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Links: Meetups, She-Ra, & More

Workspace with computer, journal, books, coffee, and glasses.

Happy Wednesday! It’s the last one of November. When did that happen? Seriously? It was October just yesterday. The holidays are fast approaching and we have you have some great ones. If not, there are always books. Books are there for you. … Sarah and Carrie were on the Bubbly Sesh podcast talking about Hallmark movies! It’s perfect for this time of year when we’re in Hallmark holiday movie overload. You can download the podcast … Continue reading Links: Meetups, She-Ra, & More

Saturday Night Romance Event at the Library of Congress Book Festival, and More!

National Book Festival 2015

If you’re in the Washington, DC, area and feel like hearing some awesomeness directly fed into your excellent eardrums, heads up! There is a Romance Pavilion at this year’s Library of Congress National Book Festival, which, hell YEAH, we get a pavilion! More things deserve a pavilion, right? This Saturday night, September 5, at 7:15 pm, there’s a Romance Fiction event with Beverly Jenkins, Sarah MacLean, and Paige Tyler, moderated by Petra Mayer at NPR. Each author … Continue reading Saturday Night Romance Event at the Library of Congress Book Festival, and More!

Announcing NPR’s Summer of Love: The List of 100 Swoon-Worthy Romances

Illustration of two people on a romantic date, both reading books. The man is reading a pink novel and the woman, who has beautiful braids and a long dress, is reading with a GIANT stack of books beside her

I was part of a four-person committee force (or task-ittee?) with Michelle Monkou, Sherry Thomas, and Bobbi Dumas to determine the NPR’s Summer of Love list of 100 Swoon-Worthy Romances. After a ton (a TON) of nominations via Google and two very long (whoa long) conference calls, the list has been announced. Have a look at the NPR top 100 Romances! AND ALSO THE GRAPHIC which I LOVE SO MUCH, and was created by Mary … Continue reading Announcing NPR’s Summer of Love: The List of 100 Swoon-Worthy Romances

It’s the Summer of Love at NPR Books!

NPRs Summer of Love image - a cartoon guy looking nonplussed that the woman in his arms is paying closr attention to her book than to him. Of note: both are not visibly caucasian - woo!

This summer is the Summer of Love at NPR Books – all summer, they’ll be celebrating and highlighting romances, and they’d like to know your favorites! We’re bringing back our famous summer reader poll this year, and as the days get longer (and the nights get hotter), we think it’s the perfect time to celebrate romance. Whether you love historicals, paranormals, inspirationals, young adult, Amish, romantic suspense, contemporaries (or, like some people around here, you’d … Continue reading It’s the Summer of Love at NPR Books!