Love & Friendship is a new movie out in select theaters May 13th, which stars Kate Becksinale, Chloe Sevigny, and Stephen Fry. Based on Jane Austen’s Lady Susan, filmmaker Whit Stillman reimagines the story in which Lady Susan achieves vindication. The film is pretty much Carrie bait, given that she adored Jane Austen’s Lady Susan. So if you like Austen adaptations, check out both the Love & Friendship film, as well as the novelization which was published earlier this … Continue reading Giveaway: Love & Friendship Prize Pack→
To celebrate the omnibus re-issue of a steampunk fantasy romance that’s been out of print for awhile, we’re giving away 10 copies of Strangely Beautiful. This book was first published in 2009 by Dorchester, and now it’s back in a 2-in-1 edition, which includes The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, a 2009 DABWAHA nominee, and the sequel, The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker. If you like steampunk, this is one of the earliest that I can … Continue reading Giveaway: The Strangely Beautiful Omnibus→
Harlequin has a new website to share free eBooks: RomanceWhenYouNeedIt.com. Yay! Free reading! And to celebrate, they’d like to give away a Kate Spade bag full of 24 copies of Harlequin series titles. Nice combination, right? I love this bag – take a look: That is the Kate Spade Clement Street Blair bag in straw. It’s 11.7” tall by 12.5” wide, and 5.5” in diameter. The handle drop (this is a crucial number for me … Continue reading Giveaway: A Kate Spade Tote Filled with 24 Harlequin Series Titles!→
One of my favorite things to do for the site is poke around for a fitting stock image to use on a post. Not only do I get to pick cool pictures to adorn the Pink Palace, but I also get to find some pretty strange stuff. Case in point, this guy: When I showed Sarah, her first response was along the lines of “WE MUST CAPTION HIM!” Why is he so happy? What’s he doing in … Continue reading Giveaway: Caption that Hipster!→
Welcome to Part V of You’re So Organized, my continuing series of how I use Google Calendars to digitally organize just about everything. In Part I, I gave an explanation of the basic tools in G:Cal, including new appointments, repeating appointments, and scheduling reminders in advance. In Part II, I covered color coding calendars with different purposes to make separate tasks and schedules easier and more distinct from one another. In Part III, I talked about sharing calendars and sharing calendar … Continue reading Organizing with Google Calendars: Part V – Agendas, Mistakes, and a Planner Giveaway!→
We’ve got some fun stuff going on today: thanks to Renée Ahdieh and Penguin Young Readers, we have an exclusive excerpt of a new novella in Ahdieh’s series, and we have a giveaway that includes an ARC and paperback copies of The Wrath and the Dawn. Woo! The Wrath and the Dawn came out in May 2015, and is being released in paperback in time for the release of book two in the duology, The Rose and the Dagger, … Continue reading Exclusive Excerpt and Giveaway: The Moth & The Flame by Renée Ahdieh→
Some of us here at the Bitchery love a good mystery. Elyse especially. Historical mysteries. Creepy mysteries. You name it. Put one under a propped up box and just wait. Elyse will show up. If you caught our most recent batch of Lightning Reviews, Elyse gave The Oxford Inheritance a B+. If it seems up your alley, we have not one, but two copies to giveaway. Just in case you’d prefer to go into the book blindly, … Continue reading Giveaway: The Oxford Inheritance→
Get ready! There is a LOT going on in this entry – we’re talking about planners, different kinds, how different folks use them, and we’re giving away some, too. Woo hoo! I am constantly working on becoming better organized, and have tried many planners over the years. When I worked in an office in Manhattan, I had a MomAgenda, which had space for me and for the rest of the family on each weekly page. … Continue reading Giveaway: If You Plan to Plan, You Plan Well!→
Susie Felber, who is also known in the Romance universe as “Edith Layton’s daughter,” has a cool new job with a French company, Withings, which makes connected health and fitness devices. She reached out to me to see if I’d be willing to host a giveaway of two of their Activité fitness trackers – a gift for Valentine’s Day that’s the opposite of chocolate, as she put it. Mais oui, s’il vous plait! I know … Continue reading Giveaway: Activité Steel and Activité Pop Fitness Tracking Watches!→
Giveaway! Woohoo! After noticing the collective happy reading over here in SBTB HQ with recent mentions of Crazed by Edie Harris, and A Duchess in Name by Amanda Weaver, Carina asked if we’d like to give three of you the opportunity to Treat Yo Shelf. No, seriously, they even made a graphic – how sweet is that? So, up for grabs we have ebook copies of three books: Crazed by Edie Harris A Duchess in Name by Amanda … Continue reading Giveaway: Treat Yo Shelf with Carina Press→
It’s time for night number two of our Hanukkah celebration, complete with eight straight nights of giveaways. Tonight is the second night of Hanukkah, so today there’s fun stuff to win! As I mentioned yesterday, in addition to readerly items, we’ll be celebrating the different features and contributions from Elyse, RedHeadedGirl, Carrie, and Amanda. But most of all, we’ll be celebrating you because the site wouldn’t be as awesome fun as it is without you. So get ready and … Continue reading Smart Bitches Hanukkah Party, Part Two→
