- New adult romance - Overworked, grumpy hero (big brother's ex-friend) - Fresh-out-of-uni heroine - A rambling old house in Oxford - Sri Lankan party food! Nominated for RNA Romantic Comedy award 2017 Buy Girl Having A Ball https://books2read.com/GHAB

Here is my review of SLOW BURN by Amal Singh

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I opened my laptop to do something specific. I can't remember what it is now.

I opened my laptop to do something specific. I can't remember what it is now.

May's #YearOfTheBook review is #ANaturalHistoryOfDragons by Marie Brennan #bookreview #bookblogger #bookshine #YOTB #May #Dragons #fictionalmemoir #LadyTrent #naturalscience #VictorianExplorer #mythologicalcreatures #fantasy

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Hear ye! Hear ye!! A girl is pleased to announce that HULU has picked up the option for our beloved Blessings series. Our writer, the very talented Sonay Hoffman will now begin creating the pilot's script. More details to come.

5 years ago, Alex met the perfect guy - but he ghosted her. Now he's back and he has the power to shut down her job. Knowing Me Knowing You is out Jan 2024. KJ Charles liked it. You might too! https://books2read.com/KMKY

I (28F) am in love w my computer game buddy (???M) but he's not interested because he's in love w someone in real life Also, there's this IT guy at work (30M) who's asking me out. He's cute, but he's not gamer guy, is he? Advice pls. PLAYING FOR LOVE https://books2read.com/PFL

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Elodie was hoping to expand her cake business to open a cafe, but Mal got 'her' cafe space instead. Now she has to work with him to cater a wedding that could change her business for ever. THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio. https://books2read.com/manbuns

‘Amazing!!!! This book was literally the best thing I’ve ever read.’ NetGalley reviewer. Can't ask for a better review than that! https://books2read.com/PPerfect

"This book was charming and captivating, warm and comforting. Everything I needed." Alana Oxford (author of Scotsman in the Stacks) Cosy, low spice, small town romance. The Valentine's Express on the Brambleberry Railway is out soon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GHQQMFKB/

I'm rewatching #CinderellaCloset and I'm still sad that Hikaru switched fully into boy mode after he and Haruka got together.

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Interesting thread on the tech side of LLMs and local LLMs vs data centres (setting aside the ethics, just focussing on the tech)

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

I (28F) am in love w my computer game buddy (???M) but he's not interested because he's in love w someone in real life Also, there's this IT guy at work (30M) who's asking me out. He's cute, but he's not gamer guy, is he? Advice pls. PLAYING FOR LOVE https://books2read.com/PFL

Teachers, schools, librarians - have you entered the @harpercollins.bsky.social Reading for Pleasure Awards yet? Recognition for the work you do + winners receive £250 of books from HarperCollins Children’s Books, Farshore, @barringtonstoke.bsky.social #EduSky booksforkeeps.co.uk/entries-open...

This is incredible

Grumpy Fake Boyfriend was released 8 years ago! Free in ebook at all retailers. jackielaubooks.com/books/grumpy...

‘Amazing!!!! This book was literally the best thing I’ve ever read.’ NetGalley reviewer. Can't ask for a better review than that! https://books2read.com/PPerfect

So many of you asked for tips on how to tidy up your Canva files. So here are my top tips for keeping track of your Canva designs. It boils down to - tag things so that you can find them again later, (video includes a step by step guide on how to do that). youtu.be/AGuL8Dn9wMg

The DepositPhotos deal is back! 100 credits, $49 (+10% off today only?). Seems like the price is higher because they’ve leaned in to AI bullshit like everyone else, but you CAN filter the stock photos to exclude genAI images. appsumo.com/products/dep...

Discomfort has always been a motivation to discriminate. Book bans are about preventing discomfort. Letting inadequate white people fail upwards is about preventing discomfort. They are pathetic, but the their pitifulness is less visible if they aren't next to the people who embarrass them

Elodie was hoping to expand her cake business to open a cafe, but Mal got 'her' cafe space instead. Now she has to work with him to cater a wedding that could change her business for ever. THE WINNER BAKES IT ALL - buy now in ebook, paperback or audio. https://books2read.com/manbuns

Want a FREE BOOK? - Plus sized beta hero - British-Asian heroine - Both work in STEM careers (microbiology) - he's been in love with her for ages - found family GIRL AT CHRISTMAS is free to my newsletter subscribers https://www.subscribepage.com/twitter_lander

The Lapworth Museum wants creative fiction from writers of any background! Stories must relate to themes including geology, dinosaurs, volcanoes, etc. Five winners selected by @profaliceroberts.bsky.social, Hannah Burrows, & Abbie Roberts. Submit through July. Full terms at ow.ly/5WU050Z28B0

Jack left Sue when she was 18 and no one has come close to her heart since. Now she's too busy running her bakery to think about love. But when Jack returns, old feelings are hard to ignore. Try a FREE second chance romance. https://books2read.com/u/3RByxL

📖 Rowe Irvin for Life Cycle of a Moth (Canongate) 📖 Gráinne O'Hare for Thirst Trap (Pan Macmillan, Picador) 📖 Issa Quincy for Absence (Granta Publications, Granta Books) Join us on 18 June at Southwark Cathedral to hear the winner. #SoAwards

We are delighted to announce the Betty Trask Award shortlist, presented for a first novel by a writer under 35. 📖 Harriet Armstrong for To Rest Our Minds and Bodies (Les Fugitives) 📖 Gabriel Flynn for Poor Ghost! (Sceptre, Hodder & Stoughton) 📖 George Harrison for Season (Eye Books, Lightning) 🧵

For some reason, when I open Google on my phone, it shows me ads about Sri Lanka as a holiday destination. Fair enough. I'm interested. The trouble is, all the images are AI. Some are plausible. Others, like Sigiriya looming over a beach, are really, really not. That's annoying.

A limerick. Based on a true story.

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-small town romance -second chance (love after loss) -enemies (ish) to lovers -looking after a teenager when there's no phone signal! -family loyalty is complicated Belonging - a ##romance ##novella ##britishromance www.books2read.com/u/bzPAZq

Jack left Sue when she was 18 and no one has come close to her heart since. Now she's too busy running her bakery to think about love. But when Jack returns, old feelings are hard to ignore. Try a FREE second chance romance. https://books2read.com/u/3RByxL

I can’t wait to participate in the “Romance While Disabled” panel! Because yes, we can be disabled and find romance. We can have the HFN and HEA while managing disabilities! To register for this FREE conference, go to: weeknightwriters.com/2026/04/18/s... #Disability #AuthorSky

Never feel guilty for borrowing books from a library. Authors LOVE libraries. And libraries pay authors a small sum every time one of their books is borrowed (which in many cases comes to more than the percentage earned from the sale of a book in a discount outlet)...

Writing Competition NOW live. Accepting submissions for short stories and poems. Judges @edwoodagent.bsky.social and Matthew West from Artfulscribe, supporting charity Roots & Shoots. Early bird 20% discount ends on 31st May Find out more: www.bournemouthwritingfestival.co.uk/2027-writing...

In case you were wondering, I cooked it in the slow cooker with a Peking Duck sauce. Crisped the skin in the grill afterwards. It was delicious. In other news, I am now mostly made of duck, plum sauce and wraps.

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Interesting post from @beccasyme.bsky.social on Substack. Now to figure out how to find the readers who like the sort of book I write. (Given that I can't really do big in person events). open.substack.com/pub/mythofun...

SIGNED BOOK NEWS! "Dark Reading Matter", the final book in the incredible Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde @jasperfforde.bsky.social is coming out later this year. Jasper will be signing copies for us and you can order one HERE if you like! www.biggreenbookshop.com/signed-copie...

A classic workplace romcom, with a lot of emails. Perfect for people who loved Meg Cabot's Boy series - Office romance - Celebrity Magazines - Annoying pop stars - Hiding from paparazzi - sibling friendship Buy Girl On The Run https://books2read.com/mlKGaZ

I personally could not face the disappointed audience as I came onstage #booksky @ilfdublin.bsky.social

And now that I'm back home, this week's Saturday snippet comes from my cozy-spooky romantasy novella A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience, which is out in ebook and paperback: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience #romancelandia

I (28F) am in love w my computer game buddy (???M) but he's not interested because he's in love w someone in real life Also, there's this IT guy at work (30M) who's asking me out. He's cute, but he's not gamer guy, is he? Advice pls. PLAYING FOR LOVE https://books2read.com/PFL