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Whatcha Reading? October 2025, Part One
Tell us what you're reading this month!
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394. All Things Audiobook and Mountain Climbing with Nita Basu from Hachette Audio
My guest today is Nita Basu, Marketing and Publicity Manager at Hachette Audio. I love behind the scenes conversations, and today’s is partly about her work promoting audiobooks across genres and how audio can be adapted when the text is unique and very visual. Who listens to audiobooks, and where do they listen? What are people doing when they listen? Should you listen to murder books on the side of a mountain? Where do you … Continue reading 394. All Things Audiobook and Mountain Climbing with Nita Basu from Hachette Audio
Books On Sale
Bikers, a Boxed Set, & More
Unmask Me If You Can by Shana Galen is $2.99 at Amazon! I’m unsure if this is an expiring deal or one that will eventually be price-matched. This is part of the Survivors series; we featured another book in this series on sale a few weeks ago. Maybe you all will be able to amass the whole set eventually.
Ready, Set, Go! Best Friends to Lovers Romance?
Time for the most evil recommendation feature we have: READY, SET, GO! Here are the rules: We pick a specific sub-genre, trope, or type of romance, and we have to make ONE recommendation for that type. ONE. ONLY ONE. And no more than two sentences as to why. Yes, just one. Which one book do you pick to fill that rec? What do you think is the best FRIENDS TO LOVERS ROMANCE you’d recommend? Any … Continue reading Ready, Set, Go! Best Friends to Lovers Romance?
Book Review
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso presents a strong entry in the annals of badass fantasy heroines in the form of Queen Talyien of Jin-Sayeng. She is the first queen of her small martial country. During the book’s first sentence we learn that she is known as the “bitch queen” and the “She-wolf” because she murdered a man on the eve of her coronation and (purportedly) exiled the husband who was supposed to be … Continue reading The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
Links: Strong Female Leads, Telenovelas, & More
Happy Wednesday! It is Wednesday, right? February is almost at an end and with that hopefully some nicer weather. Or you know, we could get a snowstorm in March. I think I’ve broken my reading slump with Joanna Shupe. Thank god! Hope you all have been doing some great reading in the meantime. … Sarah was interviewed over at Frolic. Catch up with her over there! (As if you don’t see enough of her here, … Continue reading Links: Strong Female Leads, Telenovelas, & More
Books On Sale
Romances by Lexi Blake, Anna Campbell, & More
RECOMMENDED: The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember is $2.99! This is a lesbian romance between a mermaid and a Viking shield maiden. Elyse read this one and gave it a B+:
It works really amazingly as a feminist retelling of a beloved fairytale, and it’s rich in detail about what mermaid life would be like, but purely as a romance, the heroines spend too much time apart to be satisfying.
Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S24 E9: The Ultimatum
Last week Peter selected his final three: Victoria F, Hannah Ann and Madison. As they exited the weird fucking airplane hangar they were filming in, Madison asked to speak to Peter, presumably to tell him she’s saving herself for marriage. Remember, this is Fantasy Suite week where–I shit you not–Chris Harrison gives them a handwritten card at the end of their dates inviting them to share a hotel room for the night. We open up … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S24 E9: The Ultimatum
Stuff We Like: Little Gifts for Ourselves!
It’s time for another edition of Stuff We Like! This month, we’re talking about little gifts we give ourselves that create a boost – from pens to tattoos to patterns and hand cream. 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.
Help A Bitch Out
HaBO: Historical Hero Uses a Wheelchair
This HaBO comes from Charlotte, who wants to give this historical romance a re-read: I read a book when I was way too young to be reading such books that featured a heroine I truly do not remember much about. It was a historical setting, maybe Regency? The heroine starts the story as a servant or maid and through circumstances ends up in the orbit of the male lead. I believe he was an aristocrat … Continue reading HaBO: Historical Hero Uses a Wheelchair
Books On Sale
Hockey Players, Julie Garwood, & More
RECOMMENDED: In for a Penny by Rose Lerner is $1.99! We had a guest review for this one, where it earned a B+:
I was reading In for a Penny one evening and my husband asked me if I was coming to bed anytime soon. I made incoherent too-invested-in-my-book-for-sleep noises, and he looked at me knowingly.
