Recent Reads

Here are the books I’ve read lately and what I think about them!

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In the middle of moving (can you tell?) but loved the newest from Freya Sampson. (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) Blurb: When Libby Nicholls arrives in London, brokenhearted and with her life in tatters, the first person she meets on the bus is elderly Frank. He tells
Happy Pride 🤠 I’m back but with less of a fervor. Social media has become tiresome so I’m just gonna post when I feel like it. Anywho…I really loved Outlawed; it had a lot of things I loved like queer femmes, gay cowboys, and r
I’ve had a busy week and I haven’t got too much reading done, but I’ve got some new releases that I’m really excited to crack open! Next up…’I Kissed Shara Wheeler’! Have you read any new releases lately? M
Happy release day to @timothyjanovsky and his debut novel, Never Been Kissed!! This was *very* sweet. Super fluffy in all the right ways. The main characters are likable and I especially loved Wren’s mind always being able to connect his exper
What’s you read in April? Did we read any of the same things?? I got to read some new stuff like Emily Henry’s ‘Book Lovers’ which you MUST rush to get as soon as it comes out and caught up with some Booksta favorites like &l
She’s here and she’s perfect 🤩🎉 @emilyhenrywrites and @berkleypub just dropped ‘Book Lovers’ and it’s another one for the books! Watch this space because there might (😉) be a giveaway later this week! Are you an Emi
I love old buildings that with built-in bookshelves 📚 It’s raining on and off today which is the perfect excuse to stay in and keep cool and dry. Right now I’m reading ‘The Verifiers’ by Jane Pek and am loving it so far! Wha
Finally got out of the slump and finished ‘The Sellout’, which is good because my friend here stole it from me. This book was the first ever authored by an American to win the Man Booker Prize and I can see why. It’s so smart yet s
🧩 at least my reading slump gave me time to do a puzzle 🧩 Since I finished, I’ve been able to read a bit more, so I think I’m on my way out of the slump. This puzzle was so fun! There are cool little things going on in every section
Uh oh! They let me out of the house and I bought more books 😬🫣 How was your Monday? The weather is back to being pretty awful here in Chicago after a bit of false spring That’d fine by me if I could stay in and read, but I’m in a bit o
See any favorites in here? 👀 My work schedule has been encroaching on my reading time this week, but I’m still soldiering on and reading ‘The Sellout’ by Paul Beatty. What are you reading this weekend? Do you have any plans for E
Comedians write the best memoirs ✍️ James Acaster’s ‘Perfect Sound Whatever’ is funny, heartfelt, and introduced me to some new favorite musicians. Other favorite comedian memoirs of mine are Tina Fey’s, Sara Pascoe’s,
It’s PUB DAY✨🪩🕺 Big ups to @betholearyauthor and everyone at @berkleypub !! I can’t wait for everyone to read it and fall in love with it. Have you already gone out and snatched a copy? If not, go for it! #thenoshow #pubday
New(ish) release!: Disorientation📝💊 What a joy/horror to spend some time in the mind of not quite a Dr. Ingrid Yang. This book is about a lot of things, all with various levels of import and seriousness. Chou (the author, not the fictional poet fr
Warm colors for a snowy day ☀️🌨 I’m getting ready to stay in and read this weekend as the weather here in Chicago cools down again. What are you reading this weekend?
The Love Hypothesis 🧪mini review I just finished Bookstagram’s favorite, The Love Hypothesis, and was pleasantly surprised! I haven’t been loving some other popular favorites, but I’m happy to follow the crowd on this one. This wa
Middlemarch by George Eliot 🌱 This isn’t a review, per say, but I read all eight-hundred-something pages of this last month and loved it. Sometimes books that are only three hundred pages can feel longer than this did. It felt like Eliot had
Sunday stack 🌈 … Nothing like a rainbow stack to celebrate the incoming spring! What are you planning to read this week?
Some of my March reads!! 🪷🪷🪷 Lots of good stuff this month and some stuff that I really wanted to like but just didn’t. 💭💭💭 Have you read any of these? What did you think?
📖Hardcover or paperback? 📚 I’m paperback all the way. I have lots of hardcovered books that I love dearly but I love how you can see the bends and folds and wear and tear on a paperback. A nice testament to how well a book is loved.