We’re falling in love with all things romance.

From beginning to middle to end, the human connection is what makes stories so addictive. Love stories. Heartbreak. Friendships. We grow to know their characters as our neighbors, every scene and page making us who we are.

What does your favorite romance media say about you?

Bad B**ch on Life Support: Bachelor Week 2

Conspiracy theory: Editors decided to cut down these dates to spare us the boredom. Harsh reality: If that is the case, we’re in for a LONG season.

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The Boring Bachelor?: Bachelor S27 Night 1

To say that tonight’s season of the Bachelor was the least anticipated season in history might be a stretch. Without the “dumb drama” per usual, according to Zack, this season could be the first successful engagement since Arie’s season—or not.

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A Jewish Girl for Chris: Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer

This interfaith romance made me laugh way too hard. The dates were horrendous. The fake-viral moments were downright embarrassing. And I absolutely fell in love with this couple. Hear Meltzer’s process for this romance hit with exclusive interview quotes.

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Cab Ride for Your Thoughts: Crazy to Leave You by Marilyn Simon Rothstein

Remember how everyone said they would take advantage of the covid pandemic lockdown by writing a novel? Well, that’s exactly what Marilyn Simon Rothstein did. Hear it all from her, with exclusive interview quotes on her newest novel.

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Too Little Too Late: Partner Track Ep 8, 9 & 10

With classics like The Crown, Love Is Blind, and The Great British Baking Show, there was no chance for a mediocre #GirlBoss romcom to get a Season 2. But they sure did try.

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A Million Weddings & a DJ: Wedding Season, Netflix

This year has had quite the matchmaking book buzz — with reads like Dating Dr. Dill, The Bride Test, and Mr. Perfect on Paper. And it’s spilling over into movies.

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Pick Your Poison: Partner Track Ep 5,6 & 7

This series just keeps letting me down in the Ingrid healthy-relationship department. With one exception, of course.

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The Romance Manual: Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams

This book was all the rage this spring, adding onto the growing conversation in popular media about the “Orgasm Gap” between heterosexual men and women.

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I’m a Lover and a Fighter: Partner Track, Ep 3 & 4

I gave “The Partner Track” a break for the first two episodes. Plenty of my favorite popular tv shows come from fairly meh beginnings. And yet I somehow felt even more disappointed this week.

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The 7-Year Breakup: Persuasion, Netflix

Do I own “Persuasion” by Jane Austen? Yes. Have I read it, despite my love of Austen? Nope. Did I watch it on Netflix anyway, going film first, committing the ultimate cardinal sin? Yes, and I do not regret it.

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Pink Blazer, Man’s World: Partner Track Ep 1 & 2

I have high hopes for the series as a whole but Eps 1 & 2 were pretty lackluster. Very 2016 #GirlBoss feminism. Be the boss. Work with the system, not against it. But I am hopeful of the budding romance plotlines.

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The Ghost & Me: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

This book has gained some serious attention already but I almost feel it’s due for a resurgence for spooky season. A ghost-writer who can talk to ghosts and falls in love with one. Yes, please!

February Favorite

One Day (2011)

This movie is in no way new, with A-List starlet Anne Hathaway of this year’s highly-anticipated “The Idea of You” opposite ‘00s British heartthrob Dexter Mayhew, but it will quickly become a winter favorite. A first-time fling that turns into a lifelong friends-to-lovers will-they-won’t-they, this movie will make you swoon and break your heart. Plus, the remake limited series arrives on Netflix February 8th.

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Laugh-out-loud quotes

“The feeling I get from this book is that its more about the plot that the story, which neglects my favorite part of reading: not what happens but how and why. And she lists Kasteel Well as being in Amsterdam. Don't know why that bothered me so much.”

— on FRESH by Margot Wood

“It’s a bit more British than most books I read, and I know that sounds weird, but I absolutely found myself developing an accent after long periods of reading, thinking of each character’s voice so much when reading.”

— on The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary

“It’s all very Romeo and Juliet, if Romeo made a tally of every time Juliet wore a skirt to work and then crashed every almost-date or work meeting Juliet had because he was jealous, followed by telling sexual dreams from the night before.”