We’re back with your, and our, weekly Gift Guides! Every Wednesday until the week before Christmas (AND Hanukkah?!) we’ll be sharing links, suggestions, and ideas for holiday gifts. We want to hear yours, too! For our first Gift Guide, we wanted to share some book subscription boxes that are making us VERY happy, especially those that are from small independent booksellers. NB: some links in this and future gift guides include affiliate links which send … Continue reading Gift Guide 2024: Subscription Boxes – Especially Book Boxes! →
Welcome back to Wednesday Links! Two out of my three June weddings to attend are complete! Only one more to go next week and I am thankful to have a casual weekend in between. ‘Tis the season! Did any of my fellow cozy gamers catch the latest Wholesome Direct? I was traveling and haven’t gotten around to watching it, but if you did, I want to know if you saw anything worth wishlisting! … REMINDER: … Continue reading Links: Ursula K. Le Guin, Fundraising, & More →
Hello, everyone! It’s Wednesday Links time and this edition is brought to you by readers like you! Seriously, most of today’s links came in by submission from the community. Keep ’em coming! It’s mid-May and my allergies have made an appearance. So far, they aren’t as bad as previous years, but dry eyes are a new symptom and while my meds are working, I hate that stuffy head feeling. … Ellen sent this one – … Continue reading Links: Wonderful Community Submissions →
Hello, everyone! I am officially back in the States! Thank you for all the birthday wishes and if you wish to see some of my adventures, feel free to look at my Instagram. The trip was wonderful and full of delicious food. I will also have to return to South Korea in about a month because my baby brother (yes, he is 30 but will always be “baby brother”) is getting married! Very excited, but since … Continue reading Links: Maps, Sci-Fi, & More →
Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier were bright lights of the Lost Generation in post-WWI Paris. Although they were very private about their personal lives, their romance inspired and sustained both of them in their literary careers. Both were writers, publishers, and translators, but their greatest influences on literature were the result of their tireless economic and social support of the writers and artists of the era. Sylvia was born in Maryland. Her father was a … Continue reading Real Life Romance: Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier →
So many interesting things to talk about today! There’s a new Kickstarter causing a good amount of interest and excitement: Bea and Lea Koch are aiming to open the first romance exclusive bookstore in Los Angeles, California, and are looking for community support. The Kickstarter page has a lot of details, including how they envision the store layout: We’ve thought long and hard about how to lay out The Ripped Bodice. We want to make … Continue reading Links: Ripped Bodices on Kickstarter, Strong Female Heroines, and Ms. Marvel →
by Amanda · Jul 7, 2015 at 4:00 am · Comments Off on Locally Sourced Romance: WORD in Brooklyn, New York
Locally Sourced Romance is a new feature that puts the spotlight on fabulous bookstores supporting the romance community! To nominate or suggest a bookstore, please shoot us an email. For a crowd sourced map of bookstores that carry romance, feel free to consult and/or add to our Smart Bitches Buy Romance map! Today, we’re featuring the Brooklyn location of WORD. Big thanks to Ron Hogan, who tweeted us the suggestion! Please meet Manager Emily! Tell us … Continue reading Locally Sourced Romance: WORD in Brooklyn, New York →
Locally Sourced Romance is a new feature that puts the spotlight on fabulous bookstores supporting the romance community! To nominate or suggest a bookstore, please shoot us an email. For a crowd sourced map of bookstores that carry romance, feel free to consult and/or add to our Smart Bitches Buy Romance map! Though be forewarned, it’s undergoing a renovation. Today, we’re featuring Ukazoo Books in Towson, MD. We discovered Ukazoo through a very awesome recommendation … Continue reading Locally Sourced Romance: Ukazoo Books in Towson, Maryland →
Locally Sourced Romance is a new feature that puts the spotlight on fabulous bookstores supporting the romance community! To nominate or suggest a bookstore, please shoot us an email. For a crowd sourced map of bookstores that carry romance, feel free to consult and/or add to our Smart Bitches Buy Romance map! Though be forewarned, it’s undergoing a renovation. Today, we’re featuring the Saratoga Springs, NY location of Northshire Bookstore. We discovered Northshire Bookstore after receiving … Continue reading Locally Sourced Romance: Northshire Bookstore in Saratoga Springs →
Locally Sourced Romance is a new feature that puts the spotlight on fabulous bookstores supporting the romance community! To nominate or suggest a bookstore, please shoot us an email. For a crowd sourced map of bookstores that carry romance, feel free to consult and/or add to our Smart Bitches Buy Romance map! Though be forewarned, it’s undergoing a renovation. Today, we’re featuring a relatively new bookstore, Books With a Past in Glenwood, Maryland. Please meet Erin … Continue reading Locally Sourced Romance: Books With a Past →
We started a new feature called Locally Sourced Romance, and one of the bookstores I would have featured almost immediately was Posman’s Books in Grand Central Station, New York. I signed books at Posman’s, and wrote about how Avon’s use of the cover art on the spines of their books made them very eye-catching on the shelves there. Posman’s had a small romance section, but it was an excellent romance section. Unfortunately, Posman’s Grand Central … Continue reading Saying Goodbye to a Set of Shelves – a Guest Post from Stacey Agdern →
