Mr Romance was on TV, and Gimp Masks were a Whole Thing: April 2005 was a Wild Time for Ads & Features
Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev is $2.99! It’s book three in Dev’s Rajes series, which is full of Jane Austen retellings. Dev’s books can get pretty emotional, so I suggest checking content warnings.
We’re taking a tour through the new releases across many genres from April 2005, nearly 20 (!!!) years ago. Romance has changed a wee little bit. How much cringe shall we find? Plenty! Other oddities? Mainstream includes YA and Chick Lit. Contemporary includes New Reality. Regency in Format includes Corinthians! And we’re trying to understand a character who wants to “dim the pain of turning 30.” It’s a ride, as usual. Side trips include Sea … Continue reading 609. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Reviews
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the April 2005 issue of RT Book Reviews. Thank you to Kay Layton Sisk for this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind. And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read and … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Reviews
GUEST RECOMMENDED: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab is $1.99! We had a guest review from Rachel and she gave it an A. I highly agree with her assessment. I loved this one!
This Rec League request is from Kir in our SBTB Patreon Discord: Can anyone recommend any books where the main characters solve a theft please? As opposed to solving a murder, or books that follow the thieves doing the heist. Can be mystery/romance/any genre, but bonus points if it’s in a secondary world. Lara: I haven’t finished it yet but The Three Dahlias by Katy Watson seems to focus on a theft only. Sarah: There … Continue reading The Rec Leagues: Thefts
Hellooooo! It’s time for Wednesday Links! How are we feeling about April? Have the allergies started for anyone yet? I’m always dreading allergy season, but mine didn’t start until mid-May last year. I keep waiting for the day I don’t get them because I’ve heard if you live in an area for a decade, your body gets used to it. Well…I’ve surpassed a decade and I still have ’em. Maybe I’m just a…late bloomer. (lol) … Continue reading Links: The Spice Girls, More Trader Joe’s Discussion, & More
RECOMMENDED: Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin is $2.99! This was recently mentioned in the comments of our Podcasting Romances Rec League. Sneezy and Carrie read this one and gave it a B+:
Carrie: Although I’ve never been to Canada, I felt right at home in this book. Sneezy and I did a lot of squeeing over this story, just…not so much about the romance element, which was – eh, fine. Reader beware – this book will make you laugh and cry, but above all, it will make you so, so hungry!!
Thrilling, Unputdownable, Addictive Title SEO with a Shocking Twist! It is a truth universally acknowledged that SEO is making a hot mess of book titles. SEO, or search engine optimization, the process of identifying and deploying key words and search terms to boost one’s own results in search engine algorithms. You ever see those titles that are all, Title: an adjective, adjective, adverbly adjective genre genre novel? Yeah. That’s SEO at work: boosting results in … Continue reading SEO WTF: Worst SEO Book Titles (So Far)
Never Fall for Your Fiancee by Virginia Heath is $2.99! This is book one in the Merriwell Sisters series. I don’t mind an illustrated cover, but I’m not loving this one. Have any of you read this?
This HaBO is from Andrea, who is hoping to find this romance. Warnings below for faking a child’s death: I know I read the book in late 1990s to mid-2000s. Frontier or Western setting. Man enters an inn and ends up marrying a young woman (who knows how to live in mountain area) by spending night in bed with a board between them (jumping the board). The woman is with a scout or guide. They … Continue reading HaBO: A Wagon Fall Makes Her Go into Labor
