Romance novelist Tia Williams visits the show to discuss her latest book A Love Song for Ricki Wilde. Tia shares why she wanted to venture into historical romance, how being a beauty editor has helped her create characters, and why telling this fated-mates story forced her to work even harder than usual. Plus, we break down trends in romance covers.
The Stacks Book Club selection for February is Viral Justice by Ruha Benjamin. We will discuss the book on February 28th with Uché Blackstock.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes and on Bookshop.org and Amazon
- A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
- “Unabridged: Bubbles with Tia Williams” (The Stacks)
- Billie Holiday
- “Ain’t Nobody” (Chaka Kahn, 1983)
- Chuck Berry
- Motown
- Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
- Fabio
- Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
- Jackie Collins
- Judith Krantz
- Danielle Steel
- Rashida Jones
- Regina Hall
- Regina King
- Rae Dawn Chong
- Gladys Bentley
- Reese’s Pieces
- The Real Housewives of New York City (Bravo)
- The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Bravo)
- The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo)
- “‘Seven Days in June’ Is Reese’s Book Club Pick” (Michael Schaub, Kirkus Reviews)
- You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
- On Writing by Stephen King
- The Guest by Emma Cline
- Griselda (Netflix)
- Rogues by Patrick Radden Keefe
- Colored Television by Danzy Senna
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Zora and Langston by Yuval Taylor
- Dead Again (Kenneth Branagh, 1991)
- Kenneth Branagh
- Emma Thompson
- Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh, 1993)
- Oppenheimer (Christopher Nolan, 2023)
- Adelaide Hall
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