Today I started a new series on my YouTube channel called Romance 101. I had found myself wanting to pause and explain various terms in my videos as I use them because a lot of the booktubers I follow aren’t really romance readers and I wasn’t sure people who just stumbled upon my videos would
If you got an email from me today, but haven’t in MONTHS, I’m sorry! I totally get it if you’re no longer interested, have no idea who I am or don’t even remember subscribing to my blog. My blog feed has been broken for AGES and I hadn’t noticed! So, so sorry! I think it’s
A lot of you are probably looking at that title thinking, “Hmm…I think I’ve read that.” And maybe you have. But this is not the Mary Balogh book by the same name. This Counterfeit Betrothal is a Signet Regency by April Kihlstrom. I picked up this book expecting the standard fake engagement fare: the hero
I looked through two lists of over 100 romances coming out in 2019 and picked out the books I was most excited about. If you’re interested in hearing about how that fits into my no book buying year, check out my latest video. If you’re just here for the books, keep reading! An Unconditional Freedom
I’ve never really done annual reading challenges besides the overall Goodreads challenge for a certain number of books (this year I’m aiming for 200) and the TBR Challenge so I’m turning over a whole bunch of new leaves this year. I did a video about it if you’re into that kind of thing. If you’re
If you saw my very first #booktube video, you know that I’m not buying books this year. What that means is that essentially, my entire 2019 is going to be one big TBR Challenge. Except for this month. If you want to hear more about, check out my next video! It’s all about my January
Hi guys! Been a while, right? 2018 was a rough year. I read a lot and worked a lot (I’m a professional baker now) and one of the things that fell by the wayside was my blog. The problem was that the average Cooking Up Romance post takes 20-40 hours of prep time and I
