Make Out Already

By Make Out Already

Make Out Already recaps contemporary romance novels, rom coms and anything with an HEA, and we take romance VERY seriously. We’ll tell you what we LOVE, air our grievances, tell you our fan casts and ... more

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The podcast currently has 140 episodes available.

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June 18, 2024 An Incomprehensible Number of Books and To-Do Lists
Hi Smooches! We’ve been truant, and we’re sorry, OK?! Life is just like really really hard. But we have so many books to talk about, including my new MMF short story, And They Were Roommates, and all the very informative and depressing books Meg is reading in her therapy studies. Meg kept getting kicked out of the Zoom meeting, and I kept in every time it happened because it was pretty funny. But that only goes on for the first maybe 10 minutes of the episode so don’t worry about it from an audio perspective, it’s not the whole episode. We’ve got lots and lots of news, including our plans for the summer, so let’s get into it!

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Highly recommend: Jokes on You Podcast (they’re also on all the audio platforms): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIUwImlNmFE-LPkde4LEaAw

Books Liz mentioned
And They Were Roommates by Elle Diaz
So Hectic by Eve Dangerfield
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Leather and Lark by Brynne Weaver
Motel Spooky Nine by Julie-Anne Munoz
Light from the Dark by R Sullins
Space for More by Emily Antoinette
Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley
What Kind of Fool by J.L. Minyard
Author E.A. Fortneaux
Author Liz Hambleton

Books Meg mentioned
What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta
Morning Glory Milking Farm by C.M. Nascosta
Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
We’ve Been Too Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming
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59min
April 30, 2024 We Heard You All Like Poetry: “Just Another Epic Love Poem” by Parisa Akhbari
Hi Smooches! On this episode, we recap a gorgeous YA sapphic romance told partially through poetry, Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhbari. It’s about two friends who have passed notebooks back and forth for their entire friendship, writing poems to each other, and how everything changes when they acknowledge their deeper feelings. Spoilers ahead.
Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC
MMF short story coming in May: https://a.co/d/aUHQx3C
Copy editing and tarot brainstorming services: Editorial Services – Elle Diaz Romance
Stuff we mentioned
The audiobook for Just Another Epic Love Poem does have two narrators.
Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer
Hold Still by Nina Lacour
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist video game
Rooney
Phantom Planet
The Idea of You movie
A very funny video about Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion https://youtu.be/M3HSoQ8TYt0?si=fFq-pWXsssRws_jx
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52min
April 09, 2024 For the Love of Monsters with Researcher Ella Gallego
What makes monsters so erotic? On today’s episode, we talk to writer and researcher Ella Gallego about her Monstrous Desire study. We talk about the increasingly vocalized attraction many of us feel for monsters, our first monster crushes, and how Stephenie Meyer just loves a cuckolding fantasy.
Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC
Schedule copy editing and tarot brainstorming services with Liz here: http://ellediazromance.com
Monstrous Desire Study podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-monstrous-desire-study-podcast/id1707753667
Study website, where you can sign up for the newsletter and watch for the next round of the study: https://monstrousdesirestudy.com
Where to find Ella on other platforms: https://monstrousdesirestudy.com/contact/
Monster Culture: Seven Theses can be found here: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.ctttsq4d
ContraPoints video on Twilight: https://youtu.be/bqloPw5wp48?si=mYvHvjuw-iPzJE1p
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1h
March 26, 2024 Serving C*nt with Courtney Clark Michaels and Eve Dangerfield
Smooches, get your headphones and your wallets. This episode is about to load up your TBR with heroines who are not to be messed with. We’re talking about heroines who serve the most see-you-next-Tuesday with Courtney Clark Michaels and Eve Dangerfield.
Liz is offering copy editing services and tarot brainstorming sessions for romance authors! Go to ellediazromance.com to learn more.
Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC
Find Courtney everywhere here: https://linktr.ee/courtneyclarkmichaels
Find Eve everywhere here: https://www.evedangerfield.com/links
One of many tweets about Eugene from the Try Guys: https://x.com/asiagobagei/status/1577131494530686978?s=46&t=JeSFURSpvI995pnXQScrDA
Captivated by Tessa Bailey and Eve Dangerfield
The Viscount Made Me Do It by Diana Quincy
Perv by Dakota Gray
Hot Under His Collar by Andie J. Christopher
Priest by Sierra Simone
The Siren by Tiffany Reisz
After Hours by Cara McKenna
Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale
Broderick by Katee Robert
Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
A Gentleman in the Street by Alisha Rai
The Fake Boyfriend Fiasco by Talia Hibbert
Open Hearts by Eve Dangerfield
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1h 28min
March 12, 2024 Mothman 2: Bigger, Sexier, Mothier! “I’m Engaged to Mothman” by Paige Lavoie
Hi Smooches! On this episode, we're recapping I'm Engaged to Mothman, the second book in Paige Lavoie's Mothman in Love series. We previously recapped the first book with our friend and Mothman groupie Molly, so go listen to that episode if you haven't already.
Some future episode announcements. Sometime in April, we're going to recap Just Another Epic Love Poem by Parisa Akhhari. That book is out today when this episode drops, so you can go get it right now! And over on Fable, we're going to read Never Cross a Highlander by Lisa Rayne, so you can read along with us ahead of that recap.
And self promo to any authors listening that I, Liz, am offering copy editing and tarot-based brainstorming services. You can find out more at ellediazromance.com. Now, on
to Mothman shenanigans. Spoilers ahead.
Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC
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50min
February 27, 2024 "Say the Thing" and Read that Romance with Kami Orange!
Hi Smooches! On this episode, we’re chatting with boundary coach Kami Orange, author of the new book Say the Thing: Boundary-Setting Scripts and Phrases to Communicate Directly and Speak Up with Kindness. Meg and I have both separately followed Kami’s work and when we reached out to her for an interview were delighted to find out she’s a romance reader! So we talked a lot about how reading romance is fantastic for exploring boundary setting. We hope you have fun listening to this conversation, because we had a lot of fun having it.
Find Kami on TikTok at: https://www.tiktok.com/@kami_orange?_t=8kDrEfGaVf0&_r=1
Find links to Kami’s book and boundary flashcards here: https://kamiorangeinfo.com
Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC
Books we mentioned:
Say the Thing by Kami Orange
A Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon
Come Together by Emily Nagoski
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
Burnout by Emily and Amelia Nagoski
I Married a Lizardman by Regine Abel
Her Alien Priest by Michele Mills
Stalked by the Kraken by Lillian Lark
The Book Leo video on Tentacle Entanglement by Siggy Shade https://youtu.be/W03iZEfFkE4?si=dyg9Xqg0yqempNUl
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1h 3min
February 27, 2024 Roasting the Canon and Making Bookish Content with AndreaRaeReads!
Hi Smooches! We’re talking about sooo many books today with Anne, also known as andrearaereads on TikTok. She is such a wealth of knowledge about incredible books across multiple genres, and she’s writing a vampire romance that sounds scrumptious. We talk about what Lizzie Bennet was really doing on those long walks, which monsters we most love, and so much more.
Follow Anne on TikTok @andrearaereads: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrearaereads?_t=8jpw5XS3RCI&_r=1
Find us on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Preorder Liz’s next book, IN ON THE ACTION: https://a.co/d/87RjuZC
Books we mentioned
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Still Life With Bones by Alexa Hagerty
Girls Weekend by CM Nascosta (Parties, mentioned in the episode, is actually the sequel)
Morning Glory Milking Farm by CM Nascosta
Sing Me to Sleep by RM Virtues
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon
Prison Planet Barbarian by Ruby Dixon
All That’s Left to You by Ghassan Kanafani
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
The Palestine Laboratory by Antony Lowenstein
The Sins of Lord Lockwood by Meredith Duran
Yona of the Dawn
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
Wed to the Alien War Lord by January Bell

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53min
January 30, 2024 Would You Rather? Singles Retreat Edition with Tanvier Peart
Hi Smooches! Today we have a really fun, dishy episode with debut author Tanvier Peart. We’re playing Would You Rather? in honor of her second-chance forced proximity romance, The Seven Month Itch. It’s about a couple that’s been separated and runs into each other at a singles retreat. Other unexpected guests turn up, and shenanigans ensue.
Stuff we mentioned
“The Seven Month Itch” by Tanvier Peart https://tanvierpeart.com/books-3/
Tanvier on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tanvierwrites?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Tanvier on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tanvierwrites?_t=8jTPWncilrv&_r=1
Where to find us
Website: www.makeoutalreadypod.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/makeout_already
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makeoutalreadypod
Merch: https://make-out-already.creator-spring.com
Liz’s author socials: https://twitter.com/ellediazromance
https://www.instagram.com/ellediazromance
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40min
January 16, 2024 All Things Austen with Melodie Edwards
Happy New Year, Smooches! Today, we’re talking All Things Austen with author Melodie Edwards, who has written a beautiful contemporary reimagining of Persuasion. It’s got Stars Hollow vibes with its setting of Niagara-on-the-Lake and riotous cast of characters, a hyper-competent Anne, and a swoon worthy Wentworth. You can preorder the book, which comes out in February, and you will absolutely want to after listening to this episode.
Stuff we mentioned
Melodie Edwards on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melodiewritesedwards?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
“Once Persuaded, Twice Shy” by Melodie Edwards buy links: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/704141/once-persuaded-twice-shy-by-melodie-edwards/9780593440797/
“The Illustrated Letters of Jane Austen”: https://a.co/d/53Fbxtm
Where to find us
Website: www.makeoutalreadypod.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/makeout_already
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makeoutalreadypod
Merch: https://make-out-already.creator-spring.com
Liz’s author socials: https://twitter.com/ellediazromance
https://www.instagram.com/ellediazromance
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1h 1min
December 19, 2023 Top 3 Rewatchable Holiday Movies with Annie Rains
Hi Smooches! On today’s episode, which we recorded way back in September, we talked with author Annie Rains about her wonderful book Through the Snow Globe. It’s women’s fiction (because the hero is in a coma for most of it) described as It’s a Wonderful Life meets Groundhog Day. So we discussed our top three most rewatchable holiday movies. Enjoy!
Stuff we mentioned
How many days was the time loop in Groundhog Day? https://mashable.com/article/how-long-phil-connors-stuck-in-groundhog-day-time-loop
Annie Rains on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annierainsbooks?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Through the Snow Globe by Annie Rains https://bookshop.org/p/books/through-the-snow-globe-annie-rains/19241268
Where to find us
Website: www.makeoutalreadypod.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makeoutalreadypod/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/makeout_already
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makeoutalreadypod
Merch: https://make-out-already.creator-spring.com
Liz’s author socials: https://twitter.com/ellediazromance
https://www.instagram.com/ellediazromance
“How That Makes You Feel” by Elle Diaz
Bookshop.org (support your local indie!) https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-that-makes-you-feel-elle-diaz/20373092?ean=9781088250686
Amazon https://amzn.to/3PVc5UQ
Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1143897420?ean=9781088250686
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/how-that-makes-you-feel
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47min

FAQs about Make Out Already:

How many episodes does Make Out Already have?

The podcast currently has 140 episodes available.