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: Librarians, Molly O’Keefe, & More →
I’ve been reading a lot about women’s suffrage lately. Some books are dry. Some are gripping. Other Powers is the “Women’s Suffrage: All the Dirt” version. This book describes the complicated career of Victoria Woodhull, and the high-profile adultery trial of Henry Ward Beecher in which she was involved. By the end of the book, fortunes have been made and lost and made again, the women’s suffrage movement has been set back by decades, and … Continue reading Other Powers by Barbara Goldsmith →
Scarlett Cole and I talk every month or so, when it’s coffee time for me, and tea or G&T time for her, and this time, we recorded one of our conversations about looking back over the past 10 years, and looking ahead to the next ten. So in this episode, we’re talking about setting goals for the new year, the new decade, and “figuring out the cadence that works for you.” Where do you want … Continue reading 386. High Fives and Forget ‘Should:’ Talking Goals and Resolutions with Scarlett Cole →
RECOMMENDED: Something About You by Julie James is $1.99! This is the very first James book I read and it’s the first in the FBI/US Attorney series. James does competence porn really well and this ranks high on my enemies to lovers catnip.
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This request was sent in by Maggie. Thanks, Maggie! Hey ladies, I’ve looked through past reader recs but haven’t seen this topic so I thought I’d ask for it. Do you have any recs for books where couples from different countries/cultures meet? I recently read The Mother-in-Law Cure by Katherine Wilson (a memoir, not a novel) about how she met her Italian husband while studying in Naples and now I’m on the look out for … Continue reading The Rec League: Cross-Cultural Romances →
We are back with your regularly scheduled programming this afternoon! Is anyone else just tired? We’re barely two weeks into the new year and I’m so ready to nap forever. Between RWA, the news from Australia and Puerto Rico, and just trying to make it through the latest US election cycle, I am exhausted! I’d prefer to spend the next couple weeks in a blanket fort, eating macaroni and cheese. … Carina Press is launching … Continue reading Links: Sheroes, Baby Yoda, & More →
Getting Hot with the Scot by Melonie Johnson is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched. Sarah had Melonie on the podcast and they have a lovely discussion about the book’s inception. Have you read this one?
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I’ve set aside my usual drink tonight for a glass of bubbly after I saw Twitter’s reaction to this week’s episode of The Bachelor. More on that later. Last we left with Peter asking Hannah B to come back on the show after they admitted they still had feelings for each other. That would mean Hannah B would have gone from The Bachelor to The Bachelorette to Dancing with the Stars (which she won) back to The Bachelor. That’s … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S24 E2: The Champagne Crisis →
In case you missed it: 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 … Continue reading January’s New Releases, Part Two →
Help A Bitch Out - SOLVED!
This HaBO request comes from Katie, who is searching for this historical romance: The heroine is the daughter of a physician who has since died. She is very interested in medicine. The hero is, I believe, a titled Englishman with either a son or ward. The hero and heroine marry. She continues to pursue her interest in medicine even as hero forbids her to do so. At one point, while the hero is away, the … Continue reading HaBO: Hero Walks in on Heroine Doing an Autopsy →
