SBTB is more independent, and probably 48% more silly
It’s the New Year! How are we feeling so far? Hopeful? Full of dread? Both? Both is definitely an option. I have started 2022 with getting my septum pierced. I absolutely love it and I’m glad I finally did it. Next up this week is a fresh haircut and getting my eyebrows waxed. I don’t know what it is, but nothing makes me feel like a whole new person than an eyebrow wax. You also … Continue reading Links: Grammar, Birds, & More
RECOMMENDED: The Warlord’s Wife by Sandra Lake is $1.99! Elyse gave this one an A-:
If you don’t mind a hero in serious need of redemption or some over-the-top villains and you dig medieval historicals, this book is right up your alley. It’s like The Wolf and the Dove minus all the rape and enslavement.
This HaBO is from Jam on the Brain, who is looking for a Mills & Boon title: The book I’m thinking about is a Mills and Boon (Harlequin). The heroine works for the hero. The heroine has a male best friend who has a girlfriend that thinks these besties since childhood are having an affair (or that at least it’s unrequited on heroine’s part). Boss finds out and says let’s tell everyone we’re dating (🙄). … Continue reading HaBO: Quince or Damson Jam
RECOMMENDED: The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite is $1.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal. Carrie read this one and gave it a B+:
The book is evocative, interesting, and full of competence porn, fashion, art, and intelligent people saying intelligent things. Anyone who doesn’t mind a slow pace will love this.
It’s sharing time! Over the past few years, we’ve shared different versions of this reading tracking spreadsheet and each year it’s been improved by one of you! And I’ve received so many email messages and requests for more options from readers who absolutely adore it. Like 2021, this past year has been a difficult one for reading for many people. Sometimes reading was all I wanted to do, and sometimes I struggled to get into … Continue reading Track Your 2022 Reading With Our Community-Built Spreadsheet!
Welcome to Cover Awe, where we get to look at pretty covers! Cover illustration by Christin Engelberth Amanda: I love the light and dark comparisons of their mounts! Thought I’d definitely be keeping an eye on that dagger/sword. I hope she’s throwing it up rather than it falling down. Maya: I LOVE the blue horse. And the composition does a lot of good work setting up the characters – one of the land, the other … Continue reading Cover Awe: Great Couples
Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez is $2.99! This is the third book in The Friend Zone series, which can all be read as standalones. This one came out in April 2021 and Elyse mentioned it in Hide Your Wallet. All of Jimenez’s books pack an emotional bunch, so be ye warned.
Quinn Fortune is the head of a land trust in Lost Lake, Alaska. On that land is an old gold mine. As a result, Quinn is inundated with people telling him what to do with the land. While he’s notoriously unwelcoming to Outsiders (i.e. any soul not from Lost Lake, Alaska) he is especially hostile towards those that want him to sell/change/adapt the land of which he is the custodian. Enter Violet Parrish, someone who … Continue reading Bold Fortune by M.M. Crane
We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled bi-weekly bestsellers to bring you the bestsellers of 2021. These are determined by our affiliate sales data, which means these are the top books you all purchased through our site links last year. Thank you for all of your support!
