August 2020 TBR Challenge – Backlist
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August 2020 TBR Challenge – Backlist

Since “Backlist”  is pretty much what the TBR Challenge is all about, this month felt completely wide open for both of us. In the end, while we chose different subgenres, we both went with similar strategies.  We each picked a backlist book by an autobuy author and as it turns out, we had somewhat similar…

July 2020 TBR Challenge – Family Ties
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July 2020 TBR Challenge – Family Ties

This month’s TBR Challenge post is smaller than usual, as Lynn wasn’t able to make it this time around, so Caz is flying solo this month. The “Family Ties” prompt offered plenty of scope; families often feature strongly in romance novels, whether it’s a couple making a family, family members featuring in a series or,…

May 2020 TBR Challenge – Old School
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May 2020 TBR Challenge – Old School

For many readers, when you utter the phrase “old school,” they tend to think of big sweeping historicals. The hated phrase “bodice ripper” often comes up as do the clinch covers of old. And that’s certainly one way of doing old school romance. Maybe it’s pandemic fatigue, but neither one of us was really up…

April 2020 TBR Challenge – Freebie
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April 2020 TBR Challenge – Freebie

This month’s TBR Challenge prompt pretty much left the reading choices wide open. After all, with the word “freebie,” one can come up with all kinds of things. Gift books, Kindle deals, books about free stuff, who knows?  In the end, the common thread between our picks seemed to be high action. Caz went with…

February 2020 TBR Challenge – Friends
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February 2020 TBR Challenge – Friends

This month’s TBR Challenge theme is simply “friends,” which is open-ended enough to take in various directions. One could read a friends-to-lovers book or, as Lynn did, read a book where the friends of a lead character play an important role in his/her life. Caz and Lynn took this challenge in slightly different directions, but…

A List of RWA Chapters Issuing Statements in the Wake of Recent Events
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A List of RWA Chapters Issuing Statements in the Wake of Recent Events

Many of our readers have probably been following recent events in RWA. In the wake of these developments at the national level, RWA local and online chapters have started to weigh in with statements both official and unofficial. I have reviewed each of the chapter websites I could find, and below I have compiled as…

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