Typically on Tuesdays I release bonus episodes for the Patreon community, but this week, everyone gets the bonus because Amanda and I are introducing Romantic Times Rewind, a new series of podcast episodes where we look back at old issues of RT Book Reviews and Romantic Times Magazine. WOO HOO!
Amanda and I are going to re-read old issues of RT, and record two episodes each month. One issue will be looking at all the reviews by genre in a particular issue, and the other will look at the features, ads, and book covers inside.
I’ll be posting images and screengrabs from the issue on Smart Bitches, and on Instagram and Tumblr (for that extra retro flavor!).
Plus, as a member of the Patreon, you’ll have access to the complete issues we’re looking at, so you can read along with us - and tell us which books from back issues you’d most want to read.
Part of the inspiration for this series comes from the absolutely wonderful podcast Listen to Sassy, where Tara Ariano, David T. Cole, and Pamela Ribon re-read old issues of Sassy Magazine, which was a formative part of my teenager-hood.
Romantic Times Magazine and RT Book Reviews isn’t online anywhere that I’ve seen, and the site went dark in May 2018 shortly after the closure of the magazine and the conference was announced.
Most humbly, I ask: if you have back issues of RT Book Reviews or Romantic Times, print or digital, and you’d like to send them to be, PLEASE get in touch with me - sarah AT smart bitches trashy books.com. I’m scouring eBay magazine vendors and trying to gather as many as I can, and right now I have some from 2014, 2015, and 2016.
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617. A Romance Soundtracks Sampler
616. Reading Rubrics with Shana
615. RT Rewind: May 1994 Ads & Features
614. Dollar Princesses and Marriages of Convenience with Harper St. George
613. RT Rewind: May 1994 Reviews
612. Poetry in Scots with Len Pennie
611. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Ads & Features
610. Writing Super Fun Fantasy with Kimberly Lemming
609. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Reviews
608. Women as Shields and Scapegoats: Talking Kate Middleton with Melissa Blue
607. RT Rewind: March 2016 Ads & Features
606. Behind the Scenes of Classic Cover Art: Shirley Green and Sharon Spiak
605. RT Rewind: March 2016 Reviews
604. Dessert Projects, Romantasy, and Whimsy with Katee Robert
603. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2006 Ads and Features!
602. Foundations of Fantasy Romance with Jennifer L. Armentrout
601. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2006 Reviews!
600. Life is Too Short to Have Sex You Don’t Like, with Emily Nagoski
599. Romantic Times Rewind: December 2015 Ads and Features
598. Historical Romances for Horse Girls with Mimi Matthews
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