January TBR Challenge – We Love Short Shorts!
A new year is beginning and that brings a new TBR Challenge. As has been true for the last several years, the challenge is being hosted by Wendy the Super Librarian, and this month we’re tasked…
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A List of RWA Chapters Issuing Statements in the Wake of Recent Events
Many of our readers have probably been following recent events in RWA. In the wake of these developments at the national level, RWA local and online chapters have started to weigh in with statements both official…
Has RWA Lost Its Way?
Many readers have been busy with celebrations for various holidays this week and many more do not spend much time on Twitter, so some may have missed the news that dropped on December 23, 2019. To…
December TBR Challenge – Holiday Romances (any holiday!)
We’ve reached the end of another year (already?!), and it’s time for the holiday romance portion of TBR Challenge. This month we’re challenged to read a romance set during any holiday. One year Lynn was able…
November TBR Challenge – Sugar and Spice
This month’s prompt for TBR Challenge was “Sweet or Spicy.” While most of the romances I read currently contain sex scenes, I think of erotic romance when I’m thinking of something truly spicy, and I see…
October TBR Challenge – Paranormal or Romantic Suspense
This month’s TBR prompt, Paranormal or Romantic Suspense, is always fun. Both subgenres cover a lot of ground, so there can be an embarrassment of riches when it comes to picking out something to read. This…
September TBR Challenge – Kickin’ It Old School
This month’s TBR Challenge prompt invites us to go into the Wayback Machine, or at least the Kinda Wayback Machine. Tasked with reading something more than ten years old, we both dug into our book stacks….
August TBR Challenge – Random Pick
What can I say about August? It’s hot, we’re all feeling a little languid and lazy – it’s the perfect time to have a random book pick in the TBR Challenge. No theme, no worries, just…
July TBR Challenge – Contemporary Romance
Talk about an overwhelming prompt! This month we are challenged to read a contemporary romance for the TBR Challenge, and that leaves readers with an embarrassment of riches as contemporaries have been in high supply for…
June TBR Challenge – Historical Romance
I have to admit that I loved being prompted to read a historical this month. Historicals and gothics were my first loves, but my reading habits have evolved over time, and I don’t read as many…