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A Romantic-Fiction Primer and Some Identity-Protection Intel from Allstate

Podcast |: A Thing or Two with Claire and Erica
Publisher |: Dear Media
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Business,; Careers,; Design,; Fashion & Beauty,; Interview,; Personal Journals,; Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |: Arts,; Design,; Society & Culture
Publication Date |: Sep 12, 2022
Episode Duration |: 00:46:10

Let’s go in-depth on romance novels! But first, we’re chatting with Madeline Nusser from Allstate Identity Protection, which oh-so-graciously sponsored this episode, to dig into something equally sexy: doing what you can to thwart identity theft.

Go to AIP.com/AThingOrTwo today to see if Allstate Identity Protection is available through your employer. If not sign up there to get a 30-day free trial..

Check out The Washington Post article on the rise of romance in the U.S. and this Twitter thread from Helen Rosner on the weirdness of publishing categories.

Some books that are not romance novels but kind of are:

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (but her book Instructions for Dancing counts!)

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Books we endorse for romance newbs:

The Idea of You by Robinne Lee

The Roommate by Rosie Danan

How to Fake It in Hollywood by Ava Wilder

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (see also: our podcast ep with Tallia)

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Honey and Spice by Bolu Babalola (who’s a great Twitter follow)

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

More romance authors with many books to dive into:

Jasmine Guillory

Abby Jimenez

Tessa Bailey

Have a romance novel you want, neeeeeed to recommend? Let us know at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, or @athingortwohq. And for more recommendations, try out a Secret Menu membership.

Support your hair with Nutrafol. Take $15 off your first month’s subscription with the code ATHINGORTWO.

Look into Allstate Identity Protection (and see if your employer offers it, too). Use our link for a 30-day free trial.

Try Bombas and take 20% off your first purchase when you use our link.

Book that doctor’s appointment: Download the free Zocdoc app.

YAY.

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