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Stuff We Like: Household Staples
Amanda has discovered some hidden gems during her first year of home ownership.
Books On Sale
Mostly Kindly Daily Deals
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis is $1.99! I see this one pop in the comments from time to time, especially in relation to reading favorites or keeper shelf picks. Have you read this one?
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578. Harlem After Midnight with Louise Hare
Louise Hare is the author of the Canary Club mystery series, and book two, Harlem After Midnight is out this week! Louise joins me to talk about her main character, Lena Aldridge, and how Lena uses every asset at her disposal to navigate both a transatlantic cruise in book one, and Harlem in the 1930s in book two. We also talk about writing in dual timelines and the fun of writing family drama and murder, … Continue reading 578. Harlem After Midnight with Louise Hare
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Mermaids, Contemporary Romance, & More
RECOMMEND: The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary is $2.99! This could be a leftover KDD from yesterday. We had a great guest review of this one and Lisa the Librarian gave it an A-:
It was romantic, sweet, hot, funny, and original – everything I’m looking for in a romance. I can definitely see myself rereading this in the not-too-distant future.
Book Review
Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill
I’ve written, taught classes, and led panels about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein so often that, at a recent science fiction convention, one of my fellow panelists pointed out, “No matter what the topic is, Carrie, you always end up mentioning how much you hate Lord Byron” and I SO VERY MUCH DO! ASK ME WHY! The point is, I seized upon Our Hideous Progeny with gimmie-gimmie hands and although I will not tell you what … Continue reading Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill
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Cosplay, Mysteries, & More
Verity and the Forbidden Suitor by J.J. McAvoy is $1.99! This is book two in the DuBells series and Shana gave it a B-:
Verity and the Forbidden Suitor is not a stand alone book, y’all. I started reading and immediately flailed in a sea of characters that I might have cared about if I’d read the first book in the series. I was annoyed, but the book eventually settled down into an unabashedly romantic, and slightly gothic, story set in a racially mixed nobility reminiscent of Bridgerton.
Links: Podcasts, Colleen Hoover, & More
Welcome back to Wednesday Links! I hope you all are doing well. Over the weekend, my partner and I visited a giant anime store and a disappointing aquarium. You win some; you lose some. We also suspect that our new upholstered headboard from Wayfair came to use with a few…friends already hitching a ride. So we’re dealing with that whole situation – wrapping our mattress in a plastic cover, steam cleaning everything, tossing furniture, etc. … Continue reading Links: Podcasts, Colleen Hoover, & More
Books On Sale
Mysteries, Fantasy, & More
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton is $1.99! This one features a character from the first book in this series, Next Year in Havana, but I believe you can manage this one as a standalone. If I’m wrong, though, chime in below! Here’s what Sarah had to say:
When We Left Cuba is beautiful and fascinating. Better recommendation comes from my house sitter earlier this year who very timidly asked if she could read my ARC of book three because she loves the series so so much and was so excited that a preview copy was in her vicinity.
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HaBO: Vintage Comic Search!
This HaBO is from Full Metal Ox, who is hoping to find this romance comic: This one has been causing me a nagging itch in the brain; I recall having seen—probably on some incarnation of Scans Daily on a platform other than Dreamwidth—a U.S. romance comic from the 1940s or 1950s that had an anthology host, something more characteristic of horror comics. He was a Zorro-esque Masked Lover who narrated love stories throughout history (and … Continue reading HaBO: Vintage Comic Search!
Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E9: A Farewell
Before we begin the recap, some sad news. It is with a heavy heart that I must announce that last week Lady Pudding, Duchess of Smackington, painlessly departed for a better place. I like to think of her in the south of France, with a scandalously younger gentleman. Pudding was almost 18, had the softest forehead for kissing, and my whole body hurts with missing her. She taught me to love fiercely, maintain my boundaries, … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E9: A Farewell
