Slow Burn: Books for Slow Readers

Romance with Jacinta Allee

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Jacinta Allee of Lost City Books and I chat about the unfairly maligned romance genre and its many hidden gems.




On the agenda:

  1. "One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston
  2. "Beach Read" by Emily Henry
  3. "The Dead Romantics" by Ashley Poston
  4. "The Love Hypothesis" by Ali Hazelwood


    5. Honorable mentions (not necessarily romance, just #goodebooks):

    1. "House of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski
    2. "Alone With You in the Ether" by Olivie Blake
    3. "How We Are Translated" by Jessica Gaitán Johannesson
    4. "Trick Mirror" by Jia Tolentino
    5. "Red, White & Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston


      6. The music for this episode is “Daisy (EDM/Instrumental)” by Zight. Subscribe to the show and follow us on Instagram @slowburnpodcast! You can find Jacinta at Lost City Books, where she works as a full-time bookseller and advocate for "women's lit" and organizes the store's Meet Cute Book Club.

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