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Are you building your reading list for Pride Month? Or maybe you just need an awesome book to read at any time of the year. Here are 10 books I read (or reread) recently that feature LGBTQ+ characters.
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My goal this year is to read more classics. I've done a pretty good job with it so far. Here are some quotes from recent classic reads.
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If I had to choose a favorite genre, I'd pick historical fiction. History is weird, and beautiful, and scary. There are so many interesting stories an author can tell. I learn something new every time I read a historical novel.
Picking my favorite historical fiction book is impossible. I don't have a favorite! I have a million favorites! No one wants to read a blog post about my million favorites! So, I narrowed it down to 10 books that live in my head rent free. I don't know if they're my all-time favorites, but I think about them way too often.
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Between 1950 and 2018, ninety-five percent of traditionally published books were written by white people. I'm not sure if publishing has gotten more diverse since this study was done, but I suspect not. Let's encourage change. Here are ten of my favorite books by Black authors. I hope you love them as much as I did.
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Okay, let me explain. Last month, I read over 200 "Best Books Of 2024" lists, and I noticed a trend. There are quite a few books about humans who love . . . stuff. Sentient objects. Literally any random thing. I had no idea this genre existed. Of course, I ended up in a Google rabbit hole that got deep and weird. My search history needs to be cleansed with bleach and fire.
I'm not here to judge anybody's love life, but as an EMT, it's my duty to warn you that not every object belongs in your butt. Choose your love interests carefully. Some of them will not love you back.
Here are some sentient object love stories I discovered during my . . . um . . . crucial scientific research. These are all real books. I have not read any of them. I don't plan on reading any of them. I just wanted to share because it's almost Valentine's Day! It's time to celebrate love!
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If you have an MFA in writing or literature, then you're very familiar with literary fiction. It was the only thing I was allowed to read and write in school. Once I left school, I learned that the majority of readers have no idea what "literary fiction" means. Aren't all books literature?
Let's demystify it. What do pretentious MFA people mean by "literary fiction"? Here are a few traits that will help you spot a literary book in the wild:
Let's not lie to ourselves. A lot of literary fiction is dense, serious, pompous, and depressing. I love it, though. It's one of my favorite genres because it makes me see the world in new ways. Sometimes I'm stunned by how an author puts a complex emotion or problem into words. It makes me feel less alone.
If you're new to literary fiction, here are some books that will ease you into the genre. These novels straddle the line between mainstream commercial fiction and Very Serious Literature.
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Welcome to 2025, bookworms! Here are the weird and wonderful young adult and middle grade books that are coming out in the next six months. I have a different post for adult book releases.
Note: Publishing is notorious for changing the release date of books. Don't come for me if the dates in this post are wrong. I'm trying! I promise!
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It took nearly a month, but I have searched the Internet and read, watched, or listened to over 200 "Best Books Of 2024" lists. Why would I waste my time doing this? Because I'm insufferably nosy and want to know what everybody is reading. I also have a bad case of FOMO. What if there's an awesome book in the world that everybody knows about except me? I can't let that happen!
While I was perusing the lists, I jotted down the titles of books that sounded intriguing. That's what I'm going to show you today.
Which books did I see most often on the lists? James by Percival Everett, The Women by Kristin Hannah, and Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia Of Faeries by Heather Fawcett are all extremely popular with readers who have similar tastes to me. When I looked at lists that are outside of my comfort zone, I saw Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros and Funny Story by Emily Henry. I guess those five books are the darlings of 2024.
Here are some other books that caught my attention:
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Welcome to my 2024 reading stats post! This is where I represent all the books I read in 2024 with pie (charts). It was a pretty terrible reading year, but that's fine because it was a pretty okay year of life. I learned a ton of stuff and survived a few adventures.
In 2024, I read 52 books, which is my lowest number in recorded history. However, several of them were awesome. Here are the best books I read in 2024. You should read them in 2025.
Let's make graphs. Or, more accurately, let's remake graphs. I don't know if normal people pay attention to the Pantone color of the year, but 2025's color is Mocha Mousse, which is . . . brown. I made all my graphs brown so they'd be trendy! I wanted to be inspired by Mocha Mousse! I quickly learned that Mocha Mousse is highly uninspiring. I kept a few of the brown graphs and remade the others so they're slightly less depressing.
Okay, enough yapping:
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Welcome to 2025, bookworms! Here are the weird and wonderful adult books that are coming out in the next six months. I'll write another post for young adult and middle grade books.
Note: Publishing is notorious for changing the release date of books. Don't come for me if the dates in this post are wrong. I'm trying my best! I promise!
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