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Jess and Trisha discuss RITA judging past and future, Jess’s non-definitive list of who deserves an HEA, and depressing reminders that Twitter trolls are toxic and dangerous.
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Book Riot Insiders, Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley, and
Chica Chocolate.
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News:
RITA judging has had some real problems, and
RWA is working to address them.
You can check out the full
2018 Diversity Summit Report too.
Take a few minutes to read “
Dear Suzanne Brockmann” essay by Nicki Salcedo that Jess mentioned.
The RWA definition of romance that we talked about
is here.
You might recall
that message from Scarlett Parish (via Petra Newman) that we mentioned.
And also that rather satisfying
“Mind Your Business” romance response tweet we mentioned. (Well done, y’all.)
Books Discussed:
A Duke By Default by Alyssa Cole
Otherwise, we tried to give your TBRs a rest this week, so just check out
the Get Booked podcast Jess did with Jenn Northington for lots and lots of great recommendations.
Send us all of your thoughts about a When In Romance book club! Find us on email (
trisha@riotnewmedia.com and
jessica@riotnewmedia.com), Twitter (@jessisreading and @trisha_reads), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown).