Short & Steam with RomSchmo

Why I DNF & Tropes

I meant to post this episode back in February, so here it is, just a little late. What are your reasons for DNFing (did not finish) a book? Sharing some of mine and going over bookish tropes! Stay Connected: Instagram | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@romanceschmomance⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@romschmo.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠ | From romance books to digital journaling http://romnceschmomnce.com StoryGraph | ⁠⁠⁠Romance Schmomance⁠⁠⁠ https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/romanceschmomance Youtube | ⁠⁠⁠Digital Reading Journal⁠⁠⁠ https://youtube.com/@romschmo?si=UDKoKQkecHy-aKM0 Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/night-drift/blue-moon License code: IV12PEICKP4KB6MB

Life Update & Currently

Friends, life has been life-ing! It has been nearly two months since my last episode and I had a different episode in the works. But decided to share a much needed life update and all my currently! Books Mentioned: Firebird by Juliette Cross (review to come)Firebird by Juliette Cross | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2305478c-b852-403a-838a-77af76193545] Veiled by SeRaya (review to come)Veiled by SeRaya | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3b3078ca-52df-44e7-964a-fe071fbbb9eb] Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4832011a-d5ba-4fc2-afdc-98e383d1149e] Bold Moves by Emma BarryBold Moves by Emma Barry | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/9dc5357b-75f7-411a-9fb2-df2bfe306229] Stay Connected: Instagram | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@romanceschmomance⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/romanceschmomance/] Bluesky | ⁠⁠⁠⁠@romschmo.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/romschmo.bsky.social] ⁠⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.romnceschmomnce.com/] | From romance books to digital journaling StoryGraph | ⁠⁠⁠Romance Schmomance⁠⁠⁠ [https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/romanceschmomance] Youtube | ⁠⁠⁠Digital Reading Journal⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@romschmo/featured] Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/night-drift/blue-moon [https://click.pstmrk.it/3s/uppbeat.io%2Ft%2Fnight-drift%2Fblue-moon/vZub/gHS8AQ/AQ/e5ce9180-972a-4736-b3b1-28646f09dc8e/4/D1Cwz-DNFk] License code: IV12PEICKP4KB6MB

Audiobook Journey

We were a little bit all over the place with this one, but I wanted to share my audiobook journey! My Recommendation: Hammajang Luck by Makana YamamotoHammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/38a51f65-de06-492d-9940-142eecacf679]And if you're interested in downloading your Kindle and Audible library, check these out! Kindle | https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1c2ryfz/2024_guide_to_dedrm_kindle_books/ [There's one to many posts about how, so I've followed this one and it has worked so far. I've done a batch, converted, and imported to my Kobo with success. But dragging the kindle file to calibre, has been one at time, if anyone sees a workaround this let me know. https://www.reddit.com/r/Calibre/comments/1c2ryfz/2024_guide_to_dedrm_kindle_books/] Audible | https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation/releases/tag/v11.1.0 [https://github.com/rmcrackan/Libation/releases/tag/v11.1.0] Stay Connected: Instagram | ⁠⁠⁠@romanceschmomance⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/romanceschmomance/] Bluesky | ⁠⁠⁠@romschmo.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/romschmo.bsky.social] ⁠⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.romnceschmomnce.com/] | From romance books to digital journaling StoryGraph | ⁠⁠Romance Schmomance⁠⁠ [https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/romanceschmomance] Youtube | ⁠⁠Digital Reading Journal⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@romschmo/featured] Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/mountaineer/northern-prospect

Mafia Series Recommendation

Super excited to share this episode with a mafia romance series recommendation! Bratva series by T.J. Maguire is a (currently) 4 book series, all interconnected standalones. I've loved every minute of this series! T.J. Maguire Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/tjmaguire_author [https://www.instagram.com/tjmaguire_author/] Blog Post | https://www.romnceschmomnce.com/series-recommendation-mafia-romance/ [https://www.romnceschmomnce.com/series-recommendation-mafia-romance/] Bratva Series | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/series/1287440] Bratva Bride by T.J. Maguire | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/92d4c510-7ee4-4f10-9b64-e7278437babe] Bratva Prince by T.J. Maguire | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2551b7ac-8a3a-4e13-987c-d18d56e7436b] Bratva Knight by T.J. Maguire | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a023f207-0688-418c-a688-a907f8302c62] Bratva Butcher by T.J. Maguire | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a4eb6b40-2ca2-43bc-9285-72ebfe5737b0] AMAZON (in KU) | https://amzn.to/4htlxw4 [https://amzn.to/4htlxw4] Currently: Five Broken Blades by Mai Corland | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e2b5e4b6-c29e-4c6d-845e-d5d50eb20560] The Art of You by Brittney Sahin | The StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/db688416-03de-4a99-8f98-48d133fcc421] Digital Reading Journal | Watch my videos of my on ⁠Youtube⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@romschmo]! Stay Connected: Instagram | ⁠⁠@romanceschmomance⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/romanceschmomance/] Bluesky | ⁠⁠@romschmo.bsky.social⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/romschmo.bsky.social] ⁠⁠Blog⁠⁠ [https://www.romnceschmomnce.com/] | From romance books to digital journaling StoryGraph | ⁠Romance Schmomance⁠ [https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/romanceschmomance] Youtube | ⁠Digital Reading Journal⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@romschmo/featured] This page includes affiliate links, if you click and purchase, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I'll share products that I've used. This post was not sponsored, just really loved the series mentioned.

Book Trackers & Currently

Today we're kicking off the official first episode of this podcast! I wanted to chat about the ways I track my books and reading, plus what I'm currently reading. Book Tracking Mentioned: StoryGraph [https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/romanceschmomance] Notion | LifeVizion Bibliophile 2.0 Template [https://www.goinkspire.com/products/lifevizion-bibliophile-2-0-reading-tracker-notion-template/?aff=5f3b7ad3] (affiliate link) Digital Reading Journal | Watch my vides of my on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@romschmo]! Huge shoutout to Francesca over at Under The Covers Book Blog [https://www.underthecoversbookblog.com/] and Inkspire [https://www.goinkspire.com/] for letting me test out their Notion reading template! Stay Connected: Instagram | ⁠@romanceschmomance⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/romanceschmomance/] Bluesky | ⁠@romschmo.bsky.social⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/romschmo.bsky.social] ⁠Blog⁠ [https://www.romnceschmomnce.com/] | From romance books to digital journaling StoryGraph | Romance Schmomance [https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/romanceschmomance] Youtube | Digital Reading Journal [https://www.youtube.com/@romschmo/featured] This page includes affiliate links, if you click and purchase, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I'll share products that I've used. This post was not sponsored, just really loved the product mentioned. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/night-drift/a-little-left License code: LDAVXQSM0FNWOMF3