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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- The Beast Takes a Bride by Julie Anne Long Amazon | B&N | Kobo
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This piece of literary mayhem is exclusive to Smart Bitches After Dark, but fret not. If you’d like to join, we’d love to have you! Have a look at our membership options, and come join the fun! If you want to have a little extra fun, be a little more yourself, and be part of keeping the site open for everyone in the future, we can’t wait to see you in our new subscription-based section … Continue reading Sunday Sale Digest! →
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 →
After the longest January in existence (which honestly was full of bad vibes and brought nothing to the function), we have entered February. The countdown to discounted Valentine’s Day candy has begung. Here’s how we’re kicking off our reading this month: Claudia: I just finished Love of My Afterlife and loved every bit of it! Sarah: Isn’t it so cute?! Lara: I just finished Fan Service and it is Rosie Danan at her best with one … Continue reading Whatcha Reading? February 2025, Part One →
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna $1.99! Thanks to everyone who let us know about this one! Fingers crossed it’s still ons ale.
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‘Tis the month we celebrate love in all its forms, and what better Valentine’s gift to yourself than a box of queer Romance novels?
RT is celebrating their 200th issue, and we’re celebrating, too! We’ve got the OG Monster Schtupping book, a guy whose arm appears to end in a ham, and some incredible covers. You know I’m going to tell you not to miss the visual aids, but I mean it. There’s a series where the focus of every cover illustration is someone’s backside? It’s wild. You can find all the visual aids here.
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the February 2000 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Mari for this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind. And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read and absorb all … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: February 2000 Reviews →
