July 2022, and the living is not at all easy
...and it's hot in Seattle, y'all
April 2022, a concept
I went with podcasts over audiobooks this month
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!)
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.
March 2021, a month that needs to believe in itself
If you want something fun: Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
February 2021, a sad, strange little man
If you just read one or two books a year: Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste.
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.
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.
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.
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.