The BookMatcher is Billie Bloebaum, book buyer for Powell’s in the Portland Airport, and she brings the art of handselling books based on interest to folks writing in online for her help. Today’s request is from ninjapenguin: If so, I have kind of an unusual request. See, thanks to your site, I have recently been introduced to the world of well-written romance novels. (Previously I had only been cognizant of the rather horrifyingly rape-tastic old … Continue reading BookMatcher: Romance Without Sex Scenes→
This was in my inbox. I laughed so hard I couldn’t breathe. Enjoy. I’ve recently started to pick up on some rather….er……interesting turns of phrase by certain authors and thought I’d share one with The Bitchery. So after checking out both Smart Bitches and Dear Author for some new reading material, I thought I’d try some Lisa Marie Rice. So far ok. Not great, but a good way to distract myself while laying in the … Continue reading Kifah Offers a What Not to Do→
What light through yonder window breaks? It’s an iFrame, and it contains survey results! Clearly, I need to get over my crush on the Wufoo surveys very very soon. But not today! I don’t need to read a pie chart or line graph for you, but I thought it was very interesting that there were nearly equal amounts of print and digital self-published books purchased by those who did purchase them, and that the top … Continue reading Self-Publishing Reader Survey Results→
GS vs. STA is “Good Shit vs. Shit to Avoid,” and is all about books of a particular trope or type that you adore or think should be tossed out the window at the nearest opportunity, just as soon as the car slows down enough. M. is looking for books wherein the heroine, like Min of Bet Me, doesn’t want children. Okay so I have been a long time lurker, occasional poster, but this Bitch … Continue reading GS. vs. STA: Heroines Who Don’t Want Kids→
Billie Bloebaum, romance book buyer for Powell’s in the Portland Airport, is exercising the power of her handselling abilities online, and fields requests for books to read. Kimberly writes in with a Bookmatcher request: Hi Sarah, I was wondering if you could help me out. I usually read urban fantasy or fantasy books with strong romance elements. I’m ready to move on and expand my horizons a little. I remember that you have done a … Continue reading The Bookmatcher: Space and Cowboys→
From awesome librarian Carrie comes this request: My library is doing a book display of GLBT titles, and I thought it would be fun if they included some romance. Anyone have fantastic GLTB romance to recommend? Her caveats: she’d need the books to be in print – which is tricky because so much GLBT romance is digital only – and she needs to hopefully order a few titles, so they have to be available. So, … Continue reading Librarian Seeks GLBT Romance in Print→
Kathryn asks: I wanted to consult the collected powers of bitchery readers to get some book recommendations. I was wondering if anyone knows of a book where the heroine is the one who makes a move on the hero initially, instead of the other way around. I am really over the whole man pursuing woman with massive erection angle (haha, angle). Can anyone help? The first book I thought of was Maya Banks’ The Tycoon’s … Continue reading Heroines Going For It→
Billie Bloebaum, romance book buyer for Powell’s in the Portland Airport, is exercising the power of her handselling abilities online, and fields requests for books to read. Thanks, Billie! Today’s request is from Cara: I’m looking for some help finding romances with a particular kind of pairing. I would like books with heroines who are smart, rational, and happy, and generally unconcerned with “proper” social behavior, and heroes who are equally smart and rational as … Continue reading The Bookmatcher: Adults in Romances→
After I wrote about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I received so many recommendations of outstanding mystery series, and I wanted to share with you. First, Pam wrote: “May I also suggest, the next time you are interested in phenominal prose, breathtaking attention to the human psyche and darned good mysteries , that you look up Louise Penny? First in the series: Still Life. I have all to date from Audible.com, and this is … Continue reading Mysteries To Recommend→
2017 NB: The title of this entry was changed from “Handicapped Heroines” to “Disabled Heroines” due to the fact that “handicapped” was and is an ableist term. I want to apologize for the poor choice, and apologize that I cannot change the URL to match the headline. Thank you to Brooke W. for bringing this to my attention on Twitter. – SW It’s a little different than the “Help a Bitch Out” feature, but it’s … Continue reading GS vs. STA: Disabled Heroines→
Time again for hand selling online, when book mastermind Billie Bloebaum from Powells books (stop by and say hi when you’re next at the Portland airport!) matches enquiring minds with required reading. Raney writes: I recently finished an epic jag of reading exclusively graphic novels and trade paperbacks (basically trying to catch up on that entire, wonderful genre that I apparently missed when hitting the library growing up.) I was lucky enough to come across … Continue reading The Bookmatcher: Apocalypse and Class Lines→
