Amanda has discovered some hidden gems during her first year of home ownership.
RECOMMENDED: The Mimicking of Known Success by Malka Older is $2.99! We mentioned this on Hide Your Wallet and Carrie reviewed it and gave it a B+:
The writing technique is excellent, the worldbuilding interesting and poetic, the characters enjoyable to spend time with, and there’s tea. It was interesting, entertaining, and enjoyable – two thumbs up.
This HaBO request is from Jessica, who is looking for this YA romance: I need help finding a book I read years ago. It’s a young adult romance book. It’s set in a lake town. The main character has a history with two brothers (the Donnellys?) whose family owns a pizza shop. Her mom wrote a book about her daughter’s love triangle with the boys that became a best seller. The daughter also went on … Continue reading HaBO: The Donnellys and Their Pizza Shop
RECOMMENDED: The Adventures Of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty is $3.99! Thank you to everyone who told us about this sale; fingers crossed it’s still valid. Carrie squeed about this one:
I adored every part of this story – the stakes, the world-building, the language, the characters, and the action. I can’t wait to read more of it.
Her Ladyship, The Duchess of Smackington, apologizes for the delay in this Bachelorette post, but her summer diary is quite full. First, she has to place a hex on all the assholes who continue to set off fireworks after the Fourth of July. Also, some of our neighbors has been having scandalously public squabbles in their front yard and she must observe this to determine which of the marital parties is to blame. Both. It’s … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E3: C’mon Barbie, Let’s Go Party
As the daughter of an Austenite, I feel compelled to read all queer Pride and Prejudice retellings. The heroine of Just as You Are was one of the most annoying versions of Elizabeth Bennet that I’ve read–anxious, judgmental, and self-absorbed at times. But I enjoyed Just as You Are once I let go of expecting this to align in any real way with the emotional world of Pride and Prejudice, and rode the wave of … Continue reading Just as You Are by Camille Kellogg
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Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn is $3.99! I’ve had several friends read this one and mention it brought them to tears. Have you read it?
Cathy Yardley joins me this week to talk about her new book, Role Playing, which is a Gen-X romance featuring “an unapologetically grumpy forty-eight-year-old hermit” who joins an online gaming guild as Bogwitch and meets a healer named Otter. We talk about writing romance for 20 years and counting, and Cathy shares video game recs and book recs, too! Music: Purple-planet.com
