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Jul
Mira Jacob's Good Talk graphic memoir on a blue background

July 2022, and the living is not at all easy

...and it's hot in Seattle, y'all
8 min read
01
May
Maisy Card's These Ghosts Are Family book on a blue background

April 2022, a concept

I went with podcasts over audiobooks this month
5 min read
01
Jul
June 2021, baby

June 2021, baby

Also for the record, other than a free digital or physical copy of the book, I don’t get paid when someone asks me to review so you can trust that I actually recommend it. (I upset an author a few months ago for being honest! Sorry!)
6 min read
01
Jun
May 2021, and too much is going on

May 2021, and too much is going on

I don’t even know, y’all. Everything I read this month was so personal or weird so here’s my best attempt besides Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis. Everyone should read that.
10 min read
31
Mar
March 2021, a month that needs to believe in itself

March 2021, a month that needs to believe in itself

If you want something fun: Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
8 min read
28
Feb
February 2021, a sad, strange little man

February 2021, a sad, strange little man

If you just read one or two books a year: Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste.
11 min read
30
Oct
photo of a bookshelf with a fish lamp, a leo mug, and a framed puzzle behind it

October 2020, *insert internet shrug here*

It started out meh with the book about friendship that I didn’t care for, but the triple whammy of Pachinko, The Warmth of Other Suns, and the masterpiece that is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows made for a beautiful month of reading.
10 min read
31
Aug
a neighborhood with a blue sky and the words "i can't breathe" on a fence

August 2020, and the earth was on fire

Pizza Girl: A Novel by Jean Kyoung Frazier is high on my list of recommendations this month. It’s unique and stirring and a quick read so even if you can’t settle into something long, you can do this one.
10 min read
30
Jul
An american flag with graffitti reading "love + rage"

July 2020, a series of rapid question marks

Hmm, I'd recommend quite a bit this month. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, Followers, There, There, and Party of Two, which is actually a greater recommendation for all of Guillory's books. And honestly if you haven't read Their Eyes Were Watching God in your whole life, prioritize that.
8 min read
29
Jun
graffiti that reads "my skin tells a story"

June 2020, and Black lives still matter

Everyone, especially people who love and appreciate literature, should own a copy of The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison to reference. Both of Janet Mock's books, I'd recommend to just about anyone.
8 min read