One of the things speculative fiction can do is give us a new way to look at a controversial topic. The romance Static uses speculative fiction to look in a thoughtful and compassionate way at issues of gender identity and sexuality. It also delivers a satisfying, sexy, romance. Static isn’t science fiction so much as it’s alternate history. In the world of Static, some people are shifters. They can shift back and forth between male and female. … Continue reading Static by L.A. Witt →
Libraryaddict read this book for the RITA® Reader Challenge. This book finaled in the Contemporary Romance category. Plot Summary: Maddie Moore’s whole life needs a makeover. In one fell swoop, Maddie loses her boyfriend (her decision) and her job (so not her decision). But rather than drowning her sorrows in bags of potato chips, Maddie leaves L.A. to claim the inheritance left by her free-spirited mother-a ramshackle inn nestled in the little coastal town of … Continue reading RITA Reader Challenge Review: Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis →
Happy Wednesday! September is almost on its way out. Can you believe it? I’m so ready for October. I love spooky season, maple and pumpkin themed treats, cooler temps, and breaking out all the fluffy blankets. I’m also getting tattoo #3 and attending a friend’s Halloween wedding. Pretty pumped! How about you? Are you ready for October? … This is from the L.A. Times so it may be behind a paywall, but I was able to read … Continue reading Links: Fundraising, Washi Tape, & More →
Whatcha Reading already?! I thought we did one of these just last week. Most of you all know the drill by now. Sound off in the comments about what you’ve been reading lately! Aarya: I recently finished Kit Rocha’s Deal with the Devil (out July 28) and enjoyed it. Sexy, exhilarating sci-fi road trip romance between two sets of found families (aka found family squared. They merge into a bigger found family and it’s so … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? July 2020 Edition, Part Two →
Girl on Film is a graphic novel memoir by Cecil Castellucci, the author of, among other things, Boy Proof, The P.L.A.I.N. Janes, and Shade, The Changing Girl, all of which I enthusiastically recommend. In this memoir, Castellucci documents her obsession with becoming a movie director, a goal she developed at a young age and pursued through her years at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the high school … Continue reading Girl on Film by Cecil Castellucci →
Sometimes (as in every two weeks), Monday is Cover Snark Day! These covers are mostly safe for work, save for some very waxed chests. Let’s get to it! From Reader Jennifer: Got this in my BookBub email today. This cover!!! Hair! Half a body (an homage to the bog bodies in the National Museum of Ireland?)! phallic symbols (I think perhaps a trip to the Dr. is in order – i don’t that fluff … Continue reading Cover Snark: Pec Implants & Breastfeeding in the Old West →
Happy Monday and welcome to Cover Snark! Let’s get started, shall we? Elyse: If you have sharp claws the size of her body why do you need a sword?!?! Amanda: Maybe the sacrifice won’t work if you snap her in half? Elyse: Well then just stab her with the pincer end. Carrie: Wow, STDs really have gotten antibiotic resistant. Also if we run this we have to add that little video of the crab with … Continue reading Cover Snark: Crabs & Boardroom Babies →
Life of the Party: Peggy has a terrible idea. Jason is basically in the same place that Frodo goes into when he’s wearing the One Ring – wraithy and weird. He can hear Peggy calling him, along with something else drawing him to another place, but he pulls himself back to where Peggy is. He tells her that he can’t fight the pull much longer, and he doesn’t know what’s happening or how much longer … Continue reading Agent Carter: 2.06 “The Life of the Party” and 2.07 “Monsters” →
SERIOUSLY WHERE IS MY ANGIE AFTER A VERY LONG PREVIOUSLY ON: Peggy is asleep, and is woken up by Jason calling her name – she pulls a gun. He asks her to come down to the lab, where they have a chunk of blue-veined tissue from Jane Scott. Jason holds his hand next to the jar, and a bit of the Zero Matter pulls out of the tissue and follows his hand around like freaky … Continue reading Agent Carter: 2.05 “The Atomic Job” →
WHERE IS ANGIE? A sunny morning in L.A., Peggy and Sousa exit a car and walk through a line of press surrounding Jason’s house. In his house, there’s a lot of lab equipment (Wine? Whiskey? Wodka? Who knows!) (THAT WAS SO TOO A FUNNY JOKE), but nothing, Sousa says, that explains why people were shooting at him the previous night. Peggy is sad that she apparently did the “killing off Jason” job for them. Sousa … Continue reading Agent Carter 2.03: Better Angels →
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Here is a text transcript of Podcast 105: Another Interview with Kat Mayo. You can listen to the mp3 here, or you can read on! This podcast transcript was handmade with digital alphabetical badassery by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. [music] Sarah Wendell: Hello, and welcome to another DBSA podcast. This is episode number 104. Wow. This is an interview with Kat Mayo from Book Thingo that I did while I was in Australia … Continue reading Podcast Transcript 104: Another Interview with Kat Mayo →
