Amanda has discovered some hidden gems during her first year of home ownership.
It’s time for another edition of Stuff We Like! This month, it’s almost time for Halloween! From decor to drinking glasses to questionable (?) lawn ornaments, we’ve got spooky and silly things. 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.
The Courtney Milan Novella Collection is $2.99 at Amazon and Barnes & Noble! This collection features four, standalone novellas and the actual length of these is collectively longer than a typical novel (as per the description).
This HaBO request comes from Jacquie, who wants to find this Harlequin romance: I stumbled upon your website from Reddit. There is a book I have been trying to track down for years, with zero luck. Here goes: It was a Harlequin historical romance novel, from before 2000 (I think likely from the 1980s or 1990s. I think I read it around 1998…it probably wasn’t new then though). The man in the story was a … Continue reading HaBO: Captain Buys Her Soft, Leather Gloves
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan is $1.99! Shana gave this one a C+:
Nora Goes Off Script made me laugh out loud, and offered a soothing fantasy about discovering your humdrum life is someone else’s perfection. It felt more like women’s fiction than romance, and I found myself wishing for more flavor in the love story, and in Nora’s meatloaf.
If you are even remotely on bookish social media, then you are aware of Fourth Wing. It’s been much-hyped and sold out and everywhere I look online there are rave reviews for this YA-fantasy-romance. I am not here to yuck anyone’s yum. If you read Fourth Wing and you loved it, I am totally happy for you. I want people to love what they read. This was not a book that worked for me, though, … Continue reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Welcome back, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well and ready for some more recommendations. I definitely have some seasonal reading recs, like a horror anthology and some adorable witchy middle grade fiction. I also have a murder mystery classic from Japan and some non-fiction. Have any of you received any great book recommendations? Any books you really want to put on our radar? Tell us in the comments!
Welcome back to Whatcha Reading! Here’s how we’re kicking off October: Claudia: I’m reading A Nobleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles, after weeks of waiting for my library copy to drop. It’s book 2 of her new series and I’m glad to be back to the marsh (posh side) now. Lara: I’m trying to get myself back on track with my reading challenge after a major diversion into Alice Coldbreath territory. So … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? October 2023, Part One
Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin is $2.99! I believe this is Martin’s debut romance with some light, witchy vibes. This was mentioned on a previous witch-themed Hide Your Wallet. Carrie reviewed this one and gave it a B-.
THIS is episode 584 (I said in the intro that last week was 584 but I was wrong. Oops – my bad). Maggie Tokuda-Hall returns as a guest to talk about The Siren, The Song and the Spy, and so much has changed since our last conversation in Episode 406 when the first book, The Mermaid, The Witch, and the Sea released in May 2020. We also talk about racism and her experience with Scholastic … Continue reading 584. Queer Pirate Decolonization Fantasy with Maggie Tokuda-Hall
