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On Reviews and What Makes Them Useful

I’m often frustrated by superficial reviews that don’t articulate the reasoning for an opinion about a book.

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Hide Your Wallet: May 26th Release Week

Happy Tuesday! It’s the last release week in May before we gear up for an exciting June. This week gives us a new Nora Roberts, sci-fi, and more. What new releases are on your radar this week? Let us know in the comments!

Cover Snark: When Your Hair Doubles as a Fidget Toy

Evading Miran by RK Munin. A bright green shirtless man wielding a blaster pistol in space. His hair looks like a 3D printed bright blue spiky shell.

Welcome back to Cover Snark! From Maeve: Her bra sheath slipped. The angle’s also wrong to go through her heart. And no arms? The longer I look at this, the more wrong it feels. Sarah: I know what I’m looking at but everything looks slightly…off. Amanda: An accurate depiction of my acid reflux. Sarah: Gosh, mine, too. Yikes. From Jen: Not sure what’s wrong with this cover but it’s just wrong. Sarah: That is some … Continue reading Cover Snark: When Your Hair Doubles as a Fidget Toy

Sunday Sale Digest!

Smart Bitches in a blue typewriter font, and After Dark lit up like hot pink neon

This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Sunday Sale Digest!

Whatcha Reading? May 2026, Part Two

Wooden bench and flowering plants in garden

Happy Saturday! Here’s what we’re reading right now as May winds down: Lara: Candice Proctor released only seven historical romances and I’m on my second already. The books are phenomenal and have given me a great deal of food for thought. Elyse:  I just read There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone. It follows five Atlanta families who make up part of the increasing number of homeless (the author uses homeless not unhoused) … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? May 2026, Part Two

Books On Sale

Cookies, YA, & More

Books on Sale: The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore & More

The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore is 99c and a Kindle Daily Deal! This released last month and is the fourth book the Dream Harbor small town romance series. We’ve featured at least one previous book in the series on sale before

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Podcast

719. Tropetails, Books and Drinky Chatting with Amanda

We’re sampling Tropetails cocktail mixes, discussing what we’re reading and playing, and what books we’re looking forward to in the coming months. We were not paid to promote them, but we did receive free samples and they are delicious. You can get 10% off of Tropetails drink mixes with code SBTBTROPES! And! The transcript is already in! Enjoy!

The Continuing Adventures of the Middle-Aged Gamer: Tiny Bookshop

A screengrab of the game: a red book trailer with lights is parked in front of a large gothic building drawn in orange and grey, with trees and flowering bushes on the side

This guest review is from Crystal Anne! Crystal Anne with An E comes to us from a sunny clime, but prefers to remain a pale indoor cat. She enjoys reading, cross-stitching something nerdy, going to see live music, and playing video games. She works as an autism consultant by day, got a degree in information science for fun, and currently serves on her local library advisory board, which she’s written about for SBTB.  … Sometimes … Continue reading The Continuing Adventures of the Middle-Aged Gamer: Tiny Bookshop

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