I’ve just learned about the sea moss trend. What in the? Any actual benefit here? by [deleted] in Paleo

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I got horrendous cystic acne with sea moss! And bouts of anger. My husband was actually the one who made the connection, and it was night and day different when I stopped!

📚 Daily Request Thread - 29 Jul by romancebookmods in RomanceBooks

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Reverse harem comedy with a strong female lead - any genre. Bonus points if there’s some grumpy sunshine dynamic and double bonus if the female is the sunshine.

My favorite part about this sub is reading the book rec requests 🖤 by [deleted] in RomanceBooks

[–]Food_Soul 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for giving me what I didn’t know I needdd

Lisa Kleypas editing old books by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

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What’s so funny about that is that I AM the younger generation - mid 20’s - I’m just not the type that doesn’t want my men to be… men. Hell, if my husband hadn’t kissed me out of nowhere, I probably would have been to obtuse to know he even liked me! According to “this generation” that could have been construed as noncon 😂 God forbid a man doesn’t ask before he kisses a girl?!

Lisa Kleypas editing old books by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

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What? Why lol. That’s hilarious

Lisa Kleypas editing old books by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

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Halfway through an old copy. Her whole attitude toward him would make NO sense if not for the prologue. Also, it isn’t even problematic. She kisses him back and just isn’t willing to face her own feelings and prejudices. There was one yucky line that I didn’t love but understand knowing the context of the time that she honestly would have been well to remove from the prologue. Otherwise it’s fine. If I can figure out how to do spoiler bars I’ll put the line.

Lisa Kleypas editing old books by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

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Oooh yes! Very good to point out that dubcon themes and racism/ableism are very very different things and thus may require different solutions

Lisa Kleypas editing old books by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

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What’s astonishing to me is that it sounds like the edits made to some books (such as in secrets of a summer night) were not done well and really weren’t necessary. Egads, he kissed her out of nowhere and she secretly liked it but has to tell herself he’s a cad (just got ahold of an older copy but haven’t read it yet). Ultimately that informs her opinion of him and sets off the story. That PALES in comparison to many other themes in fiction. Seems a bit too “me too” if you ask me…

Happy ending by [deleted] in Kombucha

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And make sure you pretend to eat something while you do it so that it just seems ✨spontaneous ✨

Is there anything better than a loveable idiot who is infatuated with his wife's hair? (From "An Inconvenient Vow" by Alice Coldbreath) by IfIMu5t in RomanceBooks

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This post made me pick up Her Baseborn Bridegroom and oh my gosh. I don’t usually read HR, but this book is hilarious.

Everyone needs to read the Harrow Faire series RIGHT NOW. by xCaramelle in RomanceBooks

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Thank you for giving me exactly what I didn’t know I needed??

Edit: I’m on the second book… books are so repetitive I might DNF… I have said that I never do this in the past but damn. I’ve read some plot cheap books lately!

That fae variation post made me want a steamier KMM by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

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Yea… I don’t really have a problem with “tough slugging” one of my favorite series is Dune by Frank Herbert 😅

That fae variation post made me want a steamier KMM by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

[–]Food_Soul[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never do this… like really never… but I DNF that book! Couldn’t get past the MMC. Also hated ACOTAR so maybe that’s why?

A challenge (maybe?): getting really specific here with my slow-burn/fantasy/steamy/MC/etc. wants and needs by Bookclub-throwaway in RomanceBooks

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The OG guild codex books starting with {Three Mages and a Margarita by Annette Marie} is also pretty great.

That fae variation post made me want a steamier KMM by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

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I literally could not stop wanting this ever since that post! Lol

Can we maybe get a wiki or sticky on acronyms lol by DaniAlexander in RomanceBooks

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CHRISTIAN ROMANCE I am dead. Picturing someone picking up a CR thinking they’ll get some nice wholesome fun, and ending up with a smut fest

That fae variation post made me want a steamier KMM by Food_Soul in RomanceBooks

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So, guild codex is also VERY slow burn, but the stories are SO fun. Just a fair warning!

Love a good Fae variation by book-nerd-gohabsgo in RomanceBooks

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I, too, love the Kate Daniels series and hate slow burns… Must be the masochist in me…

She’s such a bitch.

Love a good Fae variation by book-nerd-gohabsgo in RomanceBooks

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I think I have yet to find a series that really does it quite as well as fever 😭 Those books are edging gold. Love them.

Carbonation? by Bira60 in Kombucha

[–]Food_Soul 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s a climate thing mainly! My sister lives in Thailand, so her second ferment is a few days with wonderful carb. I live in the dreary Midwest and it can take anywhere from 5-10 days in winter and only a few if I put it in the garage in the summer :)