Welcome back to Wednesday Links! I had my Romance Novel + Cheese Night on Friday and it went really well! Keep your eyes peeled for a write-up soon on how it went and what the yummy pairings were. I’m still a little sick so my partner and I definitely put a pause on any Valentine’s Day celebrations. We even had a fancy dinner reservations planned, which we wound up cancelling in favor of eating chips … Continue reading Links: I Know the Holidays Are Over
Welcome back to Wednesday Links! We are in December! Today is my dear brother’s birthday. He’s turning 28 and I get to visit him in Germany in March. Honestly, the only thing getting me through my holiday season right now. How was everyone’s Thanksgiving, if you celebrated? The food at my apartment was delicious. Seriously, the juiciest dang chicken I cooked with the crispiest skin. … It’s holiday season, which means holiday romance movies are … Continue reading Links: Cozy, Holiday Stuff
Christmas Eve is tomorrow! If you’re celebrating, we hope that you’re able to have a happy and restorative holiday given the current circumstances. As always, I want to extend a big thank you to the Bitchery for creating such a wonderful community. 2020 hasn’t been easy on anyone, but hopefully the site has created a place of comfort for you. Or at least a welcome distraction. … For the UK Bitchery, The Great British Bake-Off is launching … Continue reading Links: Mainly Christmas Stuff
December is upon us, which means if you’re like me, you’re frantically knitting last minute gifts for the holidays. The ones you knew you were going to make back in, like, April. But you waited until now. Because you make bad choices. Luckily for you we’re here with some last minute gift ideas, holiday décor and just plain fun patterns to work on if (unlike me) you planned well and have time to spend crafting … Continue reading Stuff You Should Be Stitching: The Holidays
This year I inaugurated the holiday season by watching Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe. I did it for you, Bitches. And also because I was a guest on The Bubbly Sesh podcast, where we watched then discussed this movie. Rest assured, the following is not a review. How would I even grade this? No, the following is simply a recap of my viewing experience, which involved two kids, my very close friend Liz S., and her dog. Our … Continue reading Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe: My Viewing Experience
Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means at Chez Elyse it’s time to decorate for the Christmas holiday. And by decorate I mean put up the Bookmas Tree. This is Fisher’s first holiday season (well, with us) and he was both mystified and fascinated by the Bookmas Tree process (Dewey slept through the whole thing because he’s seen this before and was unimpressed). He and I are here to give some instructions on how to … Continue reading How to Build a Bookmas Tree (With Commentary by Fisher)
As a reader, it doesn’t take much for me to get on board a crazy train headed for WTF-ville. Vampire NAVY Seal angels? Let me at it. Fingerblasting in a corn field? Sure, sign me up. But one the one aspect of romance that I cannot seem to reconcile my feelings for is the holiday romance. If you like holiday romances, great! Before we get into the nitty gritty, I don’t want any readers feeling … Continue reading The Painful Fantasy of Holiday Romances
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
Reading slumps suck, and I know because I’m in one currently. When you’re a reader, books become part of your daily life and reading part of your routine. When you can’t get a book to capture your attention and are thrown out of that routine, it can feel awful. Right now I suspect my slump is due to the fact that this is a very busy time of year for me professionally and also because … Continue reading How to Handle a Reading Slump
