Racy Books
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<p>A podcast about Formula 1 romance novels. Hosted by Hanna Earnest and Kate Minasian. </p>
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8/7/2022
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Recent Episodes
August 10, 2023
Season 2, Episode 6: Special Guest Renée Dahlia</a#x3E;
<p class="">This episode coming to you hot and sticky from summer in Australia as we welcome guest Renée Dahlia! [Kate would like to note that we recorded this episode back when it was, in fact, summer in Australia, despite releasing it now, when it is summer in North America.] </p> <p class="">Renée is the author of <a href="https://www.racybooks.com/episodes/season-2-episode-5-driven-to-distraction-by-rene-dahlia"><span>Episode Five’s Driven to Distraction</span></a> and we talked about:</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">the dangers of informal rally racing</p></li><li><p class="">children as gateways to interests (Renée’s son made <a href="http://www.reneedahlia.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Socrates-Test-Track-Map-by-Fergus-scaled.jpg"><span>this map</span></a>!)</p></li><li><p class="">a certain champion’s bad dad trauma</p></li><li><p class="">why authors choose not to use “F1” in their work</p></li><li><p class="">research (or “something underlined in Hanna’s notes that starts with R”) </p></li><li><p class=""><a href="https://amzn.to/445W9FH"><span>Rachel Reid’s Heated Rivalry</span></a></p></li><li><p class="">the real-time feeling of crashes</p></li><li><p class="">what’s next in <a href="https://amzn.to/44ZvdZF"><span>Renée’s Gamble Racing Series</span></a>.</p></li></ul>
July 13, 2023
Season 2, Episode 5: Driven to Distraction by Renée Dahlia
<p class="">In Season Two, Episode 5, we read racy book: <a href="https://amzn.to/44osDfo">Driven to Distraction by Renée Dahlia</a>. And, surprise! Next episode we’re interviewing her! And, not a surprise: We still don’t know what a rally driver is. Maybe she can tell us!</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1600x2560" data-image-focal-point="0.5064,0.14400000000000002" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg?format=1000w" width="1600" height="2560" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/00911988-5279-4d63-a228-be9d6ef3e21f/Driven+to+Distraction.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </figure> <p class="">This MM, driver-historian, “S1” romance is also a mystery and we absolutely spoil the ending. Here’s what else happened:</p><p class="">Hanna changed a character’s name to “Daddy” to rattle Kate. This is reflected in <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6s3f1PLNDBm30lpzzw3nNK?si=a9634906fd1b47ec"><span>our playlist for this book</span></a> [KATE YOU WILL LIKE THIS ONE].</p><p class="">In fiction, it’s suspicious for both team cars to catch fire on a race weekend. In real life, that’s <a href="https://www.facebook.com/skysportsf1/videos/double-dnf-disaster-for-ferrari-charles-leclerc-engine-fails-and-both-ferraris-a/346047300985979/"><span>Ferrari</span></a>.</p><p class="">We learned so many facts: </p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class=""><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/worlds-most-dangerous-race-tracks-3403889"><span>Monza is the most dangerous track</span></a>.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class=""><a href="https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-how-do-f1-drivers-lose-weight-during-a-race/"><span>Drivers lose weight during races</span></a>. </p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">There are only <a href="https://flowracers.com/blog/f1-free-practice-time/"><span>three hours</span></a> of free practice.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">The money is in the <a href="https://www.one37pm.com/sports/f1-constructors-payout#:~:text=The%20F1%20constructors%20payout%20varies,worth%20upwards%20of%20%2460%20million."><span>Constructor’s cup</span></a>.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class=""><a href="https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/features/2015/7/what_s-in-a-name--the-history-behind-silverstones-iconic-corners.html"><span>Corner names at Silverstone</span></a>.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">You can crash or kiss on an F1 track against a <a href="https://twitter.com/vincenzolandino/status/1534641430240538625?lang=en"><span>Unesco Heritage wall</span></a>!</p></li></ul><p class="">We noted some familiar tropes:</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Horses! are a common F1 trope—we think because of Rich People.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Pixar’s Cars made another appearance. </p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">The midseason sex break was back.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Superstitions galore.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Thicc necks.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Living in Monaco for tax reasons. (And <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GONgKEQHlUo"><span>savory crepes</span></a>!)</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">The narrative followed our race schedule.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Lots of crashes.</p></li></ul><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">But our hero was not a champion!</p></li></ul><p class="">We wondered: What does a <a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0647/9242/8763/products/safecraft_7-point_harness_for_elan_np01_1.jpg?v=1659961662"><span>seven-point safety harness</span></a> look like? And how <a href="https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/85893/f1-drivers-height/"><span>tall</span></a> are F1 drivers?</p><p class="">Here’s a great moment from Fast & Furious, as promised: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ1pxgeKwVc"><span>YOU NEVER HAD ME</span></a>. You never had your car.”</p><p class="">Hanna proposes Pierre Gasly for our racer hero and rejects Kate’s offering of Esteban Ocon.</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg" data-image-dimensions="590x350" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg?format=1000w" width="590" height="350" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/1dfca931-0858-4ad2-8c64-954db79e8f91/Pierre+Esteban.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </figure>
May 26, 2023
Season 2, Episode 4: Collided by Lauren Asher
<p class="">This week, we revisited Lauren Asher’s Dirty Air series with <a href="https://amzn.to/3OZ7AeD"><span>Collided</span></a> and learned about <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/Wickedthumper/sexual-bucket-list/"><span>Sexy Pinterest Bucket Lists</span></a>. News conferences galore! Bandini vs. McCoy! LFG!</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <a class=" sqs-block-image-link " href="https://amzn.to/3OZ7AeD" > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg" data-image-dimensions="1200x1920" data-image-focal-point="0.532,0.6719999999999999" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg?format=1000w" width="1200" height="1920" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/fc6eb7fd-69ee-4770-b77c-76f995780543/Collided.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </a> </figure> <p class="">(<a href="https://www.racybooks.com/episodes/episode-5-throttled-by-lauren-asher"><span>Previously on Racy Books</span></a>, we read Bookstagram darling Throttled. The edits seem to agree <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CYw1uurl9Hp/"><span>Noah is Charles</span></a>, but we pegged him as Max.) </p><p class="">Check check check: a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/680eWEwJ2jOxygKigQqqNr?si=0c2f7d07a72c4bf6"><span>playlist</span></a> in the front matter, summer break, a champagne kiss, a thematic Disney movie, a Monaco apartment, a fireproof racing suit, a timeline consistent with the F1 calendar, and A Mine In Front Of A Microphone. But no celebratory donuts or bad dads.</p><p class="">Remember <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@rberacing/video/7088042080668339462"><span>that time</span></a> Christian Horner’s kids said their favorite drivers and Max didn’t make the cut?</p><p class="">We were right: Jax and Elena are <a href="https://amzn.to/3IJGzrz"><span>the next couple</span></a> in this series. But what we really want is a book for Sophie’s dad, James Mitchell. </p><p class="">A classic news conference moment from real life: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmVA4nRLBfg"><span>Seb defends Ham calling Vex a dickhead</span></a>.</p><p class="">The google search for “F1 corporate rooftop lounge” has some <a href="https://static.tickets-platform.com/img/pages/39/2131/3195/content/product_category_images-56927.jpg?ts=1643101268"><span>hits</span></a> and some <a href="https://edgeglobalevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2.bahrain-f1-hospitality-corporate-lounge.jpg"><span>misses</span></a>. We remain without answers.</p><p class="">The fact is: <a href="https://www.hollywoodchryslerjeep.com/most-famous-jeeps-in-film-history/"><span>Jeep Wranglers</span></a> are sexy.</p><p class="">Please contact the team at Racy Books if you also have <a href="https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/00/88/78/20/1000_F_88782064_x9Ow2lKie1fr4ncBYLE88x6InooDKAq7.jpg"><span>Michael Fassbender Blindness</span></a>. </p><p class="">Is a young Sebastian Vettel our hero? He can read and he’s German. That might be as close as we get.</p> <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > <img data-stretch="false" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg" data-image-dimensions="550x497" data-image-focal-point="0.5759375871109651,0.3120129878453193" alt="" data-load="false" elementtiming="system-image-block" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg?format=1000w" width="550" height="497" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 100vw" onload="this.classList.add("loaded")" srcset="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg?format=100w 100w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg?format=300w 300w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg?format=500w 500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg?format=750w 750w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg?format=1000w 1000w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg?format=1500w 1500w, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e48fdc88008e2f8c8e7494/6743adeb-c9d7-496b-8047-01e97e16a911/Seb+Vettel.jpg?format=2500w 2500w" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-loader="sqs"> </figure> <p class="">Next up: <a href="https://amzn.to/3qbMUFF">Driven to Distraction</a>!</p>
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