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Whatcha Reading? October 2025, Part One

Tell us what you're reading this month!

Books On Sale

A Duology, Fairy Tales, & More

Books on Sale: The Deadly Hours by Susanna Kearsley & More

The Deadly Hours is $2.99! This is an interesting take on an anthology. You have four great historical mystery writers writing an interconnected story about a cursed gold watch. I’m super curious and Aarya mentioned it on a previous Hide Your Wallet.

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Help A Bitch Out

HaBO: STEM Romance with Online Pen Pals

This HaBO comes from Tiffany, who wants to find this romance: I’m trying to track down a STEM romance that I meant to read but Iost track of. I remember that the heroine is a lab manager who takes a lot of pride in running a tight ship and taking care of “her scientists” as she calls them. The hero is a wealthy tech mogul with a lot of media/pop culture buzz, but is tired … Continue reading HaBO: STEM Romance with Online Pen Pals

Hide Your Wallet

Hide Your Wallet: February 20th Release Week!

Happy Tuesday, everyone! It’s a new week of new book releases. Fantasy and magical elements are leading in this one, but there are also some contemporary romances and even horror. Next week is looking a little slimmer in terms of books we’re excited for, but overall, February was pretty packed with great stuff. Which new releases this week are on your TBR pile? Tell us in the comments!

Books On Sale

Witches, a Classic, & More

Books on Sale: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters & More

RECOMMENDED: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters is $3.99 at Amazon! This is book one in The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series, which I remember Sarah enjoying. Here’s what she said:

This book and the next few books of the series got me through the scariest parts of early Quarantimes.

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Book Review

At First Spite by Olivia Dade

At First Spite

This is my first Olivia Dade novel and it certainly won’t be my last. It was emotional, grown-up and absolutely compulsive reading. Athena has no direction in life. When the book opens, she’s working as a teacher an hour and a half away from Harlot’s Bay, the setting of the novel. She’s burnt out and really not sure what to do next careerwise. Her distress is particularly acute because at the age of 37, she … Continue reading At First Spite by Olivia Dade

Get Rec’d with Amanda – Volume 60

Welcome back to Get Rec’d! As a refresher, this is where I talk about book recommendations I’ve either given or received. We have an eclectic mix this time with sci-fi Shakespearean retellings to short story collections to art theft! Have you received any great book recs lately? Any books you want to put on our radar? Tell us in the comments!

Hide Your Wallet

Book Beat: Nerdy Romance, Crafts, & 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.

Books On Sale

Tea and Contemporary Romances

Books on Sale: 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall & More

10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall is $1.99! I think this is a Hall’s latest contemporary romance and book one in the Material World series. Given the similar cover designs, I wonder if it’s tangentially related to Boyfriend Material and Husband Material. Let us know in the comments!

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Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S28 E4: The Sausage Wheel

Elyse Watches The Bachelor with Kraken Rum and Coke

We open with a shot of Sydney and Maria sitting on the deck of a boat while dramatic, ominous music plays in the background. If you didn’t know they’d be set up as rivals, it would be a fair assumption to make here that Joey got eaten by a shark. He did not. We are not that lucky. We’re on to the international travel portion of the show, with the gang going to Malta, where … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S28 E4: The Sausage Wheel

Podcast

602. Foundations of Fantasy Romance with Jennifer L. Armentrout

Jennifer L. Armentrout joins me to talk about the books she considers the foundation of her fantasy romance reading, and what classical historical romances she adores. Her newest book, Visions of Flesh and Blood is out next week, so we’re looking forward, and back – and way, way back in the past.  We talk about a series she’s paused, and why, and what it means to update a book that doesn’t ‘age well.’  What fantasy … Continue reading 602. Foundations of Fantasy Romance with Jennifer L. Armentrout

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