Adele Buck
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Adele Buck
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· Oct 17
Okay, it's time for a proper intro thread, not just the one I whacked up there during the workday.
I'm Adele, I'm a law librarian by day and romance author by night. I talk occasionally about a bunch of stuff but a lot about books.
I'm about to talk about my books!
I'm Adele, I'm a law librarian by day and romance author by night. I talk occasionally about a bunch of stuff but a lot about books.
I'm about to talk about my books!
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So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
December 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So I am going to say something about romance as a genre.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
A lot of people think that romance is ignorable because <insert thing they think about romance> and romance authors don't count because <insert thing they think about romance>.
This thread is not about whether you have to like romance.
Someone check the walls of the residence for ketchup.
Anyone show Grandpa Shouty the SCOTUS order yet?
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Someone check the walls of the residence for ketchup.
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So everyone's watching the 60 Minutes that was supposed to be banned and everyone who knows how PDFs work can unredact the Epstein files, it's like the Christmas spirit has irony poisoning this year
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
So everyone's watching the 60 Minutes that was supposed to be banned and everyone who knows how PDFs work can unredact the Epstein files, it's like the Christmas spirit has irony poisoning this year
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Many people are posting close-reads of the gay hockey romance show and book series, and calling out solid critique right now. Romance deserves good-faith criticism.
“You are all mindless fanatics with no critical thinking skills who do not appreciate true art” is the worst-faith criticism.
“You are all mindless fanatics with no critical thinking skills who do not appreciate true art” is the worst-faith criticism.
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Many people are posting close-reads of the gay hockey romance show and book series, and calling out solid critique right now. Romance deserves good-faith criticism.
“You are all mindless fanatics with no critical thinking skills who do not appreciate true art” is the worst-faith criticism.
“You are all mindless fanatics with no critical thinking skills who do not appreciate true art” is the worst-faith criticism.
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Camped out here on Two Things Can Be True Hill:
1. The romance genre has a history deeply entwined with white supremacy, ableism, and the most reductive kind of stereotypes. Like every genre.
2. Painting all romantasy readers as “zombies” is also a reductive stereotype, and misogynist to boot.
1. The romance genre has a history deeply entwined with white supremacy, ableism, and the most reductive kind of stereotypes. Like every genre.
2. Painting all romantasy readers as “zombies” is also a reductive stereotype, and misogynist to boot.
December 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Camped out here on Two Things Can Be True Hill:
1. The romance genre has a history deeply entwined with white supremacy, ableism, and the most reductive kind of stereotypes. Like every genre.
2. Painting all romantasy readers as “zombies” is also a reductive stereotype, and misogynist to boot.
1. The romance genre has a history deeply entwined with white supremacy, ableism, and the most reductive kind of stereotypes. Like every genre.
2. Painting all romantasy readers as “zombies” is also a reductive stereotype, and misogynist to boot.
My [53F] neighbor [56M] is utterly charming—which is a problem. I have more than one reason to keep men at arm’s length. But his cat [2F] found her way into my apartment. Now I am in a feline time-share. I don’t want him to get the wrong idea, but I can’t seem to resist either him or the cat. AITA?
...What's this?
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
Meet-Cat
Meet-Cat - Kindle edition by Buck, Adele. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My [53F] neighbor [56M] is utterly charming—which is a problem. I have more than one reason to keep men at arm’s length. But his cat [2F] found her way into my apartment. Now I am in a feline time-share. I don’t want him to get the wrong idea, but I can’t seem to resist either him or the cat. AITA?
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
My favorite kind of marketing copy:
My [56M] cat [2F] keeps appearing at my next-door neighbor’s [53F] apartment. Trouble is, I can see why the cat likes her. I like her too, but she’s really prickly and private. I’m kind of using the cat as an excuse to spend some time with her. AITA?
My [56M] cat [2F] keeps appearing at my next-door neighbor’s [53F] apartment. Trouble is, I can see why the cat likes her. I like her too, but she’s really prickly and private. I’m kind of using the cat as an excuse to spend some time with her. AITA?
...What's this?
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
Meet-Cat
Meet-Cat - Kindle edition by Buck, Adele. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My favorite kind of marketing copy:
My [56M] cat [2F] keeps appearing at my next-door neighbor’s [53F] apartment. Trouble is, I can see why the cat likes her. I like her too, but she’s really prickly and private. I’m kind of using the cat as an excuse to spend some time with her. AITA?
My [56M] cat [2F] keeps appearing at my next-door neighbor’s [53F] apartment. Trouble is, I can see why the cat likes her. I like her too, but she’s really prickly and private. I’m kind of using the cat as an excuse to spend some time with her. AITA?
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Well, that might have been the fastest I've one-clicked in quite some time!
EVERYONE, GO GET YOU SOME ADELE BUCK AMAZINGNESS RIGHT THIS MINUTE. Trust me, I'm ... an avid reader. 🤓
EVERYONE, GO GET YOU SOME ADELE BUCK AMAZINGNESS RIGHT THIS MINUTE. Trust me, I'm ... an avid reader. 🤓
...What's this?
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
Meet-Cat
Meet-Cat - Kindle edition by Buck, Adele. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Well, that might have been the fastest I've one-clicked in quite some time!
EVERYONE, GO GET YOU SOME ADELE BUCK AMAZINGNESS RIGHT THIS MINUTE. Trust me, I'm ... an avid reader. 🤓
EVERYONE, GO GET YOU SOME ADELE BUCK AMAZINGNESS RIGHT THIS MINUTE. Trust me, I'm ... an avid reader. 🤓
One reason I'm a bit bittersweet about the Meet-Cat cover is I know this is the last one I'll do with Nathalie. But we're going out with a bang!
After over 25 years in #romancelandia, I'm retiring! Come end January 2026, I'll hang up my pen, shut down my rig, and let go of my subscriptions (farewell, adobe, you thieves). It's been a wild ride!
a neon sign says forever in my heart
Alt: a neon sign says forever in my heart
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
One reason I'm a bit bittersweet about the Meet-Cat cover is I know this is the last one I'll do with Nathalie. But we're going out with a bang!
...What's this?
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
Meet-Cat
Meet-Cat - Kindle edition by Buck, Adele. Contemporary Romance Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.
www.amazon.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
...What's this?
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
A preorder for a Golden Years novella? Dropping on 12/31 (just in time to squirrel yourself away to read on New Year's day)?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0GBYQ88Z...
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truly amazing how many different professions there are where everyone’s newest persistent headache is “AI zealots high on their own supply”
Met a 40yo gallery-ist at a party in SF. We spent most of the party talking abt the art world, but mostly what she talked abt was how most of her life now is telling AI “artists” that they are not artists, she won’t sell their “work” in her gallery, & that “prompt writer” isn’t an artistic medium.
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
truly amazing how many different professions there are where everyone’s newest persistent headache is “AI zealots high on their own supply”
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the best two minutes you'll spend all day 🐾
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
the best two minutes you'll spend all day 🐾
I've been meaning to watch this. And now I will.
I'm finally starting season 2 of "Finding Mr. Christmas," the Hallmark reality show where the most wholesome, non-toxic men in America compete for the chance to be a Christmas movie star (somehow a real job), judged by a gay man and Barbra Jean from "Reba"
it's the greatest show you're not watching
it's the greatest show you're not watching
December 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I've been meaning to watch this. And now I will.
And it says a HELL OF A LOT about your gendered approach to labor.
You can't simultaneously tell me that it's too hard to use a trans person's pronouns and then turn around and call an AI chatbot "she."
If you're giving less consideration to a human being than a fucking computer program, you're just an asshole.
If you're giving less consideration to a human being than a fucking computer program, you're just an asshole.
December 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And it says a HELL OF A LOT about your gendered approach to labor.
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My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.
So the “figure out how to use it lest you be left behind” replies about ‘AI’ that have been popping up here strike me as inauthentic but also kind of funny because they grant the point that rather than an automation panacea these technologies are quite difficult to figure out how to use effectively
December 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My standard response is "tell me, in specific detail, how exactly I'll be 'left behind,'" and to date not a single techbro has ever answered the question. "You'll be left behind" is a statement of religious faith, not business fact, and should be treated as such.
And yes, for all the Norwegians who follow me, those three loaves were ONE batch.
My bestemor's original recipe made FIVE loaves. I cut it down so I could at least start the bread in my stand mixer.
My bestemor's original recipe made FIVE loaves. I cut it down so I could at least start the bread in my stand mixer.
On a more personal note than my extended rant (hi, new followers!) I woke up this morning to find my mom has come down with something and won't be able to visit.
I spent the bulk of today sulking when I was supposed to be making six loaves of julekake. But I did figure out my shit enough to make 3.
I spent the bulk of today sulking when I was supposed to be making six loaves of julekake. But I did figure out my shit enough to make 3.
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
And yes, for all the Norwegians who follow me, those three loaves were ONE batch.
My bestemor's original recipe made FIVE loaves. I cut it down so I could at least start the bread in my stand mixer.
My bestemor's original recipe made FIVE loaves. I cut it down so I could at least start the bread in my stand mixer.
On a more personal note than my extended rant (hi, new followers!) I woke up this morning to find my mom has come down with something and won't be able to visit.
I spent the bulk of today sulking when I was supposed to be making six loaves of julekake. But I did figure out my shit enough to make 3.
I spent the bulk of today sulking when I was supposed to be making six loaves of julekake. But I did figure out my shit enough to make 3.
December 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
On a more personal note than my extended rant (hi, new followers!) I woke up this morning to find my mom has come down with something and won't be able to visit.
I spent the bulk of today sulking when I was supposed to be making six loaves of julekake. But I did figure out my shit enough to make 3.
I spent the bulk of today sulking when I was supposed to be making six loaves of julekake. But I did figure out my shit enough to make 3.
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Curious about what in the self-loathing is going on with Usha Vance to be married to a man who so openly seems to resent that she isn’t white. She’s where she wants to be but I sure want to know what pathology allows that.
December 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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The snake-oil salesmen refuse to guzzle the snake oil.
The head of Amazon Web Services has big plans to offer AI tools to businesses but says that replacing coders with AI is “a nonstarter for anyone who’s trying to build a long-term company.”
AWS CEO Matt Garman Doesn’t Think AI Should Replace Junior Devs
The head of Amazon Web Services has big plans to offer AI tools to businesses but says that replacing coders with AI is “a nonstarter for anyone who’s trying to build a long-term company.”
wrd.cm
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The snake-oil salesmen refuse to guzzle the snake oil.
*deep breath*
Okay. I am cranky on a lot of levels today, so.
But I got a comment on another platform that said, "you are going to save us in the future. Libraries and librarians are the backbone of society."
Let me tell you why I hated this seemingly innocuous comment.
Okay. I am cranky on a lot of levels today, so.
But I got a comment on another platform that said, "you are going to save us in the future. Libraries and librarians are the backbone of society."
Let me tell you why I hated this seemingly innocuous comment.
December 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
*deep breath*
Okay. I am cranky on a lot of levels today, so.
But I got a comment on another platform that said, "you are going to save us in the future. Libraries and librarians are the backbone of society."
Let me tell you why I hated this seemingly innocuous comment.
Okay. I am cranky on a lot of levels today, so.
But I got a comment on another platform that said, "you are going to save us in the future. Libraries and librarians are the backbone of society."
Let me tell you why I hated this seemingly innocuous comment.
Don't threaten me with a good time, Mikey.
Johnson: If we lose the House majority, the radical left will impeach President Trump.
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time, Mikey.
Per my last cranky mini-rant on academics and AI.
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Per my last cranky mini-rant on academics and AI.
I would struggle to trust an academic who thinks that AI is the future and anyone who doesn't get on board the hype train is irrational.
Look, I know a meat grinder when I see it. I don't need to feed myself into it, you absolute fucknugget.
Look, I know a meat grinder when I see it. I don't need to feed myself into it, you absolute fucknugget.
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I would struggle to trust an academic who thinks that AI is the future and anyone who doesn't get on board the hype train is irrational.
Look, I know a meat grinder when I see it. I don't need to feed myself into it, you absolute fucknugget.
Look, I know a meat grinder when I see it. I don't need to feed myself into it, you absolute fucknugget.
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Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Coming back to this, I'm still struck by the implication that academics should care if the AI pushers "trust" all our work that's done without AI.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.
I don't know, man, you all seemed to trust our work enough to steal it from us wholesale.