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Happy Medium by Sarah Adler
3.0
gretchen is a fake spirit medium who channels really good research and genuine empathy for her clients into her work, guided by a rule that she only will share what helps them. she gets hired to go to a farm and figure out what’s been haunting it, and she’s surprised to find that not only is the owner NOT an elderly man but a hottie farmer, and that there in fact IS a ghost and she CAN see him. maybe she’s not a fake after all?!
shenanigans ensue, of course, and gretchen has to convince hottie farmer charlie to stay or the curse that’s kept ghost everett haunting for the farm for nearly 100 years will befall him too.
DON’T WORRY— she has a few weeks and naturally, that’s enough time for her to become bff with the ghost and to fall in love with the farmer!!! oh, and also help birth some bebe goats and sell soap at the farmer’s market and totally become a new person at the same time. because of course.
but in all seriousness, this is a cutie read and it’s charming and fun and sarah adler writes delightfully earnest and tender stories that i will read every time!
shenanigans ensue, of course, and gretchen has to convince hottie farmer charlie to stay or the curse that’s kept ghost everett haunting for the farm for nearly 100 years will befall him too.
DON’T WORRY— she has a few weeks and naturally, that’s enough time for her to become bff with the ghost and to fall in love with the farmer!!! oh, and also help birth some bebe goats and sell soap at the farmer’s market and totally become a new person at the same time. because of course.
but in all seriousness, this is a cutie read and it’s charming and fun and sarah adler writes delightfully earnest and tender stories that i will read every time!
The Breakup Tour by Austin Siegemund-Broka, Emily Wibberley
3.0
i don’t how to describe this one except to say it’s very much t. swift-inspired, with notes (lol, get it) of the show nashville, or the movie begin again, or music and lyrics, or daisy jones and the six sorta. but like, in a watered down way? where the MMC has essentially no personality and their spark is... hardly there. it just felt flat to me, and didn’t even really SCREAM swiftie magic in the way it could have (and tbh would have been better if it had). sorry to all the girlies!
Funny Story by Emily Henry
5.0
she did it again, folks!!! emily henry, you are a queen. your banter is unmatched! the way you write romance IS the blueprint. the heart! the wit! the warmth! it truly is unmatched and in a league of its own, and i loved this story dearly. reader, i cried. (of course i did). i swooned. i laughed. i want to reread all of my other henry books now, just to live in the world of her words even longer. it was a TREASURE.
miles was engaged to petra. peter was engaged to daphne. petra and peter were best friends (UH HUH, SURE THEY WERE). bet you can guess what happened here...
and EVEN WITH a predictable couple swap, fake dating that led to real love, a third-act break up due to miscommunication, and other reliable tropes, nothing (and i repeat, NOTHING) about this felt tired or old. every page sparkled with emily henry magic. and the side characters?! amazing in their own right!
gah. a gem.
miles was engaged to petra. peter was engaged to daphne. petra and peter were best friends (UH HUH, SURE THEY WERE). bet you can guess what happened here...
and EVEN WITH a predictable couple swap, fake dating that led to real love, a third-act break up due to miscommunication, and other reliable tropes, nothing (and i repeat, NOTHING) about this felt tired or old. every page sparkled with emily henry magic. and the side characters?! amazing in their own right!
gah. a gem.
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul
3.0
i’m currently watching my first ever season of @rupaulsdragrace (!!) and it has truly opened up a whole new world to me. the art of drag was never something i was exposed to, or understood, or was taught to appreciate, and i am SO GLAD i have a community of friends around me now who love this world and have invited me into celebrating it alongside of them. what a gift. 🤍✨
i truly knew NOTHING about rupaul before watching the show (yikes, i know) and was so excited to see a new memoir from him as an ALC from @librofm! it explores ru’s early life as a queer Black kid growing up in san diego all the way through his exploration of art, identity, love, community, and place as an adult. it’s the backstory of rupaul andre charles before he really became the queen we all know today, and it gave me a lot of context i didn’t have before!
to sum up much of the content: it was a LOT of drugs (holy moly) before he finally got sober, a lot of cross country roadtrips, a lot of trial and error with performing, and then things all seeming to click into place beautifully (almost too easily?).
i listened on audio, read by rupaul, which was great! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ for this memoir— i liked it
i truly knew NOTHING about rupaul before watching the show (yikes, i know) and was so excited to see a new memoir from him as an ALC from @librofm! it explores ru’s early life as a queer Black kid growing up in san diego all the way through his exploration of art, identity, love, community, and place as an adult. it’s the backstory of rupaul andre charles before he really became the queen we all know today, and it gave me a lot of context i didn’t have before!
to sum up much of the content: it was a LOT of drugs (holy moly) before he finally got sober, a lot of cross country roadtrips, a lot of trial and error with performing, and then things all seeming to click into place beautifully (almost too easily?).
i listened on audio, read by rupaul, which was great! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ for this memoir— i liked it
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
5.0
this! book! is! magical! ✨
truly, @tiawilliamswrites, your brain is a wonderland and this is a treasure that i was not at all prepared for. it blew me away and was an absolutely captivating story of music and flowers, family and love, desire and dreams, and the twists and tangles of time.
it was a slow burn but a beautiful one, and such a celebration of Black Harlem and epic love stories and making art no matter what.
truly, @tiawilliamswrites, your brain is a wonderland and this is a treasure that i was not at all prepared for. it blew me away and was an absolutely captivating story of music and flowers, family and love, desire and dreams, and the twists and tangles of time.
it was a slow burn but a beautiful one, and such a celebration of Black Harlem and epic love stories and making art no matter what.