I hope spring is treating you well so far! I'll be taking a little break from posting, but while I'm offline I'll be reading lots of books I can't wait to share with you once I'm back! I've been reading lots of new and upcoming books for a local talk I'll be doing in May about spring books. This is just the excuse I need to focus only on new new new books, and there are so many ...

Bossy Favorites of the Month Please enjoy this roundup of my six favorite reads of March. I hope you've read some great books during this "in like a lion, out like a lamb" month. Have you read any of these titles? What were some of your favorite reads this month? 01 Kin by Tayari Jones Jones throws every issue imaginable at her two main protagonists, best friends living in the D...

Abby Jimenez knows how to layer difficult situations and messy complications into her rom-coms, and her main protagonists must confront and overcome past and present difficulties in order to banter their way through the story and build a sweet life together. I was hooked on the chemistry and fascinated by the significant, heartbreaking obstacles and how they might possibly be ad...

Saara El-Arifi's Cleopatra offers a picture of a feminist, cutthroat, passionate, dedicated woman who is a mother as well as a ruler; she is a lover and a deadly enemy; and her singular focus on Egypt and its future leads her in all ways. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived. My knowledge of Egypt is limited, but my interest was sparked by one of my favorite chil...

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to Abby Jimenez's newest rom-com with depth, The Night We Met ; I'm reading Rachel Hochhauser's Cinderella retelling from the perspective of the "evil" (actually fierce and determined) stepmother, Lady Tremaine ; and I'm reading the newest title in Steve Cavanagh's Eddie Flynn mystery series, Two Kinds of Stranger . What are you reading, b...