This may be my favorite #Afterlight edition yet. I don‘t know if I‘m more obsessed with the cover or the fore-edges 😍
Not pictured is the illustrated cover and end pages which are also really nice.
This is why this is my favorite subscription.

Been reading Dracula via Dracula Daily (the book is emailed out on every day that matches a journal entry). And I‘m sorry but yesterday‘s opening line is hilarious. Like how do I picture the grand-daddy of horror seriously now.
#draculadaily

Maybe I have a sticker problem #independentbookstoreday

I love when Libby (and Librarians) make the perfect collection/list. I swear I saved like 90% of these to my tbr

I got this candle with the new Rifle Paper Co edition of Pride and Prejudice from #authenticbooks and it is my favorite smell ever. I want to smell it in my dreams. I love Rifle Paper Co but this candle! New favorite thing.

This is one of my all time favorite books. And now I own TWO signed copies 🎉🥹

I love these new covers so much

I forgot to share this beautiful box from #AuthenticBooks. I truly love this subscription!

Got my first #AuthenticBooks box and I am obsessed! I think this may be one of the best book boxes I‘ve gotten! Everything is well paired with each other and the book - I can‘t wait to set aside a day and just use everything while reading the book!

This is one of the funniest books I‘ve read in a while. And I highly recommend the audiobook. I think Richard Ayoade is one of the funniest comedians so I was laughing and delighted pretty much the whole book.

I don‘t know how but I ordered this book as an early bday gift from B&N bc I loved it so much. And when I opened it up it‘s a signed copy!!!! This may be one of the best bday surprises ever 🎉

Free ebook alert!
If you have Amazon they are offering a free ebook (of a preselected 10) to celebrate Pride month. I got the a tagged book bc I have been wanting to read it anyway and there are some great other options.
It was on a banner but if you search for Amazon Read with pride it should take you to the list of options!
It‘s good through the end of June

My candles from #AuthenticBooks arrived! They do these marketplace boxes and this one is three candles for #pride month - inspired by books that are LGBTQIA. They all smell absolutely amazing and make me dream of the day I can justify getting a subscription to this book box.

I have been following this so intensely. AND of course it reminds me of a book recommendation. The tagged book is bananas but one of my favorite subplots is that the dolphins are trying to start a union. And I am 100% sure they would support these orcas. (The latest articles have dolphins and other whales joining in orcas - orca-nizing if you will 😂)

I don't have words to express how much I love this book.
This is an earnest, heartfelt, clever, funny book for anyone who has loved a book series obsessively.
This book manages to make you feel like you're a kid finding their very favorite book for the first time and captures all those moments of wonder and enchantment. Though tackling some dark backstories the reader is always in capable hands & this book is bursting with love #netgalley

Beware Spoilers! These are my notes while I was reading Saturday Night Supper Club. It‘s a beautifully written book but I was not really in the right headspace for a book that would rip my heart out multiple times so I have mixed feelings about this book. I loved the general theme that choosing your own path will make you the happiest and the characters are all so well written but I cried - so many times.

This was such an epiphany moment - and a perfect description of what it feels like when I‘m picking my next book.
(The tweet is written by the author of the tagged book - which I haven‘t read but this tweet suggests good things)

The final ice dyed product. Not perfect (some of the dye leeched onto the vinyl) but maybe my favorite ice dye so far!

#independentbookstoreday

My two favorite things: sweatshirt and Thursday Next. This sweatshirt from Teepublic makes me so happy

This series just got new covers and I am all 😍. I adore this series and I was going to just buy the kindles when I was ready to reread but these covers! I need them. Finn Rhodes hasn‘t been published yet so I think when it comes out I‘m going to treat myself to all of them 😬
They are all on #kindleunlimited if you want to try them!

I signed up for the #fbcreadathon this weekend. Run by the Feminist Book club, it looks like there will be fun prizes (lots of ARCs and signed books!) and prompts. I haven‘t done a readathon in a while so I‘m excited!

You can still sign up at feministbookclub.com/readathon if you‘re interested!

While marketed as romance, this book is quintessential small town fiction - everyone has a complicated gossipy backstory and there are multiple POVs. I saw the twists coming really early and there is the barest of romance but if you‘re looking for a nosy quirky (potentially co-dependent) town like those on Gilmore Girls or Heart of Dixie look no further. This is a warm, hopeful sunshine of a book.

#netgalley Publish: 3/21/23

This book was amazing and one of the best mysteries I have read in a while. With multiple POVs and a cooking competition turned locked room mystery this book is not the average mystery. It walks the line of cozy mystery and thriller, and I enjoyed every second #netgalley

Just ordered my Independent Bookstore day sweatshirt from Bonfire! This year‘s design is really cute. I got it in white so I can tie dye it 🌈 #independentbookstoreday

Found this on #netgalley this morning and it is one of the most beautiful covers I have seen this year (maybe ever?)
I feel like it‘s don‘t judge a book by is cover applies to everything EXCEPT actual books. I get wolf on books bc of their covers all the time with few regrets lol

I ordered a just the goodies box from the Authentic Books bc I‘ve been thinking of subscribing for a while and I am in love with everything they sent me! I got the mystery box but asked for tea and spa if possible and it‘s all high quality, small businesses, and different.
They also have cocktail and coffee options for subscribers and even a just the goodies option! I think I‘m going to cancel #botm and get #authenticbooks. Expensive but worth it

This is a fun and fairly lighthearted look at the different descriptions of the afterlife from mythology, religion, music, tv, etc. Jennings did a great job balancing humor and respect as well as a large variety of cultures.
As someone who finds death culture interesting, I was hooked, but even if you don't this is a great quick read (each section is only a few pages) that has a lot to offer.
Publishes June 13, 2023 #netgalley

I read a lot more this year than I expected. I read a lot of great books and I look forward to more in 2023!

(This excludes comparisons to my reading number in middle school and before when my reading was incomprehensibly high - much to many of my teachers‘ chagrin)

Won a Goodreads Giveaway and they sent a pin and a “letter” from Bernie too!
It‘s a fun cozy mystery with extra helpings of maple and Vermont (and a side of Cryptids - hello local lake monster). #Arc
Publishes Dec 6, 2022

I love when you get a book that delivers exactly what was promised. I wanted a good urban fantasy with a little more romance and a bit more magic and this book delivered and then some. I loved both characters and raced through this book. Now I am off to read the series this spun-off from (8 books!) - it does work as a standalone, but spoilers beware.

Both this and the Alice Worth series are in #KindleUnlimited

ARC from #netgalley

The tagged book is really good - a town built on one author, working in a bookstore, a wonderful cast of characters.
The description of apple cheddar scones made my mouth water so I just had to make some for myself.
The recipe I used is from Smitten Kitchen and it lives up to its literary inspiration ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Few things make me happier than a chunky book!

I am beyond excited for this book 🤩
I loved both of his other books (Kitchens of the Great Midwest and Lager Queens of Minnesota).
Pub date April 18, 23
My fingers are crossed I get approved on #netgalley🤞

I don't have the right words to say how much I love this book. It gives Practical Magic & Sarah Addison Allen vibes (my favorite vibes).
The characters, the magic, and the town hit all the right notes to pull me into this book and make me never want to leave. I was enthralled the whole time.
If you are looking for the perfect fall vibes but don't like horror this is a great pick that I don't think is getting enough attention! #netgalley

So it should have bailed since I don‘t like horror generally. But I don‘t like bailing on and ARC. So: the book is well written and the concept of Hell is fascinating but the characters and humor fell very flat to me.
The biggest problem is the characters name is Peyote Trip. Using a religious plant as a punchline to a (bad) joke isn‘t funny and by a white author give me ick.

I wonderful rom com. With enemies to lovers, but they are the hosts of a cooking show and have to fake date their way to PR redemption. I loved both the characters, and all the side characters. Well paced with punny and fun banter, and the added depth of tackling mental health and treatment of women by the media this is a great book and I can't recommend enough.

I wanted to like this, but the more I read this and listened to the conversation surrounding this book from the BIPOC community, the more uncomfortable I feel and I can't support this book. I really wanted to like this book, but TJR's choice to make the main character Latina makes this book problematic. This is a problem that the author has been criticized for before and I am baffled as to why she and her publishers chose to do it again #netgalley

Happy (belated) Pub day! I absolutely adore this book!
It‘s very cozy fantasy vibes and showcases an heartwarming and lovely story that pulls at all the heartstrings. The characters, world building, and plot are all just the right balance of angsty and heartfelt with a hearty dose of hopeful.
There was even letters included for a You‘ve Got Mail vibe (my favorite).

I was lucky enough to get a ARC of this book from the author. Its a spinoff of her Glimmer series, but can be read alone. Harris does a wonderful job in this fun urban fantasy romp. Following newly turned werewolf (and alpha) Lucy while she solves a murder and sorts Other Realm politics. The plot is fast paced and kept me guessing without feeling dark or packing in too much. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. #ARC

Lives up to everything I wanted as a cozy fantasy! This books is warm and heart felt with a low level of intrigue and adventure to keep everything moving along. All of the characters are masterfully composed and fully formed, I felt like they always existed and were just waiting for me to arrive. I can't wait to read the rest of the series! They were original published as a web series and are being complied into books, and I can barely wait!

A wonderful book on the Search for Sasquatch using the Scientific Method. A great intro to research and media literacy (what's a good source, how to check your facts and assumptions) are great tools for everyone nowadays.
The author is personable, curious, and fun while keeping a sense of serious skepticism.
I started listening to the podcast this is pulled from (Wild Thing), and I really like it too!
#netgalley Pub Date: Oct 11, 2022

This book looks at: What if everyone in the world knew exactly when (not how) their life would end? How would humanity handle that? Does that change what the meaning/measure of your life is?

A beautiful, thought provoking, compassionate, heartbreaking book. This is one of those books that grabs your heart and doesn't let go. It also gives concepts that I don't think I will start thinking about for a while.

#netgalley Pub date: June 28, 2022

A fun book themed mystery! I love a good book themed mystery -- and the author went above and beyond by crafting a whole fictional book series, author, movie and tv series, and convention for this book. Adding in the actresses who portray the same role added a new element than the usual bookstore, library, book collectors.

I can't wait for the next book!

#netgalley Pub date July 21, 22

If you love learning about music look no further! This book looks at the brain's music preferences by examining different aspects of songs. Sprinkled in with the musical examples, scientific studies, & the authors genuine enthusiasm for the topic is Susan Rogers' stories as a multiplatinum record producer working with artists (like Prince!). I loved this book and I highly recommend to anyone who is even a little interested.

#netgalley Pub 9/20/22

Another solid book in this series! The author has a great world built with satyrs, slyphs, gryphons, furies, and magis who addict and consume human emotions. The plot is fast paced, all the characters fascinating and well written. I can‘t wait for the next book (October 2022)!
#netgalley #kindleunlimited

A lovely cozy mystery with the fun twist that the main sleuth is a cryptozoologist. I found this book delightful and I loved the interwoven facts about different cryptids and the Great Lakes!
There were a few sections that could have benefited from a bit more editing but overall well written with a great cast of characters.
I can't wait to read more in this series, it looks like a Sasquatch book was alluded to next? Heck yeah #netgalley

Just started this book and this exchange already has me laughing. Also this is maybe the best book blurb ever?

(I 100% wouldn‘t read it but it gives a very vivid picture of the book and isn‘t that the whole reason for a blurb?)

Is there such a thing as a cozy thriller? I think this book might make for the argument.

I devoured this book and I can't wait for more in this series.

I was pleasantly surprised at every turn with this book. It's fun mix of magical realism, thriller, mystery with a dash of romance (with bonus points for LGBTQ rep).

I couldn‘t believe my email today! I‘m so excited to be approved for this #ARC from #netgalley!! Day made!

A cute rom-com! A MMC who is a romcom screenwriter gives a nice meta thread as he narrates tropes and scenes. I loved the female main character & fell in love with the quirky town of Canoodle, CA, but the miscommunication trope at the end left a bad taste in my mouth and a real dislike of pretty much the whole cast and a personal ick is friendzone plotlines.
Also note: there is a Alzheimer's plotline that gets intense if that is a no-go for you.

I loved this book! If you have any interest in cryptids read this book! The author strikes the right tone of playful but not mocking, passionate but not obsessive. The whole book (and the museums mentioned) reminded me of the Mystery Shack from Gravity Falls. And now I have books full of road-trip destinations. #netgalley #arc (but I already pre-ordered it)