We’re only a few weeks into 2026 (?!!) and I’m curious about the books you’re most looking forward to that are releasing between January 1 and June 30, 2026. There are MANY on our lists, and I limited folks to only a few – which means I know you have titles to suggest, too. One that I couldn’t format for our database: Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire, Vol. 3 by Priest, translated by Yog and SassyStrawberry. … Continue reading What are Your Most Anticipated Books The First Half of 2026? →
THANK YOU to the many of you who emailed me to let me know that the SBTB Daily newsletter wasn’t arriving in your inboxes as expected. In a nutshell, I’m in a low-key battle with bots that are scraping the site at a high volume and making the server unhappy, and one of the settings that we changed to try to keep the site online inadvertently blocked the newsletter – OOPS. So that’s all fixed, … Continue reading Newsletter Update: We’re Back! →
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Last week when I announced the video for episode 700, I saw and received some happy reactions that Friday Videos had made a return. That’s delightful, so hey! Friday Videos! I woke up today with Caribbean Blue by Enya stuck in my head, so I went looking for videos. This song came out in 1991 so this is mid-high school for me (also around the time I studied abroad so maybe the song followed me) and for … Continue reading Friday Videos Have Enya Stuck in Their Head →
It’s never too late for Holiday Wishes, right? We had such a record number of interviews for the Holiday Wishes episodes this year, and I truly love doing them. Thank you. But many of you asked about Amanda’s recs and wishes, so to wind up our holiday extravaganza, Amanda and I are talking about the books that we loved in 2025, our wishes for everyone in 2026, and of course we talk about a LOT … Continue reading 701. Holiday Wishes with Amanda and Sarah →
Hey Look! It’s a Friday Video! (Shall we bring those back?) This week is Episode 700 of the podcast, and I’ve done both an audio and video version of the show because my guest, Amanda Matta (aka matta_of_fact) and I are examining some old skool romance covers through an art history lens. Amanda has degrees in art history and museum studies, and while she may be more known for her royals commentary, I love her podcast Art … Continue reading Episode 700: The Video! →
Happy 700th Episode!! Amanda Matta is a debut author (her book is coming in 2027!), media commentator, royal analyst, and an art historian. I’ve mentioned Amanda, and her podcast Art of History, which I love. In that show, she focuses on one particular piece of art and explains the history, context, symbolism, and even the details of how it was made. I like it. So I thought, why not have Amanda Matta give the Art … Continue reading 700. An Art History Analysis of Romance Covers with Amanda Matta →
The transcript for episode 698 is now available, too!
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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 News Bites, January 5, 2026 →
