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lgbtqreads · 1 day

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Happy Lesbian Visibility Day 2024!

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day 2024! We’re celebrating with these lesbian protagonists, and you can too! For more recs, check out past years’ posts! Young Adult We Got the Beat by Jenna Miller Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor in chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn’t happened yet, but it will. It’s positive thinking that has gotten…

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mills-regina · 1 year

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“Season of Love” review

Check out my review of Season of Love here.

#my book stuff #lesfic #book review #season of love #helena greer #sapphic books

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weaversweek · 5 months

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Oh my days!

Helena Greer has a hit book!

Young Helena, who I've known since the last century when she was about the size of Mighty Max, has a hit book!

Congratulations!

and if anyone knows how to get her books on this side of the pond, please shout.

#helena greer #author #hit books #romance #levi blue and hannah #christmas romance #literature #books #friends doing well #muppet flail #we had a time

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goodbooksandgoodwine · 5 months

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Season Of Love by Helena Greer | Book Review

I cannot believe I waited a year from release to read Season Of Love by Helena Greer. This holiday themed book was so much deeper than what I was expecting. Season Of Love is a sapphic love story about healing and strength and showing up for those you love. The story follows Miriam who has been away from her family for ten years – living in Charleston with her fiance, Tara. Miriam has shut…

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#Adult fiction #Book Review #Christmas #contemporary romance #Forever #Helena Greer #LGBTQ #romance

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illustration-alcove · 1 year

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Cathy Arnold’s illustrated book cover for Helena Greer’s Season of Love.

#cathy arnold #helena greer #season of love #book covers #american literature

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myplussizebookshelf · 1 year

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F/F romance

Doesn't care by Deliah Green

D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins

The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember

Season of love by Helena Gree

Soft on soft by Em Ali

Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan

Knit one, girl two by Shira Glassman

Get it right by Skye Kilaen

Eight kinky nights by Xan West

Curvy Girls Can't Date Curvy Girls by Kelsie Stelting

#f/f #deliah green #chencia c higgins #Helena greer #julia ember #booklr #plus size heroine #lgbt books

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battyaboutbooksreviews · 5 months

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Find my review here.

#books #book blog #book tropes #booklr #bookstagram #batty about books #battyaboutbooks #book: for never and always #author: helena greer #queer fiction #queer romance #queer books #friends to lovers #mental health #second chance romance

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dilawrosas · 5 months

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[BOOK REVIEW] ARC: For Never & Always by Helena Greer

This Helena Greer book is AVAILABLE NOW! ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️ In this book, the heroine is content with her life as a destination inn co-owner until the hero returns back home. The hero is a famous celebrity chef that wants to make amends to the important people he left behind, but he has a lot of obstacles along the way. The heroine and the hero must learn lessons from their pasts to have their happy…

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#2023 Book Reviews #2023 Reviews #ARC #Bk Rvw #Helena Greer Author #NetGalley #November 2023

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sapphicbookclub · 5 months

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Season of Love by Helena Greer

Miriam Blum has no choice but to face the past she thought she’d left behind when she inherits her great-aunt’s Christmas tree farm in this witty, glittering, heart-filled romcom.

Thanks to her thriving art career, Miriam Blum finally has her decoupaged glitter ducks in a row—until devastating news forces her to a very unwanted family reunion. Her beloved great-aunt Cass has passed and left Miriam part-owner of Carrigan’s, her (ironically) Jewish-run Christmas tree farm.

But Miriam’s plans to sit shiva, avoid her parents, then put Carrigan’s in her rearview mirror are spoiled when she learns the business is at risk of going under. To have any chance at turning things around, she’ll need to work with the farm’s grumpy manager—as long as the attraction sparking between them doesn’t set all their trees on fire first.

Noelle Northwood wants Miriam Blum gone—even if her ingenious ideas and sensitive soul keep showing Noelle there’s more to Cass’s niece than meets the eye. But saving Carrigan’s requires trust, love, and risking it all—for the chance to make their wildest dreams come true.

Genres: contemporary, romance

Get the book from Blackwell's with free worldwide shipping here!

Listen to the book on audiobooks.com here!

#sapphic books #lgbt books #wlw books #booklr #book recs #contemporary

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artharakka · 9 months

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Can I ask you where have you found inspiration for your art? For example I've noticed you have a very specific (and beautiful) way you draw jewelry and clothing. The shapes are very organic yet grounded at the same time, give a bit of a Nausicaä vibes, as well as art noveau meets iron age.

Honestly I could go on and on about the beautiful details of your art but I don't want to seem too fangirlish :D

Ohhh thank you I love those comparisons 🧡 Because I didn't even know those are the vibes I was going for but yeah that's great actually... This is like when one of you made a playlist inspired by my art... (I still have that saved btw! 🧡 And I still cannot believe!!). Here's a little Rhiam drawing with some jewelry she doesn't (yet) have in canon (earrings she does have but she cannot use them yet)

But what are my inspirations hmmmmmmm many! Idk even what all I have inhaled into my art but I try to list something (this got long so rest under cut):

Nature 🌿 I love both mundane (sparrows, plants growing from asphalt cracks, moss covered street signs... the little details) and grand formations that fill me with awe. There's something about things so vast that take my breath away. Like oceans, mountains, high cliffs, endless tundra, wind so strong you could lean against it, ancient stone that has been scraped visible by massive sheets of ice thousands of years ago. (But I'm guilty of not being that impressed by conventional beauty of average gardens. Aren't people tired of only finding planted blooming flowers beautiful!). Most often I'm drawing inspiration from nature familiar to me, that being Nordic/Scandinavian ones.

I already said nature but birds deserve a special mention! Agh I just love those funky little animals 🦅

Stories! I love making stories, I think they help me grasp and go over my thoughts. I love pouring myself into my characters, it makes them feel both personal but also makes it easier to talk about myself to my fellow storytellers. I'd love to do a long graphic novel or write a book one day, but I also love making ttrpg stories just for and with our little group 🧡 For a long time I felt kinda bad that I wasn't doing "real art" that wasn't just illustrations of my characters. But then I realised doing art for arts sake doesn't really inspire me. I don't want to do art that I'd think would be easily consumable nor do I have any great performance to create with my art. I just love to illustrate stories and tell stories through my art and I think that's great! I still love seeing and experiencing artworks that aren't this illustrative, I just don't have the motivation to do that myself. But I can get really excited of works like Emma Jääskeläinen's granite sculptures!

Other artists! There are two categories I think: 1) those whose work I've seen (usually irl) and whose technique or themes or symbolism facinates me. I usually don't want to create similar art, or replicate their style, or medium even. But there's something about them, a feeling of awe or they feel formidable. Or there's something clever about them that lets me have this sense of epiphany. For example, Jääskeläinen who I already mentioned, Marcel Dzama, Merja Palin, Helena Vaari, Marika Mäkelä, to name a few I've seen lately-ish. And then 2) there are artists whose stories and/or style inspires me and influences my art. One of the biggest inspirations to my softer line art style was and is @albabbgg. @serpentface has some really cool worldbuilding and designs, I think they were also a great influence to how I draw bodies these days. @wiltkingart has also very cool shapes and genders in his paintings. @sanctus-ingenium 's stories and art have been a huge inspiration lately. And to list a few others now that I started: @pangur-and-grim/@greer-art, @beidak-art, @elemei, @emilylorange, @pansylair, @cy-lindric, @psrj, @lokorum

And many others I'm probably forgetting now! I also have a side blog @sancta-cessatrix where I occasionally reblog cool art, check tags #art #inspiration

#ask #I hope you all don't mind me tagging you but I wanted to give links! Hi big fan long time listener first time caller!#Rhiam

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the-bi-library · 9 months

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Here are 20 bi/bisexual pink books to celebrate the barbie release!

Books listed 💕The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur 💕Can I Steal You for a Second? by Jodi McAlister 💕This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin 💕A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy 💕Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 💕Season of Love by Helena Greer 💕Flip the Script by Lyla Lee 💕Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert 💕The Poisons We Drink by Bethany Baptiste 💕In the Ring by Sierra Isley 💕Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall 💕Abbott by Saladin Ahmed 💕Then Everything Happens at Once by M.E. Girard 💕One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston 💕Forget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose Clarke 💕Who I Was with Her by Nita Tyndall Honorable mentions 💕Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda 💕Follow Your Arrow by Jessica Verdi 💕So This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens 💕The Gallery of Unfinished Girls by Lauren Karcz

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hedghost · 1 year

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Pick a WOSO Player, Get a Sapphic Book Rec!

Part Three: for the anon who wanted 'chaotic gay ruesha littlejohn' - i got you ;)

note: please check content warnings before reading as some may have adult or triggering content - feel free to ask me about anything!

Links: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 | Part 5

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Ruesha Littlejohn: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Jen Beattie: Behind the Scenes by Karelia Stetz-Waters

Niamh Charles: Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan

Lucia Garcia: In At The Deep End by Kate Davies

Lena Oberdorf: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers

Ingrid Engen: Lies We Sing To The Sea by Sarah Underwood

Laura Weinroither: Season of Love by Helena Greer

Sveindis Jonsdottir: Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour

Maz Pacheco: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Jessie Fleming: Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Jill Roord: Kiss Her Once For Me by Alison Cochrun

Sam Kerr: Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler

Millie Turner: Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Steph Catley: In The Event of Love by Courtney Kae

Victoria Pelova: Edie in Between by Laura Sibson

any requests for more players lmk and i'll do a part four phaha

follow me here on storygraph for more recs 🤭🤭

Hedge xx

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weaversweek · 1 year

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Oh, wow! It’s the cover for Helena Greer’s new book!

Last year, Season of Love introduced us to Carrigan’s Christmas tree farm, to Miriam and Noelle. To a Hallmark movie, except it’s lesbian. And Jewish.

This year, enter Levi “Blue” Matthews, prodigal son, returning home. And there’s Hannah Rosenstein, co-owner of the Carrigan’s inn.

Levi sees his chance when a VIP bride agrees to book Carrigan’s—if he’s the chef. He’ll happily cook for the wedding, and in exchange, Hannah will give him five dates to win her back. Only Hannah doesn’t trust this new Levi, and Levi’s coming to realize Hannah’s grown too.

What happens next? Dammit, we have to wait till December to find out.

#books #bookblr #jumblr #queer literature #demisexual #asexual #romance #happy ever after #forthcoming #christmas list #helena greer #there was this tv show

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daughter-of-melpomene · 1 month

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Cute character questions for Catie!!

YAY, AN ASK ABOUT MY WITCHY BABY!! Thank you so much, Grace!! (Also gonna tag @dancingsunflowers-ocs since I know she loves Catie too. <3)

the basics:

name: hecate greer. age: sixteen years old (as of the first movie). zodiac sign: aquarius. one good trait: her refusal to back down during important arguments. one bad trait: her impulsivity.

habits:

one bad habit: completely losing her filter when she’s frustrated. one good habit: always being on time. one habit they can’t break: twirling her hair around her finger. one they’ve broken: chewing on her pencils. what they’re afraid of: not being able to protect the people she wants to protect.

family:

their parents names: helena greer (mother), clara greer (mother). their siblings names: n/a. favorite childhood memory: successfully casting her first spell and her mom making her favorite dinner as a celebration. favorite childhood toy: her easy-bake oven; she used to pretend she was the witch from hansel and gretel cooking children in it. embarrassing story: the story of when little catie jumped off of her house’s roof attempting to cast a levitation spell to make herself fly, and wound up breaking her leg when it didn’t work and she hit the ground. favorite family member: her mama, clara. a story about that family member: clara always used to sing beatles songs to little catie when she couldn’t sleep at night, and to this day catie always associates the beatles with her mama.

what they prefer:

coffee or tea?: tea. showering in the day or night?: day. taking baths or taking showers?: baths. tv or movies?: movies. writing or reading?: writing. platonic or romantic love?: platonic. iced tea or lemonade?: iced tea. ice cream or smoothies?: ice cream. cupcakes or cake?: cupcakes. beach or mountains?: beach.

favorites:

song: “witchy woman” by eagles. band: imagine dragons. outfit: a tank top with an open button-down worn over it, paired with ripped dark jeans and high-tops. place: the kitchen in her house, cooking with her moms and talking and laughing with them. memory: when bella told her that she had chosen catie as renesmee’s godmother. person: her amazing boyfriend, seth. movie: the blair witch project. show: psych.

send me an oc!!

#asks about my ocs #oc: catie greer

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morrisxn02 · 5 months

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c'est lâche, mon grand, on te dira c'est l'âge (self-para) (sort of)

tl;dr: therapy is now in session for your favorite (???) rich boy (said no one, ever) and succession-character-wannabe, walmart roy! and the diagnostic is absolutely scandalous !!! (not really) (this is just a lil funny thing as a follow-up to the rave and a pre-summer self-para) - this was on my drafts for waaaay too long and i just forgot to post it ic date: the week after the rave, before the commencement gala. tw: brief mention of drug use, anxiety

disclaimer: i wanted this thread to be more dialogue-centric, not a full-on para, so that's why there's very little about eddie's or dr. reichmann's thought processes here.

(...)

“It's been a while...” Dr. Helena Reichmann, Ph.D. asks as she sips on her chamomile tea.

He nods.

“You seem anxious.”

“No. I'm all right.” He immediately stops fidgeting his feet.

"You texted me at 6AM on a Sunday morning saying you needed to talk. Want to start with that?"

He remains silent for a moment.

"I thought I had done something very... Um, messed up. But I was wrong."

She says nothing. He understands, she wants him to explain.

"It's nothing really. Don't worry." His voice trembles a bit. Her brows crease. "I was on drugs."

“You mean marijuana?” She knows he is prone to using weed occasionally. But that is not what he means.

"No."

"You used heavy drugs?" The disbelief in her tone is almost funny.

“I went to a rave. I took molly for the first time.” A smoke screen.

"So you were under the influence and you thought you had done something messed up?" She mirrors his tone.

He just nods. She takes notes.

“And how did that feel? The molly.”

“I don’t know.” He lies again, not so well this time. She writes it down.

“Did you enjoy it?”

“I did.”

“Do you want to do it again?”

“I’m not sure.”

She takes note.

“Let's get back to that, though. What was it you thought you had done?”

“Nothing, really. I just thought I had told someone something that I shouldn't.” He starts fidgeting again. She writes it down.

He cannot tell her about G. Too much at stake. Things even she doesn’t know.

"Well, I'm having a hard time believing you. You are clearly anxious about it..."

“Don’t you have some meditation technique that I can use, then?”

“No. And even if I did, we both know that kind of thing doesn't work for you.”

“Well, I don’t know, doesn't matter." She doesn't buy what he is selling. "Let's talk about something else.”

“Listen, the only way to help you is by understanding what happened. We won't get anywhere if you keep things from me."

He says nothing. She sighs.

“And do you have anyone you can talk to about this, at least? Someone you trust?”

“Lucas and Océane.”

“I mean at school.” Her tone is reprimanding. She knows he knows what she means.

“No.”

“Well, you should.”

“Well, I don’t.”

“Don’t you feel like you need that? That you need someone to talk to?”

“I’ve already got someone.”

“Someone that is not 3000 miles away?”

“I talk to them all the time. It’s almost like they’re here.”

“No, Edward, it’s not, and you know it.”

Silence. He stares at her, face completely blank. Devoid of any sort of expression that can help her lead their conversation down a specific path. She rolls her eyes.

“You are very challenging, do you know that?”

“Are you supposed to say that to a patient?”

“If I think that’s what they need to hear, then yes.”

“And what, exactly, makes me challenging?”

She doesn't answer, instead she pushes him, “Is Cara like this? Was Greer?”

“Is.”

“Sorry? Who is?”

“Greer. You used the wrong tense.”

“Edward…” She has been subtly trying to prepare him for the worst. For the bad news, if it ever comes to. Which, she is pretty sure, is only a matter of time.

“Is Greer like this?” He insists, voice unbending, words coming in pregnant pauses to reinforce the imposition. Treating Greer like she was dead was the one thing that would get him to storm out of her clinic.

“Are Cara and Greer like this?” She half-concedes.

“Like what?” She likes to push him. He likes to push her back.

“Resolute.” It sounds like that word has been very carefully chosen. And he picks up on it.

“You mean stubborn?” He fires back, a smirk on his face.

She nods.

“Yes.”

“The three of you?”

He nods. She writes it down.

“And have you tried getting close to Cara? Last time you were here, you told me you would.”

“Yes.”

“And-?“

“What do you think?”

“Bad?”

“Not too bad. Not good either.”

“Hm. And do you think you two can get along?”

“Don’t know… Can’t tell yet.”

“Who doesn’t know, Edward? Who can’t tell?” She heavily emphasizes the pronouns. Almost as though she were a detective pressing a fellon to reveal the name of their accomplice.

“What do you mean? Me.”

“It’s intriguing to me how sometimes you don’t see yourself as the subject of your own actions.”

“Don’t use Freud on me.”

“I’m just saying… Whenever you talk about your family, you tend to eclipse the first person. Always happens...”

“Can you change the subject, please?”

“Do you think you envy her?” She pushes further. “Cara? Do you think you wish you were more–“

“Can you change the subject, please?” He insists, more incisively this time.

“Sure.” She grins triumphantly.

Any patient in their right mind would walk straight out of there. Not Edward, though. Edward likes that she can see through him. Edward likes that she treats their sessions like a game.

“Finals are right around the corner, right?"

"Yes."

"And I assume we're only seeing each other after your summer break now, correct?"

"Mhm."

"Are you still going to Manhattan for the summer? To work with your father?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“The fuck do you mean? “Why”? Because that’s what he wants me to do.”

“Watch your tone.”

“Sorry.”

“You know, you only curse in our sessions when we’re talk–“

“Don’t.” He interrupts her.

She chuckles.

“Is that what you want to do?”

He doesn’t answer. She writes it down.

“Are you excited?”

“Sure.”

“Because it’s what you have to do, right?” She mimics his way of saying it, emphasizing the word have – it’s something he has said to her a dozen times before, and it always sounds like a burden. A cross he is involuntarily caring.

“You know it.” He replies with debauchery.

She shakes her head. Then writes again.

“Tell me, what is it that you’re looking forward to doing during your summer recess?”

“I’m going to Marseille in August.”

“With–?“

“Yes.”

“Well, that’s very nice.”

They both smile. Modest, but genuine. A truce. She is truly happy to hear that. He is truly happy to say it. She likes them. They're good for him.

“Edward, our time is over for today. But before you go, I want to tell you something.”

He rolls his eyes, and the smile immediately disappears.

“You need to find a balance between taking yourself too seriously and not taking yourself seriously at all. You are only 20 years old, Edward. You’re allowed to live your life like a 20-year-old.”

His face starts to burn.

“You need to stop rationalizing your feelings. You need to let yourself have a good time every once in a while. And, most importantly, you need to think about yourself. About what you really want to do with your life.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You’re a smart kid, Edward," She knows he enjoys the adulation, and she does it almost as if she is laying the groundwork for what will follow. "You know exactly what that means. You just want me to spell it out to you.”

“I’m waiting.”

"Remember what I said about not using the first person when your family is involved? That's what I mean. It's like you're not in the driver's seat of your own life sometimes..." She fires, a grin on her face. Well, he did ask for it...

He swallows hard, fighting the urge to nod in confirmation.

“There's more important things you should be worrying about than not getting drunk with your friends every once in a while, or always being top of the class. Instead, try putting more effort into figuring out who you are, what you want, and what makes you happy. Instead of caring so much about what others expect of you, or who they want you to be.”

They stay in silence for a few more seconds. That is exactly the reaction she is hoping for.

“Goodbye, Edward. Do me the kindness of telling my next patient I'm ready for her on your way out. You have my number if you need me before September.”

“Goodbye, doctor Reichmann.”

Before he walks out, she speaks again. “And, please, enjoy your summer.”

He nods, finally. Then leaves.

#self para #this has been in my drafts for so long and i hadn't had the time to finish it #anyway

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the-forest-library · 1 year

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October 2022 Reads

The No-Show - Beth O’Leary

Once Upon a December - Amy E. Reichert

Season of Love - Helena Greer

Talk Santa to Me - Linda Urban

Mistakes Were Made - Meryl Wilsner

First Love, Take Two - Sajni Patel

What the Hex - Alexis Daria

Bridesmates - Sydney Smith

Snow Day - Julie Lipson

A Thief in the Night - K.J. Charles

The Final Gambit - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Ben and Beatriz - Katalina Gamarra

A Scatter of Light - Malinda Lo

Family of Liars - E. Lockhart

Shadows - Robin McKinley

Defend the Dawn - Brigid Kemmerer

Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett

The Matchmaker’s Gift - Lynda Cohen Loigman

Stacey’s Extraordinary Words - Stacey Abrams

Dinners with Ruth - Nina Totenberg

What Doesn’t Kill You - Tessa Miller

Lost & Found - Kathryn Schulz

Savor - Fatima Ali

Making a Scene - Constance Wu

The Family Outing - Jessi Hempl

Nerd - Maya Philips

Bad Vibes Only - Nora McInerny

The Book of Boundaries - Melissa Urban

Happier Hour - Cassie Holmes

Eat to Beat Depression and Anxiety - Drew Ramsey

Mostly Plants - Tracy, Dana, Lori, & Corky Pollan

Herding Cats - Sarah Andersen

Oddball - Sarah Andersen

Ducks - Kate Beaton

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts:

Really thinking that 2022 is the year of nonfiction for me. I’ve read so many more nonfiction reads that have been more impactful and memorable for me than fiction. Cannot recommend Dinners with Ruth (yes, there’s lots of good insight in here about RBG, but it’s really the power of friendship that will tug at your heart) and What Doesn’t Kill You (such a powerful memoir about living with chronic illness and what the newly diagnosed should do) enough.

Goodreads Goal: 346/350

2022 Reads

#the end of november is a good time to post october reads right?#time has certainly gotten away from me this month #2022 reads #book reviews #book recommendations #books #booklr #bookish #reading #bibliophile

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