The Gentleman's Romantic Book Nook

The journey in to Love and Literature has come to an end. Join Mack & Lucky for an  adventure postmortem, where we look back on the ups, the downs, and the all arounds. An incredibly touching end to a once-in-a-lifetime-movie journey into the Romance genre.We have messages from our previous characters, a riveting duet featuring Mack and a special guest, the 2021 Nookie Awards, a final goodbye from our most trustworthy steward, and one final shocking revelation that will change romance forever...the revelation is that love conquers all, but you should still listen to the episode.  Thank you to ZakharValaha for their song Piano Moment, the perfect send off tune.

The boys are back with the second reading of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren, and things are really steaming up at the beloved family cabin! Will Maelyn's lust for Andrew pave the way for her freedom from the time loop, or will she make a complete 180 and see Theo as anything other than a sniveling baby? We're just begging for one more loop through time!Highlights from this episode include visits from the three Christmas Ghouls, Mack's Groundhogs Day Speedrun Strats, Cheese Blintz fascination, Ketchup Nutz, our Twilight fan fiction, Andrews personal boner shield, and the perfect Spiderman joke.Thank you to Miyagisama for the use of their song C H I L L M A S.

The boys are back with the first episode of our holiday book In a Holidaze  by Christina Lauren. But not just that, we're here to celebrate our eighth favorite holiday, the Thanksgiving Spec-Turkey-Ular! We definitely didn't forget about it and choose our holiday book too early. Does love, time travel, and half-plucked monstrosities peak your fancy? This episode has all this AND more!Highlights include the GRBN Turkey Trot & Thanksgivingaway, a new thirsty female lead, an incredibly complicated family dynamic, stoner time travel theories, and some bonkers fiscal gaps.Thank you to Miyagisama for the use of their song C H I L L M A S

Scream-sons greetings, ghouls and boooos! This week, Mack and Lucky finish their review of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion. Does R finally find love with Julie? Does Perry interrupt even more story with his depressing outlook on life? What's the deal with R's look anyway? All of these answers and more on this Spooktacular Extravaghoulsza!Highlights from this episode include a litany of ad spots from a variety of ghouls both old and new, R's private bathroom time, Zombie Wolverine Powers, a review of the Warm Bodies movie, and a very special first-and-only time Séance to summon the original founder of GRBN, Admiral Reginald Booknork.Thank you to Godmode for the use of your song Secret Job.

Mack and Lucky are back with the second portion of Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion, and what a content feast! R learns to drive, he spends the night in bed with Julie, and gets closer with Perry than we ever wanted. Will he succeed in saving Julie and becoming a human, or will his new squad overrun the rest of humanity? Highlights from this episode include the legally distinguishable Tomb Lurker's Church, Zombie infidelity, a metaphysical journey into life beyond being consumed, Zombie Eilish, and Dystopian Mayor Ru Paul.Thank you to Godmode for the use of their song Secret Job. Scares the bajeebers out of us!

The spooky season is upon us, and Mack and Lucky are coming out shambling with our new book Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion! We follow a zombie named R, trapped in his own deteriorating mind, as he tries to seduce a living woman whose boyfriend's brains he just ate. A classic rom-com scenario if I'VE ever seen one!Highlights includes inner zombie soliloquy, a deep dive into the incredible worldbuilding of the novel, beers do NOT transmit the zombie virus, and a very special Halloween Hot Seat game to get everyone in the spooky mood.This episode also marks the countdown on our Journey into Love and Literature! We will be finishing our final two books and releasing a series finale on Christmas Eve. But don't fret, your favorite duo will be back in the new year with a new project! Now's the perfect time to catch up on old episodes, tell your friends, and follow our social media to keep up with our new projects.Thank you to Godmode for the use of their song Secret Job. So spooky. So perfect.

In the thrilling finale of Honey Girl  by Morgan Rogers, Mack and Lucky dissect a sudden flight to the Orange Groves of Florida. A search for a therapist, touching reunions, estranged wives wandering through the woods looking for monsters, what's not to love?Highlights from this episode include the GRBN Monster Call-In Hotline, Mack's Singing Telegram,  Lucky's Little Scoreboard, and the thrilling clash of Cryptids going head-to-head, MMA style, brought to you (unofficially) by Nicolas Cage’s Prisoners of the Ghostland out September 17th. Thank you to Wataboi for the use of your song Cali.

The heat is gone and the chill of the mysterious is afoot in this weeks reading of Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers. A daring search for a cryptid brings our heroine Grace Porter closer to her mysterious wife Yuki Yamamoto, but will the first signs of struggle, even the slightest amount, send Grace running to the orange-covered hills of her youth? Yes!Highlights of this weeks episode include some Michael Fastbender (the pupper) ARG, Summering in Manhattan, the classic spilled-drink-on-crotch joke, Lucky's ONE rule, a disappointing climax for the reader, and a cryptid deep dive of myth or reality.Thank you to Wataboi for the use of their song Cali.

Your favorite Boyzzz are BACK with a brand new book, Honey Girl  by Morgan Rogers. Grace Porter makes the classic drunken mistake in Vegas, returning home married and buzzed. But with the support of literally everyone in her life, will she be able to be the Honey Girl her wife sees?Highlights include a romantic deal between Magneto and Professor X, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, a Conspira-free radio show, tea shop astrology readings, and the introduction of a new bit; JumbleBee.Thank you to Wataboi for the use of your song Cali.

Welcome to part 2 of our dive into Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell, the original columns  that inspired the hit HBO series and Todd McFarlane action figure set! This time we explore the mysteries of the Modelizers, Mr. Big, and the MMF threesome.Stay until the end to get Lucky & Mack’s pro-dating tips to turn your love life from deceased to undead!—Music: Mitigated Suffering by Alge 

Lucky and Mack are back, getting knee deep in cosmos, boy talk, and bad advice! We’re reading the original true life columns that ignited the Sex and the City phenomenon. And yes we call it “Sex IN the City” a bunch, don’t @ us about it. Highlights from the high life of Manhattan include Lucky’s sack of many faces, the secrets of the biscuits & gravy sex buffet, and Dolphins in the City. Stick around until the end to hear our fabulous new ideas for the SitC franchise. —Music: Mitigated Suffering by Alge 

Welcome to The Summer of the MACK! That’s right Mack has taken over the studio studio as part of a non-violent coup, and Lucky "couldn't be...[happier]!"On the docket for this non-hostile takeover is the rom-com-action video game It Takes Two, a preview of our next SEXY, CITY-based book, and lots of complaining about this gosh darned sun being WAY too close to the allegedly rainy Pacific Northwest. If you get scared, just keep repeating to yourself…it must be the summer of the Mack…must be the summer of the Mack….summer of the mack….MACK!!!--SHOW NOTES: Intro/Outro Music :Mitigated Suffering by Alge Additional Music: Carefree by Kevin MacLeod licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license:(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400037Artist: http://incompetech.com/--Remember to find us on Twitter, Instagram, and the walls of your local men's room stall @grbooknook. Reach out to us directly at grbooknook@gmail.com. Tell your friends. 

Your hosts with the most Mack and Lucky are back with another GRBN Special! You've been asking, begging us for another one of these cheeky, off-brand bits of content, and we're here to deliver!For this special, we take a deep dive into the Young Romance comics of noted cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Buckle up folks, because these stories get ABSOLUTELY bonkers.Highlights from the episode include the reveal of Mack's Memoir, negligent homicide by someone Boy-Crazy,  the shovel-faced men of the 1950's, standard American pleasure attics, and the crazy money-making opportunity of fake romance stories.Thank you to Nathan Moore for the use of their song  With A Rose In Your Teeth. 

The final installment of Sword Art Online: Aincrad by Reki Kawahara is in, and in a shocking twist....The Boys actually like this one! Join your favorite hosts Mack and Lucky as they bemoan the lack of depth in Asuna and relish in the grand fishing adventure. This one goes in the recommended pile, GRBNation!Highlights from this episode include the health benefits of Marbrobros, a quick musical number, the Laugh Like a Maniac challenge, the top 3 worst ways to describe kissing, and a dissection of the grim-dark guilds of SAO. Thank you to RKVC for the use of their song Sidescroller. Hey, it's still the fantasy book technically. The song still counts! 

We're half way through Sword Art Online: Aincraft by Reki Kawahara, and gang, we're actually liking this one! Join your favorite hosts Mack and Lucky as they delve into the fantasy novel that sparked a generation of anime fans, with their usual levity and lack of real experience.Highlights from this episode include an explosive an egregious pizza choice, a non-professional opinion on digital meat-taste, the most uncomfortable way to feed someone sauce, the update to Mack we've all been waiting for, and a brand new segment! Thank you to RKVC for the use of their song Sidescroller. Hey, it's still the fantasy book technically. The song still counts! 

Your favorite hosts Mack and Lucky return to the mics with take 2 of their fantasy romance selection. This time, our most requested book on the GRBN hotlines - Sword Art Online: Aincrad by Reki Kawahara.  Join the boys as they test the waters of the new read, bringing some actual expertise on the subject for once! Highlights from the episode include #MeToonami, a lot of discussion on Hamtaro, the release of the GRBN subscription box for the super-fan, and a very special new segment, Get To Know The Boys!For the next episode, we'll be reading through chapter 12. Thank you to RKVC for the use of their song Sidescroller. Hey, it's still the fantasy book technically. The song still counts!

In this weeks episode, twists and turns give the boys reading whiplash! The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune sends Mack and Lucky on a journey through mystical forests, arcane towers, arid wastelands, and wizardry unlike anything they've.....okay, so they may have given up and watched Stardust instead. Thank you again to our sponsor our very own Mack W. Mani, whose new ecological-horror poem “Unincorporated Territories” is out right now, in the spring issue of Star*Line Magazine, the official print publication of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. You can find the issue at SFPoetry.com/starline. Thank you to RKVC for the use of their song Side Scroller. It slaps.  

Sparks fly in the GRBN studio as the brothers clash over The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune. The book's challenging themes and crass humor tear at the seams of Lucky & Mack's very souls, leading to an epic confrontation on the shores of Skull Island! Could this spell...the endship of friendship? Highlights include The Seaman's Key, sexy KILFs (King I'd Like to Friend), Prince Justin: Plotbringer, ShrekQuest, and a rift that could rock the romance-novel-comedy-podcast world  to its core! Uncut, untold, and some would say unnecessary, this is the complete saga of Lucky-Kong vs. Mackzilla as originally envisioned by its creator, Mack Snyder. Thank you to RKVC for the use of their song Side Scroller. It slaps. 

The boys are back in town with a brand-new book; The Lightning-Struck Heart by T.J. Klune! There is A LOT going on in this novel; stone statue douchebags, a hornless gay unicorn, a prince named Justin, we can barely keep up! Join your favorite co-hosts Mack and Lucky as they dive their way into the romantic fantasy-comedy hybrid adventure for the ages.Highlights include a visit from a very handsome magical mailman, Human-on-the-bottom-half Centaurs, Lucky and Mack get a little confused about how cassettes work, a concerning sexually aggressive dragon, an introduction of the game Title or Lie-tle, and we discover neither of us can do an Owen Wilson impression.This week we want to highlight The Trevor Project, the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25. If you need help, they are there for you 24/7 at 1-866-488-7368. If you would like to learn more or support The Trevor Project, head to www.thetrevorproject.org to reach out.Thank you to RKVC for the use of Side Scroller as our intro/outro music. 

It’s finally here; the final reading of Make Up, Break Up by Lily Menon. A bonding between two men over dinner. Confessions and secrets. A romantic train ride. Injuries, accidents, drama, and much, much more! Join the boys as they try to figure out how to talk about Ablutolagnia, and finally settle a great GRBN Debate: Is Tom Hanks in Polar Express creepy?Highlights include a pitch for angel investors, Feral Lucky for Chili Dogs, normal shampoo that’s shockingly erotic, Dick Bagel and his exclusively-elite bagels, a fart-level comfort, An idea for a new Viking-based smart watch app, the emotional manipulation schemes of the OLLI program, and we can’t stop talkin about Roombas! Thank you to Slynk for the use of their song Enchantée feat. Mr. Stabalina.