Claudia and Shana both love historical romances, but Shana loves Milan’s prickly heroines and puns, while Claudia’s catnip is the cozy charm of Balogh’s love stories, the fewer puns the better. Shana convinced Claudia that To Love and To Loathe’s “enemies to hookup to lovers” storyline would pull us out of our reading slump. She now owes Claudia a million lemon bars because this book was a tropeopcalypse. So much potential, but so poorly executed. … Continue reading To Love and To Loathe by Martha Waters→
Welcome back to Wednesday Links! Heads up that my personal link cupboard is looking a little bare, so if you have anything cool, funny, and/or interesting that you’ve found, feel free to drop me a line at the email address below! How was everyone’s weekend? I celebrated my birthday. Had the usual birthday pizza from my favorite pizza place in the Boston area and then played some Jackbox games with Sarah and some fun people … Continue reading Links: Escape Rooms, Cats, & More→
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho is $1.99! I thought we had reviewed this, but I seem to be wrong. We did, however, mention this book on a couple podcast episodes. This is a fantasy novel with some alternate history thrown in. Overall, readers seemed to love the cast of characters, but warn it’s slow to start.
by SB Sarah · Apr 21, 2021 at 2:00 am ·
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It’s time for another edition of Stuff We Like! We took a tour of our kitchens to talk about the tools and gadgets we love. Want to see? Just click that image above or click right here, and come shop with us! And if you’d like to browse some more, we have a complete Stuff We Like archive, including past Gift Guides and other posts of our favorite items.
The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson is $3.99! Benson was on a recnet-ish podcast and I immediately put this on hold at my library. It sounds like a lot of fun. Have any of you read this one? I’ll be sure to report back after I’ve finished it.
This HaBO is from Kathy, who is hoping to find this contemporary romance: I read this book maybe two years ago. Modern day romance. The heroine has a famous blog where she posts erotic short stories; however, her real name is not used in the blog. The hero is a huge fan of this blog. Hero is a contractor for work. He lives in a condo with a balcony and he has seen a redhead … Continue reading HaBO: She Publishes Erotic Stories Online→
I should know better by now than to start a Courtney Milan novel in the evening before I have to work in the morning. I renew my membership of the Bad Decisions Book Club every single time. The Devil Comes Courting was no exception to this rule. Grayson Hunter wants to build a telegraph from Shanghai to the USA, but to do this he will need someone to invent a Chinese telegraphic code. He comes … Continue reading The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan→
I love a good yarn (in all senses of the word) and this book delivers a belter. This is an historical romance that feels fresh, vibrant and made me sing the Good Book Noise.
Romance fans, there is a version The Bachelor that isn’t terrible! Let’s visit New Zealand, where at least one man will fall for you when a koala poops in your belly button. My reading took a nosedive as we hit the March pandemic anniversaries, so I turned to television. Every season I try to enjoy The Bachelor, and most years I angrily give up midway and read Elyse’s recaps instead. I want my dating shows … Continue reading Squee: Bachelor New Zealand→
RECOMMENDED: The Vagina Bible by Dr. Jen Gunter is $2.99 at Amazon! This is part of today’s nonfiction KDDs and maybe it’ll be price-matched. We had Dr. Gunter on her own episode and we had her on the most recent episode briefly to talk about COVID updates.
Hey hey, it’s Lightning Reviews time! If you’re new to the site, this is where we run a couple reviews at a time that are on the shorter side at around 500 words or less. Sometimes you read something and there isn’t enough to say to fill up a full review, and that’s okay! This time, we have nonfiction and romantic suspense!
