Hey there! Welcome back to Wednesday Links!
Here, we share some fun, insightful, or otherwise pretty neat things that we’ve seen around the internet recently.
It’s a nice way to take a break in your day, maybe over lunch or a much-needed afternoon cup of coffee.
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Have you seen that nickname Lord Byron had for William Wordsworth?
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In the NY area? Berkley is having a fancy shindig with some authors on the 18th! There will be books and cocktails!
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I feel like it’s necessary for me to post something 50 Shades of Grey related this week. How about 50 Shades of Grey cats?
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Author Malinda Lo wrote an amazing piece of the lack of lesbians in YA. While the essay is YA focused, I feel like there are a lot of parallels to the romance genre.
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I am obsessed with the Best and Worst Rat of the week from Rachie’s Ratirement Home.
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Don’t forget to share what super cool things you’ve seen, read, or listened to this week! And if you have anything you think we’d like to post on a future Wednesday Links, send it my way!
Nice article about authors dedicating books to their loved ones. (Might be behind a paywall—sorry.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/how-12-authors-turned-their-book-dedications-into-grand-romantic-gestures/2020/02/11/88c2a1b0-4856-11ea-8124-0ca81effcdfb_story.html
Byron was such a git :/
Mad, bad and a pain to know?
The talk of Byron reminded me of this comic about his daughter, Ada Lovelace, lady mathematician and computer scientist. Apparently there is a book series too.
http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-the-origin-2/
Tabletop gaming for couples and/or romance fans:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/8-tabletop-rpgs-that-are-way-hotter-than-valentines-day-1841572867
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I know this topic has been covered before, but this is another great article about how romance novels and readers are misjudged:
Finding Feminism with Fabio: How Romance Novels are Unlikely Testaments to Female Power
https://www.pantograph-punch.com/post/romance-novels
Back late, but did you see Mia Sosa’s Types of Readers chart? I’m an occasional B, but always an F and an H.
https://mobile.twitter.com/miasosaromance/status/1226166294111760384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1226166294111760384&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmexybooks.com%2F2020%2F02%2Fsmexys-top-ten-02-14-2020.html