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Happy Wednesday! We finally have a break from the rain in my area, though I think it’s due to start back up again tomorrow. On the plus side, a couple friends and I are doing a reading and crafting weekend. We’ve rented a cute beach house, divided up the meals, and I’m so looking forward to just getting cozy. I’m hoping that being away from my computer will allow me to make some progress on … Continue reading Links: Libraries, Ferrets, & More
Attention! This is not a drill! The Murderbot AppleTV show officially has a trailer! Here are some additional details, but the most important info is that the first two episodes with premiere on Friday, May 16th. It will then release new episodes every Friday and will have a total of ten episodes. Sarah: I am busy, I have things to do. I have watched it three times and paused on several different scenes. I think it looks … Continue reading New Murderbot Trailer!
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose is $2.99! This book was recommended in our end of the year podcasts last year. It seems to be well-reviewed and has won a Nebula. Have you read this one?
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The Stars Too Fondly has queer romance, found family, diverse representation, multiple references to Star Trek, and space travel. I love all of these things. I should adore this book. But I found it to be deeply implausible, frustrating, and full of undeveloped emotion, ideas, and characters. A really bad book is fine – I can toss it aside with never a qualm. A really, REALLY bad book that delivers its badness exactly as advertised … Continue reading The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine is $1.99! This paranormal romance came out last September. I really love the perspective on this cover!
This HaBO is from Liz, who wants to find this historical romance: I have a very visceral memory of reading a historical romance (albeit a very PG/maybe PG-13 one) circa 2007 or so. It was set in the Colonial period, in the Americas, and featured a love triangle between a young noblewoman and, I think, a soldier, plus a smoldering pirate. I remember very clearly a subplot where the Strong Willed Young Lady™ has to … Continue reading HaBO: Noblewoman in a Love Triangle with a Soldier and a Pirate
Canadian Boyfriend by Jenny Holiday is $1.99! This one was released last year and features a single dad, hockey player hero. This one doesn’t seem as well reviewed as Holiday’s other contemporary romances. Did you read this one?
In 2005, a series of romance novellas by Jilly Cooper were republished. In my teens and early twenties, I had devoured her Rutshire Chronicles, and so it was inevitable that these would cross my path, too. Today, I have four of the seven novellas. As part of my nostalgia kick, I decided to re-read the one I remembered most fondly: Prudence. Prudence (originally published in 1978) follows Prudence, a copywriter in London who has a … Continue reading Looking Back: Revisiting My Favourite Jilly Cooper Romance Novella
Welcome back to Cover Awe! Cover design by Meg Sayre Amanda: So many great details like the blood on the collar and the phantom hand. Sarah: I love how the illustration looks sort of like a daguerreotype. I’m sure there are whole rooms on Pinterest that use this color palette. Sneezy: I love that the visuals of the briars bursting out of the painting feels like it’s sort of playing with the title. Cover design … Continue reading Cover Awe: Creepy and Trippy
