Jess and Trisha talk through updates and news before diving into part 1 of Jane Austen June, featuring adaptations and retellings (video and book versions).

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News:

Book club is coming in June! We’ll be reading Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron and talking about it in our June 23 episode. Send us your thoughts by June 17!

Check out Book Riot’s Best Beach Reads of All Time!

And maybe in 2026, you want to make plans to go to the Black Romance Book Fest and RITCR (BTW: Trisha was wrong, it’s in December, not July. At least this year. Sorry!)

Books Discussed:

Left of Forever by Tarah DeWitt

Love and Sportsball by Meka James

Along Came Amor by Alexis Daria

Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev

Much Ado About Nada by Uzma Jalaluddin

Northranger by Rey Terciero and illustrated by Bre Indigo

Mismatched by Anne Camlin

If I Loved You Less by Tamsen Parker 

Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne

Let us know what you’re reading, what you’re thinking, and what you’re thinking about what you’re reading! As always, you can find Jess and Trisha at the WIR email address (wheninromance@bookriot.com). You can also find us on Twitter (@jessisreading), or Instagram (@jess_is_reading and @trishahaleybrown), and Jess is even on TikTok (@jess_isreading).

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