Ep 234: We Listen and Don’t Judge – Bookish Style
On this episode of Buzzing About Romance, we’re diving into the TikTok-inspired trend, “We Listen and Don’t Judge”, but with a bookish twist. We spill the tea, share our boldest opinions, and take a closer look at the books, tropes, and trends that sparked debates, inspired love, or maybe left us scratching our heads this year.
Discussion Points?
- Trad Publishing being built on the backs of Indie authors
- Death of the Mass Market
- Demands of ARC readers |parasocial relationships and demands on authors
- Romance Readers thinking that Romance Genre was new in 2020
- Tiktok Ban- IG is flat and boring compared to Tiktok
- The continued cycling of the same shit- reviews are for reads, Romance needs an HEA, audiobooks is reading
- Influencers becoming Publishers- Bindery
- Spice Levels -| Vibe vs Stakes | No 3rd act break ups
- No One owns a title
- Claiming of the word –Smut
- “push the envelope” and don’t think Romances need to end with a HEA/HFN.
- Trends in 2024 we loved – Dark rom-coms |everyone going to illustrated covers
- Thoughts on Signings- Denver- Apollycon issues- now lit in the low country
- The Rise of Romance Subgenres People Love to Hate – Monsters, Aliens, Billionaires, pregnancy,
- List making-
- Booktok vs Bookstagram
2024
Most successful books based on sales and reviews-
- Funny Story by Emily Henry
- This Could Be Us by Kennedy Ryan
- The Striker by Ana Huang
- Bride by Ali Hazelwood
- “Play Along” by Liz Tomforde: This novel stood out as the sole indie-published book among the nominees for the Goodreads Choice Awards’ Best Romance Book of the year.
Bloom had 25 books make it to best sellers list this year
Book of the Week:
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