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SuperWendy

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Romance reader, Emeritus RWA Librarian of the Year, Detroit Tigers fan, tea addict, #TBRChallenge hostess. Life is short, read something that makes you happy https://linktr.ee/SuperWendy

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SuperWendy @superwendy.bsky.social · Jan 2

It's time to talk about my best reads of 2025 over at the Bat Cave. Quantity was dismal (for me) this year, but it's hard to complain about the quality. It's a genre fiction lover's delight. Read all about 'em here: wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/read... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Wendy the Super Librarian's Best Reads of 2025. Graphic features book covers for Deception by Gaslight by Kate Belli, When I Think of You by Myah Ariel, The Davis Deal by Jennifer Hayward, Cowboy's Last Stand by Jill Sorenson, The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen, The Bikini Car Wash by Pamela Morsi, The Wife Deserved It by Darby Kane, What the Wife Knew by Darby Kane, A Deal with the Devil by Alyxandra Harvey, Rain Shadow by Cheryl St. John, A Murderous Business by Cathy Pegau

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I rec'd this story to Super Wendy, and she rec'd my review of it right back! It's a fun one, if you've never read it before—both the story itself AND the (spoiler free) review. "The Book That Squealed," by Cornell Woolrich. 📚 #pulp #mystery #librarians

SuperWendy @superwendy.bsky.social · 1d

Before Christmas @lucynka.bsky.social recommended to me the short story, The Book That Squealed by Cornell Woolrich. No post from me because I can't write better than what she wrote back in 2021. Uptight librarian thwarts a kidnapping lucynka.wordpress.com/2021/09/17/t... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

“The Book That Squealed” (or, Cornell Woolrich does the uptight librarian archetype right).

“I’ll begin with the word ‘fifty’ as the easiest entering wedge,” she breathed absorbedly. “It is a numerical adjective, and therefore simply must modify one of those three nouns, according to all…

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January 31, 2026 at 11:17 PM

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🎧Wildblood by AJ Vrana booksofmyheart.net/2026/01/19/%... via @booksofmyheart.net #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

🎧Wildblood by AJ Vrana - Books of My Heart

Wildblood, is a tale of an established couple’s journey to save a kidnapped girl and their relationship. He is a wild thing who values freedom over everything else in his life. She is the woman who ...

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February 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM

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On Reading Romance in the Face of Fascism smutreport.com/2026/01/16/o... via @smutreport.com #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

On Reading Romance in the Face of Fascism

For a while now, every time I get on social media to make silly posts about books and promote the blog in my half-hearted way, I fall into a doom spiral and post nothing at all. Who can care about …

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February 1, 2026 at 1:17 AM

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Historical Mystery-Romance Review: Martha Waters's AND THEN THERE WAS THE ONE missbatesreadsromance.com/2026/01/18/r... via @missbates.bsky.social #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Historical Mystery-Romance Review: Martha Waters’s AND THEN THERE WAS THE ONE

I amused myself to no end thinking about what I wanted to say about Waters’s And Then There Was the One because: how do you say I enjoyed this and yet I don’t think Waters’s hybri…

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February 1, 2026 at 12:59 AM

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Heated Rivalry (2025) (season 1) herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/h... via @azteclady.bsky.social #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Heated Rivalry (2025) (season 1)

I am writing this mostly for people who may be coming around sometime in late 2026 or maybe even early 2027, when the release of the second season of the show is imminent; most everyone else who&#8…

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February 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM

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Skin Game (Subtle Deceptions #3) by Elle Keaton bookish29.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/s... via @cazreadingrm.bsky.social #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Skin Game (Subtle Deceptions #3) by Elle Keaton

Gabriel Karne is cautiously optimistic. Life seems to be settling down into a nice even keel. It’s a new year and the former con artist has a permanent-for-now address. Even Keith-the-cat seems to …

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February 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM

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Tier Ranking the 2025 Releases I Read from Sept-Dec firewhiskeyreader.com/2026/01/18/t... via @firewhiskeyreader.bsky.social #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Tier Ranking the 2025 Releases I Read from Sept-Dec

We’re nearly there, wrapping up my full reading year, but I have a few more posts I feel like have to be done before we can officially move on. I read 38 2025 releases in the last four months…

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February 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM

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Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: The Garden Shop Mystery by Kathleen McKee twimom227.com/2026/01/list... via @jentwimom.bsky.social #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: The Garden Shop Mystery by Kathleen McKee – That's What I'm Talking About…

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February 1, 2026 at 12:52 AM

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Heated Rivalry, by Rachel Reid herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/h... via @azteclady.bsky.social #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia

Heated Rivalry, by Rachel Reid

It’s been a month since I posted my review of the first book, so let us get on with the Game Changers book series reviews; please note: if you have already watched the Crave adaptation of the…

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February 1, 2026 at 12:51 AM

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I've also gotten behind with posting about my own blog posts. My review of A Box Full of a Darkness by Simone St. James. I love the creepy-ass town of Fell, NY. This was solid but doesn't make my St. James Top 5 wendythesuperlibrarian.blogspot.com/2026/01/revi... #RomBkBlog #Romancelandia