It’s our first Wednesday Links of June! Happy Pride everybody! Both my partner and I are queer people, so we’re trying to nail down our Pride plans. We’re very torn between going to a Pride celebration and seeing a coworker’s queer colorguard performance in a parade or honestly, being introverts and celebrating amongst ourselves in front of our AC unit. Warm temps in New England aren’t the kindest when you live on the second and … Continue reading Links: Knitting Scandals, Parody Songs, & More →
I read the first chapter of Spoiler Alert and was sucked into a compulsive reading vortex, becoming annoyed when work or sleep tried to distract me from gobbling up the book. It’s a delightful celebrity romance that treats writing sexy fanfiction as a worthy creative pursuit. It also has a classic falling for your penpal storyline, without the slow burn over correspondence that tends to annoy me. This story of a fanfiction writer who falls … Continue reading Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade →
Hey, everyone! It’s quite an interesting time to exist on this earth. There are lots of things to worry about, namely the upcoming election and COVID-19. I want to stress how important it is to take care of yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. Breaks from social media have helped me. For physical stuff, do some social distancing if you can (read some books!) and keep washing those hands! Stay safe out there, friends! … Think dogs … Continue reading Links: The Ripped Bodice Diversity Report, KitchenAid, & More →
We are just barreling toward the end of March! At least that’s how I feel, and it’s certainly been a month. I had a bit of a reading slump and then this week, I read two books in two days. Don’t ask me how or why. Anyway, let’s get to some links, shall we? … Thank you to LMC for letting us know about these awesome Women in STEM posters! They’re also available in seven different … Continue reading Links: Posters, TV Adaptations, & More →
The main thing you need to know about The Calculating Stars is that it has a slow pace. The other thing you need to know is that it is feminist and nerdy. This alternate-history novel by Mary Robinette Kowal tells a story of women who worked as computers for the US Space Program and who fight to become astronauts. Much of what happens in the book happened in real life (see: Hidden Figures and The Mercury 13). … Continue reading The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal →
STEM characters alert! Earth Bound is a historical romance set in the early 1960s, part of the Fly Me To The Moon series. Before I go any further, may I say that it is refreshing to see a historical that isn’t set in the Regency Era, the Victorian Era, or the 1920s. I love reading romance in those time periods, but I also think that setting a romance series in the 1960s during early days … Continue reading Earth Bound by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner →
This was a light, somewhat sweet contemporary romance that hinted at potential depth but never quite got there. Ekaterina “Kit” Averin is a lab tech at a university, overworked and overqualified for her job. Before the book began, she and her two close friends, Greer and Zoe, played the lottery on a semi-drunken whim and won the jackpot. Greer and Zoe collected the winnings but Kit begged them to keep her windfall a secret, so … Continue reading Beginner’s Luck by Kate Clayborn →
Intermediate Thermodynamics is a romance between an aerospace engineer (“literally a rocket scientist”) and a screenwriter in LA. The cover bills it as a romantic comedy, which is fitting since it’s all told from the point of view of the heroine. Esther (the rocket scientist) and Jinny are best friends. Jinny has just broken up with an emotionally abusive man named Stuart but is considering going back to him. In an attempt to stave this … Continue reading Intermediate Thermodynamics by Susannah Nix →
This guest review from S.M. Lundberg is a perfect tie in to our recent guest rant on academic heroine, as the heroine works in a STEM field! S.M.’s a recovering journalist turned tech support and hobby writer. She got started with romance novels as a teenager, sneaking paperbacks in and out of her mom’s closet (sorry, Mom). Now she proudly reads romance novels while enjoying a happily ever after with her husband and four kids (she … Continue reading Guest Review: Remedial Rocket Science by Susanna Nix →
It’s Wednesday Links time, where we poke around the internet for cool things to share. Tomorrow is June 1st, which hopefully means summer will be starting soon in New England and my allergies will finally taper off. … If you haven’t heard of Designer Daddy, he’s a popular designer on Instagram who recreates popular Disney dresses. His work really is gorgeous. For Mother’s Day, he turned Disney princesses into Disney queens, asking the models to write … Continue reading Links: Queens, Smart Heroines, & a Giveaway →
