Alyssa

Do You Hear What I Hear? audiobook narrators and trending sounds on booktok

Today on Romancing the Phone: trending audio, audiobook narrators, Spotify wrapped, and Gracie Abrams: romancingthephone.substack.com/p/do-you-hea...

My favorite comparison when people harp on the repetitiveness of romance novels or holiday movies or whatever is to ask why they would watch a sporting event more than once. “I thought you’d already seen one, though? Aren’t they all mostly the same? Doesn’t it just get boring for you after awhile?”

BroTok 2 Electric Boogaloo a continued compendium

Sexy narrators, pickup artists, and wannabe comedians: introducing more men of BookTok (with a cameo from Vishous)

romancingthephone.substack.com/p/brotok-2-e...

Supremely cozy, one of my favorite romances of the last several years.

instant bestseller actually

Image of two hands reaching out to each other. Text on blue background: Romancelandia Holiday Fairies. Give the gift of mutual aid in the romance community. Find a gift list to support, or submit your wishlist: bit.ly/holidayfairies Gift Giving Period: November 17 through December 31. 5 Years: Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is a mutual aid effort for the "Romancelandia" romance novel reader community to support anyone in the community who could use help with purchasing gifts for themselves or loved ones in the holiday season. The annual event launched in 2020 and is organized by Andrea Martucci / Shelf Love.

#Romancelandia Holiday Fairies is back for its 5th year!

Give the gift of mutual aid in the romance community.

Submit YOUR wishlist NOW or sign up for to get notifications once wishlists are added:

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Please help spread the word! #romancebks

This is giving AI generated tiktok art of ACOTAR characters to me

Yes, No, Maybe: Men on BookTok (Part 1) Booktokers: they're not just husbands!

This week, I dive into men on BookTok, a rare enough species that when I searched for them, Google thought I meant book boyfriends:

romancingthephone.substack.com/p/yes-no-may...

tomorrow, Romancing the Phone enters the manosphere (men on BookTok).

Post-Election Ballot Cure Phonebank · 2024 PA Victory Come make calls to help cure ballots in PA! Cure in Pennsylvania continues until November 12. There are several races with razor thin margins - making these calls could make the difference.

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Glad to find you here!

One thing I say in the newsletter but that I haven't yet said in this thread: if you think the definition of "pornography" is going to save you because you don't write super graphic explicit sex? Don't count on it.

Reading Romance is Political Even and especially on BookTok

Reading Romance is Political: romancingthephone.substack.com/p/reading-ro...

Romancing the Vote Master Contact List Hello, fans of Democracy! Now that it seems clear that we may keep doing this, we'd like to organize our contact list once and for all. If you'd like to be a part of future auctions (whether as a dono...

Hey friends! This has been a rough week, and everyone needs time for grief. We are in the bleak moment for sure.

But all of us here at RtV believe that part of the key to the next four years will be keeping our community close & finding defiant joy whereever we can.

We're ready to work. 💓 Join us.

even better, vanilla ice cream

I'm thinking tollhouse (essentially chocolate chip cookie) and caramel apple

I'm finding organizations to support in my community and I'm also baking fancy pies this weekend

Taylor Swift fans having a coherent orderly exit from Twitter based on their values and interests not being respected is exhibiting more personal dignity and organizing power than any actual group of elected officials right now lol