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Q: what are you reading this week? are you picking up any new releases? HAPPY PUB DAY to TRUST FALL! 🍂☕️✨ i am quite convinced that anyone who has said they don’t like YA contemporary romance has not picked up a lynn painter book. her signature witty banter, nostalgic rom-com vibes, and deeply relatable teen characters is guaranteed to have you giggling and kicking your feet. trust fall is another favorite to add to my lynn painter shrine. i couldn’t stop grinning the entire time i was reading. set in one of my favorite cities in the world, it perfectly captures all the cozy fall new york city vibes. it’s charming and emotional and i especially loved the chemistry between julia, a small town girl from nebraska and damion, a rich NY city elite private school boy. it’s like rory from gilmor

DADDY ISSUES AUDIOBOOK day 1 ft. @meetjoey ♥️ #JoeyPartner @simon.audio #ditl

📚🎧What This Week🎧📚 [thank you to the tagged publishers for my gifted books!] I am ALL over the genres this week 🤪 from historical fiction, to trad wives, to gothic paranormal dark romance, I’ve got some great book recs coming your way. 🤰🏼Trad Wife by Sarah Langan @sarahlangan gifted by @atriabooks + @simon.audio is releasing next week on 9/29 and it is DARK, bingeable, and altogether mind blowing 🤯. CLAP! 👏🏼 (if you’ve read it, IKYK 👀) It starts out like a typical trad wife influencer story about a journalist who arrives to write an expose about their farm, and then slowly things spiral into a fever dream. The horror is gradual but reaches an epic conclusion. Curses, town lore, feminist commentary, and witchcraft make this one perfect for your spooky season! 🍸The Barman of the

Happy first day of fall! Has the weather changed for you yet? The mountains are looking so pretty right now here with the reds and yellows popping up. • • Richard Milford is 37 when he dies 1927. He inherited his family farm in the all-Black town of Neville, Oklahoma and discovered oil on his property in 1909. Between that and his bootlegging, Rich was rich. He left behind four wives—Lally, his legal wife who was childless; Sophronia, the mother of ten children; Georgette who had three children; and Vivianne who came to be the kids teacher. When we meet the family, the longtime cook has just quit after Rich denied her a vacation, and between these five women, we get a picture of Richard that isn’t flattering, but it’s funny. And every one of these women claims to have killed him. I love it

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Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry is one of the most sprawling and immersive stories you’ll ever enjoy, and this narration by Will Patton will make you feel as though you’re living inside it. Couldn’t possible recommend enough. @simon.audio #LonesomeDove #LarryMcMurtry #SimonAudioPartner #paid #audiobooks

Monday check-in: was today more “bring it on!” or “not today,” with a little devil on your shoulder encouraging questionable choices? 😈 Thank you to Atria Books and Simon Audio for the free book and audiobook! A Study in Sparkling by Jodi McAllister publishes this week, and I have officially become a big fan. This is a wonderful follow-up to An Academic Affair. You do not have to read the first book, but there are spoilers for characters central to that story. I loved it too, so treat yourself: what’s one more book, right? Read that one first, then this one!! What stands out most to me about McAllister’s books is her character development. The romance is important, but I love how she lets her characters be flawed, messy, emotionally vulnerable, and genuinely human. Fiona is dealing with h

🧡📖🎧AUDIOBOOK REVIEW🎧📖🧡 ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ 🥰 Thank you so much to @simonbooks and @simon.audio for the gifted e-book and audiobook! 📖 Title: Before You Were Anne ✍️ Author: Emiko Jean 📅 Pub Date: September 1, 2026 ⏳ Audiobook Length: 10hrs, 31mins 🗣️ Audiobook Narrator: Mizuo Peck, Mieko Gavia, and Mirai 🧡 I absolutely loved The Return of Ellie Black, and was so excited to be back in Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s world! This book started getting intense from the very beginning when Anne is found dead and her 16-year-old daughter, Naomi, is missing! 📖 As Chelsea tries to solve the murder of Anne and search for Naomi, she begins to uncover the truth surrounding who Anne really was and the secrets she was hiding from her daughter. Told through multiple different perspectives and timelines, this s

💙 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 💙⁣ ⁣ Thank you @simon.audio and @librofm for the gifted audiobook ⁣ ⁣ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 ⁣ 𝗕𝘆 : Christina Lauren⁣ 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝘆 Julia Whelan, Vas Eli⁣ 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 : Gallery Books⁣ 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 July 14 2026⁣ 352 pages ; 9hr 54 min⁣ 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲 : #ContemporaryRomance ⁣ 𝗚𝗥 : 3.61 ⭐️ ⁣ ⁣ Christina Lauren is one of the few contemporary romance authors I read so I was quite excited about this one . This was a fast and read and although it’s not my favourite by this du it is entertaining- and story that would adapt pretty well to the screen . ⁣ ⁣ ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💫 ⁣ 🎧🎧🎧🎧⁣ ⁣ ⁣ 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 : the romance ….⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣😩 why is one of my hard cover books not the same size as the others ??!!! Why??!!! ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #simonaudioinfl

Thank you @SagaPressBooks @Simon.Audio and @LibroFM for the #gifted book and audiobook! #partner 🌟 Mazywood by Tananarive Due 🌟 Pub date: September 22, 2026 SO good! Literary horror that pulls the curtain back on racism in Old Hollywood. There’s also family drama and a thrilling survival storyline set at an isolated mountain lodge. The storytelling is incredible, and this gave me a book a hangover that lasted for days! Told in multiple POV and a dual timeline, the past timeline centers on Mazelle Washington, a talented young Black girl who rises to become a child star during the silent picture era. But it’s not glamorous, as she also faces predatory power brokers and racism. Secretly, Mazelle’s success was tied to a childhood wish that brought her a mysterious dog named Scout, integral t

Do you ever think back to where you were when you read a specific book? I listen to a lot of audio and sometimes the place I’m listening makes it even more memorable. I listened to Devolution several years ago while hiking in Colorado which almost made it better (the mountains/forest/Sasquatch) and hiking in Utah today did the same kind of thing for Mazywood. When you read it, you’ll understand. • • Mazelle was a Black actress whose career spanned decades starting in the 1920s. Her parents were performers and Mazelle’s act with her dog, Scout, kicked of her career as well. In the present day storyline, her grandson, Johnny, is taking his family to her cabin near Mt. Shasta where a monster lurks near Mazywood. I snagged Mazywood as part of my @aardvarkbookclub box this month knowing how muc

This has been my year of unintentional reading themes.⁣ ⁣ Sheep farming. SNL. Boarding houses.⁣ ⁣ Now: sequels that were originally never meant to be. I enjoyed Heart of Glass. Loved Big Little Truths. And I’m adding Before You Were Anne (gifted from @simonbooks @simon.audio ) to that list.⁣ ⁣ The Return of Ellie Black was one of my favorite books of 2024. I’m happy to report that Before You Were Anne is also amazing.⁣ ⁣ Detective Chelsey returns from the first book, investigating a murdered woman who moved from Japan and her missing daughter. It mentions events from the first book, but it can also stand alone (to be honest, I forgot what happened with some of the events they referenced and was totally fine).⁣ ⁣ The multiple perspectives in the book, including chapters from the mother Rika

🎧📖 AUDIOBOOK REVIEW📖🎧 ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨ 🥰 Thank you so much to @simonbooks and @simon.audio for the gifted book and audiobook. 📖Title: Keeper of Lost Children ✍️Author: Sadeqa Johnson 📆Pub Date: February 10, 2026 ⏳ Audiobook Length: 14hrs, 22mins 🗣️ Audiobook Narrators: Ariel Blake, Karen Chilton, and Adam Lazarre-White 😳 I hate to admit this is my first book by Sadeqa Johnson because I just KNEW I would love her books. On the other hand, I'm excited that this is my first of her books because that means I have her whole backlist ahead of me to enjoy. ❤️ This book is exactly the type of historical fiction that I'm drawn to. Stories that are rich with complex characters, a plethora of emotions, and a history lesson on the side. This book follows Ethel Gathers, who helped mixed-race children who

Grab the cozy blanket, a pumpkin spice latte, and get ready for your next fall read. 🍁🍂☕️ Thank you to @gallerybooks, @uplitreads and @simon.audio #SimonAudioInfluencer for the gifted book + audiobook! I know it may still feel like summer for many of us, but Falling for Peachtree Bluff will definitely put you in the fall mood. Think Southern charm, family drama, juicy gossip, secrets, sisterly bonds and a coastal small town in Georgia. 🍁 It’s SO good to be back in Peachtree Bluff! The Peachtree Bluff series by @kristywharvey is one of my absolute favorites. It follows the Murphy family—Ansley and her three daughters, Caroline, Sloane and Emerson. If you haven’t started the series yet, begin with Slightly South of Simple. However, with the way this story starts you can easily jump right

✨Twenty-Five Years The Only Plane in the Sky by @vermontgmg “[The] passage of time makes remembering 9/11 all the more important. Indeed, to understand all that came after, we must first understand what it was like to live through the drama and tragedy that began under the crisp, clear blue skies of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.” It’s sunny today. Wispy clouds and a bright blue sky. Much like that day 25 years ago. I don’t have a memory of any September 11th since that one ever being anything but blue skies. There’s a beautiful dichotomy there. My mind and soul still feel that abject horror of the day. It’s a visceral and raw response. My body can’t help but remember the immeasurable loss and the overwhelming anxiety. But in the sunshine, I also see hope and clarity. When the worst happened

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲⁣ ⁣ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦, 1)⁣ 𝗕𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻⁣ 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘗𝘶𝘣 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬!⁣ ⁣ Thank you | gifted | @scribnerbooks and @simon.audio ⁣ ⁣ Last week I shared Alice Hoffman’s iconic 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 for Witchy Wednesday, and this week I’m excited to share her latest witchy series! ⁣ ⁣ No one crafts a witch’s tale quite like Alice Hoffman! Once again, she has woven historical facts with folklore, magic, and nature-inspired spells, plus a celebration of sisterhood, to create a bewitching story.⁣ ⁣ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 transports you back to 1950s Massachusetts. Ava and Lauren are two students at Radcliffe College who are recruited

𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒆🌷⁣ ⁣ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗪𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲⁣ 𝗕𝘆 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗵⁣ 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 6, 2026⁣ ⁣ I’ve been waiting three years to learn what happened to Eden, Gen, and Amanda. I wanted justice for them, but I also wanted healing and peace. I don’t want to give too much away, but I do want to voice a few things. ⁣ ⁣ These books may be considered young adult, following these young women over several years, but the topics are important and need to be discussed. They are not easy reads, and I’m certain they will be triggering for many. (If you have concerns, please reach out.)⁣ ⁣ Eden was brave enough to take a stand against her rapist, but she needed the support and the corroboration of his ex-girlfriend and even his sister! (Yes, you read that correctly.) An

𝑷𝒖𝒃 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘⁣ ⁣ 𝗙𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗳𝗳⁣ 𝗕𝘆 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆⁣ 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘗𝘶𝘣 𝘋𝘢𝘺!⁣ ⁣ Whether you’re new to the Peachtree Bluff Series or a longtime fan, this story is perfect for anyone who loves cozy family dramas that capture your heart. It’s what KWH does best.⁣ ⁣ The Murphy Sisters make me envious, since I don’t have a sister of my own. Their bond is strong, loyal, and fierce. They’ve walked through careers, marriages, children, heartbreaks, and loss together. ⁣Though life seems to have them running in different directions these days, they reunite in Peachtree Bluff with their families for several big surprises. ⁣ ⁣ I loved the cozy small-town atmosphere, the sisterly love and banter, plus the romance. This is a

Before You Were Anne by Emiko Jean is the second in what I hope will be a detective Chelsea Calhoun series since there was a big-arc cliffhanger at the end that I’m dying to have tied up. Thank you #partner (s) @Simonbooks #SimonBooksBuddy and @simon.audio for the #free books. Chesley Calhoun is married, newly pregnant, and finally feeling like her life has settled into a comfortable place after a lot of craziness (you don’t have to read book 1 to follow this one, but there are some spoilers and book 1 was really good so you probably should). But when a Japanese woman is murdered and her teenage daughter missing, the case hits a little too close to home for Chesley for reasons even she isn’t sure she could articulate. That’s all I’m going to say about the plot. I think if you’ve read the f

💐 Book Review 💐 • Thank you @atriabooks & @simon.audio for the gifted copies of NOT THAT KIND OF PROPOSAL. This rom-com had sneaky layers of depth to it and I loved it. 💜 • 📝 Review: 4 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved the layers and depths to these two characters! They have a shared grief but are genuinely on opposite sides (understandably so) and the enemies-to-lovers vibes are strong. Their past, and ongoing, dramas and familial traumas guide and misguide them as they open up to each other and find common ground. Gracie and Jude had me in all the sympathetic emotions, just willing them to find peace and catharsis in their lives. To be okay! And then to find love with each other because they’re so well matched. It’s also a wealth of Rom-Com entertainment. A wedding planner and a divorce lawyer