I know I’m gonna sob reading these.

Please feel free to suggest books!

A Reading List for the Chronically Unserious

Romance books that take place on, near, or adjacent to boats. Time to listen to yacht rock and enjoy the ride.

the darker side of new england. crumbling colonial-era brick, run down coastal towns, abandoned factories, dilapidated mills, foggy orchards, cold dark waters, whispers of witchcraft, venerated institutions, secret societies, and uneasy echoes of the past.

books with pink covers 🩷 some i have read and some i haven’t. open to suggestions!

These are books that deal with grief, but feel gentle. It's a lot of graphic novels and even some kid's books. A lot of these are stories that are light or made me feel held in a way. The nonfiction had good facts, but was also reassuring and/or didn't involve a lot of heavy details that some greif books can have.

Are they lovers? Worse.

A list featuring staples in the Josei genre for Manga, sprinkled in with some other Manga that I'd think you'd enjoy!

romance books that have some touch of magic or whimsy that are not fantasy...alternate universes are frequently found here

Complete list of all 10 mark of the fool books with similar title descriptions for those of us who are OCD and want them all to match.

Secular takes on the Rapture

Books set in the Roman Empire (800 BC - 400 CE)

The books I'll carry when I (finally) open my bookstore

abandoned at sea

I find myself fascinated with the country of North Korea, in terms of its history, its role in global politics, its cruel leaders, its reclusiveness. Here, you'll find non-fiction books I've read related to this blank space on the globe, in all of their horrible glory. These are not happy stories.