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Gamify Your TBR!

I’m not going to bury the lede. I got baked and decided to make a Monopoly-inspired game board to help me tackle my TBR pile. (Also a great lead up to my upcoming gift guide on boardgames!) I have so many books and a very large Goodreads list, which often leaves me paralyzed by choice. I first came across this idea on Instagram through PrintedPaperTraveler, who designed a board that’s a mix of Monopoly and Snakes … Continue reading Gamify Your TBR!

Sunday Sale Digest!

Smart Bitches in a blue typewriter font, and After Dark lit up like hot pink neon

This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Sunday Sale Digest!

Hide Your Wallet

Book Beat: Mysteries, Drag Queens, & More

Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list of underrated romances! Think of Book Beat as Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, but for books. And no staples to open to get the fold-out poster.

Lightning Review

Love Binds by Cynthia St Aubin

Love Binds

I’m continuing my adventures through the Tails from the Alpha Art Gallery series, but we’re heading directly to book four. I can’t be sure what exactly went wrong with my reading of the third in the series, but something definitely went wrong. Could be that I wasn’t in the right frame of mind. Could be that the story was as disjointed as it felt to read it. Whatever the case, I’m glad I persevered because … Continue reading Love Binds by Cynthia St Aubin

After Dark at the Movies: Frankenstein (2025)

Smart Bitches After Dark with After Dark in neon glowing style and a small reel of film in the lower left corner

This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading After Dark at the Movies: Frankenstein (2025)

Books On Sale

Fantasy Romance, Ashley Herring Blake, & More

Books on Sale: Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev & More

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev is $1.99 and a KDD! Carrie reviewed this one and gave it a B-:

Sonali Dev is an amazing creator of character and I suspect that this book with be A grade stuff for many readers. I enjoyed the conversations around class, race, and disability (in Emma’s case). However, the book left me stressed out instead of happy

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Book Review

An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

An Academic Affair

What is this book about? Let’s give the blurb its moment to shine as it is one of the good ones (i.e. it matches the content of the book well) Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher have been academic rivals since they first crossed paths as undergraduates in the literature department thirteen years ago. Now that a highly coveted teaching opportunity has come up, their rivalry hits epic proportions. Jonah needs the job to move closer … Continue reading An Academic Affair by Jodi McAlister

Podcast

692. Soap Opera Nostalgia with Amye Archer from Little Miss Recap

Amye Archer, host of Little Miss Recap, was a guest on a recent paywalled episode of Fixing Famous People talking about soap operas. I was entranced. Amye is a fan of soaps, going way back, and I was very eager to have her as a guest to talk about soaps, the romances within soaps, and some of the overlap between soap fans and romance readers. After we talk about the matrilineal cultural inheritance of soaps … Continue reading 692. Soap Opera Nostalgia with Amye Archer from Little Miss Recap

Kobo Plus: Indie and Self Published Historicals, Please!

The Duke Who Knew Too Much Audiobook with a woman in a white off the shoulder gown with pink trim having the top of her gown pushed down her shoulders by a dude who is turned to the side, and yes, his shirt is open and still tucked in! The book is narrated by Erin Mallon

This post is sponsored by Kobo Plus, and contains affiliate links which bring a portion of your purchase to us at no extra charge to you. If you use them, thanks, and if not, no worries. Thanks, y’all!  … I know y’all have heard about Kobo Plus, I am presuming, but in case not: Kobo Plus is nifty. And if you’re looking at Lara’s quest for indie/self pub historicals and wondering where you can find some tasty … Continue reading Kobo Plus: Indie and Self Published Historicals, Please!

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