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It's Friday and I'm celebrating with my pick!

High Energy by Dara Joy better be bananaing!
https://whiskeyinthejarromance.blogspot.com/2024/06/reading-update-tbrchallenge.html

I'm a little excited, if you couldn't tell :)

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@WhiskeyintheJar I think that's a safe bet! @romancelandia

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@willaful Heeheeeeeeeeee! Now I want to skip the gym and jammie up with this book Immediately
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? I finished Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly, which would be an excellent choice for this month's "Bananapants" . (Alas, I already read a truly terrible Harlequin Presents.) This is very fun smut if you can get past the premise (not everyone can.) The strong characters and sharp writing also make it work as romance.

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Came across an odd sentence in the Harlequin Presents I'm reading for the . It says the heroine's dress makes her look "very feminine, but hid none of her curves."

Might just be a careless way of writing but it implies that the "femininity" of the dress comes from an air of modesty and that demonstrating you have curves is generally considered unfeminine. Unless you do it just right.

Weird.

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shalafi ,

I think the author means in imply she had a classy look, not just hanging it all there like a TikTok thot. I'm seeing Rachael from Blade Runner.

Or for you Discworld nerds, Adora Belle Dearheart.

Dagwood222 ,

My guess would be that the writer confused the terms "ladylike" and "feminine."

A "lady" wouldn't want to look like she was showing off her body.

My vote is that it's bad writing and nothing else.

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For this month's , I attempted to read Kelly Oliver's Wolf (first in her Jessica James's series) Spoiler: DNF review.

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/wolf-by-kelly-oliver/

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Because I didn't feel right with my DNF review for this months' , I dug up another ancient ARC from the digital shelves: Nalini Singh's Rock Wedding

Amazingly, it worked quite well!

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2024/05/15/rock-wedding-by-nalini-singh/

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: Bananapants! https://smutreport.com/2024/06/20/tbr-challenge-bananapants/ via @smutreport (2 reviews! A bodice ripper and a hero impersonating a twin who was mauled to death by a gorilla because sure why not?) @romancelandia

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Finally, my read was, of course, a Harlequin Presents. An exiled King and a thrice-married heroine who is somehow still a virgin. Y'all just roll with it. https://wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/06/tbrchallenge-2024-expecting-royal.html @romancelandia

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Ya'll @WhiskeyintheJar understood the assignment for this month's Bananapants . I present you her review of High Energy by Dara Joy https://whiskeyinthejarromance.blogspot.com/2024/06/review-high-energy.html?spref=tw @romancelandia

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- Deductions (Aberrant Magic #1) by Lyn Gala https://bookish29.wordpress.com/2024/06/19/tbr-challenge-deductions-aberrant-magic-1-by-lyn-gala/ via Caz's Reading Room @romancelandia (Magical FBI agents!)

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– Bananapants!: Cathy’s Book: If Found Call (650) 266-8233 by Sean Stewart via @victoriajanssen @romancelandia (AND THE PHONE NUMBER STILL WORKS!)

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Our first Harlequin Presents appearance courtesy of Lynn at All About Romance. She read an HR nightmare Taming the Last St. Claire by Carole Mortimer but enjoyed it regardless https://allaboutromance.com/book-review/taming-the-last-st-claire-by-carole-mortimer/ @romancelandia

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First up, our dear @VaVeros returns to give us a 6 month round-up of her 2024 to date. A couple of these have no landed on my library wishlist https://shallowreader.com/2024/06/15/6-months-of-tbrs-reading-notes-72-77/ @romancelandia

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