049. Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden with Katrina Jackson

Shelf Love: Romance Novel Discourse

Katrina Jackson never actually left: we talk about Scandal, why impermanence and entropy are the root cause for readers' desire for a happily ever after - or at least according to my theory, and how Katrina's research on Black romance as liberation is coming along. We also discuss Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden, a true romcom novella that turns the one-day courtship trope on its head.

• 03:05 - What Kat’s been up to. Scandal. Contagion. Growing jalapenos.
• 14:21 - Kat’s Research: Black Romance as Liberation
• 41:53 - HEA, HFN, Andrea’s grand theory of romance
• 50:53 - The fantasy of resolution
• 59:16 - Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend

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Guest: Katrina Jackson

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We Read:

Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend by Lucy Eden

Notes:

03:05 - What Kat’s been up to. Scandal. Contagion. Growing jalapenos.

• Shelf Love Episode 017 - An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole with Katrina Jackson
• Shelf Love Episode 023. Katrina Jackson: Communication, Polyamory + Financial Conversations
• Ice Planet Podcast
  • Andrea’s episode of Ice Planet Podcast
  • Katrina’s episode coming soon!
• American Queen by Sierra Simone
• The Kingmaker by Kennedy Ryan

14:21 - Kat’s Research: Black Romance as Liberation

• Researching the Romance Conference - Kat’s Presentation
• Shelf Love Episode 013. The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams with Steve Ammidown (Steve is the archivist at the Browne Pop Culture Library at BGSU and was organizing the Researching the Romance Conference)
• Beverly Jenkins
• bell hooks All About Love
• Be Not Afraid by Alyssa Cole
• That Could be Enough by Alyssa Cole
• Let Us Dream by Alyssa Cole
• Shelf Love Episode 041. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang with Dr. Maria DeBlassie - we discussed “bodice rippers” and the origins of the romance genre, problematic warts and all
• Georgette Heyer was an Antisemite and Her Work is Not Foundational Historical Romance by Felicia Grossman on Romance Daily News
  • Felicia was also on the podcast and discussed this in the episode about History
• “The dynamacy” - Shelf Love Episode 014. Equivalent Exchange by Christina C. Jones with Funmi B. - Black Indie Romance
• Shelf Love Episode about Rose Lerner’s Work

41:53 - HEA, HFN, Andrea’s grand theory of romance

• What are Romances About? Twitter Survey with responses
• Andrea’s Venn Diagram - scroll to the bottom of the page

50:53 - The fantasy of resolution

• Happier with Gretchen Rubin with Dan Harris - the episode that got me thinking about entropy
• Kit Rocha’s Beyond Series

59:16 - Blind Date With A Book Boyfriend

• The Ripped Bodice
• Zaida Polanco
• Lucy Eden’s Newsletter
  • Sierra Simone’s Harvest of Sighs feature
  • Lydia San Andreas story
• Before movies
• Jodie Slaughter’s Just One More
• Jack Harbon’s Meet Cute Club
• Man at Work by Elaine Fox
• 58 Novellas for a Quick Hit of Hope
• Beautiful & Dirty by Katrina Jackson

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