Finished reading: With Teeth by Kristen Arnett 📚

Kristen Arnett’s books are sad, funny, and ultimately hopeful. I don’t often miss the Florida of my early childhood, but when I read her work, I do. I tore through this one in one day.

Finished reading: Home for the Challah Days by Jennifer Wilck 📚

Sweet, like an apple dipped in honey. A Hallmark movie if Hallmark made Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur movies.

Finished reading: When Strangers Marry by Lisa Kleypas 📚

Finished reading: The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang 📚🎧

Esmé Weijun Wang writes beautiful prose. This book is intense and upsetting; over and over again I found myself sympathizing with a character only to be appalled by then when perspective shifted away from them and to someone else. Read the NPR review before picking this one up.

Finished reading: Lady Sophia’s Lover by Lisa Kleypas 📚

Finished reading: Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas 📚

Somehow both low-conflict and high-angst.

Finished reading: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas 📚

Finished reading: The Season by Sarah MacLean 📚

I just love Sarah MacLean so much.

Finished reading: Waking Up With the Duke by Lorraine Heath 📚

So great.

Finished reading: Pleasures of a Notorious Gentleman by Lorraine Heath 📚