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.
Iâll 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, youâll have access to the complete issues weâre looking at, so you can read along with us – and tell us which books from back issues youâd 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 isnât online anywhere that Iâve 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 youâd like to send them to be, PLEASE get in touch with me – sarah AT smart bitches trashy books.com. Iâm scouring eBay magazine vendors and trying to gather as many as I can, and right now I have some from 2014, 2015, and 2016.
Links!
- Listen to Sassy at ListenToSassy.com
- Time Magazine, March 2008: âCrazy and In Charge.â
- Delia’s Catalog
- NewType Magazine
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