Amanda has discovered some hidden gems during her first year of home ownership.
Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall is $1.99! Thanks to everyone who let us know about this deal! They also warned it could be a Kindle Daily Deal over from yesterday, so my apologies if it’s gone. We mentioned this on on Cover Awe, as well.
It’s time for our annual tradition: the Smart Bitches 2023 Gift Guides! This week, Amanda is taking everyone on a tour of some of her favorite nail polish and nail care tools! Want to see? Just click that image above or click right here, and come shop with us! And if you’d like to browse some more, we have a complete Stuff We Like archive, including past Gift Guides and other posts of our favorite items.
Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson is $1.99! This was Catherine’s last review for the site and she gave it a B-:
Overall, this was a really fun read, especially if you enjoy stories about writers and writing. I liked the humour, and I really enjoyed the friendship between M.E. and Savannah. While I had some (ok, many) misgivings about their professional relationship, I found their romantic relationship both convincing and charming.
This HaBO is from Braylin, who wants to find this book. Content warning for abuse in the description below: I read a book when I was about 12-13 years old. It was way out of my reading level but I was so intrigued by it because it had a few illustrations of the characters drawn in black and white, like really old portraits. I believe it was a historical fiction book. The main character is … Continue reading HaBO: Historical Fiction with Sketches
Love, Comment, Subscribe by Cathy Yardley is $2.49 at Amazon! This is the first book in the Ponto Beach Reunion series. The main characters were frenemies in high school, though agree to collab to help their growing YouTube and streaming channels.
This review is from Jen Barr. Jen is an over-educated wonk who likes writing cool real-life stories and reading cool made-up stories. To her surprise, she currently lives in Denver, but will always be a Californian at heart. … As the weather cools and the evening comes earlier, at the end of the day, I like to pour a cup of tea, grab my latest cross stitch project, and tune in to old radio shows … Continue reading Guest Review: Candy Matson, Yukon-28209
Sorry for being MIA for a month, but I was hopelessly sidetracked by my new obsession with medieval fantasy romance and I kind of forgot about any other reading options. Over the last two months I managed 3 books! South Africa Primarily, I read books so that I can immerse myself in a world that is completely different from my own. So I have never read a South African romance before. This was my first … Continue reading Sailing the Seven Seas of Romance Reading Challenge: September and October Update
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I know a book is depressing when a) the sex scenes don’t perk things up and b) I need to comfort read Murderbot to feel okay about life again. Catriona Campbell is a suffragist and an academic. She has a belter of a start in this book as she emerges from a loch nude and there’s a man birding on the shores. Legitimately birding, and therefore utterly flummoxed by her appearance. Catriona is defiant and … Continue reading The Gentleman’s Gambit by Evie Dunmore
