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10 Books On My Kindle I Keep Forgetting About

January 18, 2018 - Updated May 7, 2019 // 22 Comments

 

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Kristen over at See You In Porridge (a fab blogger & person I love following!) wrote a post a couple months ago about books on her Kindle that she keeps forgetting about and I was like OOH I like this because my poor Kindle books get neglected (mostly because I buy so many Kindle ebooks bc ALWAYS A GOOD DEAL SOMEWHERE (you should follow me on Facebook because I often post about them) and because they aren’t in my face the way my physical books on my shelf are). So I decided I was going to follow her lead and take a romp through my Kindle library and showcase some of the books on my Kindle that I totally forgot I had and should probably read soon.

Let me know in the comments if you have read any of these and if I should prioritize them!! I went with 10 as a good sampling but this list could have easily been 50…because I’m an ebook hoarder!

 

Books To Read: The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas

I remember being really excited about this YA fantasy when it first came out but somehow I never got to it and I thought “well I will just wait until the series is complete” and well here we are. Sidenote: it’s $3.99 for Kindle as of right now when I’m writing this.

 

 

 

Books To Read: Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley

Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley

I remember being excited about a YA contemporary romance set in the South but I never got to this one! Years later I read one of this author’s newer books but didn’t love it. This premise is so much better though. (The ebook is $2.99 right now at the time of writing this)

 

 

 

Books To Read: Brooklyn Girls by Gemma Burgess

Brooklyn Girls by Gemma Burgess

I remember being really excited about this one because it was about a group of twenty-somethings and I felt like it was so hard to find books with main characters that age! But then it got terrible reviews so I think I put off reading it. Still might get to it one of these days!

 

Books To Read: Flat-Out Love by Jessica Park

Flat Out Love by Jessica Park

I definitely started this one because I thought I did and also my Kindle confirms it by saying I was 20% of the way in. I’m thinking I started it and then probably a book I was really excited about came in the mail and I forgot about it. I just glanced over some of it and I don’t know why I would have put it down…it seems like I would have been digging it.

Books To Read: Shut Out by Kody Keplinger

Shut Out by Kody Keplinger

I’ve read some of her other books but I bought this when it was really cheap and I totally forgot I owned it!! I love the premise of this one and I can’t believe I didn’t get to it!

 

Books To Read: Sarah Dessen's The Moon and More

The Moon & More by Sarah Dessen

How did I forget I had a Sarah Dessen book on here? One that I haven’t read! I feel like it was really mixed feelings about this one so I was not as excited when it came out but I’m really feeling like I need a Sarah Dessen book in my life right now so I think this one is going to happen soon!

 

 

Books To Read: Trinkets by Kirsten Smith

Trinkets by Kirsten Smith

I forgot this book even existed and honestly I had no idea what it was even about or why I downloaded it! It’s got a shoplifting theme apparently BUT the most interesting thing I just found out when I looked this one up was that the author is a Hollywood writer who co-wrote things such as 10 Things I Hate About You!!! Legally Blonde!!! She’s The Man!! Fun fact of the day!

 

 

Regency Romances To Read: Why Dukes Say I Do

Why Dukes Say I Do by Manda Collins

Totally forgot about this Regency romance on my kindle!! Has anyone read this one??

 

 

YA Books To Read: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Oh man I’m really kicking myself about this one! This YA timetravel novel was SUPER popular when it was released in 2013 and somehow I managed to keep it collecting metaphorical dust here on my Kindle!

 

 

YA Books To Read: Life In Outer Space by Melissa Keil

Life In Outer Space by Melissa Keil

As an Aussie YA book enthusiast, I’m REALLY ashamed by admitting this one. I was SO SO SO excited for this one…but I’ve never read it!

 

 

Have you read any of these?? Tell me which ones are worth picking up soon! Are you an ebook hoarder like I am or are you better about reading what is on your e-reader?

 

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  1. Lauren @ Bookmark Lit says

    January 18, 2018 at 8:57 am

    Okay ALL OUR YESTERDAYS is the beeeeest, please read it ASAP 😉

    I definitely should do a post like this because I always find that I forget about books on there. I even have a Goodreads shelf with my Kindle books on it and I STILL manage to forget about them.

    Reply
  2. Emily says

    January 18, 2018 at 9:24 am

    I am the QUEEN of forgetting about Kindle books. I have over 100 of them. It’s a major problem.

    That being said, Brooklyn Girls was cute. Not my favorite, but it was cute.

    Reply
  3. Kel says

    January 18, 2018 at 9:26 am

    All Our Yesterdays is one of my all-time favorites! Definitely worth prioritizing. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Ericka says

    January 18, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    Ohh, no! I really liked Gemma Burgess’s Brooklyn Girls series. It’s really fun and flirty; not much real substance, but I went into it expecting that. I do hope you get around to reading all the other novels, though, especially Life in Outer Space. That one seems really fun!

    Reply
  5. Reanna says

    January 18, 2018 at 12:49 pm

    I read The Burning Sky and really enjoyed it!

    Reply
  6. Leanna Elle says

    January 18, 2018 at 12:53 pm

    Oooh! You have some really good books there! I LOVE the Brooklyn Girls series. Don’t believe the haters! I’ve read the complete series and it is a lot of fun! Also, the first book revolves around a food truck business so it is fun AND yum! Give it a try! Also, it’s been a while but I really enjoyed All Our Yesterdays when I read it. The Moon and More -not my favourite Dessen-but I liked it more than her latest release.

    Reply
  7. Rosie @ Rosie Writes Things says

    January 18, 2018 at 7:12 pm

    I have not a read a single one of these, but I believe a couple of them have graced my Goodreads TBR shelf! But yes…my poor Kindle. Every time I go to open it up, it’s dead — that’s how little I use it, lol! I’d honestly read a book on my Kindle app on my phone before I’d reach for my actual Kindle. I don’t know why!

    Reply
  8. Alex @ Booksy Daisy says

    January 18, 2018 at 7:12 pm

    LOL this just reminded me that I have The Burning Sky too! And I was really excited for it at the time! Probably should come back to that.

    Reply
  9. Tiffany @ I Was Angelized_1st says

    January 18, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    I haven’t read any of these, but I also suffer from this problem of buying kindle books, and forgetting about them. One of my goals this year is to rectify this. I hope you get a chance to as well.

    Reply
  10. Lisa @ Reading, Writing, and Random Musings says

    January 18, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    I am such a sucker for Kindle deals, and I could easily post 50-100 books in this post. What surprised me is that none of the books on your list are on my Kindle! How is that possible?

    Reply
  11. Kathleen P says

    January 18, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    I have Kody’s book. I got it super cheap from book outlet. I definitely need to move it up on my TBR. Some of the books you mentioned I’ve never heard of. Off to amazon I go!

    Reply
  12. Onyinyechi says

    January 19, 2018 at 2:13 am

    Lol! I wish I’ll get to a stage where I have that much novels and I forget to read them. Thanks for the books. My reading list keeps growing and growing.

    http://www.onyixtus.com

    Reply
  13. Kailana says

    January 20, 2018 at 11:15 am

    There are so many books on my kindle that I have forgotten about. That is why I can’t entirely embrace the e-world: Out of sight, out of mind. But, it is what it is. lol I have not read any of these, but hope you enjoy them!

    Reply
  14. Annemieke says

    January 20, 2018 at 12:21 pm

    I haven’t read any of these. I’m ususally prety good about reading books on my e reader because they are often review copies, haha. But there have been a few that have been on there a few years now (though not review copies, lets make that clear. 😉 ).

    Reply
  15. Chrystal says

    January 20, 2018 at 2:57 pm

    I have a ton on my Kindle App on my tablet. I don’t even want to look! LOL

    Maybe I need to write a post to make myself more accountable to get to them this year. EEP!

    Reply
  16. Sam@WLABB says

    January 20, 2018 at 5:09 pm

    I am a huge fan of the Flat-Out books. Park knows how to elicit emotion. Dessen is one of my go-to authors. This was a good one, not my favorite, but good.

    Reply
  17. Jessie says

    January 20, 2018 at 6:48 pm

    There’s so many books I just keep forgetting about. Need to start reading at least half an hour a day just to get through them!

    Jessie | Taylor Mayed

    Reply
  18. Debbie Turner says

    January 21, 2018 at 11:40 am

    I really loved All Our Yesterdays but I remember wishing there was a sequel. I think there were talks of one, but I don’t know if it ever got published.

    Reply
    • Jamie says

      January 21, 2018 at 3:40 pm

      I swear I remember people talking about a sequel…or maybe that they wanted one?!?

      Reply
  19. Leah @ The Pretty Good Gatsby says

    January 22, 2018 at 8:27 pm

    Over the summer I listened to the audio of all Our Yesterdays one day at work and it was SO good!! Like, the second I got home I immediately went searching to see if the author had any other books to dive into.

    Life in Outer Space is one I haven’t read yet either, but it’s on my to read list – I reeeeally enjoyed The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl!

    Reply
  20. Anna @ The Bibliotaph says

    January 25, 2018 at 1:21 pm

    I’ve heard so many good things about Flat Out Love – I’ll be so interested in seeing what you think!

    Reply
  21. Julie says

    February 2, 2018 at 9:59 am

    The Burning Sky is fantastic! I’m hoping to finish off that series this month!

    Reply

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“Why is it so hard to pick my next read?” — “Why is it so hard to pick my next read?” — she says as she is surrounded by piles on piles of books on the floor and desk and packed on her bookshelf and book cart. (Partner @berkleypub - thanks for the review copy).⁣
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I managed to pick my next read, as chronicled in these photos, but it was not easy with so many options! 

Decided to go with a most anticipated book of 2022 for me from an author who has written books I’ve really enjoyed.
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I am about halfway through and cruising along because I NEED to figure out if Joseph is the worst or what really is going on here in this story that starts with 3 women being stood up by the same guy on Valentine’s Day.  I feel like there is something more to this one but I can’t quite put my finger on it yet! ⁣
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Hoping to finish it this weekend! What are you reading this weekend? And do you have trouble picking your next read? How do you choose amongst all the options?
Sunshine on my face and a mass market fitting perf Sunshine on my face and a mass market fitting perfectly in my hands.⁣…
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Truly felt like there were zero things more joyful than the warm sun on my face after colder, dreary days and remembering how much I love the feel of reading a mass market paperback. It’s probably a very specific little joy of mine and I definitely reveled in it today.⁣
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But the real big joy has been rereading this book and experiencing it all over again before @bridgertonnetflix season 2 — especially the Pall Mall scene. And something to do with a 🐝 😅 iykyk⁣
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With all the joy I’m getting out of this reread it makes me wonder why I don’t prioritize rereading like I used to before I started blogging 10 years ago.⁣
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In my head I just want to experience all the new stories and try to make a dent in my TBR but I forget, until I do it, the genuine pleasure in revisiting old companions and how it’s a different side of reading one can experience — the nostalgia, the person I’ve become since reading the book and the way I approach a book already knowing what happens. Well the general sense of what happens because my memory is 💩!⁣
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Anyways that’s what I’m up to currently. Trying to finish this up so I can pack my books for a short trip I’m going on later this week. My first ✈️ since 2019!⁣
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Whatcha reading? Do you reread often? And tell me a little teeny tiny joy from your day.
If I was a person who made Reels I would somehow m If I was a person who made Reels I would somehow mash up the “screaming, crying”  Blank Space clip with the “emotional damage” refrain to the Bastille’s Pompeii to let you know how I feel after the last few chapters of #TheGildedCage !!⁣
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And if you don’t understand what that means, I’m sorry 😅⁣
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But woo boy do I need the third installment of this series!!! But I also think I’m going to be even more emotional damaged after that one soooo.⁣ 
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Seriously, one of the best simple joys of my life is the feeling of being so wholly and totally invested in a series that you have to remind yourself it’s fiction lest you spend all day in bed crying about the devastated look a character had on their face — a face you didn’t even see with your own two eyes but you are so invested that you feel nauseous and gutted like you sure did.⁣
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Just me orrrrrr?⁣
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No but for real. If you love YA fantasy, go start #theprisonhealer so you can be caught up when The Blood Traitor comes out in June (and be my emotional support person for the duration of reading it). I love these characters and I dying to see what happens next. 

Have you read this series yet? Last book series that had you SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP because of the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE it inflicted?
A real life reading photo because I couldn’t be A real life reading photo because I couldn’t be bothered to make it pretty — mismatching fuzzy sucks, coffee almost gone and Christmas pajama pants that are super old.⁣
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But y’all Black Cake is so good!! I’m almost halfway through and I know it’s A Choice to declare it one of the best books I’ve read all year but I’m feeling bold based on how it’s going.⁣
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I love a good family story (especially one with a family secret!) and this is top notch. The writing is 👌🏻 and I know I’m going to be screaming when the pieces come together!⁣
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In other news, I’m 65% of the way through The Dry by Jane Harper and I’m enjoying it so much that I ended up staying on the treadmill twice this weekend after my allotted time was over just so I could keep listening.⁣
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Will and I FINALLY started Ted Lasso this weekend. It is a damn delight!! For all the hype and praise, it has overdelivered for me which is kind of shocking because normally hype is scary. I told Will that I feel like all the praise hasn’t even come close to how much I could love it. We are only 7 episodes in so no spoilers!⁣
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I’m kinda mad we sat on starting it for so long but at the same time I think the timing is right to help me see my way out of this February funk I have found myself in the past couple weeks.⁣
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Anyways, hope everyone is having a good weekend! Have you read Black Cake or The Dry? Where are my Ted Lasso fans at? I’m happy to join your ranks! Also please tell me your fave character bc I am finding it impossible to pick this far!
No but seriously every year I contemplate organizi No but seriously every year I contemplate organizing a search party for one Katjay Millay who wrote one beautiful and amazing book and then...vanished.

Like for real. She wrote a tweet in 2015 that she was taking a few weeks off and then.... no tweets, no new books. Radio silence.

I hope she’s okay, for real, and that she knows I obsessively stalk Goodreads/Twitter/the internet to make sure I haven’t missed new book news from her at least twice a year. 🥺

Is there any author who you’ve been waiting forever for a new release from??

I’d also like to add YA author Sarah Ockler to this list! Last release was 2015 😭😭
Ahhh some of my absolute OG young adult faves are Ahhh some of my absolute OG young adult faves are becoming movies/tv shows soon! And one of them is out TODAY!⁣
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The Sky is Everywhere — it’s out today on AppleTV+ and I can’t wait to sob my brains out. One of my absolute most favorite books ever by one of my all time favorite authors. It’s gorgeous and heartbreaking in its poignant depiction of grief, first love and healing — all woven together in Jandy’s signature gorgeous, lyrical writing.⁣
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Along For The Ride (out April 22) — one of a handful upcoming @sdessen books being adapted in the near future and I can’t wait! These books are so near and dear to my heart.⁣
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No release dates yet for The Summer I Turned Pretty tv series (the ultimate coming of age summertime story!) or The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (the cutest meet cute of all meet cutes all set in 24 hours) but I am HYPED and have all my fingers crossed for 2022 🤞🤞

Have you read any of these? Anyone else hyped for these adaptations.

Also, for the past few years, I’ve kept a running list of books becoming movies/tv shows for the year. Head to my bio to check out the list! I try to update it weekly and keep on top of it all but life ya know 😆 but I try!
Is this a book club? I think we just started a boo Is this a book club? I think we just started a book club. Or maybe just a @jenniferesmith appreciation club?? (partner @randomhouse )⁣
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Either way, after loving Jennifer E. Smith's YA books for years, it's been a real treat to also read her debut picture book with Riley (we loved!!) as well as her adult debut out in 3 weeks!⁣
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⁣So let me tell you about that adult debut — The Unsinkable Great James!!

This one just was the perfect warm-hearted read for a cold and gloomy January.

A perfect setting to escape into (Alaska), a tender-hearted meet cute and a poignant look at the shared grieving experience of those left behind.

I was initially drawn, like I always am, to the daughter losing a mother storyline and an exploration of that grief but I was so taken by the father/daughter relationship between two people who were left untethered by losing the person who held their family together.

Greta and her father don't see eye-to-eye on basically anything when they are thrown together on this Alaskan cruise, a trip Greta's father and mother were supposed to take, and you can feel the tension of their long-standing tumultuous and fractured relationship -- a relationship that feels like its hanging in a balance and could not recover.

The two are both hurting so much from this loss  and it took my breath away at times in how true it rang to be in your own grief bubble and feeling like the loss is yours and yours alone while forgetting about the others shouldering their own piece of this loss. I loved watching them very slowly SEE one another.

I can't say enough good things about this one -- great setting, Greta's music, the meet-cute, the messy and imperfect nature of family and love. Definitely recommend!⁣
I was on a hot reading streak and now for the past I was on a hot reading streak and now for the past few days I get all cozy in bed to read at night and am asleep by 4 pages in. Will got a kick out of waking up to me basically spooning my kindle. Ebbs and flows, y’all.⁣
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Let’s do a little reading update with an edition of Last, Current & Next.⁣
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Last - The Girl With the Louding Voice: Adunni is by far one of the most memorable voices I’ve read in a book in a very long time. Her hope and resilience in the face of some awful situations kept me turning the pages and rooting for her. I can’t believe it took me so long to finally read it. Highly recommend!⁣
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Now - Deep in Providence (thank you @fiercereads ): I’m about halfway through after I carved out some time to read early this morning and I’m enjoying this story of grief, love and magic. I’m nervous about these girls trying to resurrect their dead friend though! When I put it down today I was getting a little creeped by some things happening.⁣
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Next - The Kiss of Deception: I’m rereading the first book in this YA fantasy series because it’s been forever and I really wanna finish the trilogy. I’ve been really wanting to go through series I’ve left unfinished for years (not for lack of interest but because I suck at juggling all the series I start) so this is one of them. I remember loving it so I’m excited to dive in and binge. 

Whatcha reading? Have you read any of these? Anyone else on the struggle train with reading at night right now?
Braved the downpour to get my library holds. I hop Braved the downpour to get my library holds. I hope they are worth it! Please tell me they are!⁣
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This is also, before I get to the stack,  an appreciation post for my tiny library and wonderful librarians.⁣
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They normally open at 9am during the week —except Fridays. Did I remember that? Nope. So I was I was SO proud of Riley and I for getting our butts in gear to be for around opening time to drop off a stack and get my new ones.⁣
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And alas, I go to open the door and it’s locked. Now I’m holding Riley’s hand, two tote bags full of books, an umbrella that I’m trying to keep over the both of us, mind you. I’m thoroughly confused until it hits me that it’s Friday.⁣
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So I’m like, welp, guess we are just dropping off in the bin so I try to grab my books out and put them in one-handed while juggling the umbrella and less than enthused Riley.⁣
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Mercifully the door opens and  our children’s librarian takes pity on us and lets us in to drop off and pick up the holds.⁣
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Is this what being a VIP as a celebrity feels like?? Sure feels like it to me 😆 for real though, it pays to be a regular and have a cute kid in tow who is being pelted with rain.⁣
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Anyways excited about this stack but especially Wahala, Daughter of the Moon Goddess and How High We Go In The Dark the most.⁣
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Also have been meaning to snag The World Gives Way after @jordys.book.club recommendation!⁣
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Have you read any of these? Any that you think were definitely worth the rain-soaked journey for??⁣
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Alright now I’m off to curl up and read on this rainy, dreary day which is really what I think a day like this is meant for.
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“Why is it so hard to pick my next read?” — “Why is it so hard to pick my next read?” — she says as she is surrounded by piles on piles of books on the floor and desk and packed on her bookshelf and book cart. (Partner @berkleypub - thanks for the review copy).⁣
⁣
I managed to pick my next read, as chronicled in these photos, but it was not easy with so many options! 

Decided to go with a most anticipated book of 2022 for me from an author who has written books I’ve really enjoyed.
⁣
I am about halfway through and cruising along because I NEED to figure out if Joseph is the worst or what really is going on here in this story that starts with 3 women being stood up by the same guy on Valentine’s Day.  I feel like there is something more to this one but I can’t quite put my finger on it yet! ⁣
⁣
Hoping to finish it this weekend! What are you reading this weekend? And do you have trouble picking your next read? How do you choose amongst all the options?
Sunshine on my face and a mass market fitting perf Sunshine on my face and a mass market fitting perfectly in my hands.⁣…
⁣
Truly felt like there were zero things more joyful than the warm sun on my face after colder, dreary days and remembering how much I love the feel of reading a mass market paperback. It’s probably a very specific little joy of mine and I definitely reveled in it today.⁣
⁣
But the real big joy has been rereading this book and experiencing it all over again before @bridgertonnetflix season 2 — especially the Pall Mall scene. And something to do with a 🐝 😅 iykyk⁣
⁣
With all the joy I’m getting out of this reread it makes me wonder why I don’t prioritize rereading like I used to before I started blogging 10 years ago.⁣
⁣
In my head I just want to experience all the new stories and try to make a dent in my TBR but I forget, until I do it, the genuine pleasure in revisiting old companions and how it’s a different side of reading one can experience — the nostalgia, the person I’ve become since reading the book and the way I approach a book already knowing what happens. Well the general sense of what happens because my memory is 💩!⁣
⁣
Anyways that’s what I’m up to currently. Trying to finish this up so I can pack my books for a short trip I’m going on later this week. My first ✈️ since 2019!⁣
⁣
Whatcha reading? Do you reread often? And tell me a little teeny tiny joy from your day.
If I was a person who made Reels I would somehow m If I was a person who made Reels I would somehow mash up the “screaming, crying”  Blank Space clip with the “emotional damage” refrain to the Bastille’s Pompeii to let you know how I feel after the last few chapters of #TheGildedCage !!⁣
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And if you don’t understand what that means, I’m sorry 😅⁣
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But woo boy do I need the third installment of this series!!! But I also think I’m going to be even more emotional damaged after that one soooo.⁣ 
⁣
Seriously, one of the best simple joys of my life is the feeling of being so wholly and totally invested in a series that you have to remind yourself it’s fiction lest you spend all day in bed crying about the devastated look a character had on their face — a face you didn’t even see with your own two eyes but you are so invested that you feel nauseous and gutted like you sure did.⁣
⁣
Just me orrrrrr?⁣
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No but for real. If you love YA fantasy, go start #theprisonhealer so you can be caught up when The Blood Traitor comes out in June (and be my emotional support person for the duration of reading it). I love these characters and I dying to see what happens next. 

Have you read this series yet? Last book series that had you SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP because of the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE it inflicted?
A real life reading photo because I couldn’t be A real life reading photo because I couldn’t be bothered to make it pretty — mismatching fuzzy sucks, coffee almost gone and Christmas pajama pants that are super old.⁣
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But y’all Black Cake is so good!! I’m almost halfway through and I know it’s A Choice to declare it one of the best books I’ve read all year but I’m feeling bold based on how it’s going.⁣
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I love a good family story (especially one with a family secret!) and this is top notch. The writing is 👌🏻 and I know I’m going to be screaming when the pieces come together!⁣
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In other news, I’m 65% of the way through The Dry by Jane Harper and I’m enjoying it so much that I ended up staying on the treadmill twice this weekend after my allotted time was over just so I could keep listening.⁣
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Will and I FINALLY started Ted Lasso this weekend. It is a damn delight!! For all the hype and praise, it has overdelivered for me which is kind of shocking because normally hype is scary. I told Will that I feel like all the praise hasn’t even come close to how much I could love it. We are only 7 episodes in so no spoilers!⁣
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I’m kinda mad we sat on starting it for so long but at the same time I think the timing is right to help me see my way out of this February funk I have found myself in the past couple weeks.⁣
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Anyways, hope everyone is having a good weekend! Have you read Black Cake or The Dry? Where are my Ted Lasso fans at? I’m happy to join your ranks! Also please tell me your fave character bc I am finding it impossible to pick this far!
No but seriously every year I contemplate organizi No but seriously every year I contemplate organizing a search party for one Katjay Millay who wrote one beautiful and amazing book and then...vanished.

Like for real. She wrote a tweet in 2015 that she was taking a few weeks off and then.... no tweets, no new books. Radio silence.

I hope she’s okay, for real, and that she knows I obsessively stalk Goodreads/Twitter/the internet to make sure I haven’t missed new book news from her at least twice a year. 🥺

Is there any author who you’ve been waiting forever for a new release from??

I’d also like to add YA author Sarah Ockler to this list! Last release was 2015 😭😭
Ahhh some of my absolute OG young adult faves are Ahhh some of my absolute OG young adult faves are becoming movies/tv shows soon! And one of them is out TODAY!⁣
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The Sky is Everywhere — it’s out today on AppleTV+ and I can’t wait to sob my brains out. One of my absolute most favorite books ever by one of my all time favorite authors. It’s gorgeous and heartbreaking in its poignant depiction of grief, first love and healing — all woven together in Jandy’s signature gorgeous, lyrical writing.⁣
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Along For The Ride (out April 22) — one of a handful upcoming @sdessen books being adapted in the near future and I can’t wait! These books are so near and dear to my heart.⁣
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No release dates yet for The Summer I Turned Pretty tv series (the ultimate coming of age summertime story!) or The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight (the cutest meet cute of all meet cutes all set in 24 hours) but I am HYPED and have all my fingers crossed for 2022 🤞🤞

Have you read any of these? Anyone else hyped for these adaptations.

Also, for the past few years, I’ve kept a running list of books becoming movies/tv shows for the year. Head to my bio to check out the list! I try to update it weekly and keep on top of it all but life ya know 😆 but I try!
Is this a book club? I think we just started a boo Is this a book club? I think we just started a book club. Or maybe just a @jenniferesmith appreciation club?? (partner @randomhouse )⁣
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Either way, after loving Jennifer E. Smith's YA books for years, it's been a real treat to also read her debut picture book with Riley (we loved!!) as well as her adult debut out in 3 weeks!⁣
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⁣So let me tell you about that adult debut — The Unsinkable Great James!!

This one just was the perfect warm-hearted read for a cold and gloomy January.

A perfect setting to escape into (Alaska), a tender-hearted meet cute and a poignant look at the shared grieving experience of those left behind.

I was initially drawn, like I always am, to the daughter losing a mother storyline and an exploration of that grief but I was so taken by the father/daughter relationship between two people who were left untethered by losing the person who held their family together.

Greta and her father don't see eye-to-eye on basically anything when they are thrown together on this Alaskan cruise, a trip Greta's father and mother were supposed to take, and you can feel the tension of their long-standing tumultuous and fractured relationship -- a relationship that feels like its hanging in a balance and could not recover.

The two are both hurting so much from this loss  and it took my breath away at times in how true it rang to be in your own grief bubble and feeling like the loss is yours and yours alone while forgetting about the others shouldering their own piece of this loss. I loved watching them very slowly SEE one another.

I can't say enough good things about this one -- great setting, Greta's music, the meet-cute, the messy and imperfect nature of family and love. Definitely recommend!⁣

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