch 378 00:16:11,060 --> 00:16:12,399 up with all things Lucy Lennox. 379 00:16:12,750 --> 00:16:14,699 Also, Shani, she missed my email. 380 00:16:14,699 --> 00:16:15,590 And do you want to know why? 381 00:16:15,630 --> 00:16:16,850 Because it's the cutest reason ever. 382 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:19,789 She was hanging out with May Archer. 383 00:16:19,790 --> 00:16:24,640 And then also another book that I got sent from Ace. 384 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:25,520 Thank you very much. 385 00:16:26,050 --> 00:16:28,949 The Wind Weaver is like the most beautiful cover. 386 00:16:29,275 --> 00:16:33,085 And I'm very excited, uh, and we are going to interview Julie Johnson. 387 00:16:33,540 --> 00:16:34,389 in April. 388 00:16:34,410 --> 00:16:35,749 So that is upcoming. 389 00:16:36,740 --> 00:16:42,390 And, uh, yeah, I'm just like super stoked, super stoked about upcoming things, Shani. 390 00:16:42,850 --> 00:16:45,709 And also my kids keep telling me that I get too much book mail and 391 00:16:45,709 --> 00:16:48,149 I'm like, is there such a thing as too many books in the mail? 392 00:16:48,590 --> 00:16:50,349 Cause I don't think that that's true. 393 00:16:50,350 --> 00:16:50,979 I 394 00:16:50,979 --> 00:16:53,810 Shani (2): can, I can really picture Kira saying that. 395 00:16:55,635 --> 00:16:56,515 Molly like rolls her 396 00:16:56,515 --> 00:16:57,885 Bridget: eyes every time she checks the mail. 397 00:16:57,885 --> 00:16:59,724 She's like, it's another book, mom. 398 00:17:00,614 --> 00:17:03,364 And then of course, like the books are all so pretty and the covers are so cool. 399 00:17:03,364 --> 00:17:05,054 They're like, Ooh, this one has dragons. 400 00:17:05,135 --> 00:17:06,355 Ooh, this one has this. 401 00:17:06,635 --> 00:17:08,095 Ooh, what are those people doing? 402 00:17:08,124 --> 00:17:08,444 So 403 00:17:09,115 --> 00:17:11,425 Shani (2): funniest part of that is like, I remember going to the 404 00:17:11,425 --> 00:17:15,925 library with your kids at one point, they had like this stack of books 405 00:17:15,925 --> 00:17:17,165 that they were trying to take out. 406 00:17:17,395 --> 00:17:18,804 That was like the size of them. 407 00:17:19,194 --> 00:17:19,355 Yeah. 408 00:17:20,415 --> 00:17:23,865 Bridget: Well, when we go to the library, we get like, they get like 409 00:17:23,875 --> 00:17:28,764 20 books and then I get like, like, I don't know, three to five depending on 410 00:17:28,764 --> 00:17:30,114 how many books I'm reading that way. 411 00:17:30,605 --> 00:17:34,830 Um, Yeah, we have an insane, I have to bring two tote bags to 412 00:17:34,830 --> 00:17:36,200 carry all of our books home. 413 00:17:36,730 --> 00:17:41,590 And last, and Kira is like my child because every time she finds a book she 414 00:17:41,590 --> 00:17:45,370 likes, she will go on the little computer and she searched, she knows how to search 415 00:17:45,370 --> 00:17:47,639 the catalog and she'll search the catalog. 416 00:17:47,870 --> 00:17:51,680 And then she writes down the little like, you know, call sign so that she can go 417 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,250 and find it in, you know, by herself. 418 00:17:54,270 --> 00:17:56,600 And then she'll get every single book by that author. 419 00:17:56,970 --> 00:18:00,900 And I'm like, you are my child because I, that's what I do. 420 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:01,940 I'm like, Oh, I love this author. 421 00:18:01,940 --> 00:18:06,900 I will back read their entire catalog and then move on with my day. 422 00:18:06,900 --> 00:18:08,630 So, it's so cute. 423 00:18:09,319 --> 00:18:11,650 And now in the morning, she reads to Molly. 424 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,669 They wake up early and then she reads her books. 425 00:18:13,750 --> 00:18:16,850 It's, it's my crowning achievement. 426 00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:18,580 It's my crowning achievement as a parent. 427 00:18:18,580 --> 00:18:20,110 Shani (2): First of all, it really is though. 428 00:18:20,110 --> 00:18:21,400 It's so cute. 429 00:18:22,190 --> 00:18:25,570 You like unlocked my memory because like, I mean it wasn't locked that 430 00:18:25,570 --> 00:18:26,800 deep but I don't think about it. 431 00:18:26,810 --> 00:18:32,250 Like when I was, when I was a kid my older sister always read to us 432 00:18:32,250 --> 00:18:36,159 like whatever book it was and we had this like Dr. Seuss anthology. 433 00:18:36,299 --> 00:18:41,449 It was like Horton Hears a Who anthology and she would read that whole thing like 434 00:18:41,490 --> 00:18:44,080 cover to cover to us every single day. 435 00:18:44,090 --> 00:18:47,020 Anytime he ran with the book to her and was like, Can you read this? 436 00:18:47,419 --> 00:18:48,760 She would read this to us. 437 00:18:49,159 --> 00:18:51,959 And so like, uh, when we were banned from reading Harry 438 00:18:51,959 --> 00:18:54,269 Potter, um, she was in college. 439 00:18:54,269 --> 00:18:55,129 So she read it. 440 00:18:55,399 --> 00:18:59,610 So I actually knew the story of Harry Potter from her regurgitating 441 00:18:59,620 --> 00:19:03,250 the story to us at night and not actually reading the books. 442 00:19:03,250 --> 00:19:05,919 I didn't read the books until probably like seven years later. 443 00:19:06,290 --> 00:19:08,060 So I love that. 444 00:19:08,060 --> 00:19:10,510 Like older sister just like love. 445 00:19:10,730 --> 00:19:11,080 Good job. 446 00:19:11,850 --> 00:19:12,169 Bridget: Thank you. 447 00:19:12,450 --> 00:19:13,750 I'm raising little readers. 448 00:19:13,930 --> 00:19:16,099 Very proud about it. 449 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:16,600 Feel good. 450 00:19:16,639 --> 00:19:17,659 They love the books. 451 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:22,630 And, uh, and also just, we're in like a routine now where we go every single week 452 00:19:22,630 --> 00:19:24,439 and get like a massive hall of books. 453 00:19:25,109 --> 00:19:28,710 And it's been so fun to sort of reconnect with the library. 454 00:19:28,710 --> 00:19:32,139 Cause I feel like during COVID the LA libraries, especially near me 455 00:19:32,139 --> 00:19:33,450 were shut down for like two years. 456 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,360 And so I just got out of the habit of getting. 457 00:19:36,699 --> 00:19:38,639 I mean, I'm still getting books from the library, but on my 458 00:19:38,639 --> 00:19:40,019 Kindle, not physical books. 459 00:19:40,490 --> 00:19:43,629 And I've been getting all of my books from the library, as many 460 00:19:43,629 --> 00:19:47,530 as they have in physical format, as opposed to digital copies. 461 00:19:47,959 --> 00:19:50,059 And I just like reading physical books. 462 00:19:50,099 --> 00:19:53,519 I mean, I read both and I listen to audio books occasionally, but I 463 00:19:53,519 --> 00:19:56,539 really do prefer like holding it. 464 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,179 And then I can see like how far I am in the book. 465 00:19:59,370 --> 00:20:01,659 And you get to look at the pretty cover every time you see it. 466 00:20:02,479 --> 00:20:06,209 For me, it like scratches a different itch than like flying 467 00:20:06,209 --> 00:20:07,299 through a series on Kindle. 468 00:20:07,985 --> 00:20:09,514 Shani (2): Yeah, I, I agree. 469 00:20:09,574 --> 00:20:13,604 I remember when audiobooks first came out, I was so, not anti audiobooks, but I 470 00:20:13,604 --> 00:20:18,634 love the feeling of when your like middle finger is splitting the pages, you know, 471 00:20:18,944 --> 00:20:20,484 and you're like laying on your side. 472 00:20:20,694 --> 00:20:20,924 Yeah. 473 00:20:20,924 --> 00:20:22,304 And like, I just. 474 00:20:22,594 --> 00:20:24,714 Or you get tired and like drop it on your face and you're like, whoa. 475 00:20:30,030 --> 00:20:32,350 And just even just falling asleep to reading, you know, 476 00:20:32,350 --> 00:20:33,699 like I used to love that. 477 00:20:33,699 --> 00:20:36,300 And when I switched audio books, I remember it being just like you said, 478 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:37,999 like, Oh, I don't really like this at all. 479 00:20:37,999 --> 00:20:39,539 And it took me a while to get used to it. 480 00:20:40,079 --> 00:20:43,439 And then when I discovered that I couldn't read because my eyes were not would not 481 00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:46,370 track properly, like that was a rough one. 482 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,459 Cause I was like so used to reading all these historical snuggling up in my bed. 483 00:20:50,459 --> 00:20:52,590 It's so much harder to snuggle up with the audio book. 484 00:20:53,209 --> 00:20:53,989 It's not the same. 485 00:20:54,139 --> 00:20:54,969 It's not the same. 486 00:20:55,309 --> 00:20:59,369 So like, I'm actually excited because I just started my paralegal 487 00:20:59,370 --> 00:21:04,149 classes and I have to read so much like paperwork for it. 488 00:21:04,449 --> 00:21:08,019 So I finally decided to like break down and go get my like prism 489 00:21:08,019 --> 00:21:09,459 lenses because that's what's wrong. 490 00:21:09,749 --> 00:21:13,879 Like my eyes are basically slightly, what do you call that? 491 00:21:14,430 --> 00:21:18,790 Well, I have a stigmatism, but it's like having a, well, no, I have 492 00:21:18,790 --> 00:21:20,490 a slight, like slightly lazy eye. 493 00:21:20,810 --> 00:21:24,330 Um, I have something called the BVD, binocular vision disorder. 494 00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:25,350 I didn't know that was a thing. 495 00:21:25,859 --> 00:21:31,219 Um, and so if they, if you get your glasses and they put a prism in it, then 496 00:21:31,259 --> 00:21:33,110 I should be able to track and read again. 497 00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:37,110 So part of me is like, part of me is like, Ooh, what, what's my first book back? 498 00:21:37,110 --> 00:21:37,340 You 499 00:21:37,340 --> 00:21:37,570 Bridget: know 500 00:21:37,570 --> 00:21:38,259 Shani (2): what I mean? 501 00:21:38,259 --> 00:21:39,590 I feel like you got to go 502 00:21:39,590 --> 00:21:40,850 Bridget: old school historical. 503 00:21:40,909 --> 00:21:46,560 I feel like you gotta like, I, I feel like, um, I always like reread a book if 504 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,570 I need like a real good palate cleanser. 505 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,900 I'm like, let me just reach for an old favorite. 506 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,539 Because even if I don't read the whole book, even if I only make it 507 00:21:53,539 --> 00:21:55,600 through like a quarter of the book, I'm like, oh yeah, I love reading. 508 00:21:55,890 --> 00:21:56,703 And then I can move back. 509 00:21:56,703 --> 00:21:57,800 And then I can move on. 510 00:21:58,699 --> 00:22:01,077 Try to wash the taste of this book out of my 511 00:22:01,077 --> 00:22:01,380 Shani (2): mouth. 512 00:22:01,380 --> 00:22:06,050 Part of me wishes I could remember the titles of some of my favorite historicals. 513 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,070 Like. 514 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:11,669 I always remember this one book and it was like pure betrayal, but at 515 00:22:11,669 --> 00:22:14,979 the very end of it, she's like giving birth and he's like runs back and 516 00:22:14,979 --> 00:22:18,179 he's in the room and they're fighting and she's like, don't take my baby. 517 00:22:18,539 --> 00:22:20,379 And he's trying to tell her, I'm not going to take your baby. 518 00:22:20,669 --> 00:22:21,459 And they have this whole thing. 519 00:22:21,509 --> 00:22:25,560 And I, I remember reading that like five times, like that book over and over. 520 00:22:25,749 --> 00:22:27,149 I couldn't tell you what the title. 521 00:22:27,435 --> 00:22:31,505 of that book is and I want to go back and be able to find some of these like books. 522 00:22:31,925 --> 00:22:36,405 I want to find my first ever romance novel that I ever read with the the girl who 523 00:22:36,405 --> 00:22:38,245 has all the locks and bells on her door. 524 00:22:38,465 --> 00:22:42,080 Like, I wish there was like a database that you could put like the 525 00:22:42,080 --> 00:22:43,860 plot in and some random keywords. 526 00:22:43,959 --> 00:22:44,479 Put it in Google. 527 00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:49,279 I tried, but I mean, I feel like, I feel like, okay, like for instance, 528 00:22:49,830 --> 00:22:52,949 all of the romance novels in the seventies had a lot of the same things. 529 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:53,580 Oh yeah. 530 00:22:53,669 --> 00:22:53,949 That's true. 531 00:22:54,129 --> 00:22:55,429 The eighties had a lot of the same things. 532 00:22:55,429 --> 00:22:56,899 So that's what I'm encountering. 533 00:22:56,979 --> 00:22:59,340 But one day I'm like, one day I'll find these books again. 534 00:22:59,399 --> 00:22:59,850 Yeah. 535 00:23:00,870 --> 00:23:05,330 Bridget: Well, until then we have lots of exciting new books to read. 536 00:23:05,469 --> 00:23:09,629 And what, what do you think, uh, What do you think we should read this 537 00:23:09,629 --> 00:23:11,689 month, Shani, this upcoming month? 538 00:23:12,199 --> 00:23:14,189 Shani (2): I want to read Dark Fantasy. 539 00:23:14,470 --> 00:23:14,899 Ooh, Dark 540 00:23:15,010 --> 00:23:16,090 Bridget: Fantasy. 541 00:23:16,340 --> 00:23:18,419 Shani (2): That's one of my favorites because it's like top two. 542 00:23:19,179 --> 00:23:19,679 Bridget: Okay. 543 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,540 You're talking about like dark vampires, dark werewolves, that kind of thing? 544 00:23:23,540 --> 00:23:24,949 Yeah, yeah. 545 00:23:24,949 --> 00:23:26,630 All right, you guys, you heard it from Shani. 546 00:23:26,630 --> 00:23:32,675 If you have any recommendations of dark fantasy, Dark werewolves, dark 547 00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:35,055 vampires, maybe a little blood play. 548 00:23:35,055 --> 00:23:35,395 I don't know. 549 00:23:35,395 --> 00:23:36,115 Get crazy with it. 550 00:23:36,465 --> 00:23:39,255 Uh, hit us up at podcast at romance at a glance. 551 00:23:39,445 --> 00:23:39,815 com. 552 00:23:39,815 --> 00:23:45,865 You can also drop it to us on our website, hit us up on Instagram, tick tock, 553 00:23:46,365 --> 00:23:48,524 wherever you feel the urge to message us. 554 00:23:48,555 --> 00:23:51,094 We will message you back patreon. 555 00:23:51,095 --> 00:23:52,855 com forward slash romance at a glance. 556 00:23:53,145 --> 00:23:56,775 You can join as a free member, uh, if you don't want to commit to a tier. 557 00:23:57,175 --> 00:24:00,595 Um, and I believe we will still see the notifications if you. 558 00:24:01,024 --> 00:24:01,905 Right to us. 559 00:24:02,135 --> 00:24:03,645 That feels like something that will happen. 560 00:24:03,665 --> 00:24:05,655 You won't be in the exclusive chat, but you will see it. 561 00:24:06,095 --> 00:24:09,055 Uh, Shani, I'm just excited. 562 00:24:09,095 --> 00:24:10,935 Happy, uh, February, everyone. 563 00:24:11,264 --> 00:24:12,544 Happy my birthday month. 564 00:24:12,594 --> 00:24:16,774 Happy, uh, Galentine's Day month. 565 00:24:16,785 --> 00:24:19,995 Happy Valentine's Day month, if you choose to celebrate that. 566 00:24:20,494 --> 00:24:22,725 And, uh, happy shortest month of the year. 567 00:24:22,754 --> 00:24:24,875 We are cresting the winter hurdle. 568 00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:27,370 And, uh, barreling towards spring. 569 00:24:27,419 --> 00:24:29,000 Well, Bridget, until next time. 570 00:24:29,810 --> 00:24:31,200 Shani (2): May your books be your lover. 571 00:24:31,949 --> 00:24:32,899 Bridget: And your hand your best 572 00:24:32,899 --> 00:24:33,350 Shani (3): friend. 573 00:24:33,469 --> 00:24:33,739 Bridget: Bye 574 00:24:33,739 --> 00:24:34,769 Shani (3): for now, kids. 575 00:24:36,019 --> 00:24:37,870 Thanks for hanging in with us, romance readers. 576 00:24:38,110 --> 00:24:40,419 Head over to Instagram to continue chatting with us. 577 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:41,779 We're super friendly. 578 00:24:41,999 --> 00:24:43,019 We want to cackle with you. 579 00:24:43,019 --> 00:24:45,329 We want to know what your favorite sex scene was. 580 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,419 And we need more book recommendations. 581 00:24:47,730 --> 00:24:51,560 If you want to read along with us, go to our website, romanceataglance. 582 00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:55,310 com, to see what we're reading next, and we'll see you next podcast.