Tune in on Wednesday, 23 February at 9:00 pm EST for the Sizzling Book Club Chat where we’ll discuss Courtney Milan’s Unveiled, and recipes for preparing your copy for company. I’m kidding. The chat will begin at 9PM EST, and Milan will join us for questions at 10PM, so I hope you can join us! And, if you have a suggestion for a March book for the Sizzling Book Club - I am all ears! read more »
Watch this space! We’ll be chatting about Karina Bliss’ Here Comes the Groom at 10pm EST, 7pm PST, and the author will be joining us at 11pm EST. I hope you’ll join us! Sizzling Book Club Chat: Here Comes the Groom by Karina Bliss read more »
It was a landslide voting victory for the Snooki Snex Scene winner! The winner, with over 200 votes: Crochet Leopard Print! Entry #1: Crochet Leopard Print “This is my room, baby,” Tony said proudly as he held the door for her. He was super classy. “Like it?” Wow. Gia would shit herself. Animal print everywhere. The crochet bedspread had a leopard print pattern. And it didn’t even smell like Axe in here. More like…Drakkar Noir. “It musta taken your grandmother forever to make that bedspread.” Tony closed the door. “Nah. I did it. I used finger weight yarn, merino/silk blend,… read more »
Ali writes in with a romance she’s lost and hopes to find again: I have had a book in my possession that has moved with me several times, and been there for me in my darkest moments. Now, said book is nowhere to be found. For the love of Merlin’s beard, I can’t find it, I can’t remember the title or author, and the names of the heroine/hero escape me. You may be asking yourself, “How in the holy hell can I help this bitch out?”. Well, I’ll give you as much as I can about this book, and hope… read more »
Which books do you adore, recommend, and try to entice people to read romance? Which books have made someone reconsider their opinion of the genre, or created a new romance fan who book shops with you? Which books Hold The Power of Awesome? That’s my topic at Kirkus today: Romance Must-Reads. These are the books that set the bar for the genre, or one of its subgenres, the novels that are so amazing you go back and re-read, unless your copy is lent out to someone who hasn’t returned it yet because they are busy re-reading it for the eleventieth… read more »
Watch this space, because at 9pm EST it will go live with book discussion, and author Jennifer Crusie will join us at 10pm. Trust Me On This, by Jennifer Crusie: Book Club Chat You still have time to read the book - you know, if you take the day off, heat up some leftovers and hide at home. Sounds like an ideal day to me! I’ll be announcing the December pick, too, so get ready. It’s a classic from way back when. See you this evening! read more »
I swear, some HaBOs are like missed encounters, where you idly pick up the book and see what it says, then realize hours later that you’d LOVE to read it - only to never see the book again. Jeanne has a story like that - and my apologies to her, as her original email was lost and then found. A few years ago while standing at the checkout in a grocery store I picked up a romantic comedy that intrigued me but I didn’t have enough $$ on me at the time to afford. When I went back for it… read more »
I’m still at work on the in-progress “Everything I Know About Love, I Learned from Romance Novels,” and I wanted to again humbly ask for your help and your perspective. You are among the smartest folks I know, anyway, so how can I not come begging? (I am almost done and promise not to do this in neverending annoyingpants fashion). I’m currently working on how romances influence readers, and want to ask you: Have romance novels helped you with real life relationships? How? Or, in the words of my least favorite essay questions, “Why or why not?” Which books left… read more »
Want to grin? Have some happy, thoughtful links. An Ode to Emilie Loring, romance author. Thanks to Holly G. for that link. Q: Which romance authors (you can only name one) remain enduring favorites through every single book they wrote? New or older authors, doesn’t matter. (I predict the top three favorites from the comments will be Heyer, Roberts, and McMaster-Bujold. My choice is Julia Spencer-Fleming, mostly because I’m going through a palate-cleanse of mystery reading and I can’t stop turning back to her books to enjoy and savor her character building and small-world-building skills. Mills & Boon has a… read more »
I’m working on the new book-in-progress, “Everything I Know About Love, I Learned from Romance Novels,” and I wanted to humbly ask for your help and your perspective. I’m working on a chapter about the traits most commonly found in romance heroes and heroines (I’m also attempting to use the word “heroes” to describe both, but I think I may have to undo those in editing because hero seems to communicate to most people a masculine, not feminine, role). What would you say the most common and essential traits are among romance heroes and heroines? Faithfulness? Honor? Strength? Creativity? Instant… read more »
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