Being Black every day makes Black History Month a little strange. I mean, we’re making history 365, baby. But I wanted to do something to commemorate the month in Romance Lit. There’s been a lot of talk about Diversity in… Read more »
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Links: Friday, February 27th
Today’s Links: Paying my respects to Bertrice Small – Romance pioneer Bertrice Small, whose historical sagas packed with kinky sex were many readers’ first tastes of romance, died Tuesday at the age of 77. There’s also a longer obituary at… 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 »
All I Want Is Everything by Daaimah S. Poole
Despite being classified as a romance by my local library Daaimah S. Poole’s All I Want Is Everything lacks one of the three key elements of the genre. There’s no hero here, unless you consider the heroine’s brother in that… Read more »
Links: Thursday, September 11th
Today’s Links: Romance Writers Told This Type of Hero Would Never Sell. These Authors Showed How Hot They Could Be. – I wish very much that mainstream coverage of romance could move beyond sneering derision or uncritical puff pieces. I… Read more »
Let the Lover Be by Sheree L. Greer
The cover of this book jumped out at me when I was browsing NetGalley one afternoon earlier this summer. Something about the bubblegum pink background mixed with that kinda butch black model caught my eye and made me read the… Read more »
The Color of Love by Sandra Kitt
This book went on my shopping list a while ago when multiple people tweeted their excitement over seeing it released in ebook after it was published almost twenty years ago. When that wasn’t quite enough to get me over my… Read more »
A Band Called Death
I am so late to the Death party. Super late. Late enough that I’m pretty sure you’re saying “How did you not know about this?” Whatever – just in case you haven’t arrived yet, let me walk you in. In 1974… Read more »
Watson And Holmes by Karl Bollers and Rick Leonardi
I picked up issue one of Karl Bollers and Rick Leonardi’s Watson And Holmes at Comixology. Karl Bollers was new to me. I’d try another book by him but I don’t think I’ll be back for more of Watson And Holmes. There… Read more »
Seduction’s Canvas by K.M. Jackson
I’m giving up on K.M. Jackson books for now. Two DNF reviews in a row feels less like reviewing and more like piling on. I picked up Seduction’s Canvas because it’s in the third person. Jackson’s Bounce has a lot of strong reviews,… Read more »
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