I am reading the news in short snippets these days because unless it’s about Serena Williams or maybe Prince Louis’ christening it all gives me panic attacks. I’ve been reading fiction voraciously to escape (and a few nonfic too) and The Chicago Public Library is giving me everything. Here’s a list of what I’ve been loving – other than reading Goodnight Moon on repeat.
Fiction
- Tangerine by Christine Mangan
- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
- Whiskey & Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith
- The Cruel Prince by Holly Black – please let me have The Wicked King soooooon!
- A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole – cheesy perfection
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
- Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moira Fowley-Doyle
- When Dimple Met Rishi and From Twinkle With Love by Sandhya Menon
- Queens of Fennbirn – 2 novellas in the Three Dark Crowns series. I usually hate novellas and these were great.
- The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Non-Fiction
- I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
- Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out and Finding the Courage to Lead by Cecile Richards
With Babycakes
- Ranger in Time series by Kate Messner – what is there not to love about a golden retriever traveling through time and space to help people in need?
What else is out there that I should be reading to avoid reality?
Gun In Act One 
Girl, I don’t know, but I’m pinning my hopes on reading books in serieses so that when I enjoy one, I can immediately move on to the next one and put off for as long as possible the inevitability of reality. So — that’s something to try!
Oh yes. I’m starting way too many new series so I can binge all the books.
Weren’t those christening photos super cute? (I’m only reading that kind of news too.)
“[…] unless it’s about Serena Williams or maybe Prince Louis’ christening it all gives me panic attacks.” Wow, same. I try to listen to news on the radio on the way to/from work and I can only take it for like 10 minutes at a time. It feels like too much right now, y’know?
If y’all like Ranger, you might try Hank the Cowdog. Hank is… less of a hero and more of a bumbler, but it is SUCH a fun little series. The audiobooks are good, too.
Oh that’s great to know thank you! We will hit up the library card with her own little card.
These are all so good! I just read From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein, which is a memoir by a stenographer in the Obama administration, that I thought was delightful and silly and the kind of light, nostalgic book I needed right now.
Yes anything about Obama sounds calming!
Yes to this attitude! Who do we petition to get a 24 hour royal family TV station? Charlotte is my favorite- looks just like her great-grandmother and is a pistol.
I’m trying to do the same thing and have ended up DNFing more books than ever because it seems as if a lot of authors are trying to echo our current reality. NOT what I want.
I just finished So Much Life Left Over, loved it, and learned it was book 2 in a trilogy (book 3 not out yet) so got book 1 at the library and loved it as well. It’s historical fiction which is working for me these days as a self-soothing strategy.