Bitchin' Blog Posts
February 03 | Friday | 10 Comments
Once again, Smart Bitches is a media partner for the 2012 O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference, and as part of my media sponsorship, I talk about the conference (which I totally would do anyway because it makes my brain explode with the happy creativity every year). There's a conference! It's…
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February 03 | Friday | 8 Comments
This week's Friday Video is a classic, sent by Aziza, and how I missed seeing this, I have no idea. I love The Avengers, and have watched most of them. Emma Peel is amazing in so many respects. Link! As Aziza explained in her email, "John Steed and Emma Peel…
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February 02 | Thursday | 49 Comments
First: NEWS! Which isn't new news, but I'm still thinking about it. Literary god Jonathan Franzen decided that ebooks are horrible and immoral and paper books have a tangible longevity that is superior to digital. Yeah, whatever. Here's my question: I think there needs to be a term for book…
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February 02 | Thursday | 120 Comments
Winner time! First, your entries were so inspiring I re-read that thread (ha! do-over!) several times yesterday. Thanks to the random integer generator, the winner is: #26: Michelle Harlan! Michelle, please send your mailing address to me at sarahATsmartbitchestrashybooksDOROTHYcom. Thank you to everyone who entered, and I hope your weekend…
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February 01 | Wednesday | 77 Comments
This "Good Shit vs Shit to Avoid" request comes from Joanne, who is hunting for books to read this winter: I am looking for suggestions for lovely romance or wonderfully trashy romance involving a soldier/soldier of fortune, tough guy in uniform, or one beside a crumpled uniform on the floor.…
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February 01 | Wednesday | 16 Comments
Time to announce the February Book Club Pick! If you tuned into the chat Tuesday night, you heard this already, but it's worth repeating with MORE WORDS! The February book club pick is: Indigo by Beverly Jenkins. This book is so well-reviewed everywhere you look, and there's a very good…
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January 31 | Tuesday | 8 Comments
This request is from Cathy, who remembers so much crazy from this book, it's just amazing. I'm looking from the first romance I ever read, which I'm pretty sure I stole off my older sister. It was a category M&B (I remember it was a skinny book) and the more…
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January 31 | Tuesday | 8 Comments
This request comes from Keisha, who has been hunting for this book for a long time: I'm waxing nostalgic about a romance novel published before 2007 that I read in high school and I hope you can help me. I haven't been able to find this particular novel on Amazon.…
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January 31 | Tuesday | 21 Comments
This Help a Bitch Out request comes from Megan, who describes a book I would swear was erotica, but she says is not: Hero had long hair. He may have been sent from an alternative dimension. Turns up on the heroine’s doorstep searching for some sort of artefact. He…
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January 31 | Tuesday | 14 Comments
Cleo is looking for a book that was truly memorable for her, for a number of reasons, including the context in which she read it. Honestly, this book sounds fascinating. I have an HaBo. I read this book in the late ‘80s, during my freshman year at college, and of…
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