Many, many thanks to our lovely Patreon supporters, because we are so close to our goal to transcribe older episodes that I am starting with some of the very earliest (and shortest) podcast episodes from our archives. I hope you enjoy this trip down podcast memory lane!
Thanks to our lovely Patreon supporters, we are so close to our goal to transcribe older episodes that I am starting with some of the very earliest (and shortest) podcast episodes from our archives!
It’s simple to know whether you’d enjoy Miracle on 5th Avenue. Do you like Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, but wish they had slightly explicit sex scenes? If yes, Merry Christmas to you! This book is an eminently capable version of that. The elements are all there, and it satisfies, hitting all the beats just as you anticipate them. It feels like reading the tumblr Things Fitting Perfectly Into Other Things. Miracle on 5th Avenue features … Continue reading Miracle on 5th Avenue by Sarah Morgan
RECOMMENDED: Graceling by Kristin Cashore is $1.99 at select vendors! This is also a Kindle Daily Deal. This is a YA fantasy novel with romantic elements and I LOVED it. The entire series is pretty great, to be honest. The heroine is strong and all sorts of badass, but she’s also trying to cope with being a hired killer for the king. Also check out the other KDDs for today, which include more romance and Wolf Hall.
Squee from the Keeper Shelf is a feature wherein we share why we love the books we love, specifically the stories which are permanent residents of our Keeper shelves. Despite flaws, despite changes in age and perspective, despite the passage of time, we love particular books beyond reason, and the only thing better than re-reading them is telling other people about them. At length. If you’d like to submit your reasons for loving and keeping … Continue reading Keeper Shelf: The Dark Days Club by Allison Goodman
I read Keeping it Hot with the expectation that I would get a friends-to-lovers romance set somewhere warm and beachy. Instead what I got was a whole lot of “what the fuck did I just read?” Here’s what you need to know: Zoe Hart runs a coffee shop inside the Oceanix resort in Florida. The resort is owned and run by her best friend (and secret crush) Dylan Jackson. Zoe has just turned twenty-nine and … Continue reading Keeping it Hot by Sydney Landon
If you are looking for sunshine and soothing fuzzy animals, this is not the book for you. Rape and murder are mentioned on the very first page of Atone and it just gets darker from there. I read a lot of gory mysteries and am not generally a squeamish person but this book got to me, and not in a good way. Trigger warnings: child rape, sexual assault, sex trafficking, child abuse, forced sterilization. The … Continue reading Atone by Beth Yarnall
Rogue Desire is available to preorder for 99c! This is an anthology being released July 20th, featuring resistance/protest themed romances. It includes stories from Amy Jo Cousins, Tamsen Parker, Adriana Anders, and more! I’m really excited about this and I know Redheadedgirl is as well.
So I need to start this review with a whole host of content warnings. Rape mentions including: sexual abuse/rape of children and teens, sexual slavery of children and teens, and prison/revenge rape (i.e. the Heroine “hopes” one of the antagonists is repeatedly assaulted in prison as a punishment for him taking part in the enslavement/abuse) Emotional abuse/manipulation Alcoholism (with some emotional abuse attached to it) Dubious/lack of consent between the Hero and Heroine (their first … Continue reading Atone by Beth Yarnall
It’s time for Romance Wanderlust, the column in which I find yet more reasons to leave my everyday cares behind and visit romantic locales instead. I haven’t been to any of these locations, so this is neither an endorsement nor a review – just daydreaming with the help of the Internet. For those of us who love Victorian literature, there’s a new reason to head to England. Norton Conyers is finally re-opened to the public … Continue reading Romance Wanderlust: Norton Conyers, Inspiration for Thornfield
I started 2017 with the purpose of experiencing new things, places and even authors thus chose this book from RITA review list. While reading this book I was in major dilemma about my personal two beliefs. “Don’t quit just as the going gets tough” and “Life is too short to read depressing books.” Okay, so this one is verbatim Susan Elizabeth Philip (SEP) quote which I wholeheartedly agree. This book just didn’t do anything for … Continue reading Make Me Sin by J. T. Geissinger
This year, I was early enough to choose a couple of my favorite authors for the RITA Reader Challenge (yay!), but I also wanted at least one new-to-me author to read and review. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I chose Pansies solely because I thought the title was pretty and different. I’d never heard of the author or The Spires series, and I had no idea that it was a m/m romance. Not … Continue reading Pansies by Alexis Hall
Uh oh, it’s Whatcha Reading time! This is the post where we talk about what we’ve been reading and try desperately not to send our TBR piles into epic proportions. We also get to kvetch a little bit about our reading struggles. Gird your loins, or rather book budget, accordingly! Sarah: I’m in a new place reading -wise. I’ve read 5 books on vacation and am now reading the same book as Adam, at the … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? July 2017 Edition
This book was so charming. SO charming. Hamster wrapped in a blanket eating a carrot charming. Smart and funny with adorable visual descriptions, intense chemistry, and fizzy sparkling prose. It should be at the tippy top of your summer reading pile. The main characters are drawn to each other first through their clever vocabularies. It is a book about smart people who think about things and enjoy witty banter, my ultimate catnip. Naturally, they are … Continue reading Hot in Hellcat Canyon by Julie Anne Long
Spider-Man: Homecoming is simply adorable due to a storyline and cast that stays firmly rooted in the crisis of adolescence. I didn’t find Spiderman to be as emotionally compelling as some other Marvel movies but I enjoyed it, and the young teens I took with me LOVED it. It’s the first Spiderman movie I’ve seen that really feels like a Spiderman movie. Spider-Man: Homecoming takes place right after the events of Captain America: Civil War. … Continue reading Movie Review: Spider-Man: Homecoming
This story has a lot of numbers, a ghastly middle, a moment of love and bravery, and a quiet, sort of happy present and ever after. It’s also superbly self indulgent because essentially you’re looking at photos from my travels. It’s like being trapped in my slideshow about my vacation. I will try not to be boring. Recently we traveled for vacation to the island of Rhodes, in Greece. (I took a lot of pictures … Continue reading We’re Still Here: Kahal Shalom Synagogue in Rhodes, Greece
Elyse and Sarah interview Super Karen, librarian, knitter, romance reader, and co-host of the Knit One, Geek Two Podcast. We talk about childhood fandoms, and the fandoms we love currently, like geek culture, knitting, and romance. We discuss gate keeping, internal snobbery, and the welcoming joy of finding people who love what you love, and are eager to talk with you about it. We also talk about Rhinebeck, and there’s some mild geeking out about … Continue reading 255. Finding Community in the Things You Love: Elyse Interviews Super Karen from the Knit One, Geek Two Podcast
