It’s our last Whatcha Reading of 2017, so let’s make it a spectacular one with lots of good books and reading moments! Or you know, we could just embrace all of our trash fire reading too. Do whatever your heart desires! However you do or don’t celebrate the holidays, we at SBTB hope you have a wonderful time and that many amazing books await you in 2018! Redheadedgirl: Well I just got Suleikha Snyder’s Seared … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? December 2017 Edition→
It’s time for another Rec League, where we gather the power of the Bitchery to help fulfill recommendation requests. This request comes from Jess: I have a serious problem though, and I hoping you and the fellow website readers can help me out. I love historical mail-order bride. I’m not exactly sure why, but I love it as a plot device. However recently the trope has been taken over by Christian fiction which is not … Continue reading The Rec League: Non-Inspirational Mail Order Brides→
Ahoy, yon inbox of Smart Bitches! What appears on the horizon? Looks like a royal flotilla of rec requests, captain! Anka writes: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s engagement made me crave some well-written contemporary romances featuring lovesick princes and their kickass brides-to-be. Maybe you could recommend us some great reads focused on the Royals? Aarya writes: I would love to have a Rec League about royalty/prices/princesses in romance. I’m a shameless fan of the British … Continue reading Rec League: Yup, We’re Looking for Royal Romances!→
Whatcha Reading is here again! It always seems to creep up on you. This is where we talk about the books we’ve been reading. Maybe we’re enjoying them. Or maybe not so much. We hope you’ve knocked out some books on your TBR pile too! Elyse: I just started Whiskey Beach by Nora Roberts . I hope it perks me up because I’m in a bit of a reading slump. Sarah: I just started By … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? November 2017 Edition→
This Rec Leagues comes from our wonderful comments section on the site. Big thank you to Cerulean for the suggestion: The Amy Andrews “Playing by Her Rules” is very good, as is the next book in the series (focusing on a different couple): Playing it Cool. I actually like the second book better, but both are great. I really like reading books set outside the US and Georgian/Victorian England. I’ve enjoyed books from authors from/books … Continue reading The Rec League: Australian & New Zealand Romances→
We have a rather interesting Rec League this week and I’m honestly surprised we haven’t received something similar earlier. Here’s the request from Ren: I would like to put out a request for romances with atheist heroes or heroines. I’m an atheist myself and I can never find that part of myself represented in genre fiction. If there’s an atheist character, by the end of the book they will invariably end up converting, and I’ll … Continue reading The Rec League: Atheist Characters in Romance→
It’s Whatcha Reading time, where we discuss all the highs and lows of our month’s reading. We all hope you’ve had some good book noises this month, but we know sometimes that doesn’t happen. Feel free to rage and gripe as much as you want. However, we can’t be held responsible if your TBR pile doubles in size from the book recommendations you’ll most likely get. Sarah: I am reading a nonfiction and a romance, … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? October 2017 Edition→
Our community at the Bitchery is full of warm & fuzzy moments and as the person who puts together the Books on Sale posts, sometimes we get some kickass, budget-endangering comment threads. For example, KateB alerted us to a mega Mary Stewart sale! You can view Mary Stewart’s ebook editions, sorted from low to high prices, all of which are $3.99 or lower, at this Amazon link. Here are some Stewart recs from that particular … Continue reading The Rec League: Mary Stewart→
It’s time for September’s Whatcha Reading! If you’re new here, Whatcha Reading is the post where we gush or gripe about all the books we’ve been reading this month. And sometimes, it’s awfully terrible on our wallets. We wish we could say we were genuinely sorry about that. Sarah: I am very much looking forward to this month’s discussion of what you’re reading. I’ve DNFd several books in a row for a variety of reasons, … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? September 2017 Edition→
We’re combining two similar requests for this Rec League on competence porn! Flchen1 asked for a Rec League on this specifically in the comments of a RITA Reader Challenge review. And we received this email request from reader KK: Heroines with successful careers that are respected by the narrative and their partner. The field doesn’t overly matter, and while I don’t often read Romantic Suspense or Inspirational, I’m sure I’m not the only one interested … Continue reading The Rec League: Competence Pr0n→
Shout out to Reader Andie who sent us this email for a Rec League right up the Bitchery’s alley! Here is Andie’s original request: I’d love to have recommendations of historical romance novels where either the hero or heroine or both are activists. As a history nerd, I love reading about reformers in the 19th century — abolitionists, suffragettes, union organizers, and other crusaders. I’d love to read more historical romance novels that deal with … Continue reading The Rec League: Activists in Historical Romance→
