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Welcome to The Gentleman's Romantic Book Nook, a romance novel podcast for people who don't like romance novels! Have a seat, pick up a dusty tome, and read along with Mack & Lucky as they explore a sordid world of love, lies, and extremely suggestive book covers. New episodes out every other Friday, also known as Venus's Day, also known as Frigga's Holiday, or in the gentle language of the Germans: FREITAG.
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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 romanc...
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...
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 ...
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 r...
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 ...
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 Sea...
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 Nico...
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 ...
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 y...
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. —Musi...
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 ...
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-face...
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 dissectio...
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 waitin...
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 ...
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 offi...
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 ...
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 ...
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 exc...
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