>>> WELCOME BACK.
VALENTINE’S DAY IS ALMOST HERE.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT READS THAT
YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH.
HERE TO HELP US IS JULIA QUINN,
THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR BEHIND
THE BRIDGERTON SERIES.
THE FIRST BOOK INSPIRED THE
NETFLIX SHOW THAT WAS RECENTLY
RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON
WHICH SO MANY INCLUDING MYSELF
ARE EXCITED ABOUT.
JULIA, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> IT’S SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU.
WE’RE GOING TO GET TO YOUR BOOK
RECOMMENDATIONS IN A SECOND.
I HAVE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON
GRIRJ
"BRIDGERTON" BEING PICKED UP FOR
SEASON TWO.
IS IT SIMILAR TO THE BOOKS WHERE
WE COULD GET INTRODUCED MANY IN
DETAIL TO A ANOTHER CHARACTER?
>> YEAH.
SO JUST LIKE SEASON ONE FOCUSSED
PRIMARILY ON DAPHNE AND HER LOVE
STORY, SEASON TWO WILL FOCUS ON
ANTHONY AND HIS LOVE STORY WHICH
PLAYS OUT IN THE SECOND BOOK IN
THE SERIES.
>> I CAN’T WAIT.
>> I GUESS IN THE MEANTIME,
WE’LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING ELSE.
LET’S START WITH A CATEGORY
YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH.
HISTORICAL ROMANCE.
WHAT’S YOUR PICK FOR US HERE?
>> OKAY.
SO NOT SURPRISINGLY I GET ASKED
ALL THE TIME WHERE DO I START
WITH HISTORICAL RO MONS.
THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD AUTHORS.
I’M RECOMMENDING TESSA DARE.
THIS IS HER MOST RECENT BOOK
YOURS TRULY "THE WALL FLOWER
WAGER".
HER WRITING IS SMART AND FULL OF
HEART.
THIS ONE IS ESPECIALLY FUN.
THE HERO IS SOMEONE WHO IF SHE
LIVED TODAY WOULD PROBABLY RUN
AN ANIMAL RESCUE.
INSTEAD SHE BRINGS THE ANIMALS
INTO HER HOUSE AND GIVES THEM
CARE AND AFFECTION HER FAMILY
NEVER GAVE HER.
CHAOS ENSUES AND YOU HAVE THIS
GRUMPY HERO AND THE RESCUE
PARROT FLIES INTO HIS HOUSE,
AND --
>> I LOVE IT.
AND THEN ROMANCE HAPPENS.
>> ROMANCE HAPPENS AS IT DOES.
I THINK ANYBODY WHO LOOKS
"BRIDGERTON" WILL LIKE TES KA’S
BOOKS.
>> I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS A
THING, BUT THERE ARE
SPORTS-THEMED ROMANCES?
YOU’VE GOT ONE FALLOWING THE
HEELS OF THE SUPER BOWL CALLED
"SNAPPED"?
>> YES.
SPORTS ROMANCE IS A REALLY BIG
THING.
I ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS ANYBODY
ELSE.
AND A FEW YEARS AGO I HEARD
ABOUT ALEXA MARTIN.
AND I THOUGHT NOW, THIS IS AN
AUTHOR WHO HAS GOT TO KNOW WHAT
SHE’S TALKING ABOUT.
HER HUSBAND PLAYED IN THE NFL
FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I BELIEVE HE
ACTUALLY WON THE SUPER BOWL
TWICE.
AND SO I READ ALL HER BOOKS.
THEY ARE SO AWESOME.
THE NARRATION IS JUST SNARKY AND
FUNNY.
YOU WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH
THESE WOMEN.
BUT I THINK "SNAPPED" TAKES
THINGS TO A NEW LEVEL.
YOU KNOW, WITH ROMANCE, IT’S HOT
AND FUN, BUT THERE’S THIS
UNDERLYING SOCIAL COMMENTARY
WHICH REALLY PULLS YOU IN ABOUT
BLACK LIVES MATTER, ABOUT THE
WAY THE NFL TREATS ITS RETIRED
ATHLETES, AND IN THE CASE OF
ELLIOT, ABOUT WHAT IT’S LIKE AS
A BIRACIAL INDIVIDUAL TO BE
STRADDLING TWO WORLDS AND NOT
NECESSARILY EVER FEELING LIKE
YOU FIT IN.
I JUST -- I SNAPPED THIS ONE UP.
>> WHAT ABOUT A BOOK THAT’S A
DIFFERENT TYPE OF FRIENDSHIP.
YOU KNOW?
MORE ABOUT A FRIENDSHIP THAN A
HOT ROMANCE?
>> YEAH.
SO THAT ONE I AM RECOMMENDING
"MISS BENSON’S BEETLE" BY RACHEL
JOYCE.
I PICKED THIS ONE UP KIND OF BY
ACCIDENT AND I’M SO GLAD I DID.
IT’S THIS UNLIKELY STORY.
THE
THE HERO IS SOMEBODY WHO IS SO
LONELY AND UNFILL FILLED AND
DOESN’T REALIZE IT.
IT’S POST WAR BRITAIN.
SHE’S IN HER LATE 40s, AND
SOMEBODY PLAYS A CRUEL PRANK ON
HER AND IT SPURS HER TO PURSUE
HER LIFE-LONG PASSION, THE
SEARCH FOR THIS PROBABLY
MYTHICAL GOLDEN BEETLE OF NEW
CALIDONAI IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
SHE NEEDS AN ASSISTANT.
SHE HIRES ENID, AND THESE TWO
WOMEN FORM AFTER MANY, MANY
FALSE STARTS, THE FOESMOST UNLIK
FRIENDSHIP.
WHAT I LOVE IS EACH OF THESE
WOMEN THROUGH THEIR FRIENDSHIP
FINDS THEIR OWN KIND OF STRENGTH
AND WORTH IN A SOCIETY THAT
REALLY HAS ALREADY WRITTEN THEM
OFF AS INCONSEQUENTIAL.
>> JULIA, ALL YOUR BOOKS SOUND
WONDERFUL.
WE JUST RAN OUT OF TIME.
WE’RE GOING TO PUT THE REST ON
OUR WEBSITE.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL