Episode 29: The Romance Genre and More

Special guest Meccah from the Lansing Libraries joins us for a dive into favorite romance picks and the romance genre in general, along with our regular diverse range of picks for the month. Cheryl’s Books: Nothing Compares to you: What Sinéad O’Connor Means to Us edited by Sonya Huber and Martha Bayne Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life: The Plants and Places that Inspired the Classic Children’s Tales by Marta McDowell Mentioned: Hanif Abdurraqib writing about Sinéad O’Connor (Instagram post) Instagram Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life: The Plants & Places that Inspired the Iconic Poet by Marta McDowell Jessica’s Books: Archangel’s Eternity by Nalini Singh Get a life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert The Beginning Comes After the End by Rebecca Solnit Mentioned: Angel’s Blood (first book in series) by Nalini Singh Nalini Singh’s wide range of titles. Talia Hibbert titles, “ The Brown Sisters ” trilogy. The author I blanked on was Jasmine Guillory . Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit Mari’s Books: Love, Sivvy: A Novel Inspired by the Life, Letters, and Diaries of Young Sylvia Plath by R.L. Toalson The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Poet and the Bees: A Story of the Seasons Sylvia Plath Kept Bees by Amy Novesky Navigating Night by Julie Leung Our Lake by Angie Kang Meccah’s Books: Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan More titles by Kennedy Ryan Tia Williams titles Twenty-Four Seconds From Now: A Love Story by Jason Reynolds We Go Slow by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie

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Episode 29: The Romance Genre and More is an episode from CADLcast Podcast by Capital Area District Libraries .

This episode is 45:49 long.

This episode was published on May 1, 2026.

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