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Holiday Gift Guide 2025: White Elephant, Secret Santa, and Yankee Trader Gifts

You know those $10- or $20-or-less gift exchanges? We've got suggestions. So does Elvis.

The SBTB Daily: Don’t Miss Any Sales New Releases!

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Here at SBTB HQ, our goal is to be a mellow but bright spot of hilarity and recommendation in your day. We post ebook sales every day, along with weekly features like cover snark, recommendations, HaBOs, and more. We just posted our latest Hide Your Wallet, where we talk about some new releases we’re excited about. If you don’t want to miss a single edition of cover snark, where crotch-level animals gaze at us in … Continue reading The SBTB Daily: Don’t Miss Any Sales New Releases!

Hayadoin Now that Pink Halloween is Over?

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Romance fans, we made it through another Pink Halloween, aka Valentine’s Day. Woo hoo! Have you gone in search of on-sale discounted candy? We have. We have a tradition of finding post-Valentine’s-Day treats and making corny Valentine’s for the teenagers, and our usual favorite sale-hunting spot is the local CVS. I swear, every time I go into that CVS they’ve somehow added another aisle and a bunch of things I never thought I’d see in … Continue reading Hayadoin Now that Pink Halloween is Over?

Links: Video Games, Katee Robert, & More

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Welcome back to Wednesday Links! How did we all do for Valentine’s Day? Just another day for some of you? I got a haircut and had a nice homemade dinner. My partner made bolognese and I made a chocolate souffle. All in all, not bad! I also cannot wait for February to be over. There is something about January and February that just drags for me. Anyone else? … The Salt Eaters Bookshop is throwing … Continue reading Links: Video Games, Katee Robert, & More

Hide Your Wallet

February 2023 New Releases, Part Two

If you’re new to Hide Your Wallet, this is where we list new releases we’re pretty excited for in the coming month. Each reviewer has a book maximum (five per person), and we’ve separated HYW into two parts. The first HYW of the month will cover books that release from the 1st to the 14th. The second HYW will cover books released from the 15th to the end of the month. We also think this … Continue reading February 2023 New Releases, Part Two

Help A Bitch Out

HaBO: Tiny Car with a Stick Shift

This HaBO is from Sam, who is hoping to track down this romance: I am trying to remember a book that feels like it should be easy, but there are so many books that feature these tropes & archetypes in this setting that I can’t get it. So…contemporary: cis-het; mostly, if not all, white characters; low-to-medium heat level (I think). Small-ish town, male main character is a first responder (more likely sheriff/deputy, but maybe EMT/firefighter); … Continue reading HaBO: Tiny Car with a Stick Shift

Books On Sale

Paranormal Romance, Heists, & More

Books on Sale: Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone & More

Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone is 99c! Bastone’s romances have been previously recommended in the comments. This one was originally released on audio and judging by the description, I’d assume it was pretty cute. This is also on the shorter side at a little over 200 pages.

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Cover Snark: Shadows? How Do They Work?

The Baby Maker by Lili Valente. An illustrated cover. Two people are standing apart. One is a man in jeans and a long sleeved shirt. The other is a pregnant woman in overalls with her arms crossed. However, the shadows they are casting behind them show the man lifting the woman up in his arms and a baby shadow next to them.

Let’s enjoy some pre-Valentine’s Day Cover Snark! From Jen: There are just no words to describe how bonkers this looks. Sarah: Ok COME ON NOW. How would a mermaid ride a motorcycle? Side saddle?! Elyse: And one handed, holding a sandwich. Sarah: And why is the dinosaur that looks like a phallus SMIRKING about it? Like to see you try it, Dickhead. Tara: Even the unicorn is judging the dinosaur man. No one likes an … Continue reading Cover Snark: Shadows? How Do They Work?

Kickass Women: Theodate Pope and Belle Naish

I broke a reading slump by reading something different from my normal fare: Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson, which is a nonfiction book about the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Turns out that the Lusitania had a lot of kickass women on board when it sank. One of its survivors was Theodate Pope Riddle, one of the first women to be a certified architect in America. She was also … Continue reading Kickass Women: Theodate Pope and Belle Naish

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