i read the PUMPKIN SPICE CAFE so you don't have to (it's bad)

i won't lie to you, this was a tough one (not shitty) patreon book club: https://patreon.com/ShittyBookClub Suggest a bad book: https://forms.gle/MTvZNs3Tw77ezJm97 come hang out between vids: @shitty.bookclub on Instagram goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/162547046-ainslee storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ainsleee email me 🫡: ainsleesbookclub@gmail.com required reading (aka some sources) ✊😔 HarperCollins at 200. (2026). HarperCollins Publishers. https://200.hc.com/stories/how-harlequin-became-romance/ Kulmala, E. (2026). Reading, Buying, Belonging: How Reader Identity and Community Dynamics Shape Informal Book Marketing and Overconsumption on BookTok. https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/server/api/core/bitstreams/02498324-3fa7-4cd6-9b77-b0e1562fff88/content Mass-market paperback history · teaching with mass-market paperbacks · UNC libraries. (2024). Unc.Edu. https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/exhibits/show/teachingpaperbacks/history Pagan, A. (2019, February 15). A brief history of the romance novel. The New York Public Library. https://www.nypl.org/blog/2019/02/15/brief-history-romance-novel-recommendations Tzogas, S. (2024). Harlequin celebrates 75 years of romance alongside new and established fans - corporate harlequin. Harlequin.Com. https://corporate.harlequin.com/press-room/harlequin-celebrates-75-years-of-romance-alongside-new-and-established-fans/ edited by: Oona Dalzell-Sexton @dsfilmss202 ​​