Okay romance readers, this one is for you.

Which romance do you love, mine are: -enemies-to-lovers -roomates-to-lovers -forced proximity -dark rom-coms -one bed (cliché but can be fun) -grumpy/sunshine -grumpy/grumpy (a new found love, as a grumpy person 😄 ) -found family -small town -spicy

Not a trope, but love it! -queer, especially sapphic, MFM MAYBE MMFM (how any woman can handle more men than that is BEYOND me!), MM

And those you hate, here are mine: -Slow burn (I have no patience to wait for the good bits, 🤣 I came for romance give me the spice! 🌶) -age gap (especially if it's an 18-24 yr old woman-girl, with some old dude, although some reverse age gap isn't bad, but please make the dude either super mature for his age or at least 27) -fated mates-type in a non-magical romance -forbidden love, see age gap -surprise pregnacy/breeding kink -non-humanoid monster smut -pitch black romance (my MCs need some redeamable qualities or I'd just rather read a horror book)

I'll give recs to those who comment with tropes they like that I have a good rec for, feel free to do the same. I'm also just curious what everyone's fav are. NO TROPE SHAMING.

I’m encouraging you this morning to be bold and take up space. Maybe that’s hard in real life so feel free to use this as a place to make space for yourself and shout what you maybe can’t about in person.

I can go first! 📢 Homeowners Associations (HOAs) suck and absolutely do not need to micromanage every little thing. I wish I could go tell mine this!!

Happy last day of the month, Boundlings. Today I am in a super good mood. Why, asked almost no one? Yesterday afternoon, I turned in all my paperwork to my school district and the state to officially retire on June 4th after 32 years of teaching. There is no going back now. Just open roads and a ton of books to read.

If you have any happiness you would like to share. I would love to read about it. I think everyone can use a little joy. What is going on in your world, big or small, that is bringing you happiness and joy?

Edit*

I got so caught up in the retirement joy and asking the question that I forgot the other piece of joyful news. Today is my 32nd wedding anniversary. I didn't forget this morning with my wife, thankfully. That could have been trouble. Actually, that's not true. She forgot about it for a year and has been waiting ever since to get even. I refuse to lose my advantage. This is clearly all the ingredients for a happy marriage.

Hello friends! I love being a lesbian and it's my favorite week of the year. What is your favorite lesbian novel? What's your favorite thing about being a lesbian?

I have to go with Emily Austin as my favorite lesbian novels! And my favorite thing about being a lesbian is de centering men and mixing masculine and feminine qualities

Hoping this brings some joy and love to your feed :)

She fell asleep whenever anyone began reading to her. As soon as one or two sentences were read, her head would nod with alacrity.

From Cambridge dictionary: alacrity - speed and eagerness, From Merriam-Webster: alacrity - promptness in response, cheerful eagerness From dictionary.com: alacrity - cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness - liveliness, briskness

I’m sorry, am I stupid? I can’t find any way to make that sentence make sense. I believe I understand what O’Neill means, but I don’t think alacrity is the right word here. Or, she does mean alacritous, but then I don’t know what she means at all.

I got a green flame on reading streak!! 😅 Idk what it means.. But its fun😇

Hello Bookaholics!!

How is everyone doing?

Your question of the day is.... Do you judge a book by its cover more than you'd like to admit?