KJ Charles
@kjcharleswriter.com
She/her. British European. Purveyor of opinions, rude words, and romance novels, historical and fantasy. "Erotically charged"--Good Housekeeping. I ignore unsolicited advice. http://kjcharleswriter.com
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KJ Charles
@kjcharleswriter.com
· Feb 19
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I am trying out Storygraph but tbh I'm not sure I can cope with the book page garbage. Learning if other readers thought the characters were 'loveable' is so far from being in the top five things I want to know about a book. Or top 100.
February 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
I am trying out Storygraph but tbh I'm not sure I can cope with the book page garbage. Learning if other readers thought the characters were 'loveable' is so far from being in the top five things I want to know about a book. Or top 100.
I read Devil's Chew Toy (Hayden & Friends Mystery #1) by Rob Osler
Review by kjcharles - Devil's Chew Toy
Mystery novel firmly set in Seattle's queer scene, with a short ginger relationship blogger tr...
app.thestorygraph.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I read Devil's Chew Toy (Hayden & Friends Mystery #1) by Rob Osler
In the queue to book a driving test. Site opens at 6 officially. Logged on at 5.57 and was 10,000th in the
For new drivers getting a test is harder than Oasis tickets, but my relative with diagnosed dementia got an instant slot and the DVLA fell over themselves to keep her on the road.
For new drivers getting a test is harder than Oasis tickets, but my relative with diagnosed dementia got an instant slot and the DVLA fell over themselves to keep her on the road.
February 16, 2026 at 6:09 AM
In the queue to book a driving test. Site opens at 6 officially. Logged on at 5.57 and was 10,000th in the
For new drivers getting a test is harder than Oasis tickets, but my relative with diagnosed dementia got an instant slot and the DVLA fell over themselves to keep her on the road.
For new drivers getting a test is harder than Oasis tickets, but my relative with diagnosed dementia got an instant slot and the DVLA fell over themselves to keep her on the road.
Started watching Ted Lasso (cutting edge over here) and siding strongly with the evil club owner
February 15, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Started watching Ted Lasso (cutting edge over here) and siding strongly with the evil club owner
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As it's Ms. Bev's birthday—which should be a #Romancelandia national holiday—here's a few of my favorite Ms. Bev heroines!
Billie, Destiny's Surrender
Teresa, Wild Sweet Love
Maggie, Night Hawk
Jessi Rose, The Taming of Jessi Rose
Kate, Topaz
Spring, Wild Rain
Loreli, A Chance at Love
Viveca, Vivid
Billie, Destiny's Surrender
Teresa, Wild Sweet Love
Maggie, Night Hawk
Jessi Rose, The Taming of Jessi Rose
Kate, Topaz
Spring, Wild Rain
Loreli, A Chance at Love
Viveca, Vivid
February 15, 2026 at 7:51 PM
As it's Ms. Bev's birthday—which should be a #Romancelandia national holiday—here's a few of my favorite Ms. Bev heroines!
Billie, Destiny's Surrender
Teresa, Wild Sweet Love
Maggie, Night Hawk
Jessi Rose, The Taming of Jessi Rose
Kate, Topaz
Spring, Wild Rain
Loreli, A Chance at Love
Viveca, Vivid
Billie, Destiny's Surrender
Teresa, Wild Sweet Love
Maggie, Night Hawk
Jessi Rose, The Taming of Jessi Rose
Kate, Topaz
Spring, Wild Rain
Loreli, A Chance at Love
Viveca, Vivid
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This was the first KJ Charles book I read and then I read another 26 in the same calendar year 😊
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen is going on sale today! Snap it up for $1.99.
Gentleman/smuggler romance with awkward families, sinister secrets on the marsh, bugs.
It's on sale wide but I'm not going out to the shed in this weather so here's the kobo link
Gentleman/smuggler romance with awkward families, sinister secrets on the marsh, bugs.
It's on sale wide but I'm not going out to the shed in this weather so here's the kobo link
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen ebook by KJ Charles - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen" by KJ Charles available from Rakuten Kobo. Gothic scandal meets Bridgerton intrigue in this swashbuckling Regency romance from celebrated author KJ Charles...
www.kobo.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This was the first KJ Charles book I read and then I read another 26 in the same calendar year 😊
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen is going on sale today! Snap it up for $1.99.
Gentleman/smuggler romance with awkward families, sinister secrets on the marsh, bugs.
It's on sale wide but I'm not going out to the shed in this weather so here's the kobo link
Gentleman/smuggler romance with awkward families, sinister secrets on the marsh, bugs.
It's on sale wide but I'm not going out to the shed in this weather so here's the kobo link
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen ebook by KJ Charles - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen" by KJ Charles available from Rakuten Kobo. Gothic scandal meets Bridgerton intrigue in this swashbuckling Regency romance from celebrated author KJ Charles...
www.kobo.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen is going on sale today! Snap it up for $1.99.
Gentleman/smuggler romance with awkward families, sinister secrets on the marsh, bugs.
It's on sale wide but I'm not going out to the shed in this weather so here's the kobo link
Gentleman/smuggler romance with awkward families, sinister secrets on the marsh, bugs.
It's on sale wide but I'm not going out to the shed in this weather so here's the kobo link
We had a whole day yesterday when it didn't rain and now we are paying a thousandfold for our hubris. It's like a Greek tragedy but with weather instead of incest
February 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM
We had a whole day yesterday when it didn't rain and now we are paying a thousandfold for our hubris. It's like a Greek tragedy but with weather instead of incest
At the Saracens match. Behind us, a small child shouts, "Yay, Leicester got the ball back!", and added the most incredible MUWHAHAHA supervillain laugh I've ever heard.
February 14, 2026 at 4:55 PM
At the Saracens match. Behind us, a small child shouts, "Yay, Leicester got the ball back!", and added the most incredible MUWHAHAHA supervillain laugh I've ever heard.
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
Up at 5 to take Mr KJC and Jr to the airport. It's now just me and the cat for a week. I'm going to clean the house and then sit here watching it stay clean for a while.
February 14, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Up at 5 to take Mr KJC and Jr to the airport. It's now just me and the cat for a week. I'm going to clean the house and then sit here watching it stay clean for a while.
My elderly cat's still got it! And when I say it, I mean a mouse in the sitting room.
February 14, 2026 at 5:12 AM
My elderly cat's still got it! And when I say it, I mean a mouse in the sitting room.
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A new blog post! In which I talk about the challenges of describing viewpoint characters without doing the Mirror Thing.
Mirrors in many guises: describing viewpoint characters – KJ Charles
kjcharleswriter.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
A new blog post! In which I talk about the challenges of describing viewpoint characters without doing the Mirror Thing.
Eeeeep. Thank you! 🥰
shocking absolutely no one, @kjcharleswriter.com has done it again. *puts down How to Fake It in Society with a satisfied sigh, but only briefly because I'm probably going to start a reread in about five minutes*
February 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Eeeeep. Thank you! 🥰
This is BRILLIANT. Less 'Cathy!', more rent control please
www.bigissue.com/culture/film...
I've done quite a few interviews in the lead up to the release of Wuthering Heights. I really enjoyed the Big Issue's focus on
Heathcliff as Landlord (yet another thing that goes missing if you chop out the second half of the book in adaptation!)
I've done quite a few interviews in the lead up to the release of Wuthering Heights. I really enjoyed the Big Issue's focus on
Heathcliff as Landlord (yet another thing that goes missing if you chop out the second half of the book in adaptation!)
Wuthering Heights: Heathcliff is just a really terrible landlord
The new Wuthering Heights adaptation is in cinemas. Will the new film portray Heathcliff as a hearthrob or the cruel landlord of the novel?
www.bigissue.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
This is BRILLIANT. Less 'Cathy!', more rent control please
A new blog post! In which I talk about the challenges of describing viewpoint characters without doing the Mirror Thing.
Mirrors in many guises: describing viewpoint characters – KJ Charles
kjcharleswriter.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM
A new blog post! In which I talk about the challenges of describing viewpoint characters without doing the Mirror Thing.
I found a contact link for Goodreads to complain about the stupid sign-in link issue!
www.goodreads.com/about/contac...
www.goodreads.com/about/contac...
February 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
I found a contact link for Goodreads to complain about the stupid sign-in link issue!
www.goodreads.com/about/contac...
www.goodreads.com/about/contac...
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UK DECISION TO BAN PALESTINE ACTION AS TERROR GROUP UNLAWFUL, LONDON'S HIGH COURT RULES
February 13, 2026 at 10:05 AM
UK DECISION TO BAN PALESTINE ACTION AS TERROR GROUP UNLAWFUL, LONDON'S HIGH COURT RULES
February 13, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Have they...have they used AI to create a co-worker who's a whining dick? Is that what the planet is dying for? What's next, a machine intelligence that leaves the milk out?
AI agent writes a PR, gets rejected, crashes out and writes a call-out blog post
Absolute cinema
crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-we...
Absolute cinema
crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-we...
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Have they...have they used AI to create a co-worker who's a whining dick? Is that what the planet is dying for? What's next, a machine intelligence that leaves the milk out?
It's okay,everyone, we've found the leader who will unite our fractured country at last.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It's okay,everyone, we've found the leader who will unite our fractured country at last.
And Kobo et al! This is a fantastic history, strongly recommended, snap it up!
Kindle edition currently 99p. www.amazon.co.uk/Anglo-Saxons...
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
And Kobo et al! This is a fantastic history, strongly recommended, snap it up!
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well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 PM
well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’
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The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
Oh my god yes. If I see one more grifter or lackey crying about how it's so mean that all they did was steal our work, laugh about taking our jobs, and destroy our environment, and now we're not NIIICE to them and it's not FAAAAIIIIIR.
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Oh my god yes. If I see one more grifter or lackey crying about how it's so mean that all they did was steal our work, laugh about taking our jobs, and destroy our environment, and now we're not NIIICE to them and it's not FAAAAIIIIIR.