Yep, it's true - I was so shocked I didn't know what to do next.
Welcome back, everyone! I surprisingly only have one non-fiction recommendation. I can hardly believe it. However, I have two mysteries below and they are very different from one another. Any recommendations you’d like to pass along? Leave a comment below!
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I just got back from Yosemite National Park and was curious about its Kickass Women. Happily the National Parks website has a long list of Kickass Women in Yosemite including artists, explorers, rangers, and athletes. I encourage anyone interested to check out this list! For the purposes of this article, I’ve selected Ta-bu-ce, also known as Maggie Howard and as Tabuce. TW for racism, injury, forced removal, genocide, death. Many details of Ta-bu-ce’s life are … Continue reading Kickass Women in History: Ta-bu-ce
Welcome to Whatcha Reading! This is where we talk about what we’ve been reading (duh!). Here’s how we’re kicking off May: Lara: I picked up Loving a Lost Lord by Mary Jo Putney when it was on sale recently. So far it’s ridiculous. An imaginary sister, a shipwreck and amnesia But I’ve only just started so who knows what else lies in store. Looking forward to it! Claudia: I’m reading Gabriela and His Grace by … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? May 2025, Part One
Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center is $1.99! Center’s books have been mentioned and recommended on the site before. This is one of her earlier works and apparently has been made into a Netflix adaptation. Have you read or watched this one?
By the time The Trouble with Anna made its way to me through the library hold list I heard so many people complain about the characters that I fully expected to hate it. Turns out I didn’t hate it all but I also didn’t love it, and that was frustrating because I ALMOST loved it. I would have loved this book about fifteen years ago, but these days I just don’t have the patience. The … Continue reading The Trouble With Anna by Rachel Griffiths
We were supposed to record an episode, but we started talking about romantic suspense instead. We talk about what inspired me to start the RT Rewind series, and start talking about the cover…and then we talked about changes in the mystery and romance genres, writing styles and techniques, the amalgamation of mysteries, coziness, and the vestiges of chick lit – and a whole bunch of other things before we get started on the magazine. So…an … Continue reading 666. HelenKay Dimon and Darby Kane are Really Interesting
Can’t Help Faking in Love by Swati Hegde is $1.99! I love the color palette of this cover. As the title implies, this has a fake dating plot.
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The Golden Girls was on air between 1985 and 1992. I remember absolutely loving it as a child. I remember being in awe of the naughty things Blanche said (most of which went over my head, but I could tell they were naughty). When I saw The Golden Girls on Disney+ in South Africa, I knew it was time for a revisit. Does it hold up? It absolutely does – with some provisos. The biting … Continue reading Looking Back: The Golden Girls
This was a long one, so biggest thanks to Garlic Knitter!
