Helloooooo! Happy Wednesday! It’s my birthday and I’ve officially started the last year of my twenties. I’m celebrating by eating at my favorite pizza place and seeing A Quiet Place. The links below are all book related, so RIP to your TBR! … We announced the launch of Frolic Media in a previous Links post and so far, I’m really into the things they’ve been posting. Sil of The Book Voyagers is killing it lately, especially … Continue reading Links: Reading Recs and All Things Romance →
Hello there! It’s the last Wednesday in February. Are you ready for March yet? I know I am, if only for a chance at some warmer weather. We all hope you’ve been having a great week. If not, that’s okay because the weekend is almost here! … There’s a romance anthology needing some funding on Kickstarter! It has 8 days left and features and “under the sea” theme. The anthology will feature eleven romances with … Continue reading Links: Kickstarter, Rom Coms, & Tinder →
I don’t know if someone at Avon went “Hey, you know what would be smart? Releasing this book around the same time as Black Panther!” or if it was a grand coincidence, but it’s brilliant synchronicity. Naledi Smith is a graduate student in epidemiology in New York. She has a tiny apartment, several jobs, two mice she rescued from a failed experiment, and a history of being shuttled from foster home to foster home. She’s … Continue reading A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole →
Special treat for your Monday: a beautiful cover to look at, and a book to one-click pre-order if the cover makes you as giddy as it did all of us! (Side note: is “OCPO” a thing, where you’re pre-ordering with a one-click frenzy so intense you bruise your one-click finger? Would that be OCK-PO? I think OCPO should be a thing.) You may have noticed a general excitement online regarding A Princess in Theory . I … Continue reading A Duke By Default by Alyssa Cole: Cover Reveal →
RECOMMENDED: A Talent for Trickery by Alissa Johnson is $3.82 at Amazon! The second book is the same price. I did a mulled wine recipe for this book as part of Covers & Cocktails. Carrie also reviewed it, giving it an A grade:
I liked the action and the mystery and above all I loved that Lottie’s super power is that she’s super smart and super practical. This book was funny and touching and has stayed in my head since I finished it. Now I just have to figure out how to make time for all the author’s other books. Sleep is overrated, right?
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It’s December! This month, for me, always tends to feel both agonizingly long and gone too quickly. I should be doing laundry this afternoon, but all of my free time is currently going to Dragon Age: Inquisition. It’s truly a way better use of my time. … Reader BetseyDub sent us this link on the lawsuit against writer Emma Cline. Content warning for harassment. “What should have been a happy milestone — publishing my first … Continue reading Links: Events, NPR Book Concierge, & an Awesome Cover Song →
Hamilton’s Battalion is a wonderful trio of romance novellas set in America during or immediately following the Revolutionary War. I don’t think I’ve ever before found a romance anthology in which all the stories were equally well written. I had high expectations for Courtney Milan and Alyssa Cole, because I’m a fan of their other work, and they did not disappoint. I’ve never read anything by Rose Lerner before, but her novella was also wonderful. … Continue reading Hamilton’s Battalion by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, and Alyssa Cole →
YOU GUYYYYYYYYS. Okay, so you know how sometimes the second book in series, especially when the first book was like AMAZEBALLS, can be a disappointment? THIS ISN’T ONE OF THOSE. This is one of those times where the second book is better than the first one. Our heroine is Marlie, a biracial woman with a complex background. Marlie’s mother is the local root woman, and Marlie has been learning at her knee. As explained by … Continue reading A Hope Divided by Alyssa Cole →
For all the American Bitchery, Thanksgiving is tomorrow! We hope all the food is tasty and the family socializing doesn’t stress you out too much. For anyone not celebrating Thanksgiving, we still hope your Thursday is fantastic. … If you’re in the D.C. area, there’s an awesome romance event happening at Politics & Prose with Sarah, Alyssa Cole, and Alisha Rai! Hope you can make it out on November 30th at 7pm. … Let me … Continue reading Links: Events, Nuns, & Cosplay →
Update: Deal no longer valid.
Prudence by Gail Carriger is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is being price-matched at most vendors. This book is the first book in her Custard Protocol series and Carrie gave it a B-:
The best and worst thing I could say about this series is that it’s very much like Carriger’s other series. It’s the worst thing in that there’s not a lot new in here except that it seems to be a series that gets us out of alternate universe England and into the rest of Empire. It’s the best thing because honestly Carriger’s world and style are just pure yummy candy. If you give me a five pound bag of M&M’s, it’s not like I’m going to get to the bottom and say, “Gosh darn it, this is still M&M’s!”
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It’s Wednesday, where many of us begin to feel the dreaded work slump and start calculating the minutes, hours, and days to the weekend. Hopefully these links will give you a nice, much-needed break and re-energize you to finish out the work week. … Some news from Sarah! Sarah’s holiday novella, Lighting the Flames, is the book pick for Ripped Bodice’s December Drop-In Community Book Club. Plus, she’s a guest on Book Riot’s Recommended podcast, talking about Shelly … Continue reading Links: Leigh Bardugo, Dogsledding, & Recs from Alyssa Cole →
