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I love KC Davis so much. Her gentle approach to taking care of house and self is life-changing.

James knows you’re not supposed to fall for your best friend’s little sister. It’s the rules. But Nina is…Nina. She’s busy saving the world with her journalism when she gets doxxed and needs to hide out at his place. Sexy shenanigans ensue. Guarding Temptation has it all—friends to lovers! Forced proximity!


For one year, Ross Gay wrote an essay (almost) every day. He wrote about watching a praying mantis do a little jig on a bistro table, about lovely flowers on the sidewalk, about life as a Black man in America. The Book of Delights is a beautiful collection of vignettes on paying attention to the things we normally pass by without a second thought.

⚡️ From Books to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing at Crooked Reads.

Yes, yes, yes.

Y’all need to read this book. It is such a comfort, a quiet reminder that no one is truly original. Everyone takes inspiration from everyone else; we are all standing on the shoulders of giants. Steal Like an Artist changed my life when I first read it seven years ago and quit the job that sucked out my soul. Rereading it this month was a reminder of who I was then and how far I’ve come—with many thanks to the lessons in these lovely square pages.

⚡️ From Books to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing at Crooked Reads.

A fascinating look at how important checklists are for the mundane and life-threatening jobs of the world. They keep patients alive and buildings from collapsing. Simple ol’ checklists with items like “is this the right patient on the table?” are magic. Common sense, and also magic.

From my October 2019 newsletter.

These novellas are strange—same tropes as her other works, insta-love, and, as another delightful reviewer says, the love interest is “slinging a literal horse cock.”

But obviously I’m going to keep reading them.

If you like dirty talk wherein a man compares a woman’s body to various topographical features of Mars, then boy, do I have a book for you.