SuperWendy@romancelandia.club · 1 day agoIt's Veteran's Day (thank you veterans for your service!) which means yours truly has a day off. Before I go to the dentist later today (ugh) - it's time to catch up with some #RomBkBlog tootsplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIt's Veteran's Day (thank you veterans for your service!) which means yours truly has a day off. Before I go to the dentist later today (ugh) - it's time to catch up with some #RomBkBlog tootsplus-squareSuperWendy@romancelandia.club · 1 day agomessage-square0fedilink
voracread@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoSearching for 1800s England manor storiesplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-squareSearching for 1800s England manor storiesplus-squarevoracread@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square4fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 3 days ago#WhatchaReading ? I've managed to finish two very good contemporary romances: Canadian Boyfriend and Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (YA.) Both had themes of betrayal, and were masterclasses in owning yourplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I've managed to finish two very good contemporary romances: Canadian Boyfriend and Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry (YA.) Both had themes of betrayal, and were masterclasses in owning yourplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 3 days agomessage-square2fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 21 days agoNo, no, it's too cruel!plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareNo, no, it's too cruel!plus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 21 days agomessage-square2fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 30 days ago#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. 😂 Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between aplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down13
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Forgotten Dead by Jordan Hawk in a terrified kind of way. 😂 Seriously scary! Also very casually queer, and with a delightful, light on steam m/m romance between aplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 30 days agomessage-square4fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 1 month ago#WhatchaReading ? I'm finding My Roommate is a Vampire a fun, easy read, but am unconvinced by the romance. Not feeling the undead chemistry. 😂plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I'm finding My Roommate is a Vampire a fun, easy read, but am unconvinced by the romance. Not feeling the undead chemistry. 😂plus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 1 month agomessage-square1fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 2 months agoI managed to get a review finished for the first time since I had covid! It might be just because this was so easy to criticize. 🙄plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareI managed to get a review finished for the first time since I had covid! It might be just because this was so easy to criticize. 🙄plus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 2 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I'm reading Stay by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy and liking it, except I am totally earwormed now.plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I'm reading Stay by Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy and liking it, except I am totally earwormed now.plus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 2 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I finished Right Where We Left Us, a second chance romance which has some lovely writing and great romantic moments. I was impatient with the characters though, for hiding so muchplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I finished Right Where We Left Us, a second chance romance which has some lovely writing and great romantic moments. I was impatient with the characters though, for hiding so muchplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · edit-23 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Art of Scandal by Regina Black, an older woman/young man romance about a Black woman who gave up her art and interests to help her white politician husband, and has toplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed The Art of Scandal by Regina Black, an older woman/young man romance about a Black woman who gave up her art and interests to help her white politician husband, and has toplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · edit-23 months agomessage-square2fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 4 months ago"men always supposed their feelings were much too complicated for any one to understand them."plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down13
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square"men always supposed their feelings were much too complicated for any one to understand them."plus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 4 months agomessage-square1fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 4 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed Come As You Are by Jess K. Hardy, a romance with middle-aged characters! (Though still in great shape.) FMC is trying to save her father's ski hill, which her evilplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down12
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed Come As You Are by Jess K. Hardy, a romance with middle-aged characters! (Though still in great shape.) FMC is trying to save her father's ski hill, which her evilplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 4 months agomessage-square8fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 4 months agoAnyone managing to read? If so, #WhatchaReading ? After many a yawning DNF, I was so relieved to be engaged by New Adult romance A Guy Like Him by Amanda Gambill. (On KU.) Could've used some editing,plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareAnyone managing to read? If so, #WhatchaReading ? After many a yawning DNF, I was so relieved to be engaged by New Adult romance A Guy Like Him by Amanda Gambill. (On KU.) Could've used some editing,plus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 4 months agomessage-square4fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed the dated charm of Across the Counter by Mary Burchell, where the up-and-coming shopgirl gets promoted and gets to eat in the assistant buyers dining room! Which begs theplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I enjoyed the dated charm of Across the Counter by Mary Burchell, where the up-and-coming shopgirl gets promoted and gets to eat in the assistant buyers dining room! Which begs theplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I finished Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly, which would be an excellent choice for this month's "Bananapants" #TBRChallenge . (Alas, I already read a truly terrible Harlequinplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I finished Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly, which would be an excellent choice for this month's "Bananapants" #TBRChallenge . (Alas, I already read a truly terrible Harlequinplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months agoCame across an odd sentence in the Harlequin Presents I'm reading for the #TBRChallenge . It says the heroine's dress makes her look "very feminine, but hid none of her curves."plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareCame across an odd sentence in the Harlequin Presents I'm reading for the #TBRChallenge . It says the heroine's dress makes her look "very feminine, but hid none of her curves."plus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months agomessage-square4fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I'm halfway through Behind These Doors, a queer historical (with some polyamory) involving class issues and women's suffrage. One main character is a "nob," the other a reporter whoplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I'm halfway through Behind These Doors, a queer historical (with some polyamory) involving class issues and women's suffrage. One main character is a "nob," the other a reporter whoplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilink
EH Lupton@romancelandia.club · 5 months agoIf you ever wanted a version of Dionysus in Wisconsin that was short, set in 2010, and replaced most of the magic with discussions of philosophy, I've got a new short story out! It's free and full ofplus-squareromancelandia.clubimagemessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageIf you ever wanted a version of Dionysus in Wisconsin that was short, set in 2010, and replaced most of the magic with discussions of philosophy, I've got a new short story out! It's free and full ofplus-squareromancelandia.clubEH Lupton@romancelandia.club · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I found Level Up by Cathy Yardley a bit of a slog. She's reworked some of the same themes (career vs love, introversion vs isolation) in later books more successfully, and the geekyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down12
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I found Level Up by Cathy Yardley a bit of a slog. She's reworked some of the same themes (career vs love, introversion vs isolation) in later books more successfully, and the geekyplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months agomessage-square2fedilink
The Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months ago#WhatchaReading ? I read The Wedding Dress by Mary Burchell, one of the follow-ups to Under the Stars of Paris and inevitably a bit meh in comparison. The great design house setting is fun but theplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square#WhatchaReading ? I read The Wedding Dress by Mary Burchell, one of the follow-ups to Under the Stars of Paris and inevitably a bit meh in comparison. The great design house setting is fun but theplus-squareThe Aforementioned W@romancelandia.club · 5 months agomessage-square1fedilink
