Beth Gallaway

5 stars to A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas!
Feyre, wasting away in the Spring Court, becomes a guest of the Night Court, where her alliances slowly shift as she gets to know Rhysand and his trusted inner circle.
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2.5 stars to His Human Nanny (Monsters Love Curvy Girls #1) by Michele Mills!
Alien Aegir hires human caregiver Riley as nanny to his fire-breathing offspring; she quickly assimilates to the alien culture and they fall in love.
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The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy Cheerleader Diana could not be more unhappy when annoying playboy hockey star Shane moves into her building–directly next door to her–but agrees to fake date him when his ex makes an ap…

review: hiplibrariansbookblog.com/2025/03/04/t...

4 stars to The Dixon Rule by Elle Kennedy! Cheerleader Diana could not be more unhappy when annoying playboy hockey star Shane moves into her building--but agrees to fake date him when his ex makes an appearance.
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The Hostess Handbook: A Modern Guide to Entertaining with 100 Recipes for Every Occasion by Maria Zizka 4.5 stars! If Martha Stewart’s Entertaining and Barefoot Contessa Parties! had a baby, it would be this Tiffany blue, 300-page, art of entertaining handbook that contains all the hosting tips and r…

4.5 stars to The Hostess Handbook: A Modern Guide to Entertaining with 100 Recipes for Every Occasion by Maria Zizka!
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Chris Kluwe with Matt - February 20 2025 Chris Kluwe is a former NFL punter and continues to be a strong progressive advocate, detailing his arrest in front of the Huntington Beach City Council for speaking out against a MAGA display at a lo

I've had a lot of requests for it, so I will post it first tonight!

Thanks, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social, for talking with us today about confronting MAGA, getting arrested in California, @protecthb.bsky.social, and fighting the good fight! #Spotlight Interview! soundcloud.com/user-5879035...

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 5 stars! Introverted Cather and her twin sister Wren have always shared a bedroom, so when they embark on their college experience together at the University of Nebraska Omaha, fanfic author Cath a…

Review: five stars to Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell!

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Deep End by Ali Hazelwood 5 stars! Olympian caliber swimmer (Lukas) and diver (Scarlett) develop a BSDM friends with benefits situationship after his ex/her friend Pen outs their kinkiness to the other.

Ali Hazelwood’s #DeepEnd has been criticized for being too vanilla / not vanilla enough - I gave it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Book cover for First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison: a couple on a bench, facing opposite directions, the guy in orange wearing blue headphones wired directly into a blue, old-fashioned handset phone receiver in the hand of a red-haired woman in pink. The title is in an all caps sans serif font in a soft red at the top of the cover.

First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison - ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Drawing loosely on the plot of Sleepless in Seattle, a late-night DJ with a romance advice call-in show is a love skeptic-until he encounters a pre-teen calls in for her single mom, a cute redhead car mechanic.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 4.5 stars! A huntress and artist defies the Fairy Queen to free her lover Tam Lin and release the blight upon the land.

Review: (finally!) A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas:
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Tam Lin retold by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak
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I keep suggesting to my family that instead of Thanksgiving, we celebrate Native American Heritage Day on Friday, instead, and come together for a meal of native dishes made with local, seasonal food in support of First Peoples instead of celebrating the colonization of their land. Just me?

Hip Librarians Book Blog Hip Librarians Review Books They Love. Or Loathe.

Get reader's advisory for what to read next, bring a favorite modern Jewish romance to share, or just come and rant about the portrayal of Jewish women in modern media.
Bio: Beth Schreiber is a Jew by choice who's a sucker for a great love story. She reviews romance at www.hiplibrariansbookblog.com

... in Magical Meet Cute by Jean Meltzer; to deep explorations of what it means to be intimate, like Weather Girl by Rachel Lynn Solomon; to Xan West z'l's erotic novels peopled with poly, queer, fat, disabled, on-the-spectrum folx.

My session: Golems, Shiksas, and Sex Workers, Oh My! Modern Jewish Romance in Print and on Screen

Jewish romance is having a heyday, from the Hallmark Channel's Hanukkah film offerings to Netflix’s Nobody Wants This...to a plethora of books, from falling in love with a golem (maybe?)...

I’m teaching at the National Havurah Committee’s midwinter institute at Camp Ramah (Palmer MA) Dec 20-22. If you’re Jewish (or Jew-ish) and New England local, I highly encourage you to attend!
Details: havurah.org/.../2024_WIN...
Register:
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