I really wanted to like this book! My first line was going to be “like The Nest if the Nest was good”! Unfortunately I think this is false. This book dragged SO MUCH. It’s way more character-driven, but calling it ‘driven’ feels like a misnomer. I also think I read this at the Exact Wrong […]
This book has FANTASTIC vibes. It’s queer, it’s here, it’s set in 2011, it’s about artists at an elite college and it’s mostly about the inner thoughts and lives of those artists. Very light on plot and I wouldn’t necessarily call what any of the characters go through “development”, but I LOVED the vibes. I […]
Narrator: Carly Hale, owner of the Grilled Cheese Eatery Supporting characters: Holly, Grant, Suzanne, Ari, Gina Location: Balsam Dell, Vermont Sub-location: Grilled Cheese Eatery Magic?: No Animals: Carly’s little white dog, Havarti Recipes: YES. Included are: Alvin’s Panko Perfection and Farmhouse Cheddar Sleeps with the Fishes. Series #: Grilled Cheese Mysteries #2 Theme: Halloween, grilled […]
I really expected this to be a “fucked up woman makes fucked up decisions for 400 pages and then you’re mad about it but also can’t stop thinking about it” book, and it is kind of that but also like, in some new and different ways. I recommend it! It’s also sapphic. Four stars. Bookshop […]
This is about a Lolly, who gets three lemon drops that let her live three different possible lives, an idea I am OBSESSED with. It’s chick lit with magical realism, exploring the possibilities of three different Roads Not Taken, and of course it’s full of heartache. Readalikes: any cozy mystery taking place at a restaurant, […]
This book was pitched to me as kind of a drama-y gossip-y book, and They Were Wrong. This book felt like a series of vignettes that were all sort of loosely connected, masquerading as a novel. There wasn’t necessarily a plot so much as there was a Series of Events. To call any aspect of […]
why do I accidentally keep reading British romances even though I hate British romances? second-chance romance! a career/life coach at a firm called the Fixer Upper (honestly I found this super charming)! pretty good banter! no sex scenes! fast pacing — I finished this pretty quickly. really cute cover! an aly who spells her name […]
I really enjoyed this book! It ticks all the boxes for me; funny and smart while also being sincere and heartfelt. Two characters who are pining for each other in two different ways and they turn out to be the same person?? Fantastic voice and also fantastic voice acting? A straight romance that I actually […]
This book started out really good, but as it continued it felt like it dragged on a lot for me. I mostly wanted to find out what the ending was which is why I continued slogging through it, and the end delivers well. It’s also about generational trauma and that’s always pretty neat. I’m not […]
This is a wild, surreal book about a wife who loses everything under the sea. It’s a weird book that is …. extremely British. I read this on audiobook and I think this was the only thing that allowed me to keep the two different perspectives of each wife straight (they are narrated by different […]