Hey y’all! I’m driving the Whatcha Studying? bus this week, as Amanda is touring the globe.
Spring has SPROINGED round me. It is a image I took lately of my neighbor’s camellia (I feel that’s a camellia) in opposition to the sky. In a really dorky transfer, I’m making an attempt to match the colours for a quilt in progress as a result of I really like blue, inexperienced, and pink collectively.
Right here’s what’s on the currently-reading listing at SBTB HQ – with a light TW for some dialogue of melancholy.
Elyse: It’s FINALLY spring right here so I assume it’s my mind telling me to get outdoors. I downloaded the audio of Ghost Station by SA Barnes ( A | BN | Okay ) to accompany me on walks.
Lara: I’m struggling to discover a e-book that sticks round. I’m DNFing fairly usually these days.
Elyse: I feel I’ve began and put down 5 books this month. My mind is drained and stressed.
Lara: I would like a phrase that describes the unsettling disappointment of not with the ability to discover pleasure in studying as a result of not one of the books you choose up are hitting the spot.
Elyse: Wealthy calls it “e-book ennui.”
Sneezy: Nicely now!!! I’m stealing that. My e-book ennui is making me seem saintly whereas I shelve my books. (Sure, aftershocks [from the earthquake in Taiwan] are nonetheless being drama llamas, however fuck it I would like my flooring house again.)
Sarah: My mind is stressed, too! The e-book that appears to be tempting my mind essentially the most is Comfortable Medium by Sarah Adler ( A | BN | Okay ), as a result of I can’t cease serious about it.
Lara: The e-book I’m at the moment making an attempt is Gator Queen by Tara Lush ( A | BN | Okay ). I feel it’s a comedy but it surely’s very early days but.
Susan: It’s seasonal melancholy new years for me, so I’m listening to the audiobook of Dana Okay. White’s Find out how to Handle Your Residence With out Dropping Your Thoughts ( A | BN | Okay ) whereas I attempt to unfuck my home from its melancholy pit state.
I discover her stuff nice for serving to me not give attention to the disgrace of letting issues get this unhealthy, as a result of her angle is “no matter you do is progress.”
Sarah: Oh, heck. I hate the melancholy pit and I’m sorry you’re there.
Susan: Thanks, it sucks right here! I’m doing essentially the most scattershot job of sorting issues out and reserving workmen, but it surely’s progress.
Tara: I’ve been studying A Candy Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland ( A | BN | Okay ) and it’s fantastically written.
It takes place within the 1800s in Nova Scotia and is a sapphic retelling of the people story The Selkie Spouse. It has a romance, however will not be a romance, and has a gothic vibe to it.
A few of you is likely to be questioning if it has a contented ending or not, as a result of queer tales on this period are sometimes heartbreaking.
I wanted to know so I might have the precise expectations and skipped to the tip (do not come at me) and…
…the ending is joyful!
Shana: I’m studying Shadowlands Omega by Elizabeth Stephens. ( A | BN | Okay )
It’s a standalone in a darkish fantasy romance collection and I spent the primary chapter flailing about making an attempt to determine the world constructing. However I acquired completely sucked in and now I’m having bother doing the rest however learn this e-book. It comes out April 18.
Additionally, the heroine is bald which is pleasant!
Kiki: I’m listening to The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Ann Lengthy ( A | BN | Okay | G | AB ). I attempted one of many different books on this collection earlier than and was postpone by what felt like a really unhealthy ratio of inside narration vs precise dialog between the characters, however I’m liking this one higher to date.
Sneezy: I’m rereading Father, I Don’t Need This Marriage on Tappytoon. I forgot how humorous it’s!
The primary story is accomplished and smutty variations of the facet tales which can be popping out alongside the non-smut model. Fellow Smut Demons, please be aware you HAVE TO purchase the smut chapters from a separate hyperlink and all smut is just accessible on browser. When you purchase the mistaken chapter, you’ll must pay twice!
What about you? Whatcha studying? Inform us every little thing within the feedback!