This week, we interviewed the author of our latest favourite, and Book Club book of the month, 'How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates.' We chat all about the witty new slasher romance, the anxieties it feeds off, how to plot a book that spans over only a few hours, and the horniness of horror. What would you do if you were stuck with a serial killer, and they'd killed your blind date during a blackout opposite you at the table? Some of us would run and hide! Abby would probably grab the nearest weapon and fight to save us all.

LINKS

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📚Where to find Shailee:

WEBSITE: https://shaileethompson.com/home/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/shaileewrites/

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💛 Where to find Amy:

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Amy Barry on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amybarryauthor/

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Continuing a banger month of unconventional romance (Bad ra-ra ah-ah-ah), this week we're digging into the phenomenon of Sentient Object Romance. What initially seems like a silly, goofy genre is revealed to have hidden depths as we get into the topics of women's pleasure, consent, being seen, and the kindness of these stories. Don't worry, we also play games! We learn things about ourselves with a game of FMK, and test our resolve as Payton delights us with select readings from the genre. It's worth noting: this episode may be particularly NSFW.

This month we’re reading How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson. If a slasher x Rom-Com mashup appeals to you, get yourself a copy and stay tuned for our interview with the author on March 19, followed by our live book club over on YouTube on March 26!

MENTIONS

Books
Hallowpeen by Holly Wilde
The Deviled Egg Made Me Do It by Holly Wilde
Cold Sweat by Vera Valentine
Taken by the Tetris Blocks by Leonard Delaney
Melt for Daddy by Holly Wilde
Pounded by Produce by G.M. Fairy
Bedding the Bedding by Annara Layne
Penetrated by the President's Twitter Feed by M.J. Edwards
Pushin' Cushions by Vera Valentine & Unfortunate Reads
Pounded by Pluto by Leonard Delaney
Squeak by Vera Valentine
Stuffed by Sylvia Morrow
Midori Days by Kazurou Inoue (anime series by Studio Pierrot)

Film/TV
Pinnocchio, Disney
Toy Story, Disney
Beauty & the Beast, Disney
Star Wars, Lucasfilm
Doctor Who, BBC
Dukes of Hazzard, CBS

OTHER MEDIA
Date Everything, Sassy Chap Games
I'm in Love with my Car, Queen
Chuck Tingle (author)
Grapie Deltaco (Youtube)

LINKS

• 🎵 Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single SAME OLD here: https://tr.ee/Mn6oTQ2AOW

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• IG: https://www.instagram.com/amyandbookclub
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/169K69qXsh/
• TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@amyandbookclub

💛 Where to find Amy:

• Amy Matthews on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amymatthewsauthor/
• Amy Barry on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amybarryauthor/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAmyTMatthewsauthor
• Website: https://amymatthewsauthor.com/

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Oh it is good to be back for Season 2! This month’s theme is Bad (ra-ra, ah-ah-ah) Romance and today we’re kicking the year off with a discussion of serial killer Romance Fiction. The episode begins with a very reasonable conversation about the ethics of True Crime entertainment and then … well. But within the proceeding chaos — games, Harry’s “incontinence”, and Amy’s determination to be the easiest prey a murderer could ask for — are a few gems regarding K-Dramas, Dark Romance novels, serial killers as patriarchs, and humanity’s fixation with the macabre.

This month we’re reading How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson. If a slasher x Rom-Com mashup appeals to you, get yourself a copy and stay tuned for our interview with the author on March 19, followed by our live book club over on YouTube on March 26!

MENTIONS

Books
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Joe Cinque’s Consolation by Ann Rule
Mindhunter by John Douglas & Mark Olshaker
The Mushroom Tapes by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper, & Sarah Krasnostein
Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver
Haunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates Shailee Thompson

Podcast
Serial from New York Times

Film/TV
Killing Eve, BBC
Flower of Evil, Studio Dragon
Come and Hug Me, MBC
Crash Course in Romance, Studio Dragon
Making a Murderer, Netflix
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Columbia Pictures

CITATIONS

Freud, Sigmund. Beyond the Pleasure Principle. Translated by James Strachey, London: W. W. & Company, 1961.

Marono, Abbie Jean et al. “A Behaviour Sequence Analysis of Serial Killers' Lives: From Childhood Abuse to Methods of Murder.” Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, vol. 27,1 126-137. 6 Feb. 2020, doi:10.1080/13218719.2019.1695517

LINKS

• 🎵 Our theme music is by Mass Wisteria. Stream their single SAME OLD here: https://tr.ee/Mn6oTQ2AOW

🌸 Our Socials:

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/amyandbookclub
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/169K69qXsh/
• TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@amyandbookclub

💛 Where to find Amy:

• Amy Matthews on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amymatthewsauthor/
• Amy Barry on IG: https://www.instagram.com/amybarryauthor/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAmyTMatthewsauthor
• Website: https://amymatthewsauthor.com/

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