# diverse — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover diverse. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Cinderella Retelling Gets Deliciously Dark: Ember by Naima Simone](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/ember-naima-simone) _2026-07-14 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ A review of Ember by Naima Simone: a dark, taboo mafia romance where a STEM baddie FMC and her morally grey stepbrother turn Cinderella deadly. ## [\[Double Booked\] Our Top 10 Reads of 2026 So Far](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/double-booked-top-10-mid-2026) _2026-07-06 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Two reviewers, 10 obsessions: Our mid-year round-up celebrates the best diverse romances of 2026 with a gift list you'll want to add to cart immediately. ## [Your Caribbean romance reading guide is here](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/caribbean-romance-roadmap) _2026-06-09 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Caribbean and diaspora romance authors across 6 subgenres. Your Caribbean American Heritage Month romance roadmap, organized by the lane you're already in. ## [Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen: A Spoiler-Free Review of the Curves Series Finale](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/big-girl-blitz) _2026-04-14 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Looking for a plus-size sports romance? Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen delivers strangers-to-lovers with instant chemistry and heat. ## [Brother’s Best Friend: The Re-Do List by Denise Williams](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/brothers-best-friend-the-re-do-list) _2026-02-25 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Aleia's Library reviews The Re-Do List (2026): a contemporary romance about starting over, a re-do list, and a brother's best friend who was never supposed to fall. ## [Double Booked BHM 2026: Black Romance that Reflects Living in your Soft Life Era](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/double-booked-bhm-soft-life) _2026-02-17 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Discover Black romance novels that celebrate soft life living. Featuring Kennedy Ryan, Jasmine Guillory, Christina C. Jones & more. Black History Month 2026. ## [What we Read This Week on Double Booked \[Feb 6\]](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/what-we-read-this-week-feb-6) _2026-02-06 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Your weekend reading problems are gone! We’re sharing a NYT bestseller about rebuilding after betrayal, an indie-gone-trad forbidden romance, a scandalous sapphic summer fling, and more. ## [Welcome to Double Booked BHM 2026: Black Romance Matters Because Black Love Matters](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/why-black-romance-matters) _2026-02-01 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Double Booked kicks off Black History Month with why Black romance matters—love, joy, rest, and stories only we can tell. ## [\[Double Booked\] Cozy Magical Realism Romance: The Magic of the Untamed by Raquel Vázquez Gilliland](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/the-magic-of-the-untamed) _2026-01-22 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Our Double Booked review of The Magic of the Untamed explores magical realism, family dynamics, quiet devotion, and a librarian-journalist love story set in a small town. ## [7 Books That Made Me Crumble + 2026 Writing Updates](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/books-that-made-me-crumble) _2026-01-05 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Looking for emotional romance reads? These seven books broke my heart in the best way—plus updates on my 2026 writing journey. ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/pcUKU3bGbcgC) _2026-01-05 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [A Gift Guide for Romance Book Lovers in 2025](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/gift-guide-for-romance-lovers-2025) _2025-12-17 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ 50 diverse romance book recommendations for 2025, organized by reader type. Find gifts for music lovers, foodies, sports fans & more. Shop now or pre-orders. ## [125+ Black and POC Romance Novels Releasing in 2026](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/2026-releases) _2025-12-01 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ 125+ diverse romance novels by Black, AAPI, Latine & Queer authors releasing in 2026. Fantasy, contemporary, historical & more. Updated throughout the year. ## [Books I’m Dying to Read… Once Work Lets Me Breathe](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/november-2025-reading-update) _2025-11-21 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ What I’m reading between edits, meetings, and airport runs. ## [\[Double Booked\] Contemporary Marriage of Convenience: The Marriage Narrative by Claire Kann](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/the-marriage-narrative) _2025-11-11 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Reality TV plus marriage of convenience in Claire Kann's delightful new rom-com. Zinnia wants a platonic husband, Jordan needs a wife ASAP—what could go wrong? Or right? ## [50+ New and Beloved Diverse Winter Holiday Romances for 2025](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/diverse-holiday-romances) _2025-11-01 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Last night I hid from trick-or-treaters at my coffee shop and made you a list of 50+ holiday romances. You're welcome. From vacation flings to snowed-in second chances, here's your cozy season TBR. ## [Super Villain as A Love Interest: All Superheroes Need Photo Ops by Elizabeth Stephens](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/all-superheroes-need-photo-ops) _2025-10-29 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ An alien superhero goes for what he wants: power and the war photographer who only captures his most authentic angles. ## [120+ Black and POC Romance Novels Releasing in 2025](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/2025-releases) _2025-10-24 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Reading diversely is always important and here’s your 2025 cheat code to all the (for now 😉) upcoming releases. ## [\[Double Booked\] 25+ Diverse Grumpy/Sunshine Recs](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/double-booked-grumpy-sunshine) _2025-10-23 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ We welcome our first guest collaborator and talk about some of the diverse grumpy/sunshine romance books we love. ## [\[Double Booked\] Spotlight on Celestine Martin’s Elemental Love Series](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/elemental-love-series) _2025-10-16 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ Black Girl Magic at the New Jersey seashore featuring witchy cousins and the magical men that earn their love. ## [Love on the Ice: Revolve by Bal Khabra](https://aleiaslibrary.substack.com/p/revolve) _2025-10-15 · Aleia · Aleia’s Library | Diverse Romance Book Reviews_ When an Olympic figure skater on the mend teams up with a down on his luck hockey player, not even the ice can temper their chemistry. ## [Realtime AI Arbitrage Terminal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bNUBcwUg8ZIA) _2025-10-15 · **Sponsored**_ Realtime auto-trading across exchanges with scored setups, backtesting, and risk controls. ## [Atlanta Film Critics Circle Has Moved to ATLFilmCritics.Org](https://atlantafilmcritics.substack.com/p/visit-us-at-atlfilmcriticsorg) _2025-10-07 · Emma Loggins · Atlanta Film Critics Circle_ Please visit us at ATLFilmCritics.Org ## [Celery](https://allthebrilliance.substack.com/p/celery) _2025-09-20 · Aliya Bhatia · Harnessing All The Brilliance_ Schools, neighborhoods, and the individual "opt-in" for thriving, diverse communities. ## [Repo Roundup #6](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/repo-roundup-2025-08-08/) _2025-08-08 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ This week's exploration was heavily influenced by AI announcements, focusing on things around the gpt-oss model. ## [Building a TypeScript client for OpenAI Harmony](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/building-typescript-client-harmony/) _2025-08-07 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ After encountering challenges with OpenAI's new Harmony message format for their gpt-oss model, I decided to bridge the gap from Rust to TypeScript. ## [Repo Roundup #5](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/repo-roundup-2025-08-01/) _2025-08-01 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ This week's Repo Roundup features a diverse range of GitHub projects, including tools for analyzing Claude Code usage, a new CLI coding tool from Charm, an audio capture tool for real-time transcription, a library for managing SEO in Astro, and an inspiring library that showcases exceptional craftsmanship. ## [Constraints build capacity, goals just collect outcomes](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/constraints-build-capacity-goals-collect-outcomes/) _2025-07-29 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ Embracing self-imposed constraints over fleeting goals fosters lasting capabilities and sustainable practices in our work lives. ## [Repo Roundup #4](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/repo-roundup-2025-07-25/) _2025-07-25 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ This week, I explored four intriguing repositories related to MCP servers, highlighting their potential while noting that much design and experimentation are still needed to unlock their true value. ## [Documenting TypeScript](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/documenting-typescript/) _2025-07-18 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ My evolving thoughts on best practices for documenting TypeScript code with a combination of syntax and JSDoc comment approaches. The goal is to enhance the developer experience and make the code more maintainable by clearly communicating intent through both formal type declarations and informal textual descriptions. ## [Repo Roundup #3](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/repo-roundup-2025-07-18/) _2025-07-18 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ This week's repository roundup features diverse projects, including BedrockConnect for spoofing Minecraft servers, ollama-ai-provider for integrating AI models, and the Notion JavaScript SDK for fetching website content from Notion databases. ## [Repo Roundup #2](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/repo-roundup-2025-07-11/) _2025-07-11 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ This week’s roundup highlights repositories focused on artificial intelligence and LLMs, featuring tools for monitoring code usage in Claude, clustering computing resources for larger AI models, and browser-based applications for text-to-speech and transcription using advanced models. ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/w7JrUe9w7XEH) _2025-07-11 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and access low-cost global trading. ## [Repo Roundup #1](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/repo-roundup-2025-07-04/) _2025-07-04 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ This week's roundup highlights a diverse selection of repositories, including tools for window management, an AST-informed editor, a low poly 3D model editor for game asset creation, a fast storage space analyzer, and a library for building robust CLI tools, all enhancing productivity and creativity in software development. ## [Are Passkeys actually more secure or just convenient?](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/are-passkeys-actually-more-secure-or-just-convenient/) _2025-06-23 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ As Passkeys gain traction as a replacement for passwords, their simultaneous promise of increased security and increased convenience seemed suspicious enough for me to dive deeper. ## [Using Notion as a CMS for my website](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/using-notion-cms-for-my-website/) _2025-06-18 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ I'm exploring the use of Notion as a headless CMS for my website and finding it to be an intriguing experience despite some quirks in their API. ## [First Impressions of the Limitless Pendant](https://zacharytamas.com/notebook/limitless-pendant-impressions/) _2025-03-01 · zacharytamas's Notebook_ While the Limitless Pendant shows promise with features like the Ask AI LLM, its transcription accuracy and battery drain issues significantly hinder its practicality for everyday use. ## [Dear Uncle Jonald](https://allthebrilliance.substack.com/p/dear-uncle-jonald) _2024-12-30 · Aliya Bhatia · Harnessing All The Brilliance_ We all have stories, and we can use them to make our world better. ## [Atlanta Film Critics Circle Announces Its 2024 Winners](https://atlantafilmcritics.substack.com/p/atlanta-film-critics-circle-announces-b68) _2024-12-09 · Atlanta Film Critics Circle_ "Anora" leads a very diverse slate of winners. ## [Christening](https://allthebrilliance.substack.com/p/christening) _2024-11-16 · Aliya Bhatia · Harnessing All The Brilliance_ Is asking "Where are you from?" a portal to understanding, or a burden?