Happy Wednesday!
I’m hungry! We’ve been doing a lot of cooking lately, but our yummy leftovers never seem to last long. My partner works from home, so they are usually his lunches. I think we have to start doubling up on recipes. We recently made this white chili and it was so good. My partner couldn’t find green chiles and we used chipotle chiles in adobo instead. Definitely recommend the change if you want a spicier option.
Now I have to scrounge around from lunch, which will probably be some aged cheddar, Trader Joe’s green olive crackers, and some hot honey.
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Sarah: My favorite February tradition: 28 days of Black History, a curated exhibit of artifacts one per day via email.
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Burn It All Down, a feminist sports podcast, is running a Kickstarter to produce more seasons. It’s already reached funding with about a month to go.
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Sarah: I was on Under the Influence with Jo Piazza talking about…you’ll never guess.
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Julia Quinn has announced the 2027 lineup for her historical romance subscription box. Definitely loving these offerings a bit more than 2026. Do you thing these authors would get you to subscribe?
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Don’t forget to share what cool or interesting 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!
I’m thinking the Kleypas pick will be “Devil in Winter”. None of those will get me to subscribe, though. I’m think I’m just sick of subscriptions, other than my one quarterly magazine (“Oh Reader”, if you must know). I’m in the process of cancelling things like my (unused) gym membership, car wash subscription, etc, because it’s just a financial drain.
I’d like to recommend a Japanese miniseries called The Pride of the Temp. It’s silly, improbable, delightful and devilishly satirical. One short season dates back to 2007, with a second appearing 13 years later in 2020. The central character is an impossibly skilled and relentlessly uncompromising temporary worker who turns a rigidly stratified and patriarchal corporate culture on its ear. There are many wonderfully satisfying moments that tickled me so much I watched it, both seasons, back to back twice. It’s available on Netflix. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0997022/
Thank you for the links. The Under the Influence one is geolocked for me in the UK sadly.
I’m really interested in the 2027 JQ Editions lineup, but I would love it if the designs read more clearly as historical romance, like the endpapers were more like the stepbacks and clinches of years gone past. Part of my hesitance with the 2026 lineup is the design choices they’ve gone with. They’ll never please everyone though, and maybe their target audience is not me (even though I think I’m in their target audience! I love historical romance, and I want to buy special editions of beloved books!).
Glad you recommended 28 Days of Black History- very informative.
non-romance new Lisa Kleypas book: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/queen-of-lombard-street-lisa-kleypas?variant=44726331408418