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Reading this while on a flight to the Bay Area and then having turbulence so bad that I fainted is really the perfect way to experience this book the way it’s supposed to be enjoyed. Not really.

Chipping away at this book, from dumb choice by our protagonist to dumber choice. The latest, she charged up the dead guy’s cellphone and has been keeping it on her as she goes about her day.

Googling “Boise average temperature by month” to find out that no, it’s not consistently below freezing everyday during the winter. Highs are usually around 40°. WHICH IS NOT COLD ENOUGH TO STORE A DEAD BODY IN YOUR TRUNK OR BACKYARD. CALL THE COPS ALREADY!! This book is stressing me out. It’s supposed to be funny. But can it get funny once this mysterious corpse is gone, please?

I’d really love to be able to turn my brain off while reading a humorous who-done-it but this book has me googling “Idaho strip club liquor laws”. Topless dancers in thongs while doing tequila shots? I don’t [over]think so.

if this is sapphic and set in an alternate world where women can hold titles, then why is the hetronormativity killing me

Having read Yesteryear recently, this is potentially pushing me over my limit on delulu female narrators. At least this story is kinda funny.

I genuinely cannot tell if the unreliable narrator is lying to me or if the author is just ignorant of Idaho farm life. But so many little details in this book aren’t accurate. I keep wanting to shout “that’s not how that works” and I’m not even a farmer!

For fans of Emily Henry who want to push themselves with something a little more literary in 2026. Soapy, fast paced and enjoyable so far.

Since when is it okay to beat-for-beat copy classic books? I’m looking at you The Favorites.
This is a retelling of The Great Gatsby with a diverse cast of characters set in 2007 Brooklyn, just before the recession. Unlike Gatsby, there’s a lot of meandering thoughts about what it means to be young, a POC, and broke in this up and coming New York scene. Something the author dubs an “In-Superiority Complex”

Really excited to start reading this one! KJ Charles posted a glowing review way back in November for a book that doesn’t publish until June that she received because they share the same publisher. My first NetGalley ARC that I’m really excited about.

[rant incoming] This series really went off the rails. The first 2 were actually decent. And this one is super uncomfortable; the dubious consent and power dynamics between the Lord of the Manor and female hired companion is icky. He keeps kissing her and I don’t like it. And then we finally get introduced to the secondary couple in the book and that guy kisses the bff girl right away too!

This book is a slow slog. Didn’t see the twist coming, but it also didn’t excite me, just a groan of “these people are stupid, and there’s no way they thought that would work.” Diana is a villain.

This author is so talented. I love banter and shenanigans, but make it a historical romance. Also lots of illicit kissing!

A hand job? the spice in this is so hit-or-miss

Boy this book is racist. Avoiding a topic (the Native American indigenous people of Oregon) by omission, is really fucking racist.

This is the best mistaken-identity meet-cute, with characters overacting and pretend to faint to get out of a lie, and stolen kisses scene I’ve ever read!!! Ten out of ten stars. I’m hooked!

It’s about poverty. It’s about family. The werewolves are a metaphor. Got it.

This is one of the heaviest books I’ve ever read. The American prison system is awful, but to have all those awful things happen to a child is just so, so hard to read about. Solitary confinement, raped by COs, stuck in adult prison as a nine year old. This book needs a full page of TWs

Turning off my brain and enjoying the cozy vibes with this one. The author’s Australian and there’s a lot of snow and other historical inaccuracies that I’m just going to let pass me by.

I genuinely need someone to tell me if this has a happy ending because I’m stressed. There’s no way the American prison system and these COs are going to let her go to college