The Housekeeper and the Professor

I've had this book on my shelf for years. A not insignificant number of years. And I don't know why, but every time I was looking for a new book to read, I'd pass it over. Maybe because it's just so small and I didn't notice it? Maybe because, despite everything good I'd heard about it, I…

Seven Days in June

The color blocking on this cover is so eye-catching. And this is mostly not at all related, but I have been loving that song Heat Waves by Glass Animals and every time I see this title, that song pops into my head. While it's "seven days in June" versus "late nights in the middle of June" it…

Legendborn

Magic, King Arthur and a UNC-Chapel Hill setting? I’m not entirely sure that there’s a book more in line with my life and interests than that. Plus, every single review I’ve read has been glowing. So really there was never a chance I didn’t read this one. Expectations were high. And wow – it stood…

Braiding Sweetgrass

I'm not traditionally into nature writing (The New Wilderness and Where the Crawdads Sing were good, but like, not something I would search out really). But this one has had a waitlist at the library literally since I started here over a year ago. That's the kind of thing that really catches one's attention, especially…

The Witch King

I'm getting marginally better at remembering where I get book recommendations from (go me!), so here I'd like to just shout out @trans_cending_literature for being the first person to put this book on my radar/TBR. I added a request for the library where I work to purchase it, but it wasn't happening fast enough for me because it…

The Heart Principle

If you've been with this blog for a little while, you'll know I absolutely loved Hoang's first few novels (The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test), so naturally I was top of the waitlist at the library for her newest romance. Like, literally the top - I was the first person to get it. Anyways, I know…

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Funny story about how this one found its way onto my shelves. One of our major vices (if you will), nutritionally, is pop tarts. We eat a lot of them. If you are curious, my partner is a “brown sugar cinnamon” person. And I alternate between “chocolate chip cookie dough” and “unfrosted strawberry” (I know,…

The Way She Feels

Well, this is a prime example of the "the cover got me." It was on the new nonfiction display at the library and the colors and cereal bowl situation all conspired to make me pick it up and flip through it. Seeing the colorful illustrations throughout, and the topic (I am not sure I've read…

American Dreamer

I first heard of this one, had it come across my awareness, from @allisonreadsdc. And as I do with all romances that have gotten great reviews from readers I trust, I bookmarked it for the next time I was in the romance mood. Well, I recently finished The Poppy War series, which is amazing but…

Haben

Here's a book that I really have no idea how it got onto my radar, but I've had it on my TBR backburner list for a little while now. And within a week, I both saw the first review of it on #bookstagram that I've ever seen (thanks @andreabeatrizarango)  and walked past it on a display at the library (it…