Still shopping for holiday gifts? I am – but Hanukkah this year is as close to “on time” as a Jewish holiday can get. Instead of last year, when it started the night before Thanksgiving, this year we get to shop until the 16th of December. WOO! That’s positively luxurious compared to last year. Are you ready for a few more ideas for gifting? Today we have books and snacks and other fun items. Next … Continue reading 2014 Holiday Gift Guide, Part III: Books & Snacks & More →
Here at Smart Bitches, we like to help you do your holiday shopping. This week’s theme? Games! My husband and I like to play games…wait, that sounds bad. We like to have friends over for game-night. Board games. Totally wholesome. STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT. Here are a list of some of my favorites. Spot-It Spot-It is an awesome game because it works well for both adults and kids. Each card contains multiple symbols … Continue reading Holiday Gift Guide: Games →
Time to round up all the neat and clever and oh-so-tempting items for your holiday shopping and wish-listing needs. I’ve been collecting ideas for a few weeks now — and really, this is so fun, like I’m shopping for all of you. Each Wednesday, I’ll be posting collections of gifts and ideas for gifting and receiving. If you’ve got a suggestion or something you love that you’d like to share, please email me! Shall we get … Continue reading 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Part I →
Carrie wrote a really powerful and touching essay for the journal Interfictions: A Journal of Interstitial Arts about her experience being read to as a child while recovering from painful surgeries: This is the true story of how I journeyed through an interstitial world, and how that journey transformed me. It’s also the story of how fiction saved me. Some of these memories are confused and some may be entirely false, but they are the memories I … Continue reading Links! Carrie in Interfictions, Nerd Corsetry, and More →
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey is $1.99 digitally at Amazon ($4.99 at BN). This is a digital graphic novel so the file can only be read on tablet devices, so heads up on that. This is one of the most popular books in my kids' elementary schools, and is full of truly excellent toilet humor and assorted silliness. This might be a great gift for a young reader you know. The first … Continue reading Books on Sale: Captain Underpants For $1.99 (No, He’s Not a Romance Hero) →
Melanie G. contacted me after writing up an extensive recommendation list of Bollywood movies for a friend, and realized that she loved many of them because of the Huge Amazing Excellent Romance Tropes Inside. She forwarded her list to me in case I wanted to share it with you – and oh, yes. Yes, I do. Movie time! Some people say that the Rom-Com movie is dead in Hollywood, but I’m here to tell you … Continue reading Guest Post: For a Romantic Movie, Try Bollywood →
Here is a text transcript of Podcast 100. More Books for Young Readers, Beta Heroes, and a Surprise for Jane. You can listen to the mp3 here, or you can read on! This podcast transcript was handmade with the finest tools by Garlic Knitter. Many thanks. Here are the books we discuss: [music] Sarah Wendell: Hello, and welcome to the 100th episode of the Dear Bitches, Smart Author podcast. Yay! I’m Sarah Wendell from Smart … Continue reading Podcast Transcript 100: More Books for Young Readers, Beta Heroes, and a Surprise for Jane →
The Suffragette Scandal is $3.99 – which is the regular price for this book, I believe. But because of the absolutely stellar A review from Carrie and RedHeadedGirl, and the rather attractive price, many of you purchased this book this month, so I wanted to include it here. This book came out on 15 July, and in their review, Carrie and RedHeadedGirl said, Redheadedgirl and I wanted to write a joint review of The Suffragette … Continue reading Books on Sale: Recapping some of July’s Most Popular Sales →
Dark and Deadly is a .99c boxed set of eight paranormal romance stories by Jennifer Ashley, Alyssa Day, Erin Quinn and Caris Roane, among others. I can't figure out if this boxed set is all novellas, or a mix. I know the Day title is a novella, but I can't find the specifics. That said, some of these stories are, according to the description, brand new, so if you're a paranormal romance fan, this may … Continue reading Books on Sale: Two Dark Sets, a Dark Witch and a Dream Castle →
RECOMMENDED: First Grave on the Right is the first book in Darynda Jones' Charley Davidson series, and it's $2.99 right now. I linked to this sale over the weekend, but now books two and three are also $2.99 – see below. The newest book in the series, Sixth Grave on the Edge, comes out May 20. This book won the Golden Heart in 2009, and the RITA for Best First Book in 2012. As I've mentioned before, … Continue reading Books on Sale: First 3 in Darynda Jones’ Charley Davidson Series at $2.99, Plus Tea and Cupcakes →
RECOMMENDED: The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook is $1.99. If you've been a little curious about steampunk, you should buy this book. If you really like emotional and imaginitive stories with excellent worldbuilding skills on display, you should buy this. If you've been thinking about trying the Iron Seas series, but the price of the books both digital and paper was too high, I feel your pain, I have no idea what Penguin is smoking … Continue reading Books on Sale: Get Your Paranormal and Steampunk Stories, Hot and Fresh, including The Iron Duke! →
