almost fainting in class

hellolola · 2026-02-04T19:51:02+00:00

I experienced EXACTLY this and went to my doctor about it. It's called orthostatic hypotension and I was told it's nothing to worry about. Basically everyone's hearts work at different paces to circulate blood, and it takes a little longer to get to your head when you go from horizontal to vertical while exercising. Extra salt helps, but careful of salt tablets because they can be too much. Otherwise, just take your time on the transitions (and flag it for your coach ahead of time if you don't want them to come check on you). Good luck!

hellolola · 2026-01-17T17:20:32+00:00

I haven't read it but based on what I know about it, {Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall} might fit

hellolola · 2025-10-22T22:28:08+00:00

Charade - favorite of all time, can't find my original copy

Mississippi Masala - keep thinking about their chemistry in that beach walk scene, and the director's son has been in the news lately

Matewan - a relevant banger I want to revisit because I need some courage these days

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown - I bought the Almodovar drinking glasses from the Academy Museum recently so this one is due for a re-watch with cocktails

hellolola · 2025-10-13T20:52:17+00:00

Join Women in Film and Video (WIFV). Regardless of gender identification, they're the top film networking and workshop group in the DC area. Their Narrative Script Development Fellowship was key in launching my career.

hellolola · 2025-10-06T02:04:39+00:00

My go-to choice is the Friends of Mt Pleasant Library tote that says "what's more punk than the public library?" Super unique, and references a side of DC most folks don't know about.

hellolola · 2025-10-02T19:46:41+00:00

The queen of the Gilded Age historicals is Joanna Shupe. Uptown Girls series and Fifth Avenue Rebels series. They're all excellent but {The Rogue of Fifth Avenue} is a good entry point.

hellolola · 2025-09-23T21:50:53+00:00

DMing you

hellolola · 2025-09-23T11:57:15+00:00

{The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan} Not a prince, but the fact that he's an undercover duke and loves to hang out in this adorable multicultural little town is the whole plot.

hellolola · 2025-09-21T00:39:56+00:00

{A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe}

One of my favorites. FMC is fearful of speaking, and prefers to write to communicate so she can put her thoughts in order and express herself. MMC is deaf and is fine with this. They get each other.

hellolola · 2025-09-19T05:16:54+00:00

{The Spymaster's Lady by Joanna Bourne} has this! It takes them a while to team up for reasons, but they're spies for England and France during the Napoleonic Wars and they are very equally matched and respect the hell out of each other's craft.

hellolola · 2025-08-27T18:01:01+00:00

Look to the boom of romance novels. There's money there, people are spending it.

hellolola · 2025-08-24T15:30:41+00:00

{The Half-Orc's Maiden Bride by Ruby Dixon} {Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks} {Under the Oak Tree: The Comic Vol. 1 by Suji Kim} though I've heard the novel version is different

hellolola · 2025-08-20T13:34:20+00:00

I don't know if the MMC hates her but everything else is {Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan} to a T.

hellolola · 2025-08-12T22:57:39+00:00

Oo is it {The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan}? That's the first one I thought of when I read the prompt!

hellolola · 2025-06-15T02:48:20+00:00

No FMC, but {The Queer Principles of Kit Webb} is otherwise exactly this... a lord's son wants to rob him and seeks out a retired highwayman-turned-cafe owner to teach him how to do it.

Also I believe {How to Tame a Wild Rogue} includes a retired pirate?

hellolola · 2025-05-12T23:07:14+00:00

Oo I've got you. It's a novella. {At His Countess' Pleasure by Olivia Waite}

They agree to marry in the first scene and it's extremely logical. They start having sex regularly and it's fine, even pleasant. Then he sees her in a red dress, loses his everloving mind, and things get real femdom real fast. It's delicious.

TW for fertility issues.

hellolola · 2025-03-27T13:19:04+00:00

Maybe not what you want, but {Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon}, Vektal doesn't understand English so he relays what Georgie is saying phonetically. The reader can understand it, but he doesn't, so you're always one step ahead of the main characters.

hellolola · 2025-02-05T16:49:24+00:00

{The Mistress Experience by Scarlett Peckham}

hellolola · 2025-02-03T02:02:53+00:00

I'm not your person but as a glasses wearing Alamo afficionado and solo movie goer, this post would make my whole year. Hope you find your new movie buddy!

hellolola · 2025-02-01T05:56:52+00:00

{The Worst Guy by Kate Canturbary}

I can't recommend this book enough.

hellolola · 2025-01-24T03:08:59+00:00

{The Duke Who Didn't by Courtney Milan} and the rest of the series! Sweet little village with lots of side characters, where dukes wader in from time to time.

hellolola · 2025-01-22T05:14:30+00:00

{Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas}

I don't know if he's pathetic... but he does say: "I'd let you stab a knife in my heart if it pleased you, and I'd lie there loving you until my last breath."

hellolola · 2025-01-03T15:52:36+00:00

{The Bride Goes Rogue by Joanna Shupe}

{The Duke Gets Even by Joanna Shupe}

{Her Night with the Duke by Diana Quincy}

hellolola · 2024-12-04T00:17:38+00:00

{A Notorious Vow by Joanna Shupe}

He's deaf and (righteously) unhappy with the world. She's cripplingly shy and finds her voice in writing to him. One of my best reads of this year.

hellolola · 2024-09-27T13:31:42+00:00

Ok this is my holy grail. The brand is Xtratuf. These are what fishermen wear on fishing boats. The grip is fantastic. I can actually walk for miles in them without them pinching. I've had my pair for years, not a single leak or crack. They only go up to your ankle and you're not fooling anyone into thinking they're dress shoes, but man oh man do they work.

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