Welcome back, y’all! It’s April! Both a great and terrible time for me! April means my birthday, but it also could mean the start of seasonal allergies. Allergies are really a wild card, considering last year we still had a snowfall in mid-April. I also have yet to find any over the counter medicines that consistently work well for me. Today, I’ll be seeing the 25th anniversary showing of Princess Mononoke and I’m pretty excited! Do … Continue reading Links: Kickstarters, Swaddling, & More →
RECOMMENDED: Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall is $2.99! Carrie and I jointly reviewed this one and agreed on a B+. As a bisexual woman, I definitely felt seen by this book and I’m here for all the baking romance reads.
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Fans of the romantic comedy genre will no doubt enjoy the nonfiction book, From Hollywood With Love: The Rise and Fall (And Rise Again) Of The Romantic Comedy. This book is a history of the “modern” rom-com in film starting with When Harry Met Sally (1989) and ending with To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018). Along the way it discusses what a rom-com is and isn’t, why some work and some don’t, the … Continue reading From Hollywood With Love by Scott Meslow →
Slightly Married by Mary Balogh is $1.99! This is the first book in the Bedwyn Saga, which is a favorite amongst romance readers. It also has a cover updated, which is…fine? I kind of miss the red and gold.
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This HaBO request is from author Delphine Dryden, who is scouring the earth for this historical romance: Big fan, long time reader, first time HABO applicant. This one has been driving me nuts for years, because the one scene I remember from this book is my second favorite sexy glove-removal scene of all time (the favorite, of course, being Dain’s removal of Jessica’s glove in Lord of Scoundrels). I would love to read the book … Continue reading HaBO: Sexy Glove Removal Scene →
by SB Sarah · Apr 5, 2022 at 9:47 am · Comments Off on Amanda is our Guest on LoveStruck Daily Today!
Amanda is our guest on LoveStruck Daily today! I know some of y’all love the podcasts with Amanda, and this week, Amanda joins Alisha and me to talk about dating apps and connecting with new people. In the episode today, April 5, Amanda talks about the difference between dating in her 20s as opposed to dating in her 30s. Then, she gets a live makeover of her dating profile with Alisha! It’s very fun – … Continue reading Amanda is our Guest on LoveStruck Daily Today! →
Dedicated to Catherine, She of the Billion Cakes, Ever Brilliant in Gold Lame, Mermaid Songstress, etc etc, all 17 of her. And Psycho Kitten. As with all our Eurovision coverage here at SBTB, this post is long, with video embeds that we have carefully triple-checked for global accessibility. Grab some snacks and a drink and prepare to open many tabs, to sample much variety of music, and, if you’re like Sarah, to add a whole … Continue reading Stuff We Like: Eurovision Australia Decides →
The Viscount and the Vixen by Lorraine Heath is $1.99! This is book three in The Hellions of Havisham historical romance series. Any fans of the series in the Bitchery or does everything sort of blur together?
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At the risk of sounding conceited, when you read as many thrillers as I do, at some point it becomes easy to predict the twist. It’s fairly uncommon for me to be completely surprised by the ending of a psychological thriller, but Lucy Foley does it every time. The Paris Apartment is no different. The Paris Apartment is told from multiple points of view, with the heroine being Jess, a barmaid from England. Jess is … Continue reading The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley →
Hey y’all! Let’s look at some covers we like! Amanda: I love how dreamy this looks. Elyse: I love the corals and oranges. Shana: Me too. And I love that she’s barefoot. Cover at by Jeff Manning Maya: I hoped the title is embossed!!!!! Sneezy: It’d be really cool if her jewelry were too!!!!! Carrie: IMHO, we need to post this cover in awe over and over again. Amanda: My one complaint is the Penguin … Continue reading Cover Awe: Just Dreamy →
RECOMMENDED: Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron is $2.99! Kiki reviewed this one and gave it an A-:
I cannot emphasize enough how hungry this book will make you.
Accidentally Engaged might be my top pick for “don’t read while hungry.” Between our heroine Reena’s bread baking (there’s rye, there’s challah, there’s an ongoing battle with a sourdough starter) and her Indian and East African cooking, I was craving a feast pretty much the whole time I was reading this book.
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