Welcome to Book Beat! Think of Book Beat as Hide Your Wallet, Part Two! In Hide Your Wallet, we talk about books coming out in a particular month that we really want to read. But there’s more to good books than just new releases! Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list … Continue reading Book Beat: Baking, Orcs, & More →
I know last Hide Your Wallet we instituted some changes. Well now we have more, thanks to the comment left by Katie C. A lot of you expressed wanting to keep the wide breadth of new releases and Katie’s suggestion was pretty great. We’re still keeping our book maximums (five per person), but have added an extra HYW post per month, allowing another five books per person. The first HYW of the month will cover … Continue reading February’s New Releases, Part Two →
Over the summer, The Ripped Bodice announced it was launching an award contest for excellence in romance fiction. There wasn’t a formal submission process and the award relied on a well-informed panel of judges to select the winning books. Winners will received a $1000 cash prize, as well as a $100 donation to a charity of their choice. Now let’s celebrate the winners of the inaugural contest, nicknamed the RIBBIES: Get a Life, Chloe Brown … Continue reading Announcing the 2019 Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction Winners →
Before we get into Birds of Prey, my experience, and what this means for moviegoers like myself, I’ll just give you the TL;DR portion of the review now. Go see it. The movie is fun, cathartic, has some amazing cinematography, and a kickass soundtrack. But there was a sadness that accompanied this movie, which occurred when I emerged from the theaters and made the dumbest decision of my life, which was logging onto Twitter. The … Continue reading Movie Review: Birds of Prey (2020) →
Happy Valentine’s Day! Amanda and I are chatting about everything from bookstores and trade romance to her Reylo fanfic. Our conversation is inspired by a question from Jasmine, who is part of our Patreon. She wanted to ask us about sci-fi and space romances, and ask for recommendations. Amanda’s much more fluent in space romance than I am, but we absolutely have recs, suggestions, theories about required elements, and potential reasons why space is SO … Continue reading 392. Earth is Garbage, Space is Horny: Sarah & Amanda Look at Space Romance →
One Fine Duke by Lenora Bell is $1.99! This is part of the School for Dukes series and I think we featured in on Cover Awe for the lovely dreamy quality of the cover. Though of course, if you have allergies, you may disagree. Readers enjoyed the adventure elements, but at times felt they overshadowed the romance.
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by SB Sarah · Feb 13, 2020 at 7:00 am · Comments Off on Advertisement Opportunities? Why, Yes! We Have!
Got books, boxed sets, discounts, fabulous fashion ideas, cross stitch patterns (over here! Yes, right here!) new ventures or nifty ideas to promote? Excellent. Because we have advertisement options for you! The site survives in part because of advertisements from and for this community, so thank you in advance for your support! What’s open? Glad you asked! What’s available? Desktop and mobile advertisement for week-long and month-long bookings starting at $80. For-every-budget spots that start … Continue reading Advertisement Opportunities? Why, Yes! We Have! →
Bitchery, I have a conundrum. I loved this book, then I hated this book, then I softened, and now I don’t know how I feel. First, the parts I loved: In its favour, we have a wonderful heroine in Miss Elizabeth Black, the headmistress of a school for middle-class girls in Victorian London. However, Elizabeth has more strings to her bow than the general public realise. Not only does she write ‘high brow’ silver spoon … Continue reading The Lady and the Highwayman by Sarah M. Eden →
Hey there! Welcome back to Wednesday Links! Here, we share some fun, insightful, or otherwise pretty neat things that we’ve seen around the internet recently. It’s a nice way to take a break in your day, maybe over lunch or a much-needed afternoon cup of coffee. … Have you seen that nickname Lord Byron had for William Wordsworth? … In the NY area? Berkley is having a fancy shindig with some authors on the 18th! … Continue reading Links: Cats, Rats, & More →
RECOMMENDED: A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole is $1.99! We read this for my book club and we all agreed there wasn’t enough blacksmithing and sword-making. Carrie enjoyed this one and gave it an A-:
This is such a solid book – it’s tear-jerking, it’s inspiring, it’s sexy and romantic, it’s interesting (sword history!) and it’s funny. I can’t wait for the next book in the series.
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