Bitchin' Blog Posts
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January 12, 2012 | Thursday | 83 Comments
This book has it all, and by "all" I mean All The Cliches That Will Drive Me Nuts. Some of my recent ranting about cliches? Largely inspired by this book, I am sad to say. The story starts out so cool, and I was anticipating something truly different and amazing. In the heroine, I got some of that. In the hero and the plot, I got All Of The Cliches. All of them. I am NOT KIDDING. So please be aware, This Review Is Most Spoilery. I couldn't present the depth of amazing cliche without explaining them, so there is…
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January 09, 2012 | Monday | 46 Comments
As a follow-up to the earlier discussion about where the hell the hymen is, here's a link to something truly fascinating that I read via Jane Litte and a few others on Twitter this weekend. The museum of sex has a truly amazing article on the size and shape of the clitoris. No, it is most certainly not a button. Or a nubbin. There's a lot more to it than that: The scientific name for the external “little button” or “bulb” is glans. Not to be confused with glands, glanssimply refers to a small circular mass. This little structure contains…
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July 20, 2011 | Wednesday | 82 Comments
Time for “Good Shit vs. Shit to Avoid,” with special guest PK, who is looking for a particular kind of heroine: Oh baby, talk nerdy to me. There was a great ad for some sort of high end kitchen appliance years ago that featured a very cute lady with naughty librarian glasses and lab coat standing next to a male model in a designer suit and it said “IQ meets GQ” and it always made me smile. I love smart girl protagonists, I love quirky geniuses! I love sexy doctors/scientists/academics/etc. I am looking for books with heroines like that. Geeks,…
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December 05, 2010 | Sunday | 8 Comments
I flip my latkes in the air sometimes! Ok, I don’t. Mostly I eat them, while picking winners of our week-long contest-o-bration! The winner of Hanukkah Day Three, and a generation 2 Kindle with a $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com is Z. Marquis. And the winner of Hanukkah, Day Four, and a big ol’ selection of paranormal, urban fantasy, and science fiction romance is Claudia S. Please email me your mailing address at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOTcom so I can mail your prize! The crazy prizegivery will continue through the rest of Hanukkah, so come on back for more chances to win books,…
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December 04, 2010 | Saturday | 427 Comments
Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, it’s not getting old yet, the candle lighting and the present opening and the awesome fried foods! So, let’s bring in more festival merriment to celebrate reading of both digital and paper books with yet another giveaway! I have a collection of urban fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal romance. It’s kinda huge. Huge like a sword that’s twice as long as three heroines, all wearing leather pants with just a hint of muffin top. All you have to do to win is leave a comment, and I’ll select a winner each day. These contests are open to…
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November 30, 2010 | Tuesday | 18 Comments
I received an email alerting me to this novella, and since I’m in a novellaly kind of reading mood, I grabbed it from Liquid Silver. According to Liquid Silver CEO Tina Burns, the distribution to all ports of sale hasn’t occurred yet, but it will soon. So for right now, it’s only available from the LS website. I read the excerpt on the website, and couldn’t stop thinking about it, so I bought it the following day. It’s a quick read, but a good one, of adventure, action, kickingassery, and hot attraction. Weightlessness holds a LOT of curious appeal, all…
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June 23, 2010 | Wednesday | 8 Comments
Jill Shalvis (whose books I love like things that I love a lot) has an entry on her blog that’s full of warm fuzzy awesome: What terms of endearment do you love? And which do you love reading? Me, I’m totally up for calling Hubby “schnookums” or “thunderpants” but I doubt I’d read that in any romance novel. Second, from John, who rocks it hard in this blog entry, a cover. What do you think that erect tree in the background means? That THIS MAN is MAN ENOUGH to BREASTFEED? This link is a bit older - a week or…
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January 28, 2010 | Thursday | 24 Comments
Grab your lasso and your chaps, because we’re going back to college to round up some romance in academia links. First: on 23 February at 12:30 pm at Brandeis University, documentary filmmaker Laurie Kahn, who directed Tupperware!, a documentary about Tupperware and the women behind it, for PBS’ American Experience, will be talking about her new work-in-progress, “Creating the Popular Romance.” From the press release, sent to me by awesome reader Michael: The world of romance novels (who writes them? who reads them? who publishes them? why are they so popular? and what do they say about our culture?) is…
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December 06, 2009 | Sunday | 5 Comments
Heather gave me the heads up about a spiffy giveaway going on today at SFR: they’re giving away autographed books among other literary offerings to folks who leave a comment a network of book review blogs. Hey, it’s December, there’s gift giving and there’s the post office - what more could you wish for?
Details at Galaxy Express/ Science Fiction Romance.
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October 30, 2009 | Friday | 22 Comments
Chris sent me this jaw-dropping amazing video that’s a feast for the ears, the brain, the eyes and the imagination: “We Are All Connected” was made from sampling Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, The History Channel’s Universe series, Richard Feynman’s 1983 interviews, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s cosmic sermon, and Bill Nye’s Eyes of Nye Series.
Dude. Awesome. May you have a weekend full of wonderment.
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