The Everlasting (2025) is Alix E. Harrow’s fourth novel, after The Ten Thousand Doors of January, The Once and Future Witches, and Starling House, all of which I’ve absolutely loved. She is one of the authors that helped me discover that historical fantasy is my jam. I was fortunate that she did an event withinContinue reading “The Everlasting”
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How To Read a Book
How To Read a Book (2024) by Monica Wood was recommended by someone in my book group and I highly agree with her recommendation! The book follows three characters in and around Portland, Maine. Violet Powell is a 22-year old woman in jail because she was driving drunk, crossed the double-yellow line, and the accidentContinue reading “How To Read a Book”
While You Were Seething
While You Were Seething (publication day April 14, 2026) by Charlotte Stein is a cute, fat-positive, enemies-to-lovers hetero rom-com. The third book in a trio of standalones with some of the same characters (When Grumpy Met Sunshine, My Big Fat Fake Marriage), Seething features public relations professional Daisy Emmett and mega best-selling author Caleb Miller.Continue reading “While You Were Seething”
What You Are Looking For is In the Library
I both enjoyed and was annoyed by What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, translated by Allison Watts (2020). It’s really a series of interconnected short stories, with a couple characters that are in each story–two people that work in a very small library that is located in a communityContinue reading “What You Are Looking For is In the Library”
Reading While Fat 