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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.

What Are You Looking Forward To This Fall?

bright green blue and yellow notes with the words HOW ARE YOU? written on the top note held against a bulletin board with a pink pushpin

Tomorrow is the first day of fall in the northern hemisphere, and the first day of spring south of the equator. Happy new season everyone! Now, I’m told that Costco has the holiday decorations up already. On one hand I find this deeply amusing because I cannot tell you how much I delight in knowing that I, or anyone with a membership card, can find Jesus in the aisles of Costco. On the other hand, … Continue reading What Are You Looking Forward To This Fall?

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HaBO: Receptionist by Day, Sex Worker by Night

This HaBO comes from Aleksandra, who is looking for this romance: I’ve been looking for this novel for years. Sometimes I even think I imagined it… I read it in the 90s. If I remember correctly the cover was white with some green or dark blue. I think it was written by a British author (I borrowed it from the British Council Library and they used to lend only books by British authors) and I … Continue reading HaBO: Receptionist by Day, Sex Worker by Night

Book Review

Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep

Only Bad Options

I’d never heard of a space opera before. Having just read my first, I’m not sure that I’m qualified to define it, but I can tell you that I absolutely love it! This is 429 pages of reading joy. That this is book one in a series fills me with delight – so many happy reading hours ahead! As I see it, a space opera seems to be part romance, part space adventure. Let’s dive … Continue reading Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep

Books On Sale

Highlanders, Fantasy, & More

Books on Sale: Pretty Little Lion by Suleikha Snyder & More

Pretty Little Lion by Suleikha Snyder is $1.99! This is the second book in the Third Shift series and was mentioned on a previous Hide Your Wallet. I remember the first book in the series, Big Bad Wolf, was pretty well-received. Are you a fan?

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Book Beat: Memoirs, Tarot, & More

Welcome to Book Beat! Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list of underrated romances! Think of Book Beat as Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, but for books. And no staples to open to get the fold-out poster.

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