It's been a bit of a week here at the Bat Cave. Work, family, health in general - I'll talk about things more as I put them in the rearview mirror - but it's been exhausting. What I need is a little Zen right now, which means catching up on my blog roll. #RomBkBlog toots will be incoming @romancelandia
Looking for some #romantasy ? These 27 books are all #FantasyRomance books with various levels of spice. (My book is part of this set, with low-spice and lots of adventure.)
Dionysus in Wisconsin has also been shortlisted for the New England Romance Writers Readers' Choice Award in the paranormal/fantasy/scifi/time travel category! I didn't get a chance to make a graphic specifically for this one, but I'm excited--being shortlisted means it went up against more traditional M/F romances and won!
Oh man, this is a good one folks! Tiffany Girl by Deeanne Gist is $1.99 right now. Slow burn, fade-to-black Americana with delicious, glorious tension! Gist started in inspirational but I wouldn't classify this one that way. If you miss the heyday of Americana romances, this is the book for you. My review from 2015: https://wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2015/05/tiffany-girl.html#RomBkBlog@romancelandia
You are reading a book by a new-to-you author, narrated from the point of view of a woman on a first date that's been set up through an online dating service. She's shown to be wary, as she's had prior bad experiences even with men she's known for years.
She's also a cop in her thirties.
And yet.
She lets him order her drink at the bar and bring it to her at their table.
This is how you can be sure the author is a straight cis man.
ICYMI: here's my review of Nick Louth's first in the Detective Jan Talantire series, The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle, in which I call out a number of issues with the writing and editing.
Public libraries must remain public cultura infrastructure if they're to fulfill their mission at all, let alone survive.
Worth noting how little it costs to keep them functioning compared to what cities everywhere pay cops--who, lest we forget, have no constitutional obligation to save, serve, or protect the public; to know the laws they're "applying", or not to commit crimes themselves.
Via @tuphlos, I just found out that Oklahoma's Supreme Court blocked the right wing state from banning books from public schools and penalizing schools who refused to comply with the fascists.
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Brit friends, help? Would someone from a good family--not aristocracy, but perhaps landed gentry--refer to themselves as "a posh" when talking to someone else? As in, "I may be a posh from (place), but..."
#RomancingTheVote, a genre romance authors-led effort that raised over US$750,000 for the 2020 and 2022 elections, mostly through silent auctions and funneling donations to Democratic candidates.
They're ramping up their efforts again, but since Xitter is, well, shitty, you can sign up for email notices here: https://forms.gle/h4yHf8VKQmsGaNQS8
Just over 40 hours into the five day auction, another milestone: #RomancingTheVote 2024 edition has already raised $100K to help folks vote in the #2024Election