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Jun. 10th, 2025 03:29 pmWitches, Post-Apocalyptic Romance, & More
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The Menopause Manifesto

RECOMMENDED: The Menopause Manifesto by Dr. Jen Gunter is $3.99! Tara gave it an A:
If your field of fucks is completely barren and you just want some straightforward, evidence-based information served with a healthy dose of snark and the occasional jab at pseudoscience and Gwyneth Paltrow, this will be the book for you.
The internationally renowned, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Vagina Bible , Dr. Jen Gunter has been called the world’s most famous–and outspoken–gynecologist (The Guardian), the internet’s OB/GYN, and one of the fiercest advocates for women’s health. Now, in The Menopause Manifesto, Dr. Jen Gunter brings you empowerment through knowledge by countering stubborn myths and misunderstandings about menopause with hard facts, real science, fascinating historical perspective, and expert advice.
The only thing predictable about menopause is its unpredictability. Factor in widespread misinformation, a lack of research, and the culture of shame around women’s bodies, and it’s no wonder women are unsure what to expect during the menopause transition and beyond.
Menopause is not a disease–it’s a planned change, like puberty. And just like puberty, we should be educated on what’s to come years in advance, rather than the current practice of leaving people on their own with bothersome symptoms and too much conflicting information. Knowing what is happening, why, and what to do about it is both empowering and reassuring.
Frank and funny, Dr. Jen debunks misogynistic attitudes and challenges the
over-mystification of menopause to reveal everything you really need to know about:
– Perimenopause
– Hot flashes
– Sleep disruption
– Sex and libido
– Depression and mood changes
– Skin and hair issues
– Outdated therapies
– Breast health
– Weight and muscle mass
– Health maintenance screening
– And much more!
Filled with practical, reassuring information, this essential guide will revolutionize how women experience menopause–including how their lives can be even better for it!
Last Light

Last Light by Claire Kent is $2.49 on Amazon! This a post-apocalyptic, road trip romance, and it’s been recommend previously in a couple Rec Leagues on post-apocalyptic romances.
It only took four years for the world to fall apart.
Now the last member of my family has died, and I’m forced to travel across what’s left of three states to find the only people I know left alive. To survive, I’ll have to salvage food and supplies and try to avoid violent men who’ve learned they can take what they want by force. The only way I’m going to make it is by trusting Travis.
Travis used to fix my car, and now he’s all I have left in the world. He’s gruff and stoic and unfriendly, and I don’t really know or like him. But he’s all I have left. He’ll keep me safe. We’ll take care of each other. Until we reach what’s left of our town and can finally let go of one another.
Last Light is a standalone post-apocalyptic romance set in the near future after a global catastrophe.
A Trinket for the Taking

A Trinket for the Taking by Victoria Laurie is $3.99! Lara reviewed this and gave it a C+:
Looking at it with a bit of distance, this book is distinctly middle of the road for me. While I had a mostly good time reading it and I’m certainly curious about the next installment, it didn’t set my world on fire.
This mesmerizing mystery series debut from New York Times bestselling author Victoria Laurie introduces the captivating Dovey Van Dalen, once the belle of 1840s Copenhagen, now charged with recovering magic property from mortals—whatever it takes.
Dovey Van Dalen has a gorgeous day planned for her 200th driving her new Porsche, admiring the cherry blossoms abloom in her adopted city of Washington DC, and a little pampering. But her boss has other ideas. A powerful artifact has been stolen, and he fears it’s causing chaos in the unmagical world . . .
The rich and connected Ariti family has suffered a string of suspicious deaths, with no signs of foul play. Yet each member has died in the way they feared most. As the enchanting agent most skilled at blending in with mere mortals, Dovey must find answers and retrieve the dangerous trinket.
There’s just one unexpected by the time Dovey arrives at the art gallery where the Ariti patriarch died, FBI agent Grant “Gibs” Bartholomew has taken control of the scene. Dovey needs his cooperation to investigate—but she’ll have to hide her abilities, and her true objective, from a man who uncovers deceptions every day. And as they inch nearer a deadly truth, both will face danger even the spellbound would be lucky to survive . . .
Witches Get Stuff Done

Witches Get Stuff Done by Molly Harper is $1.99! This is a small town paranormal romance between a witch and a librarian. Sounds a little too twee for me, but it could be right up your alley.
Juggling newfound witchy powers, a house full of ghosts, and verbal battles with the handsome local librarian is almost too much for a new witch to manage. A new witch with a coven, however, can get so much more done…
From the moment Riley Everett set foot in Starfall Point, magic bubbled inside of her. But with only her late aunt’s journals and a cantankerous live-in ghost butler to instruct her on all things witchy—including her newly inherited Victorian haunted house—Riley seeks out a coven for sisterhood and support. The last person she expects to be drawn to is the town’s frustrating, yet ridiculously attractive head librarian.
Edison Held knows almost everything there is to know about Starfall Point, but Shaddow House was always off-limits, thanks to its elusive owner. If he can convince the new owner, Riley, to let him take a peek inside, there’s so much he could learn. But as he gets closer to Riley, he’s fascinated by her dazzling wit and fiery spirit. Edison will do whatever he can to help Riley keep her family legacy alive, especially if it means spending more time with the captivating new witch in town.
Bestselling author Molly Harper wields a magical pen in this hilarious, delightful witchy romcom perfect for readers of The Ex Hex and Payback’s a Witch.
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Jun. 10th, 2025 12:33 pmHaBO: A Secret Prince and a Woman in a Blue Dress
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This HaBO is from A Very Desperate Reader, who really wants to locate this romance:
I got this book from my mom in 2016 or maybe 2017. She has had a collection of romance/erotica books since the 90s. I’m assuming the book was published around that same time: 90s to 2010s. The book cover was slightly ripped, but I’m pretty sure it had a girl with long blonde hair, and I think a long blue dress. She was in a running stance, looking over her shoulder. If you can just find me the title of the book or even just the author I would be greatly appreciative!
The description of the book:
A blonde (possibly platinum) haired girl goes to a party in the woods. There is a bonfire happening and she goes near a tree when a man that (she knows?) comes up to her and tries to assault her. Blonde girl panics and freezes him with ice (I want to say he froze all the way and then dropped to the floor making him shatter into pieces) and then she runs back to her home where she and her step-father live.
We switch point of views to the prince (I believe). He’s the bastard son of the king (I think or the king has a bastard son; it’s either one) and the king is sick and tells his son that he needs to marry. The prince not wanting to marry, doesn’t argue but decides that he’s going to join the soldiers who are going to collect different women for him to marry. He does this because he wants to see how his future wife acts without being around someone to impress.
We switch point of views again to a witch. She’s just kinda there. I think she’s trying to curse someone (I want to say the king but I don’t know) and she has this wizard that has the same powers as the blonde girl. (I think they are related but I never finished the book to prove my theory). Their point of views have a point, I just don’t know what it is, but it was often and I would usually skip them. The wizard and the witch were sleeping together. The wizard was more interested in the witch in the relationship.
We switch point of views again back to the storyline of the blonde girl and the prince. The prince and her start talking and start to fall in love. Blonde girl still thinks that he’s a solider and no one really important. She’s not really interested in marrying the prince. (During this point, I think the prince is sabotaging the other princess candidates because he loves the blonde girl. The prince and the blonde girl get married at some point and they consummate their marriage in this B&B of sorts or tavern. They continue on their journey to the palace. Once they get to the palace, the prince reveals himself as the prince and the blonde girl is pissed that he hid it from her and tries to leave. He doesn’t like that, so he puts her in the highest tower in the palace and basically keeps her prisoner. Eventually her powers start getting more powerful or she starts losing control and the prince finds out about them. She thinks this means that he will let her go and instead he wants to keep her even more.
The heroine had a pretty name and her mom either passed or just isn’t in the picture. She lives with her stepfather who treats her well and treated her mother well.
The hero potentially had dark hair and features. He doesn’t like his father much. And his father has a lot of women that he sleeps with. First scene of both of them i think is in the throne room.
The witch lives in a shack of some sort has some grand plan.
The wizard I think is a similar situation and is described as skinny.
I don’t remember any of their names sadly.
I’m sorry for this very long and seemingly hectic HaBO. I’ve been looking for this book for nearly 10 years and I need to just find this book. I’ve tried everything.
With this level of description, I know we can identity this one.
Doctor Who: The War Doctor
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Because this is the Time War, and this regeneration of the Doctor specifically is on a self loathing maximum while fighting it, Ollista is initially a good foil because she, who really does only prioritize Gallifrey and initially sees everyone not a Time Lord as expendable, shows that despite what he's telling himself, he is still the Doctor, he still has ethics and lines he won't cross and will fight for and have another way. But Ollista isn't simply an Evil McEvil megalomaniac, either, hence me saying "Gallifrey" and not "her personal power", and so the Doctor in the course of those stories develops a grudging respect for her while she while denying she does so finds herself defending, in the last story arc, precisely the kind of (non-Gallifreyan) people she in the first story arc would have dismissed as necessary casualties of war. Whether they argue or work together, all the Doctor-Ollista scenes are golden, and with both John Hurt and Jacqueline Pearce now gone, I am really glad they had the chance to work together near the end of their lives and create two more remarkable characters for us to appreciate.
Fic: Murder, She Wrote/V (1983): One Good Hoax Deserves Another (Jessica & Julie; PG13)
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Title: One Good Hoax Deserves Another
Author: Spikedluv
Fandom: Murder, She Wrote (tv)/V (1983) (tv)
Rating: PG13/Gen
Pairing/Characters: Jessica Fletcher & Juliet Parrish (appearances by Mike Donovan and Elias Taylor)
Length: 3,380 words
Spoilers: Takes place during ep 1.04 Hooray for Homicide of Murder, She Wrote and during the first V (1983) mini-series.
Summary: Jessica Fletcher’s trip to Los Angeles turns out very differently than she’d expected.
Author’s Notes: Written for Round 37 of
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Feedback: Would be greatly appreciated.
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me.
Posted: June 10, 2025
Read Fic @ AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/66375037
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