Grab your TBRs and get ready for Summer Solstice on June 21!
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo is $2.99! This is book two in the Ninth House series and it’s definitely a series that should be read in order. I highly recommend checking for triggers. I read book one and that one was pretty graphic.
This movie imprinted on me HARD. In 1990, I was 15. Pump Up the Volume blew my teenage mind. You could just…make up a radio show? (Well, at the time, no, the FCC got a little tetchy about it.) You could just…start talking? And see who connected with you? We didn’t have so much internet back then. AOL didn’t become AOL until 1991. The internet existed, but it was in limited use with limited access. I … Continue reading Friday Videos Pump Up the Volume
We’re back in the time machine heading to March 2009 to check out the new books reviewed in Romantic Times Magazine. We’ve got: Hot dog shrines Alpha heroines PT Cruisers Allegories for the siege of Leningrad Whore’s Dust We’ve got some new books in the magazine that are still bangers today across many genres, alongside some books that we’re going to leave in 2009, right after we talk about them in this episode. We got … Continue reading 727. RT Rewind: March 2009 Reviews
RECOMMENDED: Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban is $2.99! Carrie read this and gave it an A:
Every time I think of this book, I smile. Dear readers, I regret that I have forgotten so many of the finer points of the book. However, I can promise you that it will leave you smiling.
I absolutely loved The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub so you can imagine my glee when she wrote a second book, The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet. Even the fact that it was a library book and my dog chewed up the cover and I had to pay for it did not lessen my joy. Here is the publisher’s summary of the plot: Awkward, plain, and overlooked, Mary Bennet has … Continue reading The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet by Melinda Taub
RECOMMENDED: Enemies to Lovers by Alisha Rai is $2.99! Lara gave this one an A:
This book is a delight! I know the cover is not nearly as cute as the cover of the first in this series, Partners in Crime, but don’t be put off! Enemies to lovers is suspenseful, twisty, swoony and so so good.
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Welcome back! July is moving and grooving. Startlingly so. My reading slump somewhat continues. I’ve been sporadically playing the audiobook of Dungeon Crawler Carl, but it’s not a daily occurrence. Moonlight Peaks came out last week. It’s a farming sim with a cozy-ish, supernatural twist. I’m enjoying it so far and I think it does a good job of pacing out the content. There’s no rushing through things. Also for people who don’t like combat, I don’t … Continue reading Links: Cover Snark, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, & More
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn is $2.99! Big thanks to everyone who let us know about this sale and hopefully it lasts a little bit. Sarah had Kate on the podcast to talk about this release and it was very great episode.
This HaBO comes from Cory, who is looking for this romance: Looking for an older Medieval Fantasy Romance read between 2009–2013 (likely published in the 1990s or early 2000s). The Cover: Features a beautifully handsome, long-haired blond man. The Setting: Pure medieval / fantasy fey realm. No time travel, no modern day elements, and definitely no Vikings. The Opening: The book starts directly from the female main character’s point of view. The Plot: The heroine … Continue reading HaBO: Heroine is in a Magical Stasis
