Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.

Friday Romance Deals (01/09): A hockey goalie wakes up married to a cellist, second chance with secret baby, forced proximity with childhood friends & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2026/01/frid...

“pivot to video” no thanks I’m gonna pivot to the woods

Dear man in the next lane at the stoplight who laughed at my car karaoke, You have a sound system that can play any music you want. You could be listening to your favorite song in the world right now. The question isn't why am I dancing in my car. The question is: why aren't you? No love, Jordan

It's official! Bookstore registrations for #BookstoreRomanceDay 2026 are now open to ALL #IndieBookstores. Bookstores can register at the link below. Readers & authors, make sure to share the link with your favorite independent bookstores & encourage them to register.

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Starting the morning off right. Starting the year off right. #NewYear #Coffee #CoffeeAndBooks

Feeling so virtuous as I eat a salad for lunch…as well as fries leftover from last night. #balance

I guess I play hockey now?

Last night I dreamed someone was badmouthing romance novels so I had to punch them. How's your day going?

Petsitting is such a great gig. Can you believe I get paid to hang out with this handsome gent?

Holds true for Michigan romance as well.

It’s stuff your kindle day with loads of free ebooks www.romancebookworms.com/kindle-categ...

I may or may not have eaten cookies for breakfast. (I totally ate cookies for breakfast.) #TisTheSeason

If you must go to the grocery store today, be sure to wear your patient pants. I’m at Kroger with, apparently, all the rest of Michigan. It’s amateur hour. People who never shop are out here wandering the aisles and calling home for guidance. I’m going to be here for a minute.

Love this!

one of the things being a romance reader has taught me is that purity culture (all sex is bad) and porn culture (all sex is salacious/emotionally hollow) are just two sides of the same coin, and it's really not worth fighting with either group of people.

Life hack: if you see an advent calendar on sale this time of year, BUY IT. Advent calendars aren’t just for December. Let yourself have a lil treat every day in January, and by the time it’s done, longer days will be here.

If your story was written by AI, you didn’t actually write it, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards. If your story was assisted by AI, you used tools that are built on plagiarism, and that’s why I don’t want it or think it should be eligible for awards.

Guys, what are we going to do with ourselves after the last episode of Heated Rivalry airs, asking for a friend?

Publicly shitting all over your estranged kids for daring to cut contact just proves they were right to cut contact, ma'am.

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

His death is inconceivable. My heart breaks for his family.

Same.

Watching in real time people learning to love the genre I've been reading and loving for 45 years has been a trip! Also, when you do it right, romance books make great TV!!

Anyone got Kobo+ recommendations for audiobooks? I'm currently looking for a romcom contemporary written by authors who as far as you know don't use AI and aren't racist 🙃

Is reading your favorite, too? If Buddy the Elf read spicy romance, he'd choose these books! You might not an elf, but you can still be excited, enthusiastic, and happy with romance books! Find your next holiday read with Magical Holidays: Romances Books for the Season. bit.ly/MagicalHolid...

This whole thread.

It's #GivingTuesday and I humbly suggest directly supporting your local authors, artists, and creatives if you're able to do so. I know so many talented folks in #romacelandia and beyond who would appreciate it, and will pour it back into other local causes or businesses.

Final day! Treat yourself. #amreading #amreadingromance

Someone buy me one of everything on this list. Please and thank you. alexkourvo.com/2025/11/25/t...

being horny is all fine and well—I read and write [very] horny books—but ultimately, for me, romance is about comfort. it’s about knowing what’s coming, and knowing it’s going to be okay. the more chaotic the world is, the more romance I consume.

me, when i see people posting that they have newly discovered just how vast the romance genre is. welcome new friends! please respect the space. LOL.

Reminder that your local indie author is a small business. Further reminder that your ereader deserves a little stocking stuffer too. Universal link. books2read.com/SoundHarmony

I had a little bit of homemade cranberry sauce left so I put it on top of vanilla ice cream. #SoYummy

Visit www.romancebooklovers.com today to find your next great read. Dive into over 900 Black Friday romance deals from Steamy to Historical and Clean to Paranormal. All for 99 cents each. Fall in love for less! #blackfriday #romancebookblast #99cents #romancereads #romancebooks

Starbucks response that unions aren't necessary makes it easier to continue boycotting them:

Me too! And when I say “love” I mean I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns.

This.

“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”

You are not bold and interesting for thinking not all genre romance books should have a happy ending. You are a person with an (extremely trite, at this point) opinion who should read genres of books that are not romance.

Psst. Want a cozy comfort read about a man who smells good all. the. time? It's free by the way...

Road trip!!

Whenever people diss the romance genre or act as if it is by definition second-rate, I think about how genuinely difficult it is to write a truly effective (and non wince-inducing) consensual sex scene (whether cute, fun, passionate, tragic, comedic, horny, moving, etc). Especially an explicit one.

Heads up kids, nominations for the 2026 #RomComBracket open December 1st

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

I just took the pipe under my bathroom sink apart, cleaned it out, and put it back together. Ladies, if you've never done this, I urge you to try. YouTube will teach you how and it all goes together like Legos. And that U-pipe is probably filthy.

Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)

Happy publication day to The Secret Mistletoe Promise by @cressmclaughlin.bsky.social and The Christmas Tree Killer by @cmacwritescrime.bsky.social - my preorders from @harpercollins.bsky.social arrived earlier this week 😍