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switching it up with something cute and vday coded 💕

this is my first time getting into thrillers/horror (still not 100% sure of the difference lol), but so much of what I’ve read centers on a woman seeing or experiencing something terrible and then being gaslit by her husband into thinking she’s crazy :( really don’t love it

I’ve been kind of embarrassed by “only” listening to audiobooks and reading short stories lately, instead of spending the hours I used to in lit fic. but honestly, all reading is good reading :)) my goal was to keep reading during graduate school — and I am. here’s to all the non‑traditional readers 💛

been very into short story collections lately!! I can’t recommend them enough if you’ve been in a reading slump or struggling with attention span

my first Freida!! just a short story, but these Amazon Originals clearly have some inexplicable hold on me. maybe it makes me feel like Kindle Unlimited is worth it lol

finishing the Scared Sexy collection because I’m a glutton for punishment (and my brain refuses to let me skip any book in a series…no matter how questionable 😔🤘🏼)

first class of my PhD program and the imposter syndrome is lethal 🫠

being a hater right out the gate and saying this title is wilddd lol, but my brain absolutely will not let me skip anything in an anthology 💀

honestly a v approachable way to get started in the GoT literary universe :))

the flu has completely scrambled my brain. between the brain fog and exhaustion, there’s no chance I absorbed anything I read this week 🥲

I’ve seen the show but hadn’t read the books yet. I honestly thought they might be pretty dense and a big time commitment, so discovering the graphic novels feels amazing!!

I know my reading’s been all over the place lately, but I swear I’ll make my way back to romance and fantasy soon. stay with me!! <3

first of all, down with Amazon (and Goodreads, you’re not off the hook)… but unfortunately for me, I do really love a short story collection. sorry for the spam :(

Green opens by defining tuberculosis as a pervasive, influential disease that, though once romanticized, is in reality “a disease of poverty, an illness that walks the trails of injustice and inequity that we blazed for it.” he also reminds us—in the context of a 50% reduction in maternal and child mortality in Sierra Leone—that “there is nothing permanent, or unalterable, about health inequities.”

Sky Daddy is for the girlies full of good intentions and deeply off-putting vibes <3

tried immersive reading (Kindle + audiobook) for the first time and it was incredible!! it’s definitely a splurge, but if you have access, I highly recommend :))

oof, I’m going to have to DNF The Conditions of Will solely on account of Jessa Hastings. the AI controversy was already disappointing, but her continued behavior is impossible to justify. it’s disheartening to see racism minimized, and dangerous to keep platforming it — especially now.

has anyone read the Scared Sexy novella collection yet?? 🖤

hi friends!! I was off getting married (!!!) and honeymooning, but I’ll be back to my regularly scheduled reading soon :)) my sweet husband surprised me with an incredible book haul from the Strand in NYC, and I fear I’m about to be insufferable on here — hopefully in the best way 💛

equal parts compelling (addictive, even??) and wildly triggering

starting fall a little early with a quintessential dark academia

are we still mad at Jessa Hastings

because my version of a “lighter read” is a serial killer vs. serial killer novella :’))

I think I’m just here for the dragons 🐉

bit the bullet and started Fourth Wing on audio… so far it’s mostly about how very, very skinny the FMC is 🫠

ngl, I’m just not having a good time with this one :(( idk what’s wrong with me!!

help, West’s kids are killing me 💛 too cute!!

a little scared to admit I’m struggling to get into The Women. I know it’s a beloved book (to put it mildly), and I can tell it’s well-written...but I’m just not feeling it yet. idk. anyone else??

in light of the Love Hypothesis casting news, I finally had to start!! I think this is my first Ali Hazelwood book?? alsooo I heard this was originally a Reylo fanfic… love if true 💅🏼

listening to Circe on audiobook, and Perdita Weeks’s narration feels like it was madeeee for Madeline Miller’s writing. her voice is Circe to me now 💛