My aesthetic isn’t dark Twee, actually. It’s more goth bookstore girl. Like if Rory Gilmore were Wednesday Addams rather than just being insufferable. See also, darkest academia.
Finished reading: Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat 📚
This book is well-written and compelling. It’s also intense and full of potentially triggering moments. I recommend perusing the full Does the Dog Die? page for it before reading.
🍿 Watched Wicked Part I.
I had a great time! I am a person who took a while to warm up to Wicked the show. The movie does a lot to move it in the direction of something I strongly enjoy.
Finished reading: The Serpent and the Wolf by Rebecca Robinson 📚
I loved this! A woman who has to learn to let love in, a man who is patient enough to wait for her to do so, a coven of friends, political machinations, and magic. Chef kiss! 🔥🔥🔥
Austin Kleon’s list of 100 things that made his year always delights me. I aspire to notice more things like he does.
💬📚 “A new notebook is not about starting over—it’s about leveling up.” - Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method
📚 2025 Book Releases I'm Excited About
FEBRUARY
- 4 A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke by Adriana Herrera
MARCH
- 4 Shadow’s Heart by Kresley Cole, Oathbound by Tracy Deonn
APRIL
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15 Love in 280 Characters or Less by Ravynn K. Stringfield
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29 Once Upon You & Me by Timothy Janovsky
MAY
- 13 A Curse Carved in Bone by Danielle L. Jensen
JULY
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8 These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean
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15 A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
SEPTEMBER
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2 By the Horns by Ruby Dixon
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30 A Mannequin for Christmas by Timothy Janovsky
My timeline is conspiring to get me planning, via @cygnoir@social.lol and @cheribaker@writing.exchange. (But I may delay until tomorrow, I am so tired.)
📚 Anticipating My Reading Year 2025
In anticipation of my reading this year, I want to articulate one main goal and a few stretch goals.
My main reading goal is to read one more book than I already have. This means the total for the year is a moving target
Here are some stretch goals, meaning I want to remember to do them but I want them to be low pressure:
- Read one nonfiction book a month.
- Stop requesting books from NetGalley that I don’t know anything about except what is on NetGalley.
- Stop requesting books from NetGalley based on marketing emails they send me.
- Keep up with new releases from authors I love.
- Any time I’m in a city with a romance-only bookstore, visit it.