Learning The Tropes: A Reading Podcast

This week we read Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein and wow... just wow.     Read:   Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein     Listen:   Yuck - Glow & Behold (Spotify)     Watch:   Shrill - Season 2 (Hulu)     This episode is brought to you by Kensington’s newest title from Cheris Hodges, OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART.  Sportswriter Nina Richardson had the perfect life away from her family’s famous shadow. But a social media blowup and rejection by her boyfriend brought her back to their peaceful Charleston, South Carolina B&B to figure out what went wrong. So there’s no way she’s going to trust the crazy-hot sparks flying between her and handsome new employee Clinton Jefferson. It’s just reckless, rip-his-clothes-off, one-night-and-forget-it lust—right? You can find OWNER OF A BROKEN HEART by Cheris Hodges wherever books are sold. Find out more at Kensingtonbooks.com.     Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

It's February and we're reading two books and watching a movie!    Never Sweeter by Charlotte Stein     To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (Netflix)     Act Like It by Lucy Parker     Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

This week we read the LAST Hathaways Book, Love In The Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas. We say goodbye to the Hathaways and rank our top Kleypas heroes and heroines! It's a fun one!   Read:   Love in the Afternoon by Lisa Kleypas   Watch:   Succession (HBO)   Dickinson (Apple TV+)     This episode is brought to you by Kensington’s newest title from Alexandra Ivy, INTENDED VICTIM.  New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Ivy delivers a novel of romantic suspense about a vicious killer who attempts to punish the one that got away. It’s a creepy tale with a hot hero in law enforcement and a feisty heroine aiming to stay out of the killer’s clutches. You can find INTENDED VICTIM by Alexandra Ivy wherever books are sold. Find out more at Kensingtonbooks.com.     This episode is also sponsored by LOLA. For 30% off your first month’s subscription, visit mylola.com and enter TROPES when you subscribe!   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

This week we read Book 4 of the Hathaways Series, Married By Morning by Lisa Kleypas. We talked about how nonchalant the Hathaways are, if Clayton remembers various escaped animal headlines and Dodger. Frickin' Dodger.   Read:   Married by Morning by Lisa Kleypas   Watch:   Cheer (Netflix)   This episode is sponsored by LOLA. For 30% off your first month’s subscription, visit mylola.com and enter TROPES when you subscribe!   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

This week we read Tempt Me At Twilight by Lisa Kleypas, Book 3 of the Hathaways Series. Join us!   Read:   Tempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas     The Castle on Sunset by Shawn Levy    Listen:   Mannequin P---y - Drunk II (Spotify)   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

(Spoiler Warning: If you haven't seen the movie yet, go see it, then listen!) Erin, Clayton and Producer Patty saw Greta Gerwig's Little Women (2019) starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh and Timothee Chalamet. Is it a masterpiece? Find out in this special Friday Bonus Episode!   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

We're back with Book 2 of The Hathaways Series, Seduce Me At Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas, and we have a special guest! Author Kate Clayborn joins us to talk about her new book Love Lettering, Virgin River (Spoiler Alert) and all things Kleypas! (Also, we had a few audio issues this episode, so our apologies.)   Read:   Seduce Me At Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas   Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn   Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner   Listen:    OnWriting (iTunes)   Follow:   Movie Premieres Unlimited   Find Kate- Instagram @kateclayborn.author Twitter @kateclayborn   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

This week we ring in the New Year with Mine Till Midnight, Book 1 of The Hathaways Series by Lisa Kleypas!     Read:   Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas   Watch:   Wild Rose (Hulu)   Listen:   Harry Styles - Fine Line (Spotify)     Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

WARNING: We spoil the heck outta this series, so watch it first before you listen!   It's our first annual Tipsy Episode and we watched Virgin River Season 1, based on the books by Robyn Carr. We talked about Mel vs. Charmaine, how much Brady sucks and Jack's hair... his luscious, luscious hair. Plus, Listener Questions!    Watch:   Virgin River (Netflix)     Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!

January is Hathaways Month!    To kick off 2020 right, we're reading every book in the five book Hathaways series by Lisa Kleypas! It's gonna be so much fun!   Read:   Mine Till Midnight     Seduce Me at Sunrise     Tempt Me at Twilight     Married by Morning     Love in the Afternoon   Find us- Instagram @learningthetropes Twitter @learningtropes Facebook Learning The Tropes Podcast Join The Learning The Tropes Troop! email: learningthetropespodcast@gmail.com Learning The Tropes is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts!