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Chapter 126: Crash Into Me by Robinne Lee

July 23, 2026

This week we are reminiscing about our love of The Idea of You and diving into Robinne Lee's second contemporary fiction book, Crash Into Me. We talk about her sharp writing, the importance of female protagonists over 40, the multiple meanings behind the title, and how we wish we spoke French to better understand the dialogue. In our catch up this week, Steph is playing wing woman at the bookstore and Molly is hosting her parents for the summer. We also praise a new book-to-screen adaptation,...

Chapter 125: Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About by Isabel Klee

July 09, 2026

This week we're gushing about a memoir that deeply moved us by a writer and influencer we've long admired. We discuss our parasocial relationship with @simonsits, our reverence for the level of honesty in this book, relating to falling in love with New York City, the paragraph about pet parenthood that wrecked us, and how elated we are that this book is getting a TV series adaptation. In our catch up this week, Steph is helping her dad with an unfortunate home repair and Molly is living it up...

Chapter 124: In Conversation with Jenny L. Howe

July 02, 2026

This week we are joined by author, educator, bookseller, dog mom and champion of plus-size protagonists Jenny L. Howe. Jenny shares how her passion for stories began at two years old with a wild imagination, that the horror genre was her first love, what it's really like being in the query trenches, and how she eventually landed on a path to traditional publishing via an idea spawned by her grad school experience. We also deep dive on the importance of plus-size representation in romance and ...