Hey friends! Welcome or welcome back to my bookish corner on the internet. Today we're catching up on my reading for 2024.

Top 5 books

1. A love song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

2. A curious beginning by Deanna Raybourn

3. James by Percival Everett

4. Of time and turtles by Sy Montgomery

I also chat about a few honorable mentions, answer the mid-year book tag questions, and discuss my tbr for the rest of 2024! Enjoy.

Hi friends. Today I am going to be talking all things Tia Williams. Specifically her new release: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde. I also discuss some drinks and snacks that I want to try, my four current reads, and an update in my music taste (including a short rant about Fleetwood Mac). Enjoy!

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Hi friends! :) Today we're going to be talking about all of my bookish plans for 2024. We're also going to talk about my recent granny activities and current reads. Enjoy!

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📖 Books mentioned:

Soil by Camille T Dungy

Garden spells by Sarah Addison Allen

One dark window by Rachel Gillig

Emily Wilde's encyclopedia of fairies by Heather Fawcett

Anticipated releases:

1. All we were promised by Ashton Lattimore (April 24
2. Score by Kennedy Ryan (fall) 
3. A love song for ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (February 6)
4. Lore of the wilds by Analeigh Sbrana (February 27)
5. A tempest of tea by Hafsah Faizal (February 20)
6. The orange by Wendy Cope (March 5)
7. A witch’s guide to magical innkeeping by Sangu Manadanna (April 2)
8. Masquerade by OO Sangoyomi (July 2)
9. So let them burn by Kamilah Cole (January 16)
10. Business Casual by Bk borison (July 16)

 TBR (books I can’t wait to read this year)

• Wait for it by Mariana Zapata
• Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 
• Among Flowers by Jamaica Kincaid
• Outdrawn by Deanna Grey
• White teeth by Zadie Smith
• Shokos Smile by Choi Eunyoung
• The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

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📖 Books mentioned:

Powerless by Elsie Silver

Wildseed witch by Marti Dumas

Outdrawn by Deanna Gray

(Fav books of the year)

Conversations with friends by Sally Rooney

Happy hour by Marlowe Granados

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Assata by Assata Shakur

All Rhodes lead here by Mariana Zapata

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Sula by Toni Morrison

Reel by Kennedy Ryan

Garden spells by Sarah Addison Allen

(Honorable mentions)

Bad cree by Jessica Johns

The great believers by Rebecca Makkai

Garlic and the vampire by Bree Paulsen

A sweet lowcountry proposal by Preslaysa Williams

Hi friends. :) Today we're going to be chatting about some life updates (starting therapy, meeting Samara Joy, and sneaking into the library for crochet club), songs that I will be two-stepping to at my wedding, and all of the books I read in the month of December! Enjoy.

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📖 Books mentioned:

- A room of one's own by Virginia Woolf

- Upstream by Mary Oliver

- Garden spells by Sarah Addison Allen

- First frost by Sarah Addison Allen

- All Rhodes lead here by Mariana Zapata

- Before we say goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

- Small things like these by Claire Keegan

Hi friends! Thanks for listening. :)

Books mentioned 📖

- Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen

- Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen

- The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

- Bless the Daughter Raised by A Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire

- Beloved by Toni Morrison

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This week on Lani’s Library, Yulani discusses her top 3 Queen Latifah songs, fawns over Samara Joy's Christmas music, and all of the books with the cozy autumnal vibes that she recommends and plans to read this season.

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Books 📖 :

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This week on Lani’s Library, Yulani simps over Cannon Holt throughout the entire episode, sobs over Monk & Verity, talks about everything she has read in September and what she plans to read in October, and explains her current pumpkin drink rotation.

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Books 📖 :

SEPTEMBER WRAP UP — Reel’ by Kennedy Ryan (contemporary romance), ‘Before I Let Go’ by Kennedy Ryan (contemporary romance), ‘The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love’ by bell hooks (nonfiction), ‘The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches’ by Sangu Manadana (fiction / magical realism), and ‘Weyward’ by Emilia Hart (historical fiction / magical realism).

OCTOBER TBR — ’The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy’ by Megan Bannen (fantasy romance), ‘Their Vicious Games’ by Joelle Wellington (mystery thriller), ‘Beloved’ by Toni Morrison (spooky classic), ‘The Vanquishers’ by Kaylyn Barron (middle grade), ’Thieve’s Gambit’ by Kayvion Lewis (mystery), and ‘Frankenstien’ by Mary Shelly (classics).