October is my favorite time of year. I love the perfect fall weather, the appearance of pumpkin/ apple spiced everything, and I totally love all the spooky stuff associated with Halloween. That’s why for this month’s book club, I recommended that we try a Gothic romance. So for October, we’ll be reading With This Curse by Amanda DeWees. I cut my teeth on Gothics written by Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney before I ever picked up … Continue reading Book Club October Selection: With This Curse by Amanda DeWees→
Ready for the book club chat? We cannot wait to chat with you about this book! (Seriously, we are so excited to talk with you about this one – immeasurable amounts of excited.) Tonight at 8:00pm ET, we’ll be gathering in the chat window below to discuss Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai. Bring your favorite beverage, any cats or dogs who might want to snuggle, and hang out with us! And, hooray: Alisha Rai will join … Continue reading August 2017 Book Club Chat: Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai→
We know many of you are excited to discuss this month’s book club selection: Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai! You can read our official selection post here to catch up. Our chat will occur on Wednesday, August 30 from 8:00pm – 9:30pm. That afternoon, we’ll post the chat link on the site and it will go live around 8:00pm. If you’re new to the chats, Sarah will lead a discussion of the book and then Alisha … Continue reading August Book Club Chat Announcement!→
And now, for some utterly not surprising news: our August Smart Bitches Book Club selection is Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai! We oohed and aahed over the series’ covers and Redheadedgirl gave the book an A grade, recommending a big glass of wine or a rich pint of ice cream to pair with your reading experience. In fact, describing the book sounds like I’m describing some really tempting wine: it’s sexy and emotionally complex, with nearly … Continue reading Book Club August Selection: Hate to Want You by Alisha Rai→
It’s about that time! Time for what? Time for our June Book Club Chat. Are you ready? Tonight at 8:00pm ET, the window below will go live with a text-based chat, and we’ll be there, probably with a tasty beverage, to discuss Radiance by Grace Draven. If you’ve participated in the book chats we’ve hosted before, the format is the same: I ask nosy questions, I concoct silly polls, and we chat about the book for about … Continue reading Radiance: Smart Bitches Book Club Chat→
It’s time for our every-other-month Smart Bitches Book Club selection! This month, we were craving some fantasy romance, and we picked a much-recommended and much-loved title, and I cannot wait to talk about it with you. Our June selection: Radiance by Grace Draven! If you haven’t read this book before, I hope you’ll give it a try. For me, it was an ideal blend of fantasy and romance, with a friends-to-lovers plot between two characters I … Continue reading Book Club June Selection: Radiance by Grace Draven→
It’s time for our April Book Club discussion! Yay! Tonight at 8:00pm ET, the window below will go live with a text-based chat, and we’ll be there, beverages in hand, ready to discuss An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole. If you’ve participated in the book chats we’ve hosted before, the format is the same: I ask nosy questions, I concoct silly polls, and we chat about the book for about an hour. And! And and! … Continue reading An Extraordinary Union: Smart Bitches Book Club Chat→
It’s time for our every-other-month Smart Bitches Book Club selection! And seriously, I cannot wait to talk about this book with everyone. This discussion will be so interesting, and so fun. Our April selection: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole! I KNOW YOU ARE SHOCKED. The review and the podcast interview were not enough – I want to talk to you about this book! If you haven’t seen the book bouncing around the site, here’s the cover copy: As … Continue reading Book Club April Selection: An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole→
It’s Smart Bitches Book Club selection time! As I mentioned earlier this month, we’re going to be alternating Movie Matinee selections with Book Club selections this year. And the Smart Bitches Book Club will be a mix of new and older titles so as to increase the likelihood that the books we’re discussing will be in your local library. Our February selection: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han! This YA romance was … Continue reading Book Club February Selection: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han→
