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613. RT Rewind: May 1994 Reviews!

by SB Sarah · May 3, 2024 at 2:00 am · View all 4 comments

Amanda and I are traveling to May 1994 and taking a look at the book reviews in this edition of RT Rewind! We’re answering many questions, including: Why does five stars mean something is a classic, but one star is acceptable? What do CS, RM, VR, and F stand for inside Contemporary and New Reality? What grade did Dreaming of You receive? There’s so much Fabio, a telepathic cat, blaming tornadoes for murder, and a … Continue reading 613. RT Rewind: May 1994 Reviews! →

Romantic Times Rewind: May 1994 Reviews

by SB Sarah · May 3, 2024 at 1:59 am · View all 11 comments

In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the May 1994 issue of RT Magazine. Thank you to Mari, the Romance Girl for this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read and … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: May 1994 Reviews →

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611. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Ads & Features

by SB Sarah · Apr 19, 2024 at 2:00 am · Leave a comment

Y’all, the April 2005 issue of Romantic Times is a treasure of truly amazing fun. So many of you told me that episode 609, where we looked at the reviews, made you laugh so hard you cried. Well, let me share some highlights of what is about to happen to your eardrums. The Mr. Romance Cover Model Pageant was a Six-episode reality tv show on the Oxygen network, and we missed it when it ran. … Continue reading 611. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Ads & Features →

Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Ads & Features

by SB Sarah · Apr 19, 2024 at 1:59 am · View all 7 comments

In this week’s podcast episode, . Special and massive thanks to Kay Layton Sisk for sending me this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read and absorb all the visual goodness: Cover time! This is … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Ads & Features →

609. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Reviews

by SB Sarah · Apr 5, 2024 at 2:00 am · View all 2 comments

We’re taking a tour through the new releases across many genres from April 2005, nearly 20 (!!!) years ago. Romance has changed a wee little bit. How much cringe shall we find? Plenty! Other oddities? Mainstream includes YA and Chick Lit. Contemporary includes New Reality. Regency in Format includes Corinthians! And we’re trying to understand a character who wants to “dim the pain of turning 30.” It’s a ride, as usual. Side trips include Sea … Continue reading 609. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Reviews →

Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Reviews

by SB Sarah · Apr 5, 2024 at 1:59 am · Leave a comment

In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the April 2005 issue of RT Book Reviews. Thank you to Kay Layton Sisk for this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read and … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: April 2005 Reviews →

Romantic Times Rewind: March 2016 Ads & Features

by SB Sarah · Mar 22, 2024 at 1:59 am · One comment so far

In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the ads and features in the March 2016 issue of Romantic Times, aka RT Book Reviews. Special and massive thanks to Shannon Stacey for sending me this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: March 2016 Ads & Features →

605. RT Rewind: March 2016 Reviews

by SB Sarah · Mar 8, 2024 at 2:00 am · One comment so far

Amanda and I are diving into the reviews from the March 2016 issue of RT Book Reviews. In this episode you will learn about A Tale of Two Biddies. You’ll discover Baby Bothering and God Bothering. And most importantly, are demons really a natural fit for the Regency era? All these questions are more will be answered in this episode! Don’t miss the visual aids for this episode! Music: Purple-planet.com  

Romantic Times Rewind: March 2016 Reviews

by SB Sarah · Mar 8, 2024 at 1:59 am · View all 8 comments

In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the book reviews for the March 2016 issue of RT Book Reviews. Thank you to Shannon Stacey for sending me this issue. You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you can click play and listen and read … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: March 2016 Reviews →

603. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2006 Ads and Features!

by SB Sarah · Feb 23, 2024 at 2:00 am · View all 2 comments

We’re traveling back to April 2006 in this month’s RT Rewind! We discuss the evolving cover art for the Immortals After Dark series and style changes in illustrated covers. We also talk about Well water adventures Author photo? MUST be leaning A contest made of author prom photos Many predecessors to GoodReads A book from 1991, promoted in 2006, made into a movie in 2022. And a FULL PAGE of Mr. Romance. When I start … Continue reading 603. Romantic Times Rewind: April 2006 Ads and Features! →

Romantic Times Rewind: April 2006 Ads & Features

by SB Sarah · Feb 23, 2024 at 1:59 am · View all 12 comments

In this week’s podcast episode, we’re looking at the ads and features in the April 2006 issue of Romantic Times, aka RT Book Reviews. Special and massive thanks to Shannon Stacey for sending me this issue! You can also find all the RTRW content at our category page for Romantic Times Rewind.  And, most importantly, if you want to listen and follow along with this entry, we have more detail in the audio, but you … Continue reading Romantic Times Rewind: April 2006 Ads & Features →

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No matter how much you love reading your way through one book after another, sometimes it’s good to mix up your regularly scheduled programming (er, reading) — and what better way to do so than with these magazines that book-lovers should subscribe to , especially if you’re looking to ramp up your reading game in the New Year. After all, the next best thing to reading a book is reading a magazine about books . Plus, the magazines on this list are a great way to make sure your TBR pile is up-to-date with all the newest titles and bestsellers, keep up with what’s fresh and exciting in the publishing industry, and discover some of your future favorite writers before their books have even hit store shelves yet. (And you’ll be one step ahead of all your bookish friends when it comes to knowing what’s coming out, when.) From killer reviews and anticipation-filled press releases, to book excerpts, short stories by some of literature’s newest voices, and more, these magazines are filled with must-read publishing tidbits that bookworms will love.

Check out (and subscribe to!) these 10 magazines that every book-lover will enjoy . I promise your books will still be there waiting for you when you’re finished.

Available via both a print subscription and online, Bookforum offers readers exactly what their name suggests: a forum for sharing intelligent and artful book reviews and essays, and discussing literature. They’ve got a slightly-offbeat, somewhat-subversive vibe, so the magazine is a great place to hear about all the books that might not hit your radar otherwise — and the book-related personal essays are great.

World Literature Today

I am OBSESSED with World Literature Today , and if one of your reading resolutions for 2017 is to read more diverse books, this bimonthly magazine definitely needs to be your first stop. The absolute best international literature and culture magazine out there (IMO), WLT publishes interviews, essays, poetry, fiction, and book reviews, and is a great way to get a sense of what is going on in literature all over the world, in a multitude of global languages.

Glimmer Train

Glimmer Train is a quarterly literary magazine of some of the best short fiction being published today — and you want to subscribe not only for their great content, but for their tendency to discover some of the freshest, newest voices in fiction. If the authors in Glimmer Train don't already have published novels, tons of them end up hitting bookstore shelves eventually, so you'll cultivate a list of names to keep an eye out for.

Publishers Weekly

Available in both print and digital subscriptions, Publishers Weekly is your one-stop-shop for all the must-know comings and goings of the international (but largely English-language) publishing industry. The magazine covers major and mainstream authors, publishers, and the books they put out into the world, and features book reviews, summaries, and all the forthcoming books you're not going to want to miss.

Poets & Writers

Though Poets & Writers magazine is definitely geared towards poets and writers (you could have probably guessed that) it’s also an awesome magazine for anyone who appreciates the craft of writing itself. P&W features author interviews, blurbs about great literary events, words of wisdom from those in the publishing community, and tons of excerpts from forthcoming or recently-published novels, memoirs, and poetry collections.

Bookmarks Magazine

Published six times a year, Bookmarks Magazine features nearly 50 book reviews in each issue. Some of their latest themes include: Japanese postwar fiction, novels of exile and assimilation, literature of modern Cuba, prehistoric novels, fairy tales in modern fiction, literature of the new India, contemporary Irish fiction, Jane Austen, modern takes on classic novels, Chinese novels in translation, literature of World War I, unusual narrators, and depictions of the circus in fiction — aka: everything you could ever think of, and more.

Available online and via your inbox, Guernica advertises itself as a magazine of art and politics — and it’s definitely not a book and publishing industry-focused magazine. But what I love about Guernica is that tons of the magazine’s featured writers have published nonfiction books, journalistic investigations, and poetry collections that I might not have otherwise found if I didn’t first discover their voices in Guernica . It’s definitely a magazine to check out — and with the option of being delivered straight to your inbox, it can’t get any easier to subscribe.

Creative Nonfiction

According to Creative Nonfiction magazine’s website, they are the voice of the genre — and anyone who has ever read Creative Nonfiction knows it’s true. Any reader who loves nonfiction won’t be able to resist this quarterly magazine, which features fresh, long-form essays and micro-essays that will wow you with their creative style as much as they will their content and substance. This is the best magazine for enjoying work from your favorite nonfiction writers, as well as discovering the newest authors of the genre.

The Writer's Chronicle

Published six times a year, the Writer’s Chronicle is another magazine for readers who are just as interested in the craft of writing as they are in reading books. Geared toward writers, editors, students, and teachers of writing the Writer’s Chronicle features essays on the craft of writing,investigations into literary trends and traditions, and interviews with some of literature’s most accomplished and experienced authors.

New York Review Of Books

Available in print, and supplemented with digital content, the reviews featured in the semi-monthly New York Review of Books are organized largely by genre, theme, and relevancy to current politics and/or events. In addition to some of the greatest literature coverage in the world, the NYRB also covers culture, economics, science and current affairs, and includes long-form essays and original poetry by (usually) well-known writers.

Remembering Christmas

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Rick Denton lives his life on his terms. He works hard, plays hard and answers to no one. So when his mother calls on Thanks-giving weekend begging him to come home after his stepfather has a stroke, Rick is reluctant. He’s never liked Art, despite the fact his own father abandoned them when Rick was twelve. Rick’s attitude sours even more when a couple of days helping at the family bookstore turns into weeks of cashing out old ladies and running off the homeless man who keeps hanging about,

Slowly but surely, the little bookstore and its quirky patrons—as well as the lovely young woman who works at his side each day—work their magic on him, revealing to Rick the truth about his family, his own life, and the true meaning of Christmas.

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“Walsh crafts the perfect holiday page-turner. Few people ever get the opportunity to know how a seemingly minor act can affect another’s life. With his gift for words, Walsh brings that experience to life, all the while making the reader feel like a dear old friend.” – RT Book Reviews Magazine (Leslie L. McKee) 4.5 Stars, Top Pick

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It’s a happy coincidence that we recommend Becca Rothfeld’s essay collection “All Things Are Too Small” — a critic’s manifesto “in praise of excess,” as her subtitle has it — in the same week that we also recommend Justin Taylor’s maximalist new novel “Reboot,” an exuberant satire of modern society that stuffs everything from fandom to TV retreads to the rise of conspiracy culture into its craw. I don’t know if Rothfeld has read Taylor’s novel, but I get the feeling she would approve. Maybe you will too: In the spirit of “more, bigger, louder,” why not pick those up together?

Our other recommendations this week include a queer baseball romance novel, an up-to-the-minute story about a widower running for the presidency of his local labor union, a graphic novelist’s collection of spare visual stories and, in nonfiction, a foreign policy journalist’s sobering look at global politics in the 21st century. Happy reading. — Gregory Cowles

REBOOT Justin Taylor

This satire of modern media and pop culture follows a former child actor who is trying to revive the TV show that made him famous. Taylor delves into the worlds of online fandom while exploring the inner life of a man seeking redemption — and something meaningful to do.

“His book is, in part, a performance of culture, a mirror America complete with its own highly imagined myths, yet one still rooted in the Second Great Awakening and the country’s earliest literature. It’s a performance full of wit and rigor.”

From Joshua Ferris’s review

Pantheon | $28

YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY Cat Sebastian

When a grieving reporter falls for the struggling baseball player he’s been assigned to write about, their romance is like watching a Labrador puppy fall in love with a pampered Persian cat: all eager impulse on one side and arch contrariness on the other.

“People think the ending is what defines a romance, and it does, but that’s not what a romance is for. The end is where you stop, but the journey is why you go. … If you read one romance this spring, make it this one.”

From Olivia Waite’s romance column

Avon | Paperback, $18.99

ALL THINGS ARE TOO SMALL: Essays in Praise of Excess Becca Rothfeld

A striking debut by a young critic who has been heralded as a throwback to an era of livelier discourse. Rothfeld has published widely and works currently as a nonfiction book critic for The Washington Post; her interests range far, but these essays are united by a plea for more excess in all things, especially thought.

“Splendidly immodest in its neo-Romantic agenda — to tear down minimalism and puritanism in its many current varieties. … A carnival of high-low allusion and analysis.”

From David Gates’s review

Metropolitan Books | $27.99

THE RETURN OF GREAT POWERS: Russia, China, and the Next World War Jim Sciutto

Sciutto’s absorbing account of 21st-century brinkmanship takes readers from Ukraine in the days and hours ahead of Russia’s invasion to the waters of the Taiwan Strait where Chinese jets flying overhead raise tensions across the region. It’s a book that should be read by every legislator or presidential nominee sufficiently deluded to think that returning America to its isolationist past or making chummy with Putin is a viable option in today’s world.

“Enough to send those with a front-row view into the old basement bomb shelter. … The stuff of unholy nightmares.”

From Scott Anderson’s review

Dutton | $30

THE SPOILED HEART Sunjeev Sahota

Sahota’s novel is a bracing study of a middle-aged man’s downfall. A grieving widower seems to finally be turning things around for himself as he runs for the top job at his labor union and pursues a love interest. But his election campaign gets entangled in identity politics, and his troubles quickly multiply.

“Sahota has a surgeon’s dexterous hands, and the reader senses his confidence. … A plot-packed, propulsive story.”

From Caoilinn Hughes’s review

Viking | $29

SPIRAL AND OTHER STORIES Aidan Koch

The lush, sparsely worded work of this award-winning graphic novelist less resembles anything recognizably “comic book” than it does a sort of dreamlike oasis of art. Her latest piece of masterful minimalism, constructed from sensuous washes of watercolor, pencil, crayon and collage, pulses with bright pigment and tender melancholy.

“Many of these pages are purely abstract, but when Koch draws details, it’s in startlingly specific and consistent contours that give these stories a breadth of character as well as depiction.”

From Sam Thielman’s graphic novels column

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