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Reader Seeks Romance channel’s Romance Roundup shares lists of current and upcoming must-read romance books curated by hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay.
Reader Seeks Romance channel’s Romance Roundup shares lists of current and upcoming must-read romance books curated by hosts Liz Donatelli and romance author Libby Kay.
Episodes

Monday Oct 21, 2024
Romfic Grab Bag (a.k.a. "Perfect Episode of Chaos") | Romance Roundup #38
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Monday Oct 21, 2024
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) host share their recent romance book recs and TBRs ranging from an enemies-to-lovers romance set in a haunted Scottish castle to a romantasy between a Mothman and an elf.
AND, the show launches new segment LIBBY REPORTS BACK!
Liz & Libby also chat about...
⭐back cover book description fatigue
⭐the problem with ghost romance
⭐Liz, Henry Cavill, & a rocking chair
⭐books so good they make Libby angry
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Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Romance Author Zoom Call-Ins | Romance Roundup #37
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Tuesday Oct 08, 2024
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) host a ROMANCE AUTHOR ZOOM CALL-INS episode with Pyae Moe Thet War (I DID SOMETHING BAD), Emma-Claire Sunday (THE DUKE'S SISTER AND I), Lauren Appelbaum (RACHEL WEISS'S GROUP CHAT), and Sharon M. Peterson (THE DO-OVER). The authors share their current and upcoming romance book releases and their romance book recs!
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Monday Sep 23, 2024
Not Just Book Recs Ep | Romance Roundup #36
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Monday Sep 23, 2024
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
In Romance Roundup's Not Just Book Recs Ep, hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) chat about:
⭐grief trending in romance
⭐a coal miner romance Liz LOVED
⭐are the hallmarks of romance fiction changing?
⭐the origin story of the show's mascot, Jimmy, the boy coal miner
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Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Best of Summer Romance Reads | Romance Roundup #35
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
Hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) share the best romances they read in summer 2024.
In this episode:
⭐mood reading
⭐Liz's cowboy summer
⭐#emilyhenry BOOK LOVERS curse??!!
⭐Libby digs unhoused protagonists
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Sunday Sep 08, 2024
2025 Romance Books | Romance Roundup #34
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Sunday Sep 08, 2024
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
Hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) share the upcoming 2025 romance releases on their TBR lists.
In this episode:
⭐tenant/landlord trope
⭐lengthy back-cover book descriptions
⭐the historical romance without a title or cover that Liz can't wait to read
⭐Libby's favorite romance book cover of 2025 (so far)
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Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Fall 2024 Romance TBR | Romance Roundup #33
Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Thursday Aug 22, 2024
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
Hosts Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) share the fall 2024 romance releases on their TBR lists.
In this episode:
⭐enemas-to-lovers???
⭐park ranger protagonists
⭐bait shops over bakeries
⭐the upcoming romance that should have a scratch 'n' sniff book cover
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Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Fall 2024 Romance Books w/bookseller Nikki | Romance Roundup #32
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
Gramercy Books (Columbus, OH) bookseller & co-manager Nikki Synder joins Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) to share upcoming fall 2024 romance releases.
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Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Romance Book Covers | Romance Roundup #31
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Romance Roundup on Reader Seeks Romance channel
Liz Donatelli & romance author Libby Kay (Buckeye Falls series) chat about romance book covers, as per the request of Romance Roundup’s #1 fan, Emily!
The hosts share the romance book covers they adore, break down cover design trends, and answer hard-hitting questions, "Do we truly judge books by their covers?" and "Are book cover designs purposely marketed to deceive readers?"
In this episode:
* "cover confusion"
* the applelicious cover art of Libby's Kay romance Forever to Fall
* scratch 'n' sniff book covers
* alternate cover design ideas for Rachel Reid's Heated Rivalry
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BONUS CONTENT
Watch ROMANCE ROUNDUP on READER SEEKS ROMANCE YouTube channel for bonus content, such as episode teasers, books and bookish giveaways, bonus book recs, and romance author guests.

About the Hosts
LIZ DONATELLI is founder of READER SEEKS ROMANCE YouTube channel on which she hosts interview and discussion shows READER SEEKS ROMANCE, FIRST DATE, UNCHAPERONED: HISTORICAL ROMANCE SALON, and ROMANCE RECAP. She also leads READER SEEKS ROMANCE BOOK CLUBS.
A native New Yorker and former Los Angeleno, Liz resides in the woods of Columbus, Ohio with her husband.
LIBBY KAY is the author of BUCKEYE FALLS small-town romance series published by Inkspell Publishing.
Libby lives in the city in the heart of the Midwest with her husband. When she’s not writing, Libby loves reading romance novels of any kind. Stories of people falling in love nourish her soul. Contemporary or Regency, sweet or hot, as long as there is a happily ever after—she’s in love!
When not surrounded by books, Libby can be found baking in her kitchen, binging true crime shows, or on the road with her husband, traveling as far as their bank account will allow.
Writing is a solitary job, and Libby loves to hear from readers. Reach out and review her stories anytime. She’d love to hear from you.
