Books & Literature

Hide Your Wallet Book Beat aims to highlight other books that we may hear about through friends, social media, or other sources. We could see a gorgeous ad! Or find a new-to-us author on a list of underrated romances! Think of Book Beat as Teen Beat or Tiger Beat, but for books. And no staples […]

The Bride Test RECOMMENDED: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang is $1.99! I loved this book so much and gave it an A-: The Bride Test is so beautiful and Hoang was right when she said it was impossible not to love Esme. She’s tenacious and battles against her fear of failure, of judgement, and of

This guest review comes from Lisa! A longtime romance aficionado and frequent commenter to SBTB, Lisa is a queer Latine critic with a sharp tongue and lots of opinions. She frequently reviews at All About Romance and Women Write About Comics, where she’s on staff, and you can catch her at @‌thatbouviergirl on Twitter. There,

My guest this week is Elizabeth Hoyt!! This episode was SO MUCH FUN to record and produce and I am so excited to share it with you. We talk about her latest book, No Ordinary Duchess, writer’s block, emotionally constipated heroes, and the special place for sunshiny heroines. Plus we talk about how genres have

Under the Whispering Door Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune is $2.99! This is a Kindle Daily Deal and is good for one day only. One of my friends named this their best of 2021 book. What’d you think of this one? When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral,

This guest review is from Crystal Anne! Crystal Anne with An E comes to us from a sunny clime, but prefers to remain a pale indoor cat. She enjoys reading, cross-stitching something nerdy, going to see live music, and playing video games. She works as an autism consultant by day, got a degree in information

10 Things That Never Happened 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall is $1.99! This is book one in the Material World series. It’s tangentially related to Hall’s other books Boyfriend Material and Husband Material, but works fine as a standalone. Fake amnesia. Real feelings? Real problems. Sam Becker loves―or, okay, likes―his job. Sure, managing a bed and

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Sarah is turning the gift guide over to me today to talk about board games and video games that might be worth a purchase this holiday season (or honestly whenever you damn well feel like). Want to see? Just click that image or click right here, and come shop with us! And if you’d like

Love on the Brain Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood is $1.99! I feel like I rarely see Hazelwood’s books on sale and I do worry this one will poof immediately. However, if you wanted to give this one a try without waiting for a library hold to come in, this can be yours for