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Hey HBs! It's time for the 2020 HB Reading Embrace HUGFEST!!! That's right, you're about to get the congratulatory snuggle of your lifetime! In this episode, we explain the embrace, we explain the category origins, tell you what books popped up the most for each category, and then embrace ALL the participants! 

Bonus Content: Erin's new BANGS, her husband's love for Taylor Swift, and so much more!

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Hey HBs! It's time for Princess Switch: Switched Again! Vanessa Hudgens is back TIMES THREE to bring us more ridiculous Christmas antics. The gang is all here with Stacy and Prince Doofus, Marg and Kev the hot baker! Newcomers Serialkiller McSmirkface and MVP Fiona the Queen Bird also light up the movie! 

Lady Loves:  Erin: Dateline Podcast always has Keith Morrison read Christmas stories around this time of year! 

Mel: The PMD clean, or something similar. Vibrate your cleansers and moisturizers into your face! You'll feel like a spa goddess!

Podcast Promo: Good Girls Talk About Sex! 

And Erin and Cole's new venture: Movie Briefs! 

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Hey HBs! We're here with Mel's new favorite holiday novella Mangos & Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera! It's a novella set in the midst of a TV Christmas Baking Show where Kiskeya and Sully are competing.... AS A TEAM! With ONLY ONE BED! In SCOTLAND! Y'all there's a red hot Traditional Highlander Fingerbanging along with so much mouth-watering food descriptions as only Adriana Herrera can deliver. It's a big swoon. 

Bonus Content:

Erin's adventures with the "darkness" button on her new toaster oven, she tells us what’s in the box of Lawman’s Christmas Boner (and it's NOT Gwenyth Paltrow’s head), Melody word smiths all over the place, you get a patented Mel-describes-a-super-sexy-sex-scene-in-a-pretty-non-sexy-way-and-with-no-notes (TM), Erin is hilariously triggered, and so much more. 

Lady Love: 

Erin: I fixed my figure skating foot pain by attaching the hooky-side of velcro to the tongue of my skate so the laces don't go into the grooves that develop over time. REVOLUTIONARY! 

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Episode Sponsor: The Dating Itinerary by Brooke Williams! It's a lovely enemie-to-lovers rom-com! 

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July 2022 Bonkers Book Club!

Join the Temple of Defiant Joy! July 2022 is offering you: the box set of Nicola Davidson's Surrey SFS series, Brutal Prince by Sophie Lark, and AUDIOBOOK Obsession by K. Lorrainne and Meg Anne, duet narration performed by Stella Hunter, Shane East, Aaron Shedlock, JF Harding, Jason Clarke, and James Joseph.

Bonkers Book Club!

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Hey HBs! It's the start of our Christmas movie/book extravaganza, and what better way to kick it off than with FAMOUS CELEBRITIES?! Christina and Lo of Christina Lauren join Erin and Melody to talk all about Netflix holiday movie Operation Christmas Drop! It's a delightful military propaganda film starring Bonnie from Vampire Diaries (Kat Graham) and Bjorn Irondside from Vikings (Alexander Ludwig). Plus, we chat about CLo's newest release In A Holidaze! 

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Lady Loves: 

Mel: Nailed It Holiday 2020. In the words of Goddess Nicole Byer, Paul Scheer as a contestant is "a treat and a dream!"

Lo: K Dramas Crash Landing on You (Netflix) and Healer

Christina: 4th season of The Crown

Erin: Duke I’d like to F - if you’re in a reading slump it’ll get you right out of it because it’s SO GOOD and you can read in bite-sized pieces! HB Ushma has appropriately dubbed it “the thirstiest book of the year.”

Lo, again: Wow, No Thank You is also great for reading in bite-sized pieces

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Choosing Theo by Victoria Aveline: alien abduction, matriarchal society, grumpy cinnamon roll, smart and curvy heroine, turgid consent boners, traditional highlander fingerbanging, an alien dog, AND SO MUCH MORE! Available exclusively on Kindle Unlimited!

Make Out Already Podcast: two friends chat romance books and other media from an intersectional feminist lens. Come for the romance and stay for the character tarot card readings! Find them on Instagram.

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Oh hey HBs! It's almost the start of Hanukkah, so we wanted to read an appropriate book to honor the holiday! We chose Holiday by Candlelight by Laurel Greer because it was lauded as a Hanukkah triumph. But... while it has a Menorah on the cover, it's more of a Skiing Times book that happens in December? REGARDLESS, it's got Garnet, a holistic health specialist and avid skiier, Caleb, a half Jewish, half Japanese hero who is suffering from PTSD after getting caught in an avalanche. Boy are they hot, though!

Bonus Content: V's moose obsession, E's epic fart, Rooster's several businesses, and SO MUCH MORE.

Lady Loves: 

Melody: Over the Moon on Disney+. It's a gorgeous story about a girl coping with the death of her mother in the face of her father moving on. It's an all Asian film with all Asian voice actors and Phillipa Soo hits notes that are swoon-worthy! 

Erin: Melody released a Thanksgiving Groom parody song to the tune of Oh Holy Night on our Patreon that was HILARIOUS.

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Hey HBs! We're so thankful to and for you, listener, no matter where you're from. So why not stay in the Thanksgiving spirit?! We bring you a rerelease of THANKSGIVING by Janet Evanovich! It's a book we expected to love because we love Stephanie Plum so much, but were mostly confused, amused, and amazed by. Join us on this journey where two eccentric narcissists non sequitur each other into love. Maybe? We think? Thanksgiving is involved! 

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Bonus Content: 

Hansel and Gretel jokes, Erin's drunken excursions into Colonial Williamsburg, old-timey dick joke hilarity, *Bing Boong Bong* Mandatory Reporters with Erin, nose obsessions, INSANE reading by Melody, and so much more! 

Lady Loves: 

Melody: Listen to Wicked Wallflowers Club's episode with Angelina M. Lopez HERE! It's so empowering regarding how podcasting is one more way to celebrate romance and connect with other romance lovers. Angelina also opens up about her 20 year journey to becoming a romance author and it's an inspiring take on setting boundaries, embracing your limits, flexing your writing muscles in other, small ways, and then really committing when the time and idea are right. And I'm so thankful for our sister podcasts WWC, Fated Mates, and Black Chick Lit. We have been embraced by some truly brilliant and wonderful women and you should listen to them all!  

Erin: ...have you heard of snack olives? They make these little packages of olives that are a tiny tasty treat. 

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Hey HBs! It's Thanksgiving week for us Americans! That means special Thanksgiving books for you! This one features an heiress determined to prove her worth in the Alaskan wilderness and a lawyer with *deep* *dark* *issues* who accidentally-on-purpose got lost in the wilderness. They're objectively terrible people! 

CW: faith, specifically Christianity, is a huge topic in this book. We tried to be respectful of religion in general, while still comment on these characters and their actions. If we missed the mark, we apologize. It was unintentional. 

Bonus Content: Erin gives us the skinny on the Anchorage Heiress scene, so much awesome *Bing Boong Bong* Wilderness/Camping/Alaska/Bear/Safety facts with Erin, Melody sings you a little diddy, a snowman called Parson Brown, and SO MUCH MORE. 

Lady Loves: 

Erin: Coffee and Quaq! It's an awesome podcast all about life as modern Alaskan Natives. Get the real story from people's lived experiences! 

Melody: Dash and Lily on Netflix! IT'S SO GOOD!

Check out the Novel Pairings Podcast! 

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Hey HBs! It's part 2 of In the Company of Women by Kate Christie! We get more WW2 Women's Army Corps goodness and an HEA! Plus, 1994 classic Nell, dumb inspirational posters, and more! 

Lady Loves: 

Erin: Tazo Dessert Tea in Lemon Loaf

Melody: exfoliate your whole body and the amazon playlist "music of the 2000s"

Patreon Shout Out: 

Meredith H, you are descended from Marzanna, the polish goddess of Winter. I think of her as an old-timey Elsa. She’s often depicted while sewing, but I like to think of that as old-timey knitting. She’s a real opposites attract kind of gal, as she was the consort of Dazbog, the sun god. I think that just like you, Marzanna brought people together. She created the icy weather that brought families to their hearths to knit and play boardgames. She increased the hours with which people could spend quality time with those they love most, at home, or at their favorite yarn store. Plus, she’s powerful enough to create ice monsters and build ice fortresses, yet wise enough to overcome her self-loathing and fears to flourish in her family’s love. To hone her abilities and own her power. So you keep organizing your people to spend quality time and create change, whether it’s in the icy season, or when your modern Dazbog is inviting everyone outside. 

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Hey HBs! It's Veteran's Day! So, we're coming at you with a super sweet lesbian romance set in World War 2! It's a book that really immerses you in the times, plus lady smooching! 

Bonus Content: we're a mess (no, but like, more than usual), tales of two Naval Grandpas, some live boundary setting, and so much more! 

Lady Loves:

Erin: there's this new hairdryer brush that I love! 

Melody: If you, like me, are doing the hard work of figuring out the right combination of meds, therapy, and mood boosters like exercise to make your life better, you're doing a great job! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI! BRANDON AND HENRY LOVE YOU!!!!

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HEY VOTING HBs!!!!! It's election day and if you've cast your ballot already, we admire you!! Maybe you need something to listen to in the poll line! Maybe you want a treat for after you vote! Maybe you need some distraction from anxiety after you do everything under your control. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU!

In this Ask-A-Badass episode, Jessica teaches Natalie about cool librarian stuff, all the uses for Lavender. that there are different types of Ranch dressing, and so much more! We also find out that Natalie knows weird Joe Mangianello facts! Check out Jessica's library podcast here! 

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