If Men In Black Was a Romance

Published: May 17, 2021, 1:25 p.m.

b'Trisha is joined by very special guest Jenn Northington to discuss Beverly Jenkins\\u2019s Vivid and to offer some SFF (and P) romance recs.\\xa0\\n\\nSubscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.\\n\\nTo get even more romance recs and news, sign up for our Kissing Books newsletter!\\n\\nThis content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.\\n\\nNews\\xa0\\n\\nListen to Jenn discuss all kinds of other bookish things on Get Booked and SFF Yeah!\\n\\nIf you are also a \\u201ccook or bake as you read\\u201d person, here\\u2019s the recipe Jenn used for\\xa0what we\\u2019re now calling Miss Abigail bread.\\xa0(It calls for a cast-iron skillet but you can use any oven-safe pan or cake tin of that approximate size.)\\n\\nAND Jenn\\xa0was kind enough to also share her (soon to be famous, probably) jam recipe with all of us:\\xa02 cups blueberries; 1 tbs white sugar; \\xbd tbs lemon juice; a pinch of cinnamon (optional). Mix blueberries, sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a saucepan; cook, stirring regularly, over medium heat until thickened, about 30 minutes. It will gel a little more as it cools; an easy way to know if it\\u2019s \\u201cdone\\u201d is if you can draw a spoon through it along the bottom of the pan and it takes a second for the pan bottom to be covered up again. (TB note: this recipe apparently does not call for a dutch oven or a double boiler \\u2013 I checked.)\\n\\nBooks Discussed\\n\\nVivid, Wild Rain, and Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins\\n\\nThe Books of Ambha series by Tasha Suri\\n\\nIn Deeper Waters by FT Lukens\\n\\nThe Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn\\n\\nBriarley by Aster Glenn Gray\\n\\nTouched By An Alien by Gini Koch\\n\\nThe Off the Grid series by Alyssa Cole (First book is Radio Silence)\\n\\nThe Heart is a Universe by Sherry Thomas\\n\\nSword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices edited by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington (Out July 14)\\n\\nSend us your favorite SFF(P) books AND your favorite bookish recipes! You can find Jenn on Twitter and Tumblr (@jennIRL) and on Instagram (@iamjennirl). And as always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading and @trishahaleybrwn), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown).\\nSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'