415/600 💙📚🖋️📚 📖: Perverts by Mac Crane Genre: weird girl/enby lit, short stories Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: an unflinching exploration of the harms of patriarchal ideals and capitalism

414/600 💙📚🖋️📚 🎧📖: Audition by Katie Kitamura (2nd read) Genre: Literary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: I’m so glad this book has received critical acclaim, but it’s my least favorite of Katie’s books (which just indicates how great a writer she is)

413/600 💙📚🪐📚 📱📖: The Lord of the Wood by EM Anderson Genre: Fantasy Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: what a fascinating setting to study ableism and the equating of usefulness of humans with worth, as well as the problem of compulsory heterosexuality

412/600 💙📚🩸📚 📖: Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle Genre: Horror Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: a short romp exploring the meaning of life and humanity

411/600 💙📚⏳📚 📱📖: Whale Harbor by Mary Beth Keane Genre: Historical Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: Endearing, but flawed characters fleshed out through Mary Beth’s signature prose. A heartfelt exploration of family relationships and the meaning of home.

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410/600 💙📚🩸📚 📱📖: To Bewitch a Hunter by Luciano Lamberti Genre: Horror Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: In this translated work, you keep going deeper into Argentine’s and family’s past, as our protagonist learns more of her possible heritage. Well-written and trippy

409/600 💙📚⚡️📚 🎧📖: This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum Genre: Thriller Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: audio is absolutely the way to go

408/600 💙📚🖋️📚 📱📖: Every Story is a Love Story by Imbolo Mbue Genre: Literary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: What a stunningly beautiful exploration of grief, regret, family, and forgiveness

407/600 💙📚⚡️📚 📱📖: Majestic Hills by Dawn Turner Genre: Thriller Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: I wanted to explore Josey and Lang’s relationship and situation more, and not spend as much time with the whole ensemble. Also, there was a weird commitment to nicknames that felt distracting

406/600 💙📚⚡️📚 📱📖: I Never Knew You At All by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza Genre: Thriller Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: A thriller featuring family secrets, especially those that cover up the crimes of “good” white men. Do we continue to seek the truth if it would hurt those we love most?

405/600 💙📚🖋️📚 📖: Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurts by Ben Reeves Genre: Literary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: the last page got me in my feels

404/600 💙📚 🎧📖: Six Days in Bombay by Alka Joshi (2nd read) Genre: Historical Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5 Thoughts: Interesting found family

403/600 💙📚🖋️📚 📖: Games: a Love Story by Anna Marie Volkova Genre: Literary romance Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: I didn’t like so many things about this book, yet put together it somehow kinda works.

402/600 💙📚🖋️📚 📖: Learning by Courtney Bush Genre: Literary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: I wanted a little more thematically

401/600 💙📚 📖: Whistler by Ann Patchett Genre: Contemporary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: well-drawn characters

400/400 💙📚 🎧📖: Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino Genre: Thriller Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: clearly, the reason I don’t own a house is because I’m not cutthroat enough

399/400 💙📚 📱📖: The Names of the New World by Kawai Strong Washburn Genre: Clifi Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: An exploration of the human toll of climate change and its potential mitigation, while recognizing the broken systems that encourage actions that perpetuate harm.

398/400 💙📚⚡️📚 📖: The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé Genre: YA Mystery Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: for fans of the Inheritance Games

397/400 💙📚💡📚 🎧📖: Like, Follow, Subscribe by Fortesa Latifi Genre: Nonfiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: I liked exploring why family vloggers intrigue us

396/400 💙📚💡📚 📖: Read This When Things Fall Apart Genre: Nonfiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: for such a time as this

395/400 💙📚🩸📚 📖: A Thousand Monstrous Forms by Saratoga Schaefer Genre: Horror Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: A sapphic Bluebeard retelling and a haunted house story. This would have felt creepier if I had felt more invested in the Poppy-Celia relationship at the beginning.

394/400 💙📚🖋️📚 📖: Tsubaki Stationery Store by Ito Ogawa Genre: Literary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: an exploration of language and its limits

393/400 💙📚 📖: Pool House by Mary H.K. Choi Genre: Contemporary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: a messy mother daughter relationship

392/400 💙📚 📖: Obstetrix by Naomi Kritzer Genre: Dystopian Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: I too, would have focused on the lack of books if I were kidnapped to a cult where they weren’t allowed. It felt like we could have gone deeper with this premise.

391/400 💙📚⏳📚 🎧📖: The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai (3rd read) Genre: Historical Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: Still powerful

390/400 💙📚🩸📚 📱📖: Sleep Well Mommy by Mi-ae Seo Genre: Horror Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: a psychological thriller that lives up to the creepiness in the title. Translated from Korean, we’re exploring what makes a serial killer, up close and personal.

389/400 💙📚 📖: The Simp by Roshan Sethi Genre: Satire Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: In the vein of Paul Beatty or Mateo Askaripour, pulls back the curtain on the absurdity of racial politics in Hollywood, with trendy DEI efforts being for show rather than actual change.

388/400 💙📚🪐📚 📱📖: Bird King Rising by Samantha Bansil Genre: Fantasy Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: You know a book is going to be good when it starts with a map. I love that we’re back in Maynara (patterned on pre-colonial Philippines) with Laya as she begins her reign

387/400 💙📚🖋️📚 📱📖: Nanny Nanny by K Chiucarello Genre: Literary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: While plot light, Nanny Nanny more than makes up with it on reflection on caretaking, DV, and complex family relationships.

386/400 💙📚🪐📚 📱📖: A Complement of Scoundrels by SV Lockwood Genre: Fantasy Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: I love a strong, witty FMC! This adventurous fantasy featuring a cast of scoundrels is a lot of fun.

385/400 💙📚⏳📚 📱📖: Sweet Pea by Kit de Waal Genre: Historical Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: This one got to me, bringing me to tears (always a compliment). This book avoided typical historical fiction pitfalls: feeling of the time, completely lived in. It was a slow start, but the end made it worth it.

384/400 💙📚💡📚 🎧📖: Nasty Work by Ericka Hart Genre: Nonfiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: this intersectional approach to the discussion of sex and gender is much needed

383/400 💙📚🪐📚 📱📖: Twig’s Traveling Tomes by Gryffin Murphy Genre: Cozy fantasy Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: Books give me magical power too! This is a fun world with low stakes adventure and interesting characters.

382/400 💙📚🪐📚 📱📖: Resonant by Jeremy Jacobson Genre: Fantasy Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: An epic fantasy adventure that encourages you to keep your brain on and really sit and get to know this world.

381/400 💙📚 🎧📖: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (2nd read) Genre: Thriller Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: Obvi less thrilling than my first read, but that allowed me to notice different things

380/400 💙📚 📱📖: Another Name for Red by Amber Blaeser-Wardzala Genre: Contemporary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: I was so thankful that Amber was coming out with her debut novel after reading her entry in Never Whistle at Night and this exceeded my expectations with it’s heart and depth.

379/400 💙📚🖋️📚 📱📖: Uprising by Tahmima Anam Genre: Literary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: A difficult read for the first half, but that made it more powerful when the women assert their value against the patriarchal lies.

378/400 💙📚🪐📚 📱📖: Strange Lights by Mira Gonzalez Genre: Science Fiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: What a cast of quirky other-worldly characters! I appreciate how we do eventually get back story, all at once in it’s own section, and that both the current story and the past are engaging.

377/400 💙📚🩸📚 📱📖: What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schote-Bonne Genre: YA Horror Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: Adventurous, at time perilous, you will feel the danger our characters are in. What I found most interesting was the role capitalism played in driving marginalized folk to make risky choices to live

376/400 💙📚 📱📖: She’s a Doll by Barbara Truelove Genre: weird girl lit Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: Oh, how I love Nic and Lu! This is a humorous, quirky, feminine rage book for us weird girls.

375/400 💙📚🩸📚 📖: Trad Wife by Sarah Langan Genre: Speculative Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: Mind-trippy and disorienting, this is slow to start but by halfway through I was sucked in. I appreciate how the women in this story are not merely victims or villians, but full people

374/400 💙📚🪐📚 🎧📖: Daggerbound by T Kingfisher Genre: Fantasy Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: At first I was disappointed that we weren’t following Halla and Sarkis in this one, but I should have known to trust T Kingfisher as we once again have a fun, well-drawn cast of characters.

373/400 💙📚 📖: Abundance by Hafeez Lakhani Genre: Contemporary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: a messy family and an immigrant story

372/400 💙📚🪐📚 🎧📖: Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (2nd read) Genre: Horror Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Thoughts: I enjoyed the reread, knowing where we were going

371/400 💙📚🪐📚 📖: Babylon, South Dakota by Tom Lin Genre: Speculative Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: Of course the military is up to sketchy things

370/400 💙📚 🎧📖: A Voice Like Mine by Deb Haaland Genre: Contemporary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: An interesting memoir highlighting the importance of inclusion in politics, particularly the inclusion of indigenous people

369/400 💙📚 📖: They All Fall in Love at the End by Haili Blassingame Genre: Contemporary Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.25/5 Thoughts: Why choose indeed

368/400 💙📚💡📚 📖: Becoming George: The Invention of George Sand by Fiona Sampson Genre: Nonfiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: It was so great to hear about gender-nonconformity in the west outside of our current time. Queer people have always existed

367/400 💙📚 📖: One Leg on Earth by Pemi Aguda Genre: Speculative Fiction Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 Thoughts: I get the impulse to jump into the sea