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Stuff We Like: Household Staples
Amanda has discovered some hidden gems during her first year of home ownership.
Book Review
Villette by Charlotte Brontë
Villette is such a frustrating book. It’s a book that makes you work hard, and it’s a book that refuses to reward either the reader or the character with a happy ending. It took me two weeks to read through Villette, and I was irritated for every minute of it. However, by the end of the book I felt a weird compulsion to immediately read it again. Villette is a puzzle. An annoying and sometimes … Continue reading Villette by Charlotte Brontë
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264. Portable Self Care and Evil Space Squirrels: An Interview with Elyse
Elyse’s mom underwent mega-major surgery for the second time in two years, and Elyse faced down the second surgery with a portable bag of self-care and attention. We talk about what she packed to bring with her to the waiting room and to her mom’s post-operative recovery, with a side trip to call blocking apps, video games, and evil squirrels. Then we return to methods of coping, tools for self care, mindful attention to one’s … Continue reading 264. Portable Self Care and Evil Space Squirrels: An Interview with Elyse
Helping After Irma
WE WERE JUST HERE. So, Hurricane Irma barreled over the Caribbean and into Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. I honestly can’t tell if the damage in Florida is less than Texas because Irma didn’t park over a city and rain for days, or if we’re suffering from 500 Year Hurricane fatigue. But what we do know is that Irma caused MASSIVE destruction over the Caribbean, such as Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, and Barbuda. … Continue reading Helping After Irma
Books On Sale
Contemporary Romances on Sale!
The Negotiator by Avery Flynn is 99c! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched at select vendors. Readers loved the ball-busting heroine and the fake relationship element, but some found the romance and its characters to be superficial. It has a 3.9-star rating on Goodreads.
Book Review
The Astonishing Mistakes of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone
This year at San Diego Comic-Con, Orbit gave away copies of The Astonishing Mistakes of Dahlia Moss, the second book in the Dahlia Moss series. Never one to turn down a free book, I snatched it right up and promptly discovered that I had struck gold, for this book is freaking hilarious. Dahlia is basically a geeky cozy mystery (although there is a little gore and some very unfortunate vomit). At the start of the … Continue reading The Astonishing Mistakes of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone
Links: Pasta, Dates, & Tentacles
Hi there, September! How you doin’? Also, is it just me or does it feel like the month is flying by? I’ve got some great books waiting for me on my Kindle and I hope you do too! … Zazzle is having another sale! Use code: ZAZZLEDEAL30 to get 30% (site wide!) and the sale ends 9/14/2017 11:59 PM PST. Included in the sale is our Slayer of Words Collection and our Disrupt the Patriarchy Collection! … Continue reading Links: Pasta, Dates, & Tentacles
Books On Sale
Books by Kristen Ashley, Piper J. Drake, & More!
The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched! This is a book that was included in Elyse’s Uppercase Box subscription. Readers loved how there were some great plot twists that they didn’t see coming, but others thought there was too much stuff wrapped up in the abrupt ending. Have you read this one?
Book Review
Guest Review: Party Favors by Jaime Clevenger
NB: Looking for an erotic lesbian romance to pick up? This review is from Reader Tara Scott! If you want to read her previous guest reviews (and we highly recommend that you do), you can see them all here. Tara reads a lot of lesbian romances. You can catch her regularly reviewing at The Lesbian Review and Curve Magazine and hear her talk about lesbian fiction (including romance) on her podcast Les Do Books. You can also hit her up … Continue reading Guest Review: Party Favors by Jaime Clevenger
Book Review
The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
I’m a semi-regular listener to the Happier podcast, hosted by Gretchen Rubin and her sister, Elizabeth Craft, so I’ve known for awhile this book was coming. I also, over this past summer, read Better Than Before , Rubin’s previous book which introduced the Four Tendencies. That book focused on habit building and reasons why it’s sometimes easy to stick to new habits, and other times so difficult to keep or restart a habit. The Four Tendencies … Continue reading The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
Help A Bitch Out
HaBO: Series Set in Turn of the Century NYC
This HaBO request is from Michelle. She’s after an American historical romance series: The books were set in New York at the turn of the century. The mansions were just going up on 5th Ave. The heroine was from a very wealthy, high society family and they built a mansion there. The heroine was always sneaking out of the mansion day and night. Her family had several siblings and the brother had a bad boy … Continue reading HaBO: Series Set in Turn of the Century NYC
