Calling Cards

And then, and then, AND THEN… Julia Quinn’s An Offer from a Gentleman, continued! Starting with THAT SCENE with the Bridgerton brothers and Penelope Featherington, we examine class and social standing with only a moderate amount of uncalled for hilarity, consider consent, privilege, dreams, different kinds of bravery and the subversion of romance in this incredibly romantic third book in the Bridgerton series. Also: Yes, we lied last episode, Anthony is actually in this book! And all of our book recs are in the show notes and will be on social media and our website.

In two weeks: Part 1 of our ultimate favorite, Romancing Mr. Bridgerton! 

Recs:

Fairy tale -

Cat Sebastian, The Lawrence Browne Affair (2017)

Teresa Medeiros, Yours Until Dawn (2004)

Naomi Novik, Uprooted (2015)

Mistaken ID/ Hidden ID -

Joanna Bourne, Spymaster's Lady (2008)

Sherry Thomas, Beguiling the Beauty (2012) and His at Night (2010)

Elizabeth Boyle, Something About Emmaline (2005)

Tracy Anne Warren, The Husband Trap (2006)

Naima Simone, Scoring with the Wrong Twin (WAGS #1) (2018)

Talia Hibbert, Mating the Huntress (2018)

Alyssa Cole, A Princess in Theory (2018)

Sonali Dev, A Bollywood Affair (2014)

Bastards AND the 99% -      

Sarah MacLean's “Bareknuckle Bastards” series (2018)

Mentioned:

The Princess Bride (yes, again)

The Swan Princess

Tangled

A Cinderella Story 

Thanks for listening! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected].

Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram. 

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

In the very mortal words of Lydia and Taylor, watch Princess Bride, watch Tenth Kingdom, watch Willow! We go completely off topic and into the woods of fairytale adaptations, pausing briefly to consider the ethics of reading the end of a book on a podcast (spoilers for the last two pages of The Princess Bride) and emerge out the other side with a super, super long-winded guide to our brains on movies.

Next week: Part 2 of An Offer from a Gentleman by Julia Quinn! 

Thanks for listening! 

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected].  

Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Mentioned:

“Ella Enchanted”

“Tenth Kingdom”

“Gilmore Girls”

“Willow”

“Doctor Who”

Disney’s “Descendants”

“Psych”

“The Princess Bride” 

“The Brothers Grimm”

“Grimm”

“Once Upon a Time”

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Don your masques and formal wear, folks, it’s time for some fairy tale romance! Julia Quinn’s An Offer from a Gentleman is a romantic Cinderella story and a great way to start the Bridgerton series if you’re new to the romance genre or to Regency romance. Lydia and Tay meander through discussions of characters, privilege, and family. Book 3 is near and dear to our hearts, mainly because of Sophie, but also because we get more of the Bridgerton ladies!

Who’s your favorite character from the first three books? Tell us who & why on our social media and we’ll discuss your responses in our upcoming episode on Romancing Mr. Bridgerton.

Tune into Part 2 in two weeks to hear our alarmingly giddy analysis of class, consent, and My Cottage!

What we’re reading:

Sonali Dev, Pride and Prejudice and Other Flavors (2019)

Nalini Singh, Slave to Sensation (2009) in her Psy-Changeling series

Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material (2020)

Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017)

Mentioned:

“Ever After” (1998)

“Belgravia” (2020)

“Veronica Mars” (2004)

“Bride & Prejudice” (2004)

Thanks for listening! You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected].

Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram. Special thanks to Sarah for creating the artwork for our alternate episodes on social media.

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Some things we just love to hate! Lydia and Tay discuss the infamous opera adaptation of Emily Bronte’s brooding Wuthering Heights. "Half time" is what they call intermission in... our heads. Just how long does it take Cathy to die? Repeat after us: WUTHERING HEIGHTS IS NOT A ROMANCE.
Next week: Part 1 of An Offer from a Gentleman!

Minnesota Opera’s Wuthering Heights: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SGqQ7rzdVIk&list=PLA3FBDCA20B414DD1

Kate Bush, “Wuthering Heights” (1978): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pMMIe4hb4

Thanks for listening! 

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected]. 

Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram. Special thanks to Sarah for this episode's art on our social media.

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Mawwiage is what bwings us togewah today! Sort of. Lydia and Tay delve into The Viscount Who Loved Me’s adorable moments and Anthony’s good qualities, body image, overcoming trauma, Newton the corgi and the Regina George of 1814. Do houses have lobbies? We have no clue. 

Coming in two weeks, An Offer from a Gentleman (swoon)!

Reading recommendations:

Siblings series: 

[contemporary] 

Penny Reid’s “Winston Brothers” series

Alisha Rai’s "Forbidden Hearts" series

Nora Roberts’ “Cordina” series

[historical] 

Lisa Kleypas’ “Hathaways” series

Julie Anne Long’s “Pennyroyal Green” series

Christine Feehan’s “Drake Sisters” series

Beverly Jenkins’ series

Enemies to Lovers trope: 

[historical] 

Sherry Thomas’s Beguiling the Beauty (Fitzhugh trilogy) (2012)

Kristen Callihan’s “Darkest London” series (2012)

[contemporary] 

Sonali Dev’s Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors (2019)

Uzma Jalaluddin’s Ayesha At Last (2019)

Casey McQuiston’s Red, White, & Royal Blue (2019)

[graphic novel/fantasy] 

Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona (2015) 

[YA/fantasy] 

Holly Black’s “The Folk of the Air” series (2018) 

For family!

Sherry Thomas, The Luckiest Lady in London (2013)

Mentioned in this episode:

“Mean Girls” (2004)

“The Princess Bride” (1987)

“10 Things I Hate About You” (1999)

Much Ado About Nothing (1598)

Loyalty Bookstore’s “Date Night with Alyssa Cole”: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/event/2020-07

“Brothers Bloom” (2008)

“How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days” (2003)

“She’s the Man” (2006)

Thanks for listening! 

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected]. 

Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Purchasing power, supporting content by creators of color, and finding joy in reading different experiences. Lydia & Tay talk about authors of color in Romancelandia, the whiteness of the publishing industry, and romance readers. Reading fiction builds empathy, so let’s spread the light!

Next week- Part 2 of The Mallet of Death (The Viscount Who Loved Me, by Julia Quinn).

RWA thread: https://www.claireryanauthor.com/blog/2019/12/27/the-implosion-of-the-rwa

Shondaland on black romance: “Black Romance Novels Matter Too,” Carole V. Bell (Feb 21, 2020) https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/books/a30987997/black-historical-romance-novels/

See also:

List of black-owned bookstores (US): https://lithub.com/you-can-order-today-from-these-black-owned-independent-bookstores/

Date Night with Alyssa Cole: Bimonthly romance author panels moderated by one of our fave authors!
Upcoming date night: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/datenight6
Loyalty Bookstore's events calendar: https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/event/2020-07 

Women of Color in Romance- promoting the works of Women of Color and Native & Indigenous Women in romance fiction: http://www.wocinromance.com/ & https://twitter.com/WOCInRomance

Thanks for listening! 

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected]. 

Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

What do we think about Anthony? WELL. Tay and Lydia discuss The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn. Book two of the Bridgerton series gives us major “Ten Things I Hate About You” vibes. Find out who the book’s unsung heroes are and whether Anthony redeems himself in part two of The Viscount Who Loved Me, coming July 7.

What we’re reading:

Sonali Dev, Recipe for Persuasion (2020)

Aiden Wayne, Play It Again (2019)

Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words (2018)

Jessie Mihalik, Polaris Rising (2019)

Mentioned in this episode: 

“Torchwood” TV series (2006)

N.K. Jemisin’s Inheritance Trilogy (the character we were talking about is Sieh)

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595)

Much Ado About Nothing (1598)

Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches (2011)
“Chicken Run” (2000)

“All of Me" (1984)

“Get Out” (2017)

The Taming of the Shrew (1594)

“10 Things I Hate About You” (1999)

Thanks for listening! 

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected]. 

Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

In this non-Regency tangent, Lydia’s excitement for next week’s episode on The Viscount Who Loved Me transforms into an ode to The Phantom of the Opera. Watch out for creepy dudes in tunnels! It can be a problem.

Thanks for listening to Calling Cards podcast! Next week, part 1 of The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn.

Please rate and subscribe!  

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected].  

Original music by PASTACAT; find out more by following @pastacatmusic on Instagram. 

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

This isn’t Batman… But it is our deep dive into The Duke and I (2000) by Julia Quinn! Join Lydia and Taylor for book 1 of the Bridgertons as we discuss tropes, patriarchy, consent, soap opera punches to the face, brothers, sassy butlers, and Regency sex ed. Plus: Lydia’s modern resetting of the book, and Taylor’s reading recommendations.

The song Lydia definitely didn’t sing is “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s in His Kiss)” by Betty Everett, popularized by Cher. 

CW: sexual assault, miscarriage

Thanks for listening! Look out for part one of The Viscount Who Loved Me in two weeks. 

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected].  

Original music by PASTACAT, @pastacatmusic on Instagram. 

Books quoted or mentioned:

Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice (1813)

Kylie Scott, Repeat (2019) 

Lyssa Kay Adams, The Bromance Bookclub (2019)

Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence (1920)

What we’re reading:

Jessie Mihalik, Polaris Rising (2019)

Alisha Rai, Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love #2) (2019)

Lisa Kleypas, Chasing Cassandra (The Ravenels #6) (2019)

Rebecca Roanhorse, Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World) (2018)

Recommendations based on The Duke and I:

Dukes: 

[contemporary] 

Alyssa Cole, A Duke by Default (2018)

[Regency] 

Courtney Milan, The Duchess War (Brothers Sinister #1) (2012

Kelly Bowen, Duke of My Heart (2016)

Tessa Dare, The Governess Game (2018)

Sarah MacLean, The Day of the Duchess (2017), No Good Duke Goes Unpunished (2013) and The Rogue Not Taken (2015)

Lisa Kleypas, The Devil in Winter (2006)

BFF’s sibling trope: 

JQ, The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever (Bevelstoke #1) (2007) & Just Like Heaven (Smythe-Smith Quartet #1) (2011)

Regency dukes plus British colonization of India: 

Meredith Duran, Duke of Shadows (2008)

Regency dukes and the 99%: 

Elizabeth Hoyt’s “Maiden Lane” series (2010)

Fake relationship trope [contemporary]:

Talia Hibbert’s Ravenswood series (#3, That Kind of Guy, 2019)

Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities series (#1, Act Like It, 2015)

Alyssa Cole's A Prince on Paper (2019)

Helen Hoang’s The Kiss Quotient (2018)

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.

In this zero-Bridgertons ramble, Taylor and Lydia drag out their highly relevant love of Captain America and answer the age-old question of which white actor dude is the One True Chris. Tune in next week for our first full episode, a deep dive into The Duke and I  by Julia Quinn!

Thanks for listening to Calling Cards podcast! 

You can find us on Instagram and Facebook @callingcardspod, on Twitter @CardsCalling, on our website, callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod, or by emailing us at [email protected]. 

Original music by PASTACAT; find out more by following @pastacatmusic on Instagram. 

Instagram and Facebook: @callingcardspod

Twitter: @CardsCalling

Website: https://www.callingcards.wixsite.com/callingcardspod

Email us at [email protected].

Theme music by PASTACAT @pastacatmusic on Instagram.