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Ending the year with three books I can't stop thinking about
Friday Mood Recs: My most anticipated books of January 2024
Twenty-three 2023 releases I loved and what reading mood to save them for
Friday Mood Recs: Books to curl up with for the coziest week of the year
Best Books of 2023 with Liz Hein
Three great audiobooks: science writing, memoir, and a highly anticipated satirical novel
Friday Mood Recs: Five popular 2023 books I didn't enjoy
November 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
Apocalyptic snow, vengeful faeries, and one bad teacher
Friday Mood Recs: Book Lists for Every Taylor Swift Era (Part 3)
Reading in Public No. 23: The most delightful books I read this year
Finding the right books at the right time
Friday Mood Recs: Complex and Compelling Novellas
Reading in Public No. 22: The state of book criticism with Traci Thomas of The Stacks
Three great books with classic flair
Intriguing structures and compelling interiority
Friday Mood Recs: Pairing sweaters I'm coveting with books I read this year
What to do when you don't "get" a book, plus first picture books for littles
The FictionMatters Holiday Gift Guide
Friday Mood Recs: Messy Family Dramas
October 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
"I write to keep life from getting lost"
Reading through my ten before the end
Friday Mood Recs: Literary Science Fiction
A variety of speculative fiction and a classic essay
Friday Mood Recs: Book Lists for Every Taylor Swift Era (Part 2)
Reading in Public No. 21: Five questions I ask while reading short stories
Disconcerting novels and too much screen time
"A complete and complex world in a single sitting"
Gothic coming-of-age, fairytale fantasy, and deeply human stories
Friday Mood Recs: Book Lists for Every Taylor Swift Era (Part 1)
September 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
Hopeful motherhood narratives, creepy feminist reads, & my favorite book merch
Bold sci-fi, meditative lit fic, and a creepy library thriller
Friday Mood Recs: New York State of Mind
Reading in Public No. 19: My number one tip for combating end-of-the-year book overwhelm
Stories of girlhood, womanhood, and motherhood
Friday Mood Recs: Feels Like Fall
Singular voices and introspective narrators
Three family stories that explore generational hardship and healing
Friday Mood Recs: Weird Little Books
Reading in Public No. 18: Infinite options and overwhelming data in the reading life
Three trippy books across three unique genres
Friday Mood Recs: It's Gilmore Girls Season
🎧📚 Fall Fiction Compendium Release Party Audio
🍂📚 The 2023 Fall Fiction Compendium
Friday Mood Recs: Back on Campus
The last summer reading recs and starting too many books at once
Page-turning reads for stressful moments
Summer Samplings #7: Summer Wind Down
Women in Translation and books for White Lotus fans
TBR overwhelm, magical feel-good stories, and crowd pleasers for book clubs
A buzzy new book and the classic its rooted in
July 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
A multitude of kaleidoscopic reads
Reviving our focus and books for the grieving
Summer Samplings #6: Infinitely Discussable Reads
Recent additions to my TBR and a call for recommendation requests
Summer Samplings #5: The Buzzy and the Backlist
An ode to independent bookstores
📚 June 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
Three books that felt made for me
REPLAY: Author Talk with Alice Elliot Dark
Best Books of the Year (so far!)
Join me for a conversation with Alice Elliot Dark
Goats, ghosts, and an epic game of Telephone
Three books with unforgettable journeys
Summer Samplings #4: Classic Summer Reading
🎉📚Mood Reading Recommendation Spree
More new release love and a chance to win an audiobook bundle 📚🎧
Summer Samplings #3: Drafting the PSRG
Reading in Public No. 12: Why I like reading books I don't love
📚 May 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
Summer Samplings #2: That Paperback Flop
Three (very different!) books with reader protagonists
The 2023 Paperback Summer Reading Guide
What's your summer reading mood?
📚Bonus books for your summer beach bag
Pulitzers and books about motherhood
📚 April 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
All about the 2023 Paperback Summer Reading Guide
Summer reading hints and three drastically different reads
A spectacular debut, a favorite classic, and my literary Everest
Four great novels and a story that lives rent free in my head
📚 March 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
An American classic and a book you've never heard of
Reading in Public No. 5: How I read a poem
Three provocative novels and a set of classics
From Buenos Aires to medieval England
Five new releases for your TBR
📚 February 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
An abbreviated hello and a preorder recommendation
Reading in Public No. 2: The three questions I ask myself about every book I read
Reading in Public No. 1: A transformational reading experience and starting something new
Short and satisfying reads across genres
📚 January 2023 Ranked Reading Recap
3 buzzy new releases and a summer opportunity for readers and writers
Three classics and a stunning meditation on loss
Award-winning writing and an atmospheric escape
The only review of Spare on the internet today 😉
📚 December 2022 Ranked Reading Recap
An eclectic start to my reading year