Are you all ready to harness your collective powers for another Rec League? This request comes from Anna: This question was inspired by your recent Silver Fox Rec League. Could you recommend me some books where the hero is more mature and self-aware than the heroine, and comes to terms with his feelings far quicker than she does, teaching her something about herself in the process? This theme is my ultimate catnip, but I only … Continue reading The Rec League: Mentors
A great Rec League subject for the upcoming 2018 Olympics, we want to say thanks to Reader Eve for emailing us this request: I love your Rec League, and am hoping the Bitchery can help me discover more of my favorite theme: athlete heroines. Sports romances (understandably, given what is watched) almost exclusively feature superrich!Athlete wooing a professional female (PR, sports therapist, events manager, team owner’s daughter…). These can be hit-and-miss for me. However, something … Continue reading The Rec League: Athlete Heroines
Oooh, we’ve got a good one this week! For all you HGTV lovers out there, send a big thanks to Reader Chloe who sent in this request: I’m seeking out romance with remodel recommendations. I love stories of shops/houses/barns – you name it – restored or remodeled or what-have-you alongside a good romance. I have no cares as to whether it is contemporary or historical but would like to find something funny or witty. I’m … Continue reading The Rec League: Renovation Romances
It’s our last Whatcha Reading of 2017, so let’s make it a spectacular one with lots of good books and reading moments! Or you know, we could just embrace all of our trash fire reading too. Do whatever your heart desires! However you do or don’t celebrate the holidays, we at SBTB hope you have a wonderful time and that many amazing books await you in 2018! Redheadedgirl: Well I just got Suleikha Snyder’s Seared … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? December 2017 Edition
It’s time for another Rec League, where we gather the power of the Bitchery to help fulfill recommendation requests. This request comes from Jess: I have a serious problem though, and I hoping you and the fellow website readers can help me out. I love historical mail-order bride. I’m not exactly sure why, but I love it as a plot device. However recently the trope has been taken over by Christian fiction which is not … Continue reading The Rec League: Non-Inspirational Mail Order Brides
Ahoy, yon inbox of Smart Bitches! What appears on the horizon? Looks like a royal flotilla of rec requests, captain! Anka writes: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s engagement made me crave some well-written contemporary romances featuring lovesick princes and their kickass brides-to-be. Maybe you could recommend us some great reads focused on the Royals? Aarya writes: I would love to have a Rec League about royalty/prices/princesses in romance. I’m a shameless fan of the British … Continue reading Rec League: Yup, We’re Looking for Royal Romances!
Whatcha Reading is here again! It always seems to creep up on you. This is where we talk about the books we’ve been reading. Maybe we’re enjoying them. Or maybe not so much. We hope you’ve knocked out some books on your TBR pile too! Elyse: I just started Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts . I hope it perks me up because I’m in a bit of a reading slump. Sarah: I just started By … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? November 2017 Edition
This Rec Leagues comes from our wonderful comments section on the site. Big thank you to Cerulean for the suggestion: The Amy Andrews “Playing by Her Rules” is very good, as is the next book in the series (focusing on a different couple): Playing it Cool. I actually like the second book better, but both are great. I really like reading books set outside the US and Georgian/Victorian England. I’ve enjoyed books from authors from/books … Continue reading The Rec League: Australian & New Zealand Romances
We have a rather interesting Rec League this week and I’m honestly surprised we haven’t received something similar earlier. Here’s the request from Ren: I would like to put out a request for romances with atheist heroes or heroines. I’m an atheist myself and I can never find that part of myself represented in genre fiction. If there’s an atheist character, by the end of the book they will invariably end up converting, and I’ll … Continue reading The Rec League: Atheist Characters in Romance
It’s Whatcha Reading time, where we discuss all the highs and lows of our month’s reading. We all hope you’ve had some good book noises this month, but we know sometimes that doesn’t happen. Feel free to rage and gripe as much as you want. However, we can’t be held responsible if your TBR pile doubles in size from the book recommendations you’ll most likely get. Sarah: I am reading a nonfiction and a romance, … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? October 2017 Edition
Our community at the Bitchery is full of warm & fuzzy moments and as the person who puts together the Books on Sale posts, sometimes we get some kickass, budget-endangering comment threads. For example, KateB alerted us to a mega Mary Stewart sale! You can view Mary Stewart’s ebook editions, sorted from low to high prices, all of which are $3.99 or lower, at this Amazon link. Here are some Stewart recs from that particular … Continue reading The Rec League: Mary Stewart
