Hi again, everyone! It’s time for my Smart Bitches Business Update, a monthly feature wherein I throw myself into the nerdy depths of the Smart Bitches behind the scenes mayhem and bring you all with me. Last month I posted Part II of our SBTB Reader Survey, so this month, I have the results! But first! Amanda mentioned our new Amazon store in a recent post, and I wanted to make sure to mention it again. You can find it … Continue reading Smart Bitches Business Update: February 2017→
I’ll admit that I’ve been a bit busy this month- there’s a full calendar of political demonstrations and lists of phone calls to make, meetings to attend, and dinners to be eaten on the run. Hardtack is a biscuit/cracker that requires three ingredients, stores forever (give or take a weevil or two) and tastes like…. nothing. Not a thing. It’s there to fill your belly and that’s about it. I used the recipe from Lobscouse … Continue reading RedHeadedGirl’s Historical Kitchen: Hardtack→
Hey, y’all! First, thank you so much for all the email, comments, tweets and virtual (and actual) high fives on the podcast. The fact that so many of you look forward to Fridays to hear the newest episode is the biggest compliment. Thank you for that. I’ve been listening to a number of awesome podcast episodes that have given me so much joy, comfort, enthusiasm, consideration, and perspective in the past few days, and I … Continue reading Extra More Gooder Weekend Listening→
The downside of living in a smallish city is that sometimes (usually) I have to spend months waiting for independent or foreign movies to come out online or on DVD before I can watch them. If, like me, you’ve been waiting for what seems like decades to see The Handmaiden — rejoice! It is finally available on iTunes and Amazon. The Handmaiden is an erotic movie directed by Park Chan-wook, set in Japanese-occupied Korea in … Continue reading Movie Review: The Handmaiden→
Nearly a year after their grand opening (March 4th!), Sarah catches up with Leah and Bea Koch of The Ripped Bodice bookstore in Culver City, CA. We start with All The Pet Talk, including the story of their most excellent official store dog, Fitzwilliam Waffles. We cover his store responsibilities and key functions in the bookshop workflow, and have a happy conversation about things that make us laugh, including the We Rate Dogs Instagram feed. … Continue reading 232. The First Year of The Ripped Bodice – An Interview with Bea and Leah Koch→
BOOK CLUB PICK: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han is $2.99! This is a YA romance and is our first pick for the book club’s triumphant return! In it, all of the heroine’s crushes find out about her feelings all at once when her secret letters accidentally get mailed out. We’re pretty excited to read this one and discuss it later this month.
For those who have mastered the to-do list or want to add some extra incentive to getting shit done, Habitica is a great way to game-ify your tasks and responsibilities. I’ve been using it for about six months and I absolutely love it. Habitica is most reminiscent of an RPG. You pick a class, get gear, level up, and distribute stat points. I primarily use their website, though I also have their app for checking … Continue reading Tech Review: Habitica→
It’s Smart Bitches Book Club selection time! As I mentioned earlier this month, we’re going to be alternating Movie Matinee selections with Book Club selections this year. And the Smart Bitches Book Club will be a mix of new and older titles so as to increase the likelihood that the books we’re discussing will be in your local library. Our February selection: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han! This YA romance was … Continue reading Book Club February Selection: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han→
February has begun and we’re taking 2017 one month at a time! Below, we have some site reminders, a piece of news from RWA, and to cap things off…a really cute, baby animal! … For those living in or near Columbia, South Carolina, Sarah is going to be at the Deckle Edge Literary Festival. We’re reasonably sure that the event is free. Yep, that’s right. FREE! There’s going to be a special screening of Love Between … Continue reading Links: Events, RWA, and a Baby Sloth→
RECOMMENDED: The Princess Bride by William Goldman is $2.99! This is a special illustrated edition of the book and the new cover looks absolutely gorgeous.Though, of course, because it’s illustrated, readers may want a hard copy of this rather than a digital one. We also recently ran a Squee from the Keeper Shelf review of The Princess Bride.
February is here! So give us all the new books, plzkthx! It’s a bit of a smaller month for the SBTB HQ’s book budget, but there are a handful of other books that we know a bunch of you are hearing about or are waiting to buy. Here are a few that are probably on your TBR lists, even if they aren’t on ours: A Conjuring of Light is the third and final book in … Continue reading February’s New Releases→
