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Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle is $3.99! This is Scarlett Peckham’s penname for her contemporary romances. It came over during the summer. Did any of you read this one?
Yep, it's true - I was so shocked I didn't know what to do next.
Just Some Stupid Love Story by Katelyn Doyle is $3.99! This is Scarlett Peckham’s penname for her contemporary romances. It came over during the summer. Did any of you read this one?
Welcome back to Links! You get a special morning edition today. Over the weekend, we braved the Saturday crowd at our local H-Mart. I grabbed supplies to make rosé tteokbokki. It was so good! Highly recommend the linked recipe. Have you tried any new recipes lately that turned out amazing? … Shoutout to Malaraa for posting about this in the SBTB Patreon Discord! One of the oldest surviving operas by a Black composer will be … Continue reading Links: A Banana Mystery, Ice Skating Drag Queens, & More
Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez is $3.99! This is the third book in The Friend Zone series, which can all be read as standalones. All of Jimenez’s books pack an emotional punch, so be ye warned.
This HaBO request is from Tihana, who wants to find this romance: I read the book a few years ago and it was a part of a series about a group of friends/cousins. It might have been a next gen type of series. The hero liked the heroine since they were kids and always teased her. He was jealous of her best friend; I think his name was Carter maybe? Anyway, the heroine gets pregnant … Continue reading HaBO: He Marries His Crush to Help Raise a Baby
The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson is $1.99! This is book on in the Dark Inheritance Trilogy. The main couple are in an arranged marriage for political reasons.
We have a fun announcement today! The New York Public Library has announced their Best New Romance List for 2025! Not only do we have the complete list (see below) but I got to do a Q&A with Kate Fais, Young Adult Librarian at The New York Public Library’s Bloomingdale branch, and co-chair of the Best Romance List committee! … How many folks at NYPL are involved in the creation of the list? Kate: The … Continue reading The New York Public Library’s Best New Romance List 2025
Welcome back to Cover Snark! Shana: Falling for the Schooge? Snooge? Scirooge? Claudia: Definitely Schooge!! Sarah: I thought it said “Scnooge” and I thought a new word had been invented and I missed it. I showed this to Adam and he can’t figure it out either. Now it looks like Schooge. I hate this font style so much. From Linnea: Severe pectus excavatum—my medical opinion… Sarah: Did he drop his keys or did he lose … Continue reading Cover Snark: Script Font Confusion Strikes Again!
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It’s time for The Bachelor and Muzzy and I are tucked in to watch. We’re getting a LOT of snow today which means once this disaster of a show is over, it’s time to binge watch old episodes of ER and knit. On a side note, has anyone else starting watching The Pitt and gotten MAJOR ER vibes? I love it. Oh, Noah Wylie, one of my first TV crushes… [ed. note: I saw him in a restaurant … Continue reading Elyse Watches The Bachelor–S29 E2: This Mall Date is Like So Rad