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willaful, 3 hours ago to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading ? I listened to Codename Charming, which I liked a fair bit more than Battle Royal, although I don't think the audiobook did it a lot of favors. (It was good enough to keep listening to, but the MMC's voice wasn't great.) The hero is a Mountain, which I always love.

Also read Ten Things I Hate About the Duke, which I thought had some plotting issues, but Chase always does such great relationships and interactions.

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jillrhudy, 5 days ago to bookstodon

I'm in a reading slump! I had a long weekend and couldn't get any book to "catch." I need ideas! Something that grabs the reader from paragraph one but isn't a thriller. @bookstodon

ElleSabine, 7 days ago to romancelandia

I have a confession to make.

I have never - never - #read a Nora Roberts #book. I could try to excuse myself, but it comes down to the fact that my mom & MIL both read them all. So I didn’t.

Which one should be my first? Left to my own devices, I might pick The Liar.
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willaful, 10 days ago to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading ? I DNF'd His Improper Proposal by Aydra Richards; really didn't like the uneven power dynamic between the two main characters, and the whole set-up was pretty ridiculous. This was her first book and she got much, much better.

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willaful, 14 days ago to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading? I #AmReading His Forgotten Bride by Aydra Richards, an amnesia story, yay!. My third by her and I'm really enjoying them; nice to be able to read historical romance again. She's kind of old fashioned but not Old Skool, if that makes sense.

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willaful, 15 days ago to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading ? #JustFinished Tramps and Vagabonds by Aster Glenn Gray & am so happy to be loving her books again. Like The Sleeping Soldier, this explores attitudes about male affection/same-sex activity in the past--this time the 1930s Depression. As always, it's very immersive and touching, sweet despite very tense situations. The happy ending is a bit abrupt; I'd have like to see more thought process for the characters. But generally I loved it.

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willaful, 15 days ago to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading ? I finally, finally #JustFinished Mortal Follies, a book much longer and twee-er than it needs to be, though the sticking point for me, unlike most critics, was not the omniscient narrator Puck but the absolutely unnecessary and unbearable Miss Bickle. Cut her completely out and you'd be left with quite an interesting story. I did enjoy the dark and brooding heroine.

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jarulf, 20 days ago to bookstodon

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I really want to read the next Penric and Desdemona collection by Lois McMaster Bujold. I think she only publishes the individual stories on Amazon.

Enjoying Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher right now, though.

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willaful, 21 days ago to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading ? I'm actually working on a review (!) of Out on a Limb, by Hannah Bonam-Young, which I mostly loved. Also doing way too many buddy reads, including Montana Sky by Nora Roberts and A Passage to India. You know, for a change of pace. 😁

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Diva007, 28 days ago to romancelandia

#DailyDiva

Day 27 of #RomanceAwarenessMonth and today's post is dedicated to @lenoreo as she mentioned #CinnamonRoll MMCs in a recent reply. My fave Cinnamon Roll Hero is probably Martin in Olivia Dade's "Teach Me": he's been hurt in a previous relationship; he's a doting dad; he is sweet and gentle with the FMC Rose, until he becomes a dirty talking sexy lover (after seeking her consent for talking dirty, of course).
Please share your cinnamon roll recs!
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willaful, 29 days ago to romancelandia

For anyone interested, my #RippedBodiceBingo squares:

Kissing for Science: Gouda Friends/Yardley

Body of Water on Cover: Remember Me/Balogh

Fae: The Sleeping Solider/Grey

Prohibition: His Trophy Mistress/Clair

Trains: Magic Flutes/Ibbotson

Farm: Beguilement/Bujold

Librarian: Love Overdue/Morsi

Bachelorette Party: The Wedding Season/Loring

cont.

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Diva007, 30 days ago to romancelandia

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Day 25 of #RomanceAwarenessMonth and that means it is exactly four months until Christmas Day! WOAH! Yes, I went there even though the Northern Hemisphere Summer is still here. Today I wanted to share just three favourite #ChristmasNovellas:

"A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong" as recommended to me by @notTheAudience
"A Holiday by Gaslight" rec from @herhandsmyhands
"Wrapped" by Rebekah Weatherspoon - one of my favourite books, I re-read it often.

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willaful, 1 month ago to romancelandia

A wonderful close read of the complexities of the ending of We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian, bringing in the concept of "queer time."

https://closereadingromance.com/2023/08/22/in-conclusion-part-3-we-could-be-so-good-by-cat-sebastian/

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NickEast, 1 month ago to bookbubble

Brains just want to read (for fun) 😆

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Diva007, 1 month ago to romancelandia

#JustFinishedReading "Heartsong" by A E Wasp, one of the books in the #VinoAndVeritas series. The MMCs have some tough issues to go through, but they are so sweet to each other! Shipley's Cider is referenced (IYKYK) and Vermont weather plays a key part in the plot... ⚠️TW for homophobic family members, kidnapping and PTSD because of off the page conversion therapy. I really liked this book!

♥️MM
♥️Age Gap
♥️Landlord & Housemate
♥️Disability Representation

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willaful, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading ? , Though only published in 2018, Lights and Sirens by Lisa Henry has sadly aged like milk, at least for this American. A cop throwing his weight around, even to protect his boyfriend, does not fly. There's an interesting arc for the other MMC, a paramedic who's mentally overloaded by too many horrific accidents, but it's all kind of brushed over in the end, and the romance also happens way too quickly.

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willaful, 1 month ago to romancelandia

Possibly my favorite line from The Sleeping Soldier: "what do you people have against punctuation, Caleb? You haven't lived till you've used a dash and a semicolon in the same sentence."

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skyekilaen, 1 month ago to bookstodon

Anybody have recs for single-author science fiction and/or fantasy/paranormal short story collections? I'm especially interested in marginalized authors.

My faves so far:

• 'Nathan Burgoine's Of Echoes Born (paranormal)
• Zen Cho's Spirits Abroad (fantasy/paranormal)
• Iona Datt Sharma's Not For Use In Navigation (mix of science fiction and fantasy)

Self-recs are cool, too!

#ScienceFiction #fantasy #Bookstodon @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon

herhandsmyhands, 1 month ago to random

Starting today!

@romancelandia

#RomanceForMaui: one week auction, starting today August 15 at 3pm Eastern

If you are interested in donating items, go here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOEYq7AXY64YPaOWM-GrDBmUGXmFuSsd6nl5Fr8sgX5qbbYA/viewform

The auction itself is here:
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

Please boost for wider reach.

franciscawrites, 1 month ago to bookstodon

In honor of Gary Larson's birthday, repost with a Far Side cartoon that you love.

#Farside #comics #WritingCommunity
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herhandsmyhands, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to romancelandia

@romancelandia

#RomanceForMaui: one week auction, starting on Tuesday.

If you are interested in donating items, go here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOEYq7AXY64YPaOWM-GrDBmUGXmFuSsd6nl5Fr8sgX5qbbYA/viewform

The auction itself is here:
https://www.32auctions.com/romanceformaui

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tanyagold, 1 month ago to bookstodon

Tell me all about the novels I should be reading that have nonbinary characters in them. I want more of these stories in my life 💕🌈

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