Learning The Tropes: A Romance Novel Podcast

This week we get reacquainted with the New Species and read Valiant by Laurann Dohner. Is this the best one yet? YES!   Join the Learning The Tropes Troop on Facebook and VOTE for our NEXT BOOK!   Read:   Valiant by Laurann Dohner   Watch:   Ben Gibbard: Live From Home (Youtube)     Sanditon (PBS)   Beechum House (PBS)   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!  

This week we read Vow Of Silence by Melynda Price and talk (remotely) about our spotty knowledge of Amish culture, whether Josiah is a good detective and could either of us spot a rug made out of hair. (Note: The audio on this episode is not up to our usual standards, but it will be fixed by the next episode. Thanks for sticking with us on our first remote outing!)   This episode is brought to you by The Bachelor by Sabrina Jeffries. From one of the biggest names in historical romance, New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries, comes the second in a sparkling series about an oft-widowed mother’s grown children, who blaze through society in their quest for the truth about their fathers. In the process, they may just find that love can conquer all...even for a headstrong young lady with a scandalous secret to hide. For more great books, go to https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/   Read:   Vow Of Silence by Melynda Price   Watch:   Lovesick (Netflix)   Spoiler Alert Singer:   Scott Barkan - https://scottbarkan.bandcamp.com   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

This week we read Star Champion by Susan Grant (aka The Champion of Baresh) and talked about hallucivapes, bajha and night slime. You know, the usual stuff!   (Note: This episode was recorded before the current health crisis, so we don't touch on it, but we hope our listeners stay safe and healthy. Look out for each other and help flatten the curve!)   Read-   Star Champion by Susan Grant   Watch-   High Fidelity - S1 E8: Ballad of the Lonesome Loser (Hulu)     Gang of Youths - The Deepest Sighs, the Frankest Shadows (YouTube)     Gang of Youths - The Heart Is A Muscle (YouTube)   Listen-   Gang of Youths - Go Further In Lightness (Spotify)    Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

This week we read Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert and talked about chronic pain, whether Red was a good artist or just hot, and what would be on our "Get A Life" lists!   Read:   Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert   Watch:   Gentefied (Netflix)   It was NOT a Pepsi Commercial! It was Diet Coke:   Shirtless Construction Worker Commercial (1995) [Youtube]   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

It's March and boy do we have some books for you!   Get a Life Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert https://amzn.to/2uddBNz Star Champion (Star Series 4) by Susan Grant https://amzn.to/37FVBJp Vow of Silence by Melynda Price https://amzn.to/38IiyNv     Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

This week we read Act Like It by Lucy Parker and talked about stage acting, iPad mishaps and Clayton's face tattoo!   Read:   Act Like It by Lucy Parker   Buy:   Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer Hot Air Brush, Black   Hard Travel Case for Revlon One-Step Hair Dryer & Volumizer& Styler     Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

(Spoiler Warning: If you haven't watched To All The Boys I've Loved Before or To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, watch them before listening!)   Erin, Clayton and Producer Patty talk about the big Netflix sequel, To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You! Are we Team Peter or Team John Ambrose? Why can't Clayton pronounce Lara? Listen to find out!   Watch:   High Fidelity Series (Hulu)   No Reservations (Hulu)   Buy:   Earhugz   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

It's Valentine's Day! And as a special gift, we're posting our interview with author Ruby Lang. We talk about her new book House Rules, why she prefers writing novellas and (most importantly) New York real estate!    Find Ruby- Instagram @ruby.lang Twitter @RubeLang Facebook @RubyLangWrites   Cheap Old Houses Instagram @cheapoldhouses   Ruby's Books: Acute Reactions   Practice Perfect: The Complete Series   Playing House    Open House    House Rules   The Uptown Collection    Ruby's Novella Recs:   A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong - Cecilia Grant   A Midnight Feast - Emma Barry, Genevieve Turner   Grounded For Christmas - Savannah J Frierson   One Masked Night - Beverly Jenkins Books Mentioned: Night of The Phantom - Anne Stuart    Bridget Jone's Diary - Helen Fielding   Lord of Scoundrels - Loretta Chase   Cinderella Deal - Jennifer Cruise   Bet Me - Jennifer Cruise   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

This week we read Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein and wow... just wow.     Read:   Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein     Listen:   Yuck - Glow & Behold (Spotify)     Watch:   Shrill - Season 2 (Hulu)     This episode is brought to you by Kensington’s newest title from Cheris Hodges, OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART.  Sportswriter Nina Richardson had the perfect life away from her family’s famous shadow. But a social media blowup and rejection by her boyfriend brought her back to their peaceful Charleston, South Carolina B&B to figure out what went wrong. So there’s no way she’s going to trust the crazy-hot sparks flying between her and handsome new employee Clinton Jefferson. It’s just reckless, rip-his-clothes-off, one-night-and-forget-it lust—right? You can find OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART by Cheris Hodges wherever books are sold. Find out more at Kensingtonbooks.com.     Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

It's February and we're reading two books and watching a movie!    Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein     To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (Netflix)     Act Like It by Lucy Parker     Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!