Tag Archives: romance books

August 2021: How I relaxed my reading expectations after losing my job

What I Got: The Heartbreak Bakery (ARC) by A.R. Capetta The Prodigal Tongue by Lynne Murphy We Are Not Like Them (ARC) by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza As You Were (ARC) by Elaine Feeney Grievers (ARC) by adrienne maree … Continue reading

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February 2021: How I slowed down and found my love for reading again (just in time for Valentine’s Day)

What I Got: Punch Me Up to the Gods (ARC) by Brian Broome The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead (ARC) by Emily Austin On the Books by Greg Farrell Out of the … Continue reading

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September 2020: How I Discovered That Time Isn’t Money, It’s Books

Books I Got: Dune by Frank Herbert Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor Becoming Superman (old ARC) by J. Michael Straczynski Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman The Invention of Sound (old ARC) by Chuck Palahnuik The Humorless Ladies of Border … Continue reading

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May 2019: How I Read Too Much Because of Boredom, Anxiety, and Unemployment

What I Read: The rest of Do What You Want edited by Ruby Tandoh Crown of Feathers by Nicki Pau Preto Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol The Bad Beginning (re-read) by Lemony Snicket The Reptile Room (re-read) by Lemony Snicket … Continue reading

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