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Guest Squee: Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey, reviewed by Betty Fokker

Kushiel’s Dart

I am a woman of eclectic genre reading habits, and wander far afield in the fertile lands of literary licentiousness. I am especially a fantasy and sci/fi junkie. However, I love it with all my heart when the sci/fi or fantasy novel I am reading adds at least a dollop of romance in its pages. Not some two-dimensional rumpy-pumpy between a fuck puppet and the hero or some bullshit like that, either. Make it good … Continue reading Guest Squee: Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey, reviewed by Betty Fokker

It’s Almost Last Call for the Smart Bitches Candles!

A white jar candle with the SBTB logo of the four 50s ladies with a 20th anniversary insignia on the bottom front

Thank you to everyone who ordered some of the Smart Bitches candles! I’m so happy that so many of you are enjoying them! The candles are a limited time only event, and will not be available after January 4. So if you’d like to get one or both, this is your moment to order some  Smart Bitches limited candles! .        Wax Cabin Candle Company, an independent small chandlery, has been SO FAST … Continue reading It’s Almost Last Call for the Smart Bitches Candles!

SBTB Media Archive

Santa Olivia

Santa Olivia

Lushly written with rich and vivid characters, SANTA OLIVIA is Jacqueline Carey’s take on comic book superheroes and the classic werewolf myth. Loup Garron was born and raised in Santa Olivia, an isolated, disenfranchised town next to a US military base inside a DMZ buffer zone between Texas and Mexico. A fugitive “Wolf-Man” who had a love affair with a local woman, Loup’s father was one of a group of men genetically-manipulated and used by … Continue reading Santa Olivia

SBTB Media Archive

Songs of Love and Death

Songs of Love and Death

IN this star-studded cross-genre anthology, seventeen of the greatest modern authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance explore the borderlands of their genres with brand-new tales of ill-fated love. From zombie-infested woods in a postapocalyptic America to faery-haunted rural fields in eighteenth- century England, from the kingdoms of high fantasy to the alien world of a galaxy-spanning empire, these are stories of lovers who must struggle against the forces of magic and fate. Award-winning, bestselling … Continue reading Songs of Love and Death

Podcast Transcript 80. An Interview with Elyse from Smart Bitches

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Here is a text transcript of 80. An Interview with Elyse from Smart Bitches. You can listen to the mp3 here, or you can read on!  This podcast transcript was crafted with precision by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks.  Here are the books we discuss: [music] Sarah Wendell:  Hello, and welcome to another DBSA podcast!  I’m Sarah Wendell from Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, and with me is Elyse who reviews for me at Smart Bitches.  You … Continue reading Podcast Transcript 80. An Interview with Elyse from Smart Bitches

Podcast

80. An Interview with Elyse from Smart Bitches

This week, Sarah interviews Elyse, who reviews romantic suspense, historicals and other fun things at Smart Bitches. She also likes to outline what parts of romance novel sex scenes really tick her off. Sarah & Elyse talk about the ways in which romantic suspense has changed over the years, the differences between romantic suspense and romantic adventure, and what books she's really digging. There is also discussion of dairy farmer romance, FarmersOnly.com, what's in her … Continue reading 80. An Interview with Elyse from Smart Bitches

SBTB Bestseller

SBTB/DA Bestsellers: 28 March - 3 April 2012

Books in bundles, books on sale, and books many people are talking about – surprise, eh? – are on the list this week: Amelia Peabody Omnibus (Books 1-4) by Elizabeth Peters | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo |  A Week to be Wicked by Tessa Dare | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo |  Scandal and Satin by Loretta Chase | Amazon | BN | Sony | Kobo |  The English Witch … Continue reading SBTB/DA Bestsellers: 28 March - 3 April 2012
Books On Sale

A Few Sales and Coupons

A Few Sales and Coupons

I have a few ebook and paper book coupons and discounts, including a few older Loretta Chase ebooks, and some DVD sales, too!  Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey * $2.99 * A | BN | K | S   The Blades of the Rose bundle by Zoe Archer * 8.84-10.00 * A | BN | K | S   My Lady's Guardian by Gayle Callen * $1.99 * A | BN | K | S … Continue reading A Few Sales and Coupons

Songs of Love and Death: A Giveaway

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In the mail this week, I received a finished copy of Songs of Love and Death, an anthology of new fiction from romance, science fiction and fantasy authors you’ve probably never heard of, like Neil Gaiman, Marjorie M. Liu, Diana Gabaldon, Jim Butcher, Jo Beverly, Mary Jo Putney, Jacqueline Carey and some other people. Gosh, it’s amazing how people with no track record of really honking excellent fiction get to assemble into an anthology AND … Continue reading Songs of Love and Death: A Giveaway