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Hide Your Wallet: May 21st Release Week!

May is quieting down for us and I’m pretty sure our wallets are thanking us. This week and next looks less packed, but the beginning of June appears to be merciless on our book budgets. What books are you excited for this week? Let us know in the comments!

Books On Sale

Get Rec’d Mysteries on Sale!

Books on Sale: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li & More

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li is $4.99! As I was putting today’s sale list together with a focus on mysteries, I realized all of these have been mention in my Get Rec’d posts. However, I’d describe this one as more fiction with some heisty, Ocean’s Eleven undertones.

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Book Review

The Shabti by Megaera C. Lorenz

The Shabti

Within the first paragraph of reading this I knew I wanted to review it. When the writing itself is just so good, you have to share it. About a chapter in, I actually stopped and restarted the book because I was reading it too quickly and I wanted to savour it. The book didn’t quite live up to the promise of those first few pages, but I still devoured it in one sitting. The book … Continue reading The Shabti by Megaera C. Lorenz

Hide Your Wallet

Book Beat: Cookbooks, a Mystery, & More

Welcome to Book Beat! Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list of underrated romances! Think of Book Beat as Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, but for books. And no staples to open to get the fold-out poster.

Podcast

615. RT Rewind: May 1994 Ads & Features

Amanda and I are traveling back in time to May 1994 and taking a look at the ads and features inside Romantic Times Magazine – oh, it’s a time. We have questions – and answers! Are Eric Braeden and Victor Newman the same guy?  Is Kathryn Falk writing celebrity gossip and outing people?  Are there Lorena Bobbit jokes?  Were Glamour Shots™ very well represented among author headshots?  We had a great time looking at the … Continue reading 615. RT Rewind: May 1994 Ads & Features

Romantic Times Rewind: May 1994 Ads & Features

Smart Podcast Trashy Books Romantic Times Rewind

In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the incredible ads and features for the May 1994 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Amy M. for this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: May 1994 Ads & Features

The Rec League: Rivals to Lovers

The Rec League - heart shaped chocolate resting on the edge of a very old book

This Rec League is from Christy! I’ve been in a reading slump of several “enemies to lovers” and I have DNF’ed the past 4 books in a row. I have found this trope can be weighed down by too much bickering, immaturity (especially in a professional context!), conflict that could be resolved with a conversation, or a main character lying or omitting the truth. I find all of these to be tedious, and I jump … Continue reading The Rec League: Rivals to Lovers

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