Listen, I am really happy that I don't have endometrial cancer because I was really really really worried. And! You would think that would make me just, like, insanely grateful for every single thing. And it did! And I am! But also. The news of the world. Woof. It's hard to just, like, stumble through my days.
Still. Some things:
Fourteen pretty good reads this month, you guys, listed from least favorite to the BOOK! OF! THE! MOOOOOOONTH!!!
📱The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: Love NG's book club and all the work she does to make our discussions happen. Hated this book. And! I am GLAD that I have a big bare sport where my knowledge of writers from this time should be because I do not like.
📗Other People's Fun by Harriet Lane: Liked but did not love this weird, spare little book. Lovely flawed characters, but it did not engage me fully. I would have DNF'd but it was very slim, so I stuck it out.
🥳📱Her Beautiful Life by Brianna Labuskes: This trad wife influencer thriller was an Amazon first read, and I loved the plot and only sort of liked the execution.
📗The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness by Marc Shultz and Robert Waldniger: I had no idea that Harvard has been running a happiness study for decades (generations, even), and this book was totally fascinating.
📗 The Intruder by Freida McFadden: SO FUN YOU GUYS-- her twists are so silly. Also I say so fun, but it was actually a really harrowing story, so...
📗I'm That Girl: Living the Power of my Dreams by Jordan Stiles: This was a Lisa pick and a perfect one to read during Olympics month.
🎧The Widow by John Grisham: I was just sucked all the way in and hated the ending a bit but was still wildly entertained. I haven't gone down the Grisham road in decades, and this was fun.
📗I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue: I LOVED THIS-- very sweet and funny. I knew from Enige and Nicole's bad reviews that this one would land for me.
📗The Story of a Heart by Rachel Clarke: I tore through this Lisa pick and SOBBED. Then Cooper (who is toying with wanting to be a pediatric cardiologist) tore through it right after me-- so good!
🎧The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Harnett: Oh boy did I love this book! So funny and sweet-- I definitely cried at the end.
🎧The Girls Who Grew Big by Leila Motley: THIS BOOK! Was beautiful and heartbreaking and triumphant-- loved it.
🥳📗 The Storm by Rachel Hawkins: I got this from the library the same week it came out. MAJOR OLD LADY COUPE. It started slow, but then I loved it, like I love all of her books.
🥳📱 Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden: If you loved Serial Mom (my fave 90s movie), then you will also love this.
🥳📱This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman: LOVED this one-- character driven, everyone is flawed, funny and also touching-- all the boxes I need to have checked.
