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A Short Tour of a Japanese Bookstore

Mango instruction page teaching me how to say Is there a bookstore around here? in Japanese

This is going to be a terribly indulgent post. At the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, I was in Japan with my family. This trip was in part to celebrate my older son’s bar mitzvah and to satisfy our collective enjoyment of really long flights. (As I write this, the 14 hour jet lag is still kicking my ass.) We spent time in Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka, and Tokyo, and loved every minute. … Continue reading A Short Tour of a Japanese Bookstore

Book Review

Romance Readers Guide to Historic London by Sonja Rouillard

Romance Readers Guide to Historic London

I read travel guides like any other book. In a world where people seeeeeeeeeeem to think Oh, no, who uses Lonely Planet anymore when you’ve got the internet in your pocket, let me tell you, internet. Browsing through a travel guide is worth your time. You’ll find at least one thing that you may not have found on Expedia’s Top Ten Things to do in London that is clearly a perfect trap set personally for … Continue reading Romance Readers Guide to Historic London by Sonja Rouillard

Links: Site News, Activism, Traveling, & Romance

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

It’s time for Wednesday links, y’all! We have some site stuff to announce and some romance recommendation links to send your TBR into overload. … In case you missed it, we created an Amazon store for books we’d recommend and titles that we consider bestsellers from the last two weeks. Our SBTB Recommends store features books that have earned a B grade or higher on the site (going back about two months). We also have … Continue reading Links: Site News, Activism, Traveling, & Romance