
UPDATE: Deal no longer valid.
Nothing Like a Duke by Jane Ashford is $1.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is currently being price-matched. Redheadedgirl picked this one for a previous Hide Your Wallet since she’s enjoyed the series thus far. Readers said there’s some great banter in the book, but wished the plot and conflict had a bit more oomph.
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It’s Wednesday Links time! Which is news to me, because it certainly doesn’t feel like a Wednesday. RWA 2017 is kicking off in Orlando. If you’re attending, make sure you say hello to Sarah who is also there! … A GoFundMe campaign is underway to turn Beverly Jenkins’ Deadly Sexy into a feature film: The making of Deadly Sexy is a significant step for all authors. It will give hope to those who dream of having their … Continue reading Links: Gothic Romance, Jenny Han, & a Netflix Original →
It’s time for our Book Club discussion! Yay! Tonight at 8:30pm ET, the window below will go live with a text-based chat, and we’ll be there, beverages in hand, ready to discuss To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. If you’ve participated in the book chats we’ve hosted before, the format is the same: I ask nosy questions, I concoct silly polls, and we chat about the book for about an hour. I hope you’ll join … Continue reading Smart Bitches Book Club Chat: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han →

BOOK CLUB PICK: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han is $2.99! This is a YA romance and is our first pick for the book club’s triumphant return! In it, all of the heroine’s crushes find out about her feelings all at once when her secret letters accidentally get mailed out. We’re pretty excited to read this one and discuss it later this month.
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It’s Smart Bitches Book Club selection time! As I mentioned earlier this month, we’re going to be alternating Movie Matinee selections with Book Club selections this year. And the Smart Bitches Book Club will be a mix of new and older titles so as to increase the likelihood that the books we’re discussing will be in your local library. Our February selection: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han! This YA romance was … Continue reading Book Club February Selection: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han →

RECOMMENDED: Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger by $1.99! This is the first book in the Finishing School series, which both Carrie and I highly recommend. This is young adult with a steampunk historical setting. And would you look at that cover. Readers loved the creative, whimsical setting, though some expressed difficulty in reading a lot at one time. They had to take breaks every few chapters because of the overwhelming twee-ness. The book has a 3.7-star rating on GoodReads and, if you’re looking to binge read the series, the next two books are also on sale for $1.99. Curtsies & Conspiracies ( A | K | G | AB ) and Waistcoats & Weaponry ( A | K | G | AB | Au ).
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