January is soon coming to an end. Here’s what we’re reading right now:
Lara: I tried to read a book featuring a disabled/chronically ill couple but instead of relating or learning, I just felt deeply triggered. So that was that. Now I’m flailing looking for something to take me out of my head.
Sarah: Oh heck I hate when that happens. I’m sorry you’re going through it. Do you have a “break glass in case of emergency” book?
I’m listening to Grave Expectations by Alice Bell, ( A | BN | K | AB ) which is entertaining if not compelling. I love one of the side characters but the main character is giving me increasing feelings of frustration.
Lara: Sarah, I had an emergency nap which always resets me. I’m going to dive into one of Jodi McAlistair’s bachelor inspired books tonight. Something new to me from an author I really enjoy. I’m hoping that’ll set me on the right path.
Elyse: I’ve really been on a historical fiction kick this month. I just finished Meet the Newmans ( A | BN | K | AB ) and now I’m reading The Star Society. ( A | BN | K | AB )
Claudia: I ‘ve just finished an amnesia Harlequin historical and loved it, much to my surprise! It’s A Marquess to Remember by Jenni Fletcher.
Susan: I’m reading the first volume of Art Thou Ailing by Ru Si Wo Wen, and all of the beats of the romance feel very familiar. Not in a bad way, just in a “Ah, here is where they pin each other to a wall to hide from a guard… Here is where there’s only one bed… Here is where they fall over and one protects the other from snow…”
This is not a complaint, btw. I read fanfic, you KNOW I will read these tropes in every form they come in.
Shana: I’m reading Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao ( A | BN ) and it is such a perfect comfort read. It’s about a trans woman healing from a bad breakup, who moves in with butch woman who has some healing of her own to do. There’s union organizing, and forced proximity, and so much yearning.
Carrie: I am reading The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet by Melinda Taub ( A | BN | K | AB ) and it is a delight.
Amanda: My latest game board square is to read something published ten or more years ago. Motivated by our latest solved HaBO, I picked up book one in the series: In Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks. ( A | BN | K | AB )
Whatcha reading right now? Tell us in the comments!
