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Bodice Tipplers

Bodice Tipplers

We"re Courtney and we"re Sara and we"re Bodice Tipplers, the podcast where we read the romance novels we used to steal off our grandmothers" nightstands (and then we drink about it.) Join us each episode as we examine the good, the bad, and the throbbing of vintage romances.

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02:29:01

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/05/31

Today we have a special treat for you - we got Henry from FireStarters to read Grace Metalious' Peyton Place with us and let me tell you... it's a real Peyton Place in there. I honestly can't even describe the plot of this book so let me just give you the trigger warnings, I guess? So this book is trying really hard to shock you, which shouldn't shock you - the stuff that isn't intentional in it, therefore, is... more shocking? So on that front look out for rampant 1950's racism that thinks it's

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01:14:42

Honor's Splendour by Julie Garwood

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/05/18

Meet gentle Lady Madelyne, kidnapped by the studly Baron Duncan! Meet a lot of people whose names we cannot recall! Wonder why "honor" is spelled the American way but "splendour" got that extra u! Thrill to dastardly deeds, "dastardly deeds" if you know what I mean, and last minute court intrigue for no reason! It's Honor's Splendour by Julie Garwood, a special listener request! Trigger warnings include seriously dodgy depictions of mental illness, Evil Gays, offscreen-before-times sexual

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02:11:36

Fancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/04/27

We have had all our shots and we are back in the same room so get ready for some seriously overexcited people! (That would be us but it would also be the people in this book.) Fancy Pants by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - she's a British socialite with big "See You Next Tuesday" energy, he's a hot redneck golfer with a self esteem problem, they slap each other in parking lots more than the average couple does! Secret babies! Imaginary Jack Nicklaus! Real Jack Nicklaus! Riches to rags to riches!

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24:57

Special Edition - To Love and to Loathe by Martha Waters

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/04/07

We're back with Martha Waters for her second book, To Love and to Loathe! If you remember, Martha had the unique bad luck to release her first book the week the world ended last year, and it's been so long that she's back with a sequel. The widowed Diana, Lady Templeton and Jeremy, Marquess of Willingham are infamous among English high society as much for their sharp-tongued bickering as their flirtation. One evening, an argument at a ball turns into a serious wager: Jeremy will marry within the

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02:19:03

50th Episode Blowout: The Thorn Birds by Colleen...

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/03/31

You guys you guys this is it! This is the big one! We are fifty episodes old and we are going BIG! We have gotten so many requests for this one - we read The Thorn Birds, you guys, and we're gonna watch the miniseries (check social media for upcoming details about watching it with us!) and we got a secret guest (spoiler: Courtney's secret brother Nate) all the way from Australia, and of course it was a whole ass thing. We lost Courtney for half of it! It was a beast, but we had a blast and we

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01:04:11

The Leopard Tree by Valerie Parv

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/03/20

You guys. We have done it. We have finally gone so far down the rabbit hole of vintage romance that we have found one that is not on Goodreads. Welcome to The Leopard Tree by Valerie Parv, reigning queen of Australian romance! There's a UFO! It's Australia! He's a... he's an ex-military rodeo bronco buster and she makes ugly jewelry and has an awful fiancé and she'd like to pretend that he's from outer space but really there's a sad and sordid little crime story! I dunno, all crammed into

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01:29:30

Love Overboard / Ivan Takes a Wife by Janet Evanovich

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/02/25

Yooooo, it's a pre-Plum Janet Evanovich! It's got capers and slapstick and... business! Ivan is a schooner captain. Stephanie is an ex-cop, now cute bread and breakfast owner! Tess is maybe a ghost! It's got no major trigger warnings beyond what you'd expect for this sort of madcap comedy business - gggggghosts, cold-ass Maine water, possibly a lie about a shower?, a whole ass town gaslighting this poor woman, bad cooking! I don't want to give anything away but if you're okay with "screwball"

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Butterfly Swords by Jeannie Lin

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/02/12

Happy lunar new year! We rang in the Year of the Ox with Butterfly Swords, which was Jeannie Lin's first book. It won the Golden Heart Award back in 2009 and started her illustrious career. Ai Li is to be married to the powerful and hawt Li Tao, a scheming jiedushi. When she discovers his treachery and his murder of her brother she escapes to warn her father, the Tang Emperor. Except her father isn't really all that fussed about it? She's helped along the way by Ryam, Noted White Guy. They

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01:32:37

Lightning That Lingers by Sharon and Tom Curtis

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/01/30

Y'all, it's our first Loveswept! She's a children's librarian, he's stripping to fund his owl-rescue habit! It's incredibly sweet and just wonderful in every possible way, there are no major content warnings, just read this one - trust us.

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01:47:11

Lucky by Jackie Collins

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/01/23

Are... are you actually ready for this? (We were not.) Get ready for some Jackie Collins all up in your face-parts! Lucky Santangelo is a boss businesslady who Has Sex. A whole lot happens in this book - everybody gets married six times, at least one hotel is opened, dirty deeds are done on yachts.... I honestly do not know how I could possibly describe the plot. I can tell you that if you are sensitive to literally any content whatsoever you should not read this book because it has it all.

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33:42

Special Edition - Single and Forced to Mingle

Bodice Tipplers ·

2021/01/05

We were asked if we'd like to interview Melissa Croce about her new book, Single and Forced to Mingle - a guide to what to do if you're unattached and have to go do things. (Somebody remind me what doing things is like? I think I've forgotten!) It comes out today, so go get a copy wherever you buy your books!

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01:09:55

Humbug Man by Diana Palmer

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/12/29

Happy holidays, y'all! We all needed something a little... lighter. Something a little more... snowy. Something with a mustache. Enter Diana Palmer's The Humbug Man, the tiniest little book that packs the most chest hair! He's another ranchin' Tate (why is that a trope?) who hates kids and loves ranchin' (childfree.) She's a secretary who moved to Arizona to be close to Montana who needs some deep dicking, stat, but isn't going to get any until the last two pages. It's really sweet and has

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57:27

Secrets and Lies by Selena Montgomery AKA Stacey Abrams

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/11/25

He's a cat burglar, she's an ethnobotanist, they both get their cardio in and it's Medicine Man has a weirdly paced baby with Romancing the Stone! On this special Thanksgiving episode we give genuine thanks to Stacey Abrams for her tireless work flipping the state of Georgia oh my freaking god you guys! And if you'd like to thank a black woman for doing a hard grimy job nobody else wanted to do, don't give her more work to do - give her money! Go buy her books! No major trigger warnings for this

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03:33:46

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/10/30

It’s spooky season you mofos! That means a creepy book. This year we leave the world of ghost banging and half assed witches to deep dive into vampires! Buckle Up because we are riding the Vampire Lestat train. The follow up to Anne Rice’s 1976 book, Interview with a Vampire, is all about that vampy rock and roll lifestyle. Published in 1985 this book is a bedazzled and spandex approach to what to do when you are undead. Featuring special guest Dr. Claire Mischker, we take an EXTREMELY DEEP DIVE

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02:19:29

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/10/21

Ever get super horny for Alexander the Great, conqueror of worlds? You will. Join us as we get classical up in here with Mary Renault's 1972 The Persian Boy, a book about a traumatized teenager whose vast ambition centers entirely on jumping Alexander's bones. Heads up - this book's got all sorts of traumatic historical stuff in it including but not limited to forced castration, rape, enslavement, and up close and personal war. We are honored to have a special guest for this episode - John Kinard

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Dreaming by Jill Barnett

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/09/28

She's a public menace, he's trying his best to be a devil may care rake but keeps landing on "that cat in the Pepe le Pew cartoons" - it's Dreaming by Jill Barnett, a book with surprise witches, a shocking number of shipwrecks and kidnappings, and a cautionary tale about staying away from people who are "clumsy as a character trait". No major warnings for this one unless you count "didn't know this was a sequel until halfway through" and "oh my god somebody save this man".

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02:16:43

Kajira of Gor by John Norman

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/09/11

We have a very special treat for you this episode! Miss Honey Analverkehr of My Mum is a Pornstar joined us all the way from Australia to talk about a book that had a big impact on her as a young person, John Norman's Kajira of Gor. Note: unfortunately, we had some audio issues with this one (we keep trying different things for these pandemic episodes but they keep on having different problems!) but we felt the content was so great we had to release it even though every time we talk over each other

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47:09

Green Fire by Stephanie James

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/08/21

For those of you not "in the know", Jayne Ann Krentz (actually Jayne Castle) writes under a ton of pseudonyms and this is one of them. We wanted to read another one of hers since we HATED Ghost of a Chance. This one does also feature a very alpha dominant male, but other than the Romance Novel Peril and some kind of questionable breaking and entering there's nothing gross in this book. This episode is sponsored by Kensington Books and The Rebellious Rancher by Kate Pearce, available wherever fine

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01:21:22

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/07/28

She's a feisty hoyden disguised as a boy! He wears pantyhose and makes it look good! It's the court of Louis XV (we totally get it wrong in the podcast!) We're still on Zoom and we apologize for the audio quality! That's right, it's a real romance classic - we read Georgette Heyer's These Old Shades, a book with a skeevy age gap, some grossly flippant talk about miscarriage, a good old Romance Novel Kidnapping, and the kind of people who are obviously aristocrats because they are attractive in a

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01:16:18

Fanta C by Sandra Brown

Bodice Tipplers ·

2020/07/06

Welcome to Sandra Brown's Fanta-C, which should have been a sweet contemporary romance from the 80's but is actually kind of fucking disturbing in the weirdest and most unexpected way. Meet Elizabeth, a prissy lady who wears pantyhose and slips and owns a store that sells potpourri for your mistress, and Thad (THAD!), a silver fox who has puppies at his house. This is actually a great little book about a lady who has a rich dirty fantasy life but struggles with real life, except WARNING there is a

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