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A collection of 21 posts

slices of four book covers: Be Not Afraid by Alyssa Cole; Agnes Moor's Wild Knight by Alyssa Cole; Cinder House by Freya Marske; Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

sci fi or fantasy

Propagating the faith

propaganda and romance novels

seven slices of different images: savory in bloom, a donkey, a black and white photo of Frédéric Mistral, and four book covers

Donkey pepper

donkeys, herbs, romance novels

slivers of four book covers: A Rare Find by Joanna Lowell, Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian, The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope, and Bottle Blondes by Rhiannon Swanson

historical romance

The Perpetrator

on obscure word origins, by which I mean where my child learns the things he knows, and, of course, romance novels

three book covers: Rears & Vices by E. M. Caro, Bailey Bangs Her Brother's Best Friend by Liz Alden, and Dirt-Stained Hands, Thorn-Pierced Skin by Tabitha O'Connell

historical romance

Seamen

pirate civil unions and, of course, romance novels

three book covers: A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander, Duchess by Night by Eloisa James, The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

Fly off the handle

On the expression "fly off the handle" and, of course, romance novels

A black and white photo of a tablet covered with lines of carved Rongorongo script

ancient history

Ox turning

Writing forward and backward and upside down, in letters and telegrams and meows, and, of course, romance novels

Daffy Duck as Robin Hood and the covers for three novels by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

contemporary romance

Yoicks

in which I read some Susan Elizabeth Phillips novels

Butterfly ties

Butterflies and romance novels

Book covers for Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness, Sherry Thomas's Ravishing the Heiress, and Darcy Liao's Make Room for Love

sci fi or fantasy

Answerable

on The Left Hand of Darkness, Ravishing the Heiress, and Make Room for Love

an Impressionist oil painting depicting a happy crowd of people eating and drinking and flirting

French literature

Crush and pash

the overpowering violence of infatuations, Renoir and Maupassant, and of course, romance novels

A costly dish

in which I’m perilously out of my depth re: food words (but perfectly at home re: romance novels)

$graphic showing fractions of the covers of the romance novels reviewed$

historical romance

Absolute skulduggery

sneaking around and romance novels

a sloped cobblestone alley with red brick buildings

Corcas

etymological mysteries and romance novels

contemporary romance

Fish, cheese, war

various mongers, and, of course, romance novels

I do cock a snook, but not at thee

rude gestures, death, and romance novels

contemporary romance

Ground down

CONTRITION, n. Did you know that this word used to mean “[t]he action of rubbing things together, or against each other; grinding, pounding or bruising (so as to comminute or pulverize)” (OED)? I did not. I was only familiar with the figurative meaning: “being bruised in heart; sorrow or

contemporary romance

Fending for yourself

on the word "fend" and two excellent romance novels

fantasy romance

Ask nicely

PLEASE, adv., int. I’ve been trying to teach the toddler to say “please” when he shouts “MORE BLUEBERRIES” at me, or his dad, or anyone in the general vicinity who might have access to blueberries. For a while he found it easier to say in American Sign Language, usually

Octidi 18 Nivôse

Octidi 18 Nivôse

CALENDAR, n. Timely, right? I looked this word up for reasons that will become clear below, but I figured the first newsletter of January was a great moment to tell you about it. We get “calendar,” meaning the way we organize our months and years (as in “the Gregorian calendar”

fantasy romance

Apparitions

ANDROID, n. There are androids in one of this week’s small-r romances. This newsletter has covered “robot” and “construct” before, so I figured it was time to look up “android,” even though it’s pretty etymologically straightforward. Andro- as in “man,” -oid as in “having the form or

Snits

Hello, Word Suitcase readers! This newsletter normally arrives in your inbox on Sunday, which today is not. In theory it also comes every two weeks. I meant to send this last weekend, but our household was struck by back-to-back illnesses, the second of which was covid. We’re