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Are all cats ice queens? Are all ice queens cats? What if they’re British? Kris’s Alexa wants to weigh in on this very important conversation, too. 

We answer a listener question about debut authors that swept us off our feet, making this a recommendation-heavy episode. After this edifying topic, Kris and Tara belly up to a long conversation about the latest season of the trash can that is the latest season of Love is Blind.

Official Recommendations

From Kris: Nurses (Global/NBC)
This week, Kris recommends the Canadian medical drama Nurses (Global/NBC), which follows a group of nurses in a busy downtown Toronto hospital. There’s a lot of death and dying in the show, so watch out for that if you’re squeamish. Otherwise, Kris describes it as a much less angsty Grey’s Anatomy.

From Tara: Tempting Olivia by Clare Ashton
Tara recommends the contemporary sapphic romance Tempting Olivia by Clare Ashton. An icy, perfectionist lawyer with a secret celebrity crush ends up representing that celebrity during her divorce and, well, you can kind of figure out the rest from there.

Tara praises the reality of how the relationship is handled, including how the power dynamics of their professional/client relationship are handled. Tara adored this book so much so that it’s now her favourite Clare Ashton book, toppling the reigning champ, Poppy Jenkins. Run, don't walk.

Works/People Discussed

• Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter
• The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay
• Compass Rose by Anna Burke
• Stick McLaughlin: The Prohibition Years by C.F. Frizzell
• Changing Majors by Ana Hartnett
• The Red Files by Lee Winter
• Jericho by Ann McMan
• The Music and the Mirror by Lola Keeley
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)
• Survivor, Season 46 (CBS)
• The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (AMC)
• Love is Blind, Season 6 (Netflix)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 16 (MTV)
• RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World, Season 3 (BBC Three)
• Taylor Tomlinson: Have it All (Netflix)
• Lean in to Love by Catherine Lane

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CONTENT WARNING: We're excited that Kris’s team won the Super Bowl for the second year in a row. Tragically, as some of you may have heard, the celebratory parade was interrupted by a mass shooting. Kris talks about her experience and feelings about the event. There are no graphic or scary details, but if you want to avoid it, the section is 01:28 - 07:36. Stay safe, everyone.

Tara’s reading slumpbuster keeps on chugging with more book recommendations. Kris goes to space (and the library) to get some work done. Reality television, in books and otherwise, is discussed at length. 

Official Recommendations

From Kris: ISS (2023)
This week, Kris recommends the science fiction thriller ISS. Kira Foster is the latest addition to the International Space Station. When nuclear war breaks out on Earth and the key to survival lies in the research aboard the ISS, America and Russia order their respective astronauts to take the station at any cost.

From Tara: Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter
This week, Tara recommends Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter, which the author described on Facebook as her first "romcom on purpose."

Muffin maker Olivia Roberts is tired of being taken advantage of by a series of bad exes and has decided on revenge. The problem is she needs help. When she puts out an ad looking for a henchperson, she gets it in the form of the mysterious Margaret Blackwood, and then we’re off to the races. Tara adored this book and thinks you will too.

Works/People Discussed

• Love is Blind, Season 6 (Netflix)
• True Detective: Night Country (HBO)
• RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 16 (MTV)
• RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World, season 2 (BBC Three)
• Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)
• Forever by Kris Bryant

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