Squee from the Keeper Shelf is a new feature wherein we share why we love the books we love, specifically the stories which are permanent residents of our Keeper shelves. Despite flaws, despite changes in age and perspective, despite the passage of time, we love particular books beyond reason, and the only thing better than re-reading them is telling other people about them. At length. If you’d like to submit your reasons for loving and … Continue reading Keeper Shelf: Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen →
Book of the Month Club is a subscription book service that’s been around since 1926, but has recently been popping up all over my social media. At first I scoffed when an ad of theirs (on Facebook) claimed to deliver all of summer’s reading needs and had a picture of a woman with four books. Four. For a summer. Bitch, please. More investigation piqued my interest. At the first of every month BOTM reveals their … Continue reading Book of the Month Club →
The Devil’s Doorbell is an erotic anthology made up of seven stories by authors that I’ve heard of and/or read. The stories are all contemporary but they aren’t really connected, save for the explanation of “the devil’s doorbell.” Each story has some reference to the fact that “the devil’s doorbell” is another term for a woman’s clitoris. Recently, I was going through a heavy reading slump and an anthology seemed exactly what I needed. I … Continue reading The Devil’s Doorbell by Anne Calhoun, et al →
NB: Welcome to Flashback Friday! During FBF, we’ll be resurrecting older posts and reviews that are relevant to things we’ve published on the site this week. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Seeing as how Amanda reviewed Hyperbole & a Half this week, which covers a blogger’s battle with depression, we wanted to revive her previous post about finding the right book at the right time. This post was originally published November 5, 2014. Last Wednesday, in … Continue reading Depression & Amy Poehler →
As we face the 2016 Circus/Election Cycle on Meth, we’re in a place we haven’t been since 1996: a presidential election without Jon Stewart. Change is hard. Change is scary. Thankfully, a number of Daily Show Alums have stepped up to that job, but there’s one very specific alumna that’s a beacon of Canadian light and snark. She’s the only woman on late-night. She’s Samantha Bee. Full Frontal is a late night talk show that … Continue reading Stuff You Should Be Watching: Full Frontal With Samantha Bee →
The internet to me is like the Matrix to Neo. I am plugged in at all times. However, even if you concern yourself with the goings on of the internet only 10% of the time in the last two months, odds are you’ve seen something about Amy Schumer. Because that girl is killing it right now. Season four of Inside Amy Schumer premiered this week and you can catch it on Thursdays at 10pm EST. She already … Continue reading Stuff You Should Be Watching: Inside Amy Schumer →
We’ve spoken before at the Bitchery about how reading is often a form of comfort for us. Right now, the world is – as I like to call it – a dumpster fire. Turning on the news makes me incredibly upset, with more terrifying and awful stories every morning and afternoon. So I need a good book. I’m in the middle of a couple, but it’s a struggle to maintain my interest for whatever reason. … Continue reading Finding Master Right by Sparrow Beckett →
Happy October! The scourge of the pumpkin spice is now upon us. I do not have many personal traditions, but one of the few I do have consists of the annual reading of “It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers.” I’m sorry to disappoint the masses, though, in saying that I will not be flavoring any drinks with pumpkin on Covers & Cocktails. Personally, I’m more of an apple pie girl. But I promise something warm and … Continue reading Covers & Cocktails: Spicy Lime Margarita →
Madame X isn’t going to be for everyone. There are quite a number of things it has that I know will be automatic turn-offs for people. It’s written in first person. It does end on a cliffhanger. It deals with abuse (trigger warning) – physically, financially, and psychologically. There’s no HEA in this book as it’s an ongoing series following the same heroine. And there are also themes of infidelity. But, if you’re still with … Continue reading Madame X by Jasinda Wilder →
Alice isn’t your grandmother’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Hell, I don’t even know if it’s my version of it either. It’s dark, disturbing, both a retelling and a continuation of the classic, and I’m issuing all the trigger warnings. The book is fraught with violence, including both physical and sexual violence against women. So if those things are difficult for you to read about, especially in relation to a much-loved story from your childhood, I … Continue reading Alice by Christina Henry →
If you can’t tell by the cover and the title, this is a contemporary sports romance. This isn’t in my wheelhouse. This is my wheelhouse. I also hadn’t read any of the previous Sante Fe Bobcats books (this is the third in the series), but I got along just fine. I’m sure references to past events would have had a bigger impact, though I didn’t get the sense that I was missing out on anything. … Continue reading Takes Two to Tackle by Jeanette Murray →
