Links: Eloisa James, Site Reminders, & K-Pop

Welcome to Wednesday Links! If you’re at RT this week, be sure to come say hi to one (if not all) of us. We may be exhausted, but I promise we’re all very friendly. Also, be sure to catch us on Instagram and Snapchat (Smart_Bitches) to see all the Smart Bitch shenanigans.

Interviews with romance authors are some of the most fascinating conversations to me and given our love for Eloisa James on this site, her interview at Freedom Matters is a great read:

When I became a professor, I had to keep Eloisa secret for a long time. That has to do with prejudice against the romance genre, which academics consider a women’s ghetto. They think that no one who is educated could possibly be writing or reading it. When in fact, we have enough New York Times bestselling authors with Harvard degrees to make up our own volleyball team—and our readers come from every class and include 12% male readers. I didn’t tell anyone in my department until I was already tenured and that I had hit the NYT list.

And if that wasn’t enough for you, there’s a part two to the interview.

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If you missed it, the sign ups for this year’s RITA® Reader Challenge are open! Every year, we invite readers to submit reviews of the current year’s RITA® nominees. There are still several slots open if you’re looking to participate.

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If you’re not following Paperback Paradise on Twitter, you are making a terrible mistake.

$6 #books pic.twitter.com/BhGdQiNSjp

— Paperback Paradise (@paprbckparadise) March 11, 2016

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We’ve picked our April Movie Matinee and boy, is it a good one! We’re watching Strictly Ballroom, which is an amazing, quirky Australian romance with ballroom dancing.

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Lastly, thanks to Reader Eunice H. for spotting Julie Garwood’s The Bride in a K-Pop video!

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Don’t forget to share what super cool things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!