We look back on how Jayce Reads Romance as a podcast came into being. It was a longer process than I’ve let on. Michael joins us to share how he supported this journey.

We have our next book club episode on November 15th. I’m re-reading Dark City Omega by Elizabeth Stephens. I’ll be joined by Wylie from All My Friends Are Reading.

Can’t wait to share this book with you!

This episode contains so many tangents and side stories. I also included 3 quotes about other body parts that I read that month

SPOILERS! Just warning ya'll that I spoil so many things about these books.

I bust through the books I read in the month of September. I hit my diversity goals for the month as well, which I posted in the show notes so ya'll can see.

Conferences aren't just a great place to get books signed by your favorite authors. They are also where book people can come together and talk about the growth (or lack thereof) of the industry. Where we need to evolve. Who is leading the charge. And so much more.

Until this year, I had never been to a book convention. I dived into the deep end and attended 4 between May and October. Here's what I've learned along the way.

The actual roundup of July Forearm quotes. Thank you everyone who pointed out last month's episode was June's books. I appreciate you all!

Ya'll. This is a long episode. Take this with you on a long walk as you soak up the final rays of summer. I share the 23 books I read over the month. We had mostly wins, and a few no thank you(s).

We jump into spooky season with this witchy book! This is book two in the series. We talk about the book: what we liked, what we didn't, what surprised us, romance and witchy books in general.

It was so fun to finally meet Devon! Sephie's mentioned her enough that I feel like she is a secret part of the podcast. 😀

We debunk the story that reading romance is the same as watching porn, and that they have the same intention. AND we look at using romance novels to help set the scene for self love. We also talk nuts and bolts about what it means to "spend time with yourself" because you don't know what you don't know.

I decided to do a reintroduction episode! If you're new to the podcast, maybe I hooked you with the forearms, you might not know why I made it in the first place.

I think these month by month episodes are the correct amount of forearms. We have a few books that RAVE about forearms. Enjoy these forearm loving stories.

If you want a well rounded conversation about romance books and life, you've found it! We take a finding road from Hailey's introduction to romance, to how she's evolved as a reader, to where she wants romance to go. We laugh and we laugh some more.

I read 21 books. Out of those, there's only one book I didn't enjoy. I like that percentage. I did my best to keep Sephie blind for these books, so you get her reaction to my reaction.

In the month of May we had 10 books with forearms. I finally made this episode a quickie!!!! Enjoy.

Hi All!!!

I’m giving you a bit more time for this book club episode. I will be reading From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper with Devon, who you will meet in the episode.

That episode will go live on August 30th!

If you have any questions, comments, observations, or whatever that you want to share, send an email to jayce@jaycereadsromance.com before August 15th.

Can’t wait to get spooky season started!

For Courtney's pick, we read Sunstone Vol. 1 & 2 by Stjepan Šejić. This is a queer, kinky graphic novel. You can hear how excited Courtney was to hear my thoughts.

Had a great time sharing my reads with Sephie. I read 21 books in June. Massive spoilers!!!!! And the "synopses" are comedically short on purpose.

Jess and I have a conversation about the growth of the romance world over the last 20+ years. Where it's been, where we've seen the change, where we see the need for growth. She shares the books that have influenced her over the years, and some of the authors she's following now.

Hi ya’ll! We have our second Book Club episode landing on July 19th!!!!!

Courtney Abbott is joining me after we read Sunstone Volume 1 & Sunstone Volume 2 by Stjepan Šević.

Grab these graphic novels from bookshop, your library, or wherever you can find them. Can’t wait to share this conversation with you!