I laughed so hard at this.

Haven’t done this in a while. Currently reading with my ears//reading with my eyes *yes, I’m still on my Toni Anderson romantic suspense binge, lucky for me, she’s got a massive backlist, all on hoopla or Libby. **thanks to Chalamet for reminding me Chloe Angyal wrote a 3rd ballet book.

Look at me reading with my eyes again!

One of my self-published novellas, DESIRE AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, has a gorgeous new cover from @lenikauffman.bsky.social and a new audiobook narrated by the incomparable Joy Nash--and that audiobook is out today! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97... I hope you love the cover and the story! ♥

Just in case you haven't heard about it yet: I loved the Oscar-nominated short film "Jane Austen's Period Drama," which literally made me LOL several times and brought me a great deal of joy! Romancelandia, this is very much Our Shit™. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxpj...

This is a far more poetic takedown than these two absolute clown grifters deserve. I hope they both end up living the life they deserve, one that involves a maximum security prison. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Welp. I am running out of places to talk about books with a community of people who also enjoy talking about books. (Don’t come at me with 🧵 I am not joining that hellscape).

10/10 take. no notes

Today I learned Chalamet hates ballet and opera (???) and Jessie Buckley hates…cats?? Does she *hate* them or is she severely allergic to them? I have questions though none that are so pressing as to force me to google any of this.

Yup, still on the danger banging train. This one was like a LOT of danger banging - they are kidnapped by a terrorist and then again, by a narcissistic billionaire who was very reminiscent of a certain real life billionaire who bought and ruined the bird app. But the evil baddies get what is coming

Another round of stress baking (although, technically, these weren’t baked). Attempted homemade churros for the first time. My daughter loves churros and was really sad when Costco dropped it from their menu and replaced it with, in her words, really mid chocolate chip cookies.

I have been coping with *waves hands* everything by listening to a lot of romantic suspense with a lot of danger banging, which is a weird thing to be listening to under the current timeline, but here we are. Reading with my eyes is a real struggle right now.

People trying to end the world because the Bible says that Jesus will come when the world ends are going to be mightily surprised if they turn out, against all odds, to be right and Jesus returns and looks them in the eye and is like "yo, what is the ONE THING I asked of you?"

Good news!! I’m having a good hair day!! Bad news - in an effort to achieve said good hair day, I twinged something in in my neck and shoulder. You win some, you lose some.

Popped into bsky, saw a truly wild take regarding Bill and Hillary, and I’m just gonna pop back out. Some thoughts can just stay in people’s head though.

if I catch A SINGLE ONE OF YOU doing this to our trans friends in Kansas, I will fucking wreck you. the politicians doing this to Kansas are evil. the people it is being done to deserve support and help and to not have to deal with your sadistic little jokes. grow a fucking soul.

Every single day, I think to myself, I don’t know if I have the capacity for any more rage and every single day, I learn that I do.

for the love of romance, please more kissing. lots and lots of kissing. Hugging too. INTIMACY that isn't straigth to x-rated. #romancelandia

the over-proliferation of stans of that one musician in all tiers of publishing/writing has only served to make romance even more of a monolith. #romancelandia

Today’s high is 69°F (in Northern California). In February. Before anyone chimes in with jealousy, this does not bode well for us this summer.

Every single article I’ve read on this event just seems to get worse and worse. Shame on the BBC and the BAFTAs for their abhorrent behavior.

I am so excited for @authoremmabarry.bsky.social ‘s upcoming book. The cover is fabulous! www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-Me...

Y'all, I have been waiting impatiently for a week to share this cover with you. And at long last, I can reveal the gorgeous cover for You, Me, and the Conspiracy to the world.

stole this off reddit for the very niche group of you who will enjoy it as much as I did

Breakfast

Trader Joe’s frozen lamb vindaloo is shockingly spicier than I anticipated.

too many people are writing romance without reading romance, and the books are worse off for it.

The return of single, heroine only POV is because authors don't bother to do the work and they don't want to do the work of creating a real character for her to fall in love with.

You don't always need the HEA to include marriage or kids. Not every romance needs to end with a marriage proposal, especially when one of the MCs has spent the entire book being adamant that they are uninterested in marriage.

I hate when Bsky puts on content labels on book covers. The most recent one I posted is fairly tame.

2012, a disaster apocalypse movie starring John Cusack that came out in 2009 and my DH and I will stop and watch it every time we come across it playing anywhere. It’s bad and yet, we LOVE it.

Papaya. I like most fruit but I cannot stand the taste of papaya.

Gorgeous sunset tonight

Fire Island has won the 2026 #RomComBracket!!! Please hold for watch party details…

I have been alerted about this. And I’m deeply humbled, and it would be an honor to lose to The Last Holiday, an incredible film!

I’ve gotten some…interesting followers in the last week or so and I think it bears repeating, I post about romance novels a lot. A LOT. So, welcome if that’s your jam and if it’s not, are you ever in for a treat!

This is a great matchup and I’d be delighted with either of these as the last movie standing. I love them both but I did go with Fire Island.

If you really want a modern Austen retelling in the finals, Fire Island is right here.

I voted for Last Holiday. This will probably annoy people but Bride and Prejudice is just ok for me (Aishwarya has an enormous filmography to choose from and this isn’t my fave of hers). But I wouldn’t be upset either if it wins.

Oooh Emma vs. Ryan. I really like both of these movies but I did go with The Fall Guy.

My chaotic loves, I'm quite surprised with what you've done here. This round contains only 2 movies not from the 21st century. That's quite shocking, but let's see what happens after this round. I give you The Fraught 8... #RomComBracket

I voted for WHMS and here is why; I hate that movie. I want it to win so I never ever have to deal with it in this draw again.

i am once again begging you to let the when harry met sally reign of tyranny end. god i hate that movie (and bride & prejudice is a DELIGHT). please, join me, vote with me. #romancelandia #RomComBracket

Anyway, I just finished a romance novel where the BIPOC FMC, takes down the powerful white politician governor of a southern state (with the help of his own son, the MMC) so yes, more of that please.

So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

Holy. Shit. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...

My favorite part of aging is waking up in the mornings with a fun little surprise in the form of a mysterious new ache that I somehow incurred while lying on a flat surface for several hours.

I did something impulsive that I'm trying not to panic about. So some book sales would be really helpful at this time. My most popular romance: Tikka Chance on Me books2read.com/u/mKKrNv My most recent romances: Frostburn books2read.com/u/47aYWq Nobody's Bargain books2read.com/u/bxD0no

A while back I asked for romantic suspense recs and a bunch of you suggested Toni Anderson. That backlist is prolific and will keep me busy for some time to come so thanks to all of you who made this rec.

Valentine’s Day stress baking