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Today's romance deals are up, treat yourself to one of these lovely reads! 5 romances, all under $2 👀📚 Friday Romance Deals (10/17): A grumpy apple farmer, a shy historian, a magician with a penchant for jewel thievery & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/10/frid...

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So excited for @piperhuguley.bsky.social! This is based on her book, By Her Own Design. Which you should definitely read if you haven't!

🧵I just called @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office again to express my horror & rage. I also called my State Senator @harmonil.bsky.social & State Rep Camille Lilly. If you're in IL, please call. Pritzker's offices: 217-782-6830 217-782-6831 312-814-2121 312-814-2122 Find your IL state electeds ⬇️

Did you also, in a whirl of leafy fall bliss, pick too many apples? Here's a recommendation for the first 4.5 pounds of them: A tall heap of cinnamon-and-spice apples nestled in a caramel-like sauce within a flaky, buttery crust, my forever apple pie. smittenkitchen.com/2018/10/even...

I delay my December holidays movie watching until after Veterans Day weekend in an effort to enjoy Halloween but if you are an early viewer - tonight's the night!

Friday Romance Deals (10/17): A grumpy apple farmer, a shy historian, a magician with a penchant for jewel thievery & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/10/frid...

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Lifetime announces 12-movie holiday lineup, with new movies every Friday & Saturday night starting Nov. 29, as well as 100 past "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" titles in rotation. Lifetime Movie Channel will also have holiday original thriller, DO YOU FEAR WHAT I FEAR. people.com/lifetime-ann...

Jean Dessès originally began to study law as a future career but in 1925 he abandoned the legal path and turned to fashion instead. Mid century design was all the richer for his decision, full of chiffon, pleats and epic drapery, #1950s @christiesinc.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Friends, help me out! Are there any newer Indigenous romance authors that I might not know about (especially in the indie zone), or heck, any veteran authors with tribal heritage that I might have just missed?

Disappointing to see hist rom author Kate Bateman using Gen AI in her marketing...

Every sorority has it's secrets... 🧛‍♀️ Spooky season is here! A perfect time to revisit my sapphic vampires! 🩸 amzn.to/405ZAO8

There’s books I‘m excited about for next year, and there’s books I’m VERY excited about for next year, and then there’s HOLY FUCK ARE YOU JOKING I NEED THIS IMMEDIATELY books for next year. Tops in that third category: The Starseekers by Nicole Glover: nicole-glover.com/the-starseek...

This is Rosie. She doesn't have a bad angle, but prefers this one because it makes her look tall. 12/10 (IG: whippyrosie)

We’re running a bonus Goodreads giveaway for Witchful Thinking from now thru Oct 21 for 25 copies (US & CAN only). www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Today is the last day! Don’t miss out!

Setting aside that Gillette Stadium is nearly a half hour outside of Boston, are Robert and 47 fighting? Did they break up after the whole N95 flight deal back in 2020? I assumed they were on good standing after 47 appointed RK's new wife to the Kennedy Center board...

Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads. I ditched it awhile ago for other political reasons, but this might tip your hand. Thanks for the heads up @chuckwendig.bsky.social.

Wednesday Romance Deals (10/15): Wolf shifters and fated mates, a fake relationship, an independent bluestocking & more! 📚 www.tbqsbookpalace.com/2025/10/wedn...

Stephenie Meyer's novel "Twilight" is turning 20 this year! 🍎 Follow the link to read "Safe Sex with Defanged Vampires: New Vampire Heroes in Twilight and the Southern Vampire Mysteries", a JPRS article by Chiho Nakagawa: www.jprstudies.org/2011/10/%E2%...

For leaf kicking autumn strolls this c1890 Worth dress has all of the ingredients of the season. Pumpkin coloured satin and smooth cut velvet panels with flurries of flowers dotted across the bodice and skirt @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I haven’t been on here much because social media in the hellscape that is late stage capitalism veering into fascism is — SURPRISE! — terrible for my mental health, but I wanted to share that my books are open for bookish social media marketing strategy consults, and copy/line editing.

I think if someone wants to sext with a robot on ChatGPT, their mental health is very much in doubt. But also - how are they differentiating between someone with ‘serious mental health issues “ and someone without? Oh that’s right. They won’t be.

To clarify, ORR is the parent agency for all detention facilities that hold unaccompanied immigrant kids in the US, separate from their refugee work. Trump changed the rules for families to get their kids out of detention, making it nearly impossible, so this family is in trouble. This is awful.

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Repost w/alt text: white mannequin is wearing a pink floor length dress that appears to be made of multiple layers of thing gauzy material in an a-line cut. The back has a shallow v-neck. There is a long cape across the front that drops to just below the bosom area and falls - continued in thread

Ok for everyone reselling their books, where are you having the most success to quickly move them - pango or eBay? I’m not worried about high bidding. TIA! #booksky

I think we deserve cake, a spiced, dreamy, single-layer cozy cake with a generous swoosh of cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top just because it's raining and everyone wants more reasons to stay home. smittenkitchen.com/2010/10/spic...

Dear readers, it's official! Find out when #Benophie will meet at the masquerade ball in #Bridgerton Season 4 HERE: https://fangirlish.me/4qmMcQG

Sometimes when god closes a ‘you’re too old to be eating crayons’ door he opens a ‘but here’s some candy corn’ window

These are the utterly heaven-sent people who publish the historical A-Zs of London, so if you write London-set historicals, you want to follow!

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once: — Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing — Against raising the minimum wage — Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

My first romance! When I moved in July I found the 1st (adult) romance I’d ever read. It belonged to my mom’s friend & I sneakily read it over her house & then stole it when I was 13/14 😬. I thought I’d donated it years ago but apparently I held on to it! Also problematic plot, Batman #romancelandia

As if an encrusted silver dress was not already a lot, it has a scarlet satin coat with a matching silver lining. There is an occasion here of which I can only imagine. Late #1950s Arnold Scaasi @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

Offering this early #1960s Balenciaga coat as a perfect autumn choice. It tucks around the ears and its short sleeves allow the display of dramatic long gloves if you so choose. As daylight hours recede this is a little burst of sunshine #thekyotocostumeinstitute #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

She also apparently experienced that old Republican lightning strike: a bad thing she didn’t care about affected her or someone she knows (her sons 2026 health insurance rate increase) and suddenly has strong feelings about it when she could give a flying f*ck about anyone else’s insurance.

Yes it’s a 2 things are true for me situation: I enjoyed a lot of Diane Keaton’s work & it’s weird to think of her being gone but I was also almost consistently uncomfortable with her knowing of her devotion to Woody Allen. particularly after having one of Mia Farrows attorneys as a law school prof.

The lint rollers get expensive, too. #SalemMA #Halloween

Get 25% off my Holidays with the Wongs and Baldwin Village box sets with promo code BOXSET (Canada, US, UK, Australia, New Zealand)

If you have any other options, stop giving Amazon your money.

Someone get this US distribution so I can write about it for the NYT, please

Such languor infuses this late #1930s court presentation gown. It was designed by Madeleine Vionnet & worn by Ms Potter Palmer. I imagine her gliding towards the monarch for her presentation dropping a slow curtsey & drifting off in search of a martini @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

I feel like this is some sort of internal fight/discussion Jon Fasman is having that no one has ever been privy to and for some reason the WSJ decided everyone else should know Jon is debating with himself and only with himself.

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Today I return to work after my surgical interlude so what better than a trig & trim #1890s tailormade for professional inspiration. This is an eye catching skirt suit combining sharply constructed blue with some soutache trim & a playful touch of velvet. Wish me luck! #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

This week's Thursday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which is on sale in the UK this month for only 99p! Snap up my sweet, nerdy hero and the terrifying witch queen he falls for: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

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