8At the family camp we go to, there's a very large, boisterous, religious family that always sings together at meals, kind of like if Ned Flanders' family had 30 members. I've often wondered what an c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
3#WhatchaReading ? I read the Testimony by "Laura London" which I somehow missed when they were digitized. I might have liked it more then, but I found it mostly vibes and the vibes were dated and a c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 1 comments
2For @SuperWendy 's #TBRChallenge , I expounded more -- a lot more -- on The Paradise Problem. https://willaful.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/tbr-challenge-the-paradise-problem-by-christina-lauren/ c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
2#WhatchaReading ? I read The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren, a sunshiney poor girl/poor little rich boy romance which was a fairly decent effort to address the grossness of income inequality for c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
3#WhatchaReading ? I very much enjoyed What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon. It's a trope based plot--reunited first loves, convenient marriage--but doesn't rely on the tropes to do all the c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 2 comments
2#WhatchaReading ? I wanted a formulaic Harlequin Presents for vacation reading and Girl Behind the Scandalous Reputation by Michelle Condor delivered exactly that. Unfortunately also delivered a touch c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 1 comments
2#WhatchaReading ? I had to read Aydra Richard's latest #HistoricalRomance, Mercy Fletcher Meets Her Match, before KU ran out and I'm glad I did. It's a Loretta Chase-esque starchy hero/headstrong c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 1 comments
3#TopicOfTheDay Have you ever read a couple follow up or sequel that you really wish had never been written? c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 2 comments
2#WhatchaReading ? I Think They Love You by Julian Winters was a nice Valentine's Day read - a second chance/fake dating romance with a good growth arc for the lead. Lots of sweet pining and a big c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 5 comments
2#WhatchaReading ? I started the follow-up to Out On a Limb (my review of that: https://willaful.wordpress.com/2023/09/19/out-on-a-limb-by-hannah-bonam-young/). It's supposed to stand on its own but c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
3#WhatchaReading? I finished It Takes a Thief by Anne Stuart and even though it needed a good editing, -- far too much repetitious internal dialogue -- I still enjoy her storytelling. Some great c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 2 comments
2#TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think? c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 6 comments
4#WhatchaReading ? I'm in another recent Anne Stuart, It Takes a Thief. Liking this historical much more than Return to Mariposa, but both have the same continuity issue. 🤔 c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 4 comments
-2#WhatchaReading ? It's damn hard to enjoy billionaire romance these days, but Most Eligible Billionaire by Annika Martin is so engaging, I got through. And he is a very good billionaire, who likes to c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
5#WhatchaReading? I DNF'd Return to Mariposa by Anne Stuart. It's highly implausible, there's a huge continuity error, and it just felt... disconnected from itself, like nothing flowed in a reasonable c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 5 comments
5ooo! I just found out Mhari McFarlane pulished a follow up to Who's That Girl in 2024! Does it answer the all important question about the secondary characters?! We wanna know! c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
1#AmReading Cate C. Wells' latest, The Wild Wolf's Rejected Mate, and admiring how she comes up with new stories for the same trope. (I suspect current events may also be influencing her view of c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
2#WhatchaReading ? I found Cruel Winter With You sweet, but with a constant edge of creepy. The MMC persists in sounding like a little boy -- when he talks about all he wants to give her, I'm imagining c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
-1#AmReading The Nightmare Before Kissmas, and though the writing is engaging, I find the premise -- heartless corporate holiday families controlling their kids lives -- very alienating. Just makes me c/romancebooks · by willaful@romancelandia.club · 1y · 0 comments
on Grumble grumble Pride and Prejudice sucks Grumble Grumble · c/books · 1 pts · 1y@Libb I love Pride and Prejudice. @Vupware
on #WhatchaReading ? · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@Alice I can't find that -- is it fanfic? I like interesting prose. I've been reading romance for 20 some years and I'm jaded!
on #WhatchaReading ? I very much enjoyed What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon. It's a trope based plot--reunited first loves, convenient marriage--but doesn't rely on the tropes to do all the · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@lenoreo I may well have been, I did really like it. I'm surprised I didn't notice that, because it's just the sort of thing that drives me up the wall, but it's probably more glaring in audio. @romancebooks
on *Permanently Deleted* · c/books · 3 pts · 1y@aeternum I participate in a bunch of games/challenges that help me narrow things down.
on Any horror recommendations? · c/books · 3 pts · 1y@Brotha_Jaufrey Thornhedge is more on the fantasy side, though has some horrific elements. She writes both. @Postmortal_Pop
on #WhatchaReading ? I Think They Love You by Julian Winters was a nice Valentine's Day read - a second chance/fake dating romance with a good growth arc for the lead. Lots of sweet pining and a big · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@notTheAudience Oh, I read "Catfishing" last year and really enjoyed it. Did you know there's a sequel? @romancebooks
on #TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think? · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@Tiffany Nice! @romancelandia @romancebooks
on #TopicOfTheDay What's the most recent romance or romance-adjacent book you read and what did you think? · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@Tiffany I enjoyed that one very much also. Planning to read the second book soon. Third act breakups have gotten kind of terrible, haven't they? Sometimes they just seem so forced and obligatory. @romancelandia @romancebooks
on #WhatchaReading ? I'm in another recent Anne Stuart, It Takes a Thief. Liking this historical much more than Return to Mariposa, but both have the same continuity issue. 🤔 · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@lenoreo It's just driving me up the wall! Don't we get enough of entitled people in real life? @romancebooks
on #WhatchaReading? I DNF'd Return to Mariposa by Anne Stuart. It's highly implausible, there's a huge continuity error, and it just felt... disconnected from itself, like nothing flowed in a reasonable · c/romancebooks · 2 pts · 1y@subtext I haven't tried her yet but I'm happy for you!
on #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 your · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@notTheAudience I tried her historical and didn't care for it at all so I'm glad I gave her another shot. @romancebooks
on No, no, it's too cruel! · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@wendypalmer It doesn't necessarily have one, but I'm not that far in yet. The similarity is more meta. @romancebooks
on #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 a · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@notTheAudience I also liked Wildfire better than Icebreaker. And was really interested in the main character of this. @bookstodon @romancebooks
on #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 a · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 1y@notTheAudience Oh dear. I've been looking forward to it but you're not the first I've heard say it was disappointing. @bookstodon @romancebooks
on #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 to · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 2y@WhiskeyintheJar Nice! It goes on the list. @romancebooks
on #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 evil · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 2y@ScribblingSandy Oh, I have read at least one - Scorpio Summer. TV setting. Gonna try a few more I found at Open Library. @romancebooks
on #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 evil · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 2y@ScribblingSandy I don't think I've ever read her. Theatre book sound cool! @romancebooks
on Anyone 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, · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 2y@WhiskeyintheJar Oh dear. 😂@romancebooks
on #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 who · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 2y@wendypalmer Good to know, thanks! @romancelandia @romancebooks
on #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 who · c/romancebooks · 1 pts · 2y@wendypalmer Ah, the good book hangover! A Marvellous Light is so satisfying! I don't know The Mars House, will have to put it on the TBR. @romancelandia @romancebooks
@Libb I love Pride and Prejudice.
@Vupware
@Alice I can't find that -- is it fanfic?
I like interesting prose. I've been reading romance for 20 some years and I'm jaded!
@lenoreo I may well have been, I did really like it. I'm surprised I didn't notice that, because it's just the sort of thing that drives me up the wall, but it's probably more glaring in audio.
@romancebooks
@aeternum I participate in a bunch of games/challenges that help me narrow things down.
@Brotha_Jaufrey Thornhedge is more on the fantasy side, though has some horrific elements. She writes both. @Postmortal_Pop
@notTheAudience Oh, I read "Catfishing" last year and really enjoyed it. Did you know there's a sequel?
@romancebooks
@Tiffany Nice! @romancelandia @romancebooks
@Tiffany I enjoyed that one very much also. Planning to read the second book soon.
Third act breakups have gotten kind of terrible, haven't they? Sometimes they just seem so forced and obligatory.
@romancelandia @romancebooks
@lenoreo It's just driving me up the wall! Don't we get enough of entitled people in real life?
@romancebooks
@subtext I haven't tried her yet but I'm happy for you!
@notTheAudience I tried her historical and didn't care for it at all so I'm glad I gave her another shot.
@romancebooks
@wendypalmer It doesn't necessarily have one, but I'm not that far in yet. The similarity is more meta.
@romancebooks
@notTheAudience I also liked Wildfire better than Icebreaker. And was really interested in the main character of this.
@bookstodon @romancebooks
@notTheAudience Oh dear. I've been looking forward to it but you're not the first I've heard say it was disappointing.
@bookstodon @romancebooks
@WhiskeyintheJar Nice! It goes on the list.
@romancebooks
@ScribblingSandy Oh, I have read at least one - Scorpio Summer. TV setting. Gonna try a few more I found at Open Library. @romancebooks
@ScribblingSandy I don't think I've ever read her. Theatre book sound cool!
@romancebooks
@WhiskeyintheJar Oh dear. 😂@romancebooks
@wendypalmer Good to know, thanks!
@romancelandia @romancebooks
@wendypalmer Ah, the good book hangover! A Marvellous Light is so satisfying! I don't know The Mars House, will have to put it on the TBR.
@romancelandia @romancebooks