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Books and movies mentioned during this episode:

• Happy Place, Emily Henry (2023, Penguin)
• When Harry Met Sally (1989, Prime)
• Love, Just In, Natalie Murray (2024, Allen & Unwin)
• Not Here To Make Friends, Jodi McAlister (January 2024, Simon & Schuster)
• The Next Big Thing, James Colley (February 2024, Pantera Press)
• One Day, David Nicholls (2009, Hachette)
• What If, sometimes known as The F Word (2014, Prime)
• NOT a rom-com but a great conversation starter: Swiss Army Man (2016, Stan)
• Paterson (2016)
• Love And Other Scores, Abra Pressler (out November 28, Pan Macmillan)
• Marry Me Juliet series by Jodi McAlister (Simon & Schuster, 2022-24)
• The One, Kaneana May (2021, HarperCollins)
• Caroline O’Donoghue, The Rachel Incident (Hachette, 2023)
• Sentimental Garbage
• Bridie Jabour’s interview with Caroline on Cool Story
• Watch a video of the live event on Roaring Stories’ Facebook

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Stepbrother Dearest; Emma, Jane Austen; Twilight, Stephanie Meyer; Steffanie Holmes; The Price of Salt, Patricia Highsmith. Jodi McAlister: Here For The Right Reasons, Can I Steal You For A Second, Not Here To Make Friends. At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree, Alli Parker. Genevieve Novak: Crushing, No Hard Feelings. Never Ever Forever, Karina May. Clueless (Binge); Emma (1996, Stan/2020, Binge); Romeo + Juliet (1996, Disney+); Twilight (Binge); Brokeback Mountain (Binge); Portrait of a Lady on Fire (SBS); Carol (Binge); The Big Sick (Prime); Five Feet Apart (Prime); Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner; Three Men and a Baby.

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BOOKS: Bound To Happen, Jonathan Shannon; Love, In Theory, Elodie Cheesman; No Hard Feelings, Genevieve Novak; Ghosts, Dolly Alderton; One Last Stop, Casey McQuiston; Playing The Field, Zoe Foster Blake; Sit Stay Love, Amy Hutton; Someone Else’s Bucket List, Amy T Matthews; Not Meeting Mr Right, Anita Heiss; Legally Blak, Teela Reid; Burn, Melanie Saward; The Summer Job, Lizzy Dent. | MOVIES: Notting Hill (Binge); Ibiza (Netflix); A Cinderella Story; Only You (Netflix); Serendipity (Stan); 50 First Dates (Amazon Prime);The Holiday (Binge); The Big Sick (Prime); Ruby Sparks (Disney+); Fleabag (Prime); Love Actually (Binge)

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Never Ever Forever Karina May; Happy Place, Emily Henry; Every Summer After, Carley Fortune; Love and Other Words, Christina Lauren; Star Crossed, Minnie Darke; Minnie Darke on Writes4Women; Once More With Feeling, Alyssa Sussman; Who’s That Girl, Mhairi McFarlane; Spring Clean For The Peach Queen, Sasha Wasley; Second Chance Love in Point Perry, Joanne Speirs | MOVIES: 13 Going On 30 (Binge); Ticket To Paradise (Binge); Sweet Home Alabama (Disney Plus); Before Sunrise (Binge) | SHELF LOVE: Lonely Harts Radio, Adeline Knight; Love For Life, Saman Shad; The Rachel Incident, Caroline O’Donoghue | Liked Yellowface, Rebecca F Kuang? Try Burnt Out by Victoria Brookman. 

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• Funny Story, Emily Henry, (2024)
• Good Material, Dolly Alderton (Nov 2023)
• Never Ever Forever, Karina May (Nov 2023)
• While You Were Sleeping (1995, Disney Plus)
• The Proposal (2009, Disney Plus)
• The Kiss Quotient, Helen Hoang (2019)
• Written In The Stars, Alexandria Bellefleur (2021)
• If I Never Met You, Mhairi McFarlane (2020)
• The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood (2021) 
• The Love Contract, Steph Vizard (2023)
• Bridget Jones’s Diary, Helen Fielding (1996)
• Jemima J, Jane Green (2006)
• Queen Kat, Carmel and St Jude Get A Life, Maureen McCarthy (1995)
• West Side Honey, Claire Christian (2023)
• The Matchmaker, Saman Shad (2023)
• Sorrow And Bliss, Meg Mason (2020)
• Romantic Comedy, Curtis Sittenfeld (2023) 
• It’s Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake, Claire Christian (2020).

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Icebreaker, Hannah Grace

The Smutty Hockey Drama Melting Down BookTok (The Cut)

Love Match, Clare Fletcher

Carrie Soto is Back, Taylor Jenkins Reid

Wimbledon (Binge)

Cleat Cute, Meryl Wilsner

Anne Of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Hating Game, Sally Thorne

Beach Read, Emily Henry

Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen

Bridget Jones’ Diary, Helen Fielding

10 Things I Hate About You ( Stan)

The Unhoneymooners, Christina Lauren

The Love Contract, Steph Vizard

Unnecessary Drama, Nina Kenwood

Book Lovers, Emily Henry

Red White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston

Sit, Stay, Love, Amy Hutton

Without Further Ado, Jessica Dettmann

A sincere apology from Clare who misspoke and misgendered Meryl Wilsner and Casey McQuiston, both of whom use they/them pronouns.

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Thanks for listening to our first episode of That Rom Com Pod, I think you can hear us finding our feet!

Books and films we mentioned during the episode:

• Clare Fletcher: Love Match, Five Bush Weddings
• Karina May: Duck a l’Orange for Breakfast
• Emily Henry, Happy Place
• Beth O’Leary, The Flatshare
• Jodi McAlister, Here For The Right Reasons and Can I Steal You For A Second
• Sally Thorne, The Hating Game
• Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer and Hook Line & Sinker
• Set It Up (2018, Netflix)
• Green Card (1990)
• Emma Grey, The Last Love Note
• Georgia Clark, Island Time
• Now And Then (1995)
• You’ve Got Mail (1998, Netflix)
• Jessica Seaborn, Perfect-Ish
• Jonathan Shannon, Bound To Happen
• Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus: The Book Ninja and While You Were Reading, Fancy Meeting You Here

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