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S08.22: Chart Topping Songs and Their Perfect Romance Novel Pairings
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- Feb 18, 2026
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Summary
Our old pal Billy Shakes told us that music is the food of love, and we’re taking that to heart this week! By request from Eric (who’s never requested anything before), we’re looking at songs that charted in February over the years and matching them with romance novels that suit! We’ve got a little bit of something for everyone here, from historicals to paranormals, motorcycles to mafia to magical realism. Eric’s put together a playlist, and you can find links to that and articles about a bunch of these songs in show notes, or you can just head straight to reading the books. We don’t judge! If you want more Fated Mates in your life, or more romance lovers who love music, please join our Patreon, which comes with an extremely busy and fun Discord community (complete with a music channel)! Join other magnificent firebirds to hang out, talk romance, and be cool together in a private group full of excellent people. Learn more at patreon.com . Our next read along (in March) is Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife by Julia Wolf. Find it in ebook or paperback, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited . Notes You can listen to the accompanying playlist on Apple Music and Spotify You, too, may want to learn about this mahjong situation brewing in the Midwest with Barbara. It’s the Olympics. Defector is covering all the news stories we want to know about, including the Curling Drama between Sweden and Canada , the ice dancers are super villains, and this Norwegian skier is an idiot . Happy Black History Month ! Jen did something cool at The Newberry Library . It was part of the Douglass Day transcribe-a-thon, transcribing information about the Colored Conventions. You can still participate using Zooniverse , and looking for the Douglass Day Project. Sarah enjoyed learn…