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Stuff We Like: Household Staples

Amanda has discovered some hidden gems during her first year of home ownership.

Links: Fruit, Book Binding, & More

Workspace with computer, journal, books, coffee, and glasses.

Hello, everyone! Welcome back to Wednesday Links! I’m getting over the flu, so that should give plenty of indication how my weekend went. I also got to see a little bit of my partner’s hometown and grabbed some delicious bagels from a local shop (toasted sesame with bacon scallion cream cheese). I love me a bagel, though the best I’ve had was in Montreal (St. Viateur – sesame with just butter). Any fellow bagel lovers … Continue reading Links: Fruit, Book Binding, & More

Books On Sale

Fantasy Novels!

Books on Sale: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire & More

Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire is $3.99! I love this series. The writing is so beautiful and I would happily send 300+ pages in the world McGuire has created. However, I will warn that these books have a haunting sadness to them or can be downright horrific.

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Lightning Review

Off the Map by Trish Doller

Off the Map

This book messed me up. Yes, I read it while I was going through a rough time, but the point stands: this is an emotionally intense book. The problem is that it is so well-written that it’s also un-put-downable so the emotional intensity is unrelenting. Carla is filled with wanderlust. She works in a bar to save up money and then travels the world in the Jeep her father gave her when he was diagnosed … Continue reading Off the Map by Trish Doller

Hide Your Wallet

Hide Your Wallet: July 4th Release Week!

Hide those wallets because it’s Tuesday, and that means new releases. Admittedly, I think it’s a slow start to the month, but the next two weeks are looking overloaded with new books we want to pick up. All I’m saying is get ready and gird yourselves for the next two HYW posts. This one has a couple rereleases of previously published books with new covers or updated content. There are also contemporary romances and mysteries!

Cover Awe: Lots of Pink!

UK cover - for her consideration by Amy Spalding. A brunette and a blonde woman on a red carpet. The blonde woman has short hair and is wearing a pink pantsuit. The blazer is slightly open and she has nothing on underneath. The brunette woman is curvier and is wearing a coral dress with birkenstocks and is walking off the carpet. Her phone is in her hand.

Welcome back to Cover Awe! Cover design by Diahann Sturge Carrie: Love the pink against the gray and how the two shades of pink and styles of dress tell us so much about the characters! Amanda: The gauzy curtains, fairy lights, and pink arrangements add some lovely softness. Sarah: Everything about this illustration is gorgeous. Pink on gray makes the figures stand out – it’s so lush. Cover illustration by Carolina Melis Amanda: This cover … Continue reading Cover Awe: Lots of Pink!

Kickass Women in History: Zabel Yesayan

Zabel Yesayan, a kickass Armenian woman, survived the Armenian Genocide, exile, and WWI, all while reporting on and speaking out about injustice. She was a feminist and a pacifist, as well as a reporter who told the world about the Armenian Genocide and its impact with passion and empathy. She was an unconventional wife and mother who spent long periods away from her family, assisting Armenian refugees and reporting on the many atrocities that she … Continue reading Kickass Women in History: Zabel Yesayan

Books On Sale

KDDs: Fantasies, Recommend Reads, & More

Books on Sale: Inda by Sherwood Smith & More

RECOMMENDED: Inda by Sherwood Smith is 99c! We had a guest Squee from the Keeper Shelf about this one:

I read Inda for the first time in 10th grade, and it totally blew me away. It was different from anything I’d ever read, and it permanently altered the way I read (mostly by making me wayyy pickier). I adore this series, the characters, the world, everything.

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Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E1: Charity’s Season

Elyse Watches The Bachelorette with Kraken Rum and Coke with a big rose at the bottom

It’s a Cruel Summer indeed–The Bachelorette is back. I clear my mind between seasons and, honestly, if my life depended on it right now I could not tell you who the last Bachelor was despite having watched the entire season. I do vaguely remember this season’s Bachelorette, Charity, sometime around when they all had Covid. I think. Pudding, my cranky seventeen-year-old Siamese says she can’t even bring herself to look. Charity, who is 27, tells … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelorette–S20 E1: Charity’s Season

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