Today’s Links: Romance and Feminism – A post from romance author Emma Barry about how the genre of romance isn’t feminist itself, but reading it and discussing it can be a feminist act. What I’m saying is that romance makes… Read more »
Flower in the Desert by Lavender Parker
After our recent guest post by Jill Flower In The Desert was Twitter nominated as the second entry in our Let’s Read A Damn Book series. Lavender Parker is a new to me author but this cover was to die for…. Read more »
The Duke’s Wager by Edith Layton
Every genre reader has a definitive author – an author that captures what they love most about romance. For me, that author is Edith Layton. Although I rarely re-read, the only book I read in December was The Duke’s Wager. As… Read more »
Jill’s Reading Challenge: Diversity
Last year Meoskop wrote a post that really resonated with me called Reading While White. She challenged white readers to examine the choices we make and be more proactive about seeking out diversity. I’ve always tried to include diverse characters… Read more »
Meoskop’s Holiday Party Playlist
For a number of reasons I haven’t felt like reading in weeks. In an often troubled and combative reviewing community, there is one point on which we can agree – Christmas Carols are terrible. I mean, sure, there are probably… Read more »
Links: Thursday, December 18th
Today’s Links: Why Female Authors Get Angry at Erasure – I’ve refrained from linking to the Konrath brouhaha because the man’s ego doesn’t need more attention, but this reaction from Beth Revis is worth reading for how it gets to… Read more »
Links: Tuesday, December 16th
Today’s Links: Fixing the Problematic Legacy of Romance/Erotica: Polyamory is NOT Cheating – @fangirlJeanne talks about seeing a book review give a content warning for consensual non-monogamy and term it cheating. While I’ve been browsing through what other readers have… Read more »
The Trouble With Tokens
Much of my tweet stream has been annoyed with a male author attempting to redefine the erotic romance genre in his own image. To that I say whatever – when money appears there is always a white guy with an entitlement… Read more »
The Duke’s Wager by Edith Layton
Edith Layton’s family recently re-released this as an ebook, so I thought I’d post my review of the old Signet edition. Romance readers often talk about their “conversion kits” to refer to romances they’d recommend to their genre-critical friends and… Read more »
Links: Thursday, December 11th
Today’s Links: Dear Book World: Stop Making Excuses For Your Race Problem – A needed call for editors and other decisionmakers to put up or shut up on diversifying their lineups. The time for talk has passed. I understand, from… Read more »
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