It's like Summer Reading Bingo, Except Winter, and Also Unhinged.
Welcome back to Cover Snark! Sarah: Pam G has sent us two! PamG: Oh baby, looks like a mystery skin condition in an Elvis wig to me. All I can see is grandma’s animal print spandex. Also, those eyes! We used to get that a lot when photographing the doggos. And, and WHY are their nether regions fading into an alien cityscape. Elyse: Sir, you’re gonna need an ointment for that. Sarah: So the guy … Continue reading Cover Snark: Brooch Toots
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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!
This year is coming to a close! Here’s what we’re reading during the last week of December: Lara: I’m catching up with Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter series. I’m currently reading Archangel’s Lineage. I’m desperately sad that this series will be coming to an end in May. It’s been a stalwart comfort for years. Amanda: My Romance TBR Takedown board had me landing on “new series.” I’m starting my Alice Coldbreath journey with Her Baseborn Bridegroom, … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? December 2025, Part Two
Today on Instagram and Facebook, Julia Quinn announced the launch of JQ Editions, a historical romance special edition subscription service. Per her announcement, the special editions will include “luxurious soft-touch covers, illustrated endpapers, and fabulous sprayed edges.” (SPREDGES?! Everybody drink!) Quinn will be selecting each title, and says in the introduction that some will be “brand new,” while others will be “recent gems, or classics of the modern genre.” Per the caption, “Each and every … Continue reading Updated – Julia Quinn Launches JQ Editions, Kickstarter Subscription of Special Edition Historical Romances
We’re recapping all kinds of stuff this week, and today: our top five podcast episodes from 2025! Looking at the year overall, these are the top five most listened to Smart Podcast, Trashy Books episodes of the year – and thank you to everyone who listened, recommended, shared, and posted about the show. Special thanks to all our Patreon community members, who helped shape this season and keep the show going each week! Honorable Mentions … Continue reading Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: Best of 2025
This week we are talking with Jenna Grinstead, Stephanie Violet, Lisa, and Bull! Yup, we’re visiting Norway this week. Bring a hat. As always we have book recs, including one from the 1500s, wishes, and terrible jokes. Please note: during my conversation with Lisa, we discuss true crime and historical murders. Important Notes I Want to Keep Shouting About! Thanks to your Patreon pledges, we have reached our goal with the F’ICE campaign, and all … Continue reading 698. Holiday Wishes VI with Jenna Grinstead, Stephanie Violet, Lisa, and Bull
So we can all agree that nobody was okay after episode 4, right? Like. All of us underwent a complete mental breakdown. Emails went unanswered, meals went uncooked, people with kids achieved Hayden Pike-levels of benign child neglect as “All the Things We Said” played on a loop in our heads. And then episode 5 dropped. To Tierney’s credit, it absolutely healed me of episode 4 trauma. To his discredit, he did it by inventing … Continue reading Heated Rivalry Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: We’ve All Been Very Brave
Since around 2016, I’ve developed a fascination with horror, particularly feminist horror. I’m intrigued by its similarity to romance – it has a million subgenres, it lacks respect, it involves exploration of fantasies and desires, and above all, when it works, it works on a personal and emotional level. Scream With Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980) is a nonfiction book that analyzes the way that the domestic horror films of … Continue reading Scream With Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism by Eleanor Johnson
NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2025. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re counting down the best of our 2025 reviews, which I’m sure you’re all curious about. … Continue reading Best of Reviews 2025, Part Two
