This was a recommendation from, well, every single one of my writing/book friends! I‘m so excited to dig in!

This has sat in my TBR pile for too long. Here we go!

I‘ve been waiting for this one. Chris‘s books are always wonderful.

I was *finally* able to get the ebook from my local library 🙌 Been waiting for months!

My first Wendig book outside of Damn Fine Story. Will I like it? We shall see!

While I read a number of these essays when they originally appeared in The Atlantic, reading them together in this volume was a treat. “The Case for Reparations” is perhaps my favorite of the essays, but the entire collection is wonderful.

I‘ve been looking forward to this. I love Coates‘ work.

Who we are is what matters most. We are a bundle of thoughts and feelings born of both nature and nurture. We are a complex tangle of inaccuracies, inconsistencies and ideas. We are bloated with certainties and haunted by uncertainties. We each have genetic code, but in a sense we have a memetic code too: an uncharted map, an emotional genome, that informs us and completes us even as we feel woefully incomplete. That‘s what goes into your story.

“Writing is a vital, elegant mechanism—but it is not the reason we do what we do, or at least not most of us. Writing isn‘t just for the pretty words, or for the well-constructed sentences, or for the way the poetry of it looks in our mind‘s eye and sounds in our mind‘s ear. Writing is a means to an end.”

Finally got my hands on this and am psyched to dig in!

Fighting a sinus infection in my house involves a fantastic book and some tea.

I forgot I had this on my Kindle. I bought it right before I started my MFA program, but never got around to reading it then. Here we go!

Oh God, I cannot say enough good things about this book. I loved it so, SO much!

Forgot I had this one. Don't ask me how. I'm excited to read it now, though!

Time period aside, it's amazing that Burroughs never overdosed or spent a lengthy amount of time in jail. If you're curious about habit, this may interest you.

I need to read more Burroughs 🙂

This book was a rollercoaster for me. Interesting for a while, then slow and dull, and then interesting again. I loved the story itself, though!

Found this at my local half-price bookstore. Seems interesting, so here we go!

I couldn't put this book down! Beautifully-written, it's just so, SO good! Do yourself a favor and read it. NOW.

A gift from a good friend who knows what I love. Starting it now.

This is, hands down, the best book I've read in a long time. It's beautifully written and heart-wrenching and tear-inducing and so lovely.

I've heard nothing but good things about this one, and I lover Nina's work SO much! I'm excited to dig in 💜

After my first read-through, I'm quite upset that I waited so long to read this book. I very much enjoyed it!

Can you believe I've never read this book? It's about time I do. Here we go!

Even though this was definitely a long read, I loved it. Just as with her vampire stories, Anne Rice's historical context makes this books fantastic. I'll be reading the other two soon.

Ann Rice makes her male characters smart and respectful of women's rights 🙌😊

This three-book series has been on my various Kindles for nearly seven years. It's about time I get to them! I loved Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, so I'm hoping for the same with her witches.

I kept finding subtle parallels to present times. But, oh, how I love this book.

It's been a long time since I've read this. A looong time. Time for a refresher!

If you listened to Serial, read this book. There's so much more information, and it was incredibly hard to put down.

A slightly late Christmas gift. I've been interested in this story since hearing about it on Serial. The author is an amazing woman and a great writer. This is sure to be good.

Oh gosh, I can't say enough good things about this book. This is an amazing story of coming out, of friendship, of so much more.

Sara's books are some of my all-time favorites. I was gifted this one in a Secret Santa exchange, and am super excited!

This is my third time reading this book, and I still noticed things that I hadn't picked up on during previous read-throughs. I love this story so much.

I love this book. Haven't read it in quite a while, so I'm pulling out my copy from college.

While this is definitely long, I think it's a crucial read for any Rushdie fan. This man's life... Just wow. It's definitely a slow read, but it's incredibly interesting.

This has been on my shelves since the day it was released. I've read his fiction, but never this, which is important in understanding his life story. Here we go!

Queer YA set in the era of segregation. I loved this book SO much. I left my copy in a local coffee shop and am hoping someone else will enjoy it as much as I did.

Starting this one tonight. I loved the other books of hers that I've read, and have been looking forward to reading this.

I don't have the words for how much I loved this book! Giant robots, kick-ass characters... Wow. I cannot wait for the next installment in this series.

Ahhh, finally ☺️

I very much wanted to enjoy this book. The descriptions were beautifully written and vivid, but I felt like they overtook the story, kind of like the story itself got lost in them. I'm disappointed.

I very much enjoyed her debut novel and recently found this one at a resale store. I hope it's just as interesting.

I loved this book SO much. It's incredibly eye-opening and should be considered required reading, especially now.

I've had this on my shelves for two years. I have no excuse for not reading it until now, but I'm looking forward to it. Here we go.

As much as I was looking forward to this book (as weird as it sounds), I wasn't sure what to expect. I made it all the way through, but was disappointed. It felt disjointed, even though the main character evolved a bit. Would I read it again? No. Would I recommend it? Perhaps. Either way, I'm glad it's over.

Starting this one. I loved "Inexcusable" and have been waiting for this sequel since Chris hinted at it.