Celebrity fiction occupies a similar place in my heart to sports fiction and royalty fiction. It’s just fun to read about people living much more exciting and glamorous lives that us normal people. These reads are a perfect way to escape on a cold winter afternoon! Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid […]
Our favorite books of 2021
We can’t believe 2021 is over. It was definitely a year of ups and downs, but thank god we had good books to carry us through. I didn’t quite hit my goal of 100 books thanks to a slow and uninspired end to the year, but I did get through 82 new books, and I […]
13 underrated books you won’t find on BookTok
We love BookTok and a lot of their recommendations (Hello, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Song of Achilles!), but sometimes you’re looking for something different. We’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite books (new and old) that are compulsively readable, but somehow haven’t hit it big on TikTok yet. These are all […]
Everything We Read in April 2021
T.S. Eliot said April is the cruelest month, but it was actually a pretty great month in Brooklyn—cherry blossoms, spring weather, things starting to open up, and VACCINES! We also managed to find time to fit in a good about of books this month, 10 for E and 6 for A. E’s books Open Road […]
Super-Niche Reading List #2: E’s Favorite Sports Fiction Books
Welcome to the second edition of our favorite extremely-niche reading lists! First we wrote about royal fiction, and today I come to you with one of my all-time favorite categories, sports fiction. What is sports fiction exactly, you might ask? To me these are novels that have feature sports/athletics as a subplot, or have an […]
8 amazing U.S. travel destinations + book recommendations
We wouldn’t call ourselves a travel blog, but there’s nothing better than a good book on a long flight or train ride. The end of the pandemic is coming (hopefully?) and we are tentatively starting to plan trips again! While we’re waiting for clearance to take off, check out this list of some of our […]
Everything we read in March 2021
We didn’t read anything in common last month, so that means we have fourteen different books to share with you! We covered a lot of ground this month from super engrossing fantasy trilogies to all-girls boarding schools to surrogacy camps, so hopefully you find something interesting! A’s books March was a slower month of reading […]
12 of our favorite female characters in literature
We love a complex female character! No book criticism ever notes that the male character is unlikeable, because even if a male character is insufferable—and we can think of many examples—they are still seen as redeemable and interesting. To celebrate the final day of Women’s History Month, we wanted to give you a list featuring […]
A few of our favorite books by AAPI authors
The horrific events in Atlanta are disturbing, and the more than 3,800 reported hate incidents against Asian Americans in this country have pulled back the curtain on the hate and deeply entrenched racism in the United States. We urge you to educate yourselves on this issue and consider donating to the AAPI Community Fund, GoFundMe’s […]
TV shows based on books we love
After reading, watching TV is one of our favorite pastimes, and there is nothing better than one of our favorite books being turned into a binge-worthy show. Read till the end for some of our top picks for new shows based on books coming out later this year! Available now Binge these on your favorite […]