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Links: Tattoos, Small Kitties, & More

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Welcome back to Wednesday Links! How was your weekend? My partner and I saw Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse. We loved it and are tempted to go see it again, but this time in IMAX. It was so much fun and wow, do I want to see Daniel Kaluuya play more fun roles. Have any of you watched it yet? It was also just a slow, lazy weekend. I abandoned all of my plans to be productive … Continue reading Links: Tattoos, Small Kitties, & More

Links: Tattoos, Plagiarism, & More

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Welcome back to Wednesday Links where I am definitely very sleepy! So far this week, every day has felt like a Monday. Between the heat and this pandemic, I’m just over it. Counties near me are going back to mask mandates and I’m all for doing whatever is best for the community, but it just makes me sad. Anyone else feeling the same way? Thank god I had therapy yesterday. … We all knew that … Continue reading Links: Tattoos, Plagiarism, & More

Book Review

Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne

Second First Impressions

I read Second First Impressions at exactly the right time. A big theme in this romance is healing from trauma and coming out of isolation, and at the time I read it I had just scheduled my first Covid shot. This theme resonated so much with me I found myself crying while I read, big fat tears soaking into my pillow, but it was a cathartic cry and it felt good. There were also moments … Continue reading Second First Impressions by Sally Thorne

Links: The More You Know

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Gather ’round for ye olde links. Most of today’s things would go in the “informative” category of the internet. How useful the information is? Well, honestly that’s up to you. A couple of these you could tuck away for an obscure game-winning question in pub trivia. … If you love crafting, Frolic has some book recommendations that combine the hobby with romance characters! Surprised Real Men Knit isn’t on there! … I loved this mini … Continue reading Links: The More You Know

Links: Tattoos, Mythology, & More

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It’s Wednesday and BookLovers Con is about to kick off! SBTB is here and we’d love to meet you if you see us all out and about. We also are doing a live podcast taping tomorrow. If you reserved your spot for that, it’s going to be a fantastic time! … I’m a sucker for mythology retellings in romance, so I particularly loved these recommendations by Sil over at Frolic.Media! I’ve only read one of … Continue reading Links: Tattoos, Mythology, & More

Book Review

The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan

The Game Plan

Oh, Game Plan. How do I love thee. Let me count the ways. The newest book in the Game On series is about a man-bunned, tattooed, and bearded virgin football player. And that was all that anyone needed to tell me before I one-clicked so hard that I pulled a muscle. I should also note that this is my first book by Kristen Callihan, and readers are totally okay to jump right into the series with this … Continue reading The Game Plan by Kristen Callihan

Romance Readers’ Literary Tattoos, Part Two!

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We had such a great time with our first Literary Tattoos post, and we had such an outpouring of more fabulous ink that we decided to do another one! There’s even a SBTB group tattoo in the works, if we can manage to all agree on a design. Maybe these pieces from readers and authors will give us some inspiration. Susan has a trail of books on the top of her foot, courtesy of Sharonn … Continue reading Romance Readers’ Literary Tattoos, Part Two!

Book Review

Opening Up by Lauren Dane

Opening Up

I tend to do a lot of reading on business trips because there’s not much else to do once the work day is done. In fact my boss actually sells me on trips–like to Alabama in fucking July–by saying “Hey, think of all the reading you’ll get done!” So I saved Opening Up and Falling Under by Lauren Dane for this trip and boy-howdy am I happy I did. First of all, let’s take a moment to appreciate … Continue reading Opening Up by Lauren Dane

Romance Readers’ Literary Tattoos

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I love literary tattoos and can spend a LOT of time looking at the (now defunct) Contrariwise gallery of tattoos, the collections on Pinterest or Tumblr, or TattooLit. Too much time, probably. Recently, though, Elyse got a truly gorgeous literary tattoo, and we shared it on Twitter and Instagram:   Isn’t that beautiful? When we asked if any of you had literary tattoos, the answers were equally gorgeous. Teri has a beautiful arm tattoo:   Liz’s … Continue reading Romance Readers’ Literary Tattoos