suicide blonde by darcey Steinke

Synopsis: “Vanity Fair called this intensely erotic story of a young woman’s sexual and psychological odyssey ‘a provocative tour through the dark side.’” Jesse, a beautiful twenty-nine-year-old, is adrift in San Francisco’s demimonde of sexually ambiguous, bourbon-drinking, drug-taking outsiders. While desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend in a world of confused and […]

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tender is the night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

For years, I ignored Fitzgerald. I’m not sure why other than for the sake of being contrarian. There’s a frenzy around him, I was hesitant to read him. Tender is his fourth and final novel while he was alive, and it was the book he thought would solidify his spot as a great writer, it […]

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act your age, eve brown by talia hibbert

Given what I normally read, romance always feels like a mini-vacation. The Brown sister series consists of three books, and this is the final installment in the series. I did a bad thing and skipped the second book, but I plan to read it later!

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animal by lisa taddeo

I’m going to start by stating, upfront, that this won’t be for everyone. Some readers will, reaching certain points, cringe and toss the book to the ground never to be picked up again. Others will read with such urgency they can’t possibly put it down and so the book becomes a kind of appendage until […]

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rock the boat by beck dorey-stein

Synopsis: When Kate’s boyfriend of 12 years takes her to breakfast only to break up with her, she’s left reeling and lost. Left without a place to live, Kate decides to return to her hometown, Sea Point, to live with her parents for the summer.  While home, Kate devises a three-point plan to get her life […]

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in the cut by susanna moore

Stephanie Danler recently recommended this book, describing it as a “perfectly constructed, sexy, unnerving, uniquely NYC novel.” With that review, I had to pick it up quickly.

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People we meet on vacation by emily henry

I read Beach Read, Emily Henry’s first adult rom com, last summer and I loved it so much. It sparked my continued reading of romance. After a few months of quarantine, I was struggling to read, but romance was a genre that was … happy and light and just what I needed.

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Sleeveless by Natasha Stagg

In anticipation of a trip to New York in June, I’m sharing my thoughts on Sleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019, which was recommended to me by a friend.⁣Let’s start with a different book. When Stephanie Danler wrote Sweetbitter, she purposely set it in 2006 New York, when the iPhone didn’t dictate human interaction. […]

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Friday Five

Happy Friday! Every other Friday, I will share five bookish items that supplement a reader’s life. Hope you find some inspiration heading into the weekend! Custom Book Print Whether for yourself or the perfect gift for the book lover in your life, a custom print of favorite books, hand-selected from a larger library, is an […]

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