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What to Do If You Think You’ve Been Plagiarised

Yep, it's true - I was so shocked I didn't know what to do next.

Best of Reviews 2024, Part Two

NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2024. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re counting down the best of our 2024 reviews, which I’m sure you’re all curious about. … Continue reading Best of Reviews 2024, Part Two

Books On Sale

Witches, Librarians, & More

Books on Sale: Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey & More

Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey is $1.99! This is book two in the Bellinger Sisters series and is a friends to lovers romance. Are you a fan of this series?

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Hanukkah 2024: Care Packages!

Hanukkah 2024 with a framed picture of the original ladies and a menorah with blue lights on the table

Tonight is Christmas Day and the first night of Hanukkah. Get ready, we’re going into the new year with candles and jelly donuts and latkes and it’s going to be a party! Traditionally, I do giveaways for each night of Hanukkah, but this year, I want to do something different: care packages! Yup, we’re sending you a care package just in time for the beginning of 2025. First: my Hanukkah wishes for you tonight and for … Continue reading Hanukkah 2024: Care Packages!

Best of Reviews 2024, Part One

NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2024. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re counting down the best of our 2024 reviews, which I’m sure you’re all curious about. … Continue reading Best of Reviews 2024, Part One

Books On Sale

So Many KDDs Today!

Books on Sale: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert & More

RECOMMENDED: Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert is $1.99! Kiki really loved this one and gave it an A:

Get a Life, Chloe Brown saw my expectations’ proffered hand and kissed it gently, and then proceeded to charm their pants off. In a tent. With s’mores. (Not with s’mores, because s’mores apparently are not a thing in the UK.) This metaphor got away from me, but you get the idea. This book is outstanding.

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Best of Posts 2024

NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and our most popular pieces of writing this year. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … Since we feature other things … Continue reading Best of Posts 2024

Book Review

The Nightmare Before Kissmas

The Nightmare Before Kissmas

This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviews at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at _@‌thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There, she shares good reviews, bracing industry opinions and thoughtful commentary when she’s not on her grind looking for the next … Continue reading The Nightmare Before Kissmas

Cover Snark: Best of 2024

NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite and our most popular pieces of writing this year. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … Say hello to the top … Continue reading Cover Snark: Best of 2024

Get Rec’d with Amanda – Volume 80

Welcome back, everyone! We have reached eighty editions of Get Rec’d! Can you believe it? This is the last one before the new year and leans more toward non-fiction. I feel like this is the place where I get to pass along all the non-romance recommendations I keep in my back pocket. Did you get any good recommendations lately? Do you have a favorite recommendation of the year?

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