I've been offline a bit since I spent the first week of December visiting a friend in Australia (!) and then this next week catching up on things, but here I finally am catching up on blog posts!
- How About Now by Kate Baer--I heard about this poetry collection on Cup of Jo and a few other online venues, and I'm so glad I did! I really enjoyed these paeans to millenial womanhood.
- Don't Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino (Book club read)--Another feisty young Jewish woman in 1960, a time period that doesn't work for her personality--this was a little one-note but very amusing tone and I have it on good authority that it perfectly evokes Atlantic City/Jersey shore in that time period.
- Winterfrost Market (Tales of Midwinter Haven #1) by Jenny Sandiford--This is a perfect cozy fantasy read with a strong romantic subplot. I really admire how the author builds a diverse wintry world with some high fantastical stakes and literally "cozies" it with soothing descriptions of teas, cakes, and dogs. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a comforting winter read.
- Frosthaven Bakery (Tales of Midwinter Haven #2) by Jenny Sandiford--Of course I immediately read the second book, and it did not disappoint! It explored a new faction of the world, tied in with the earlier characters and plot, and kept up an incredible array of baked goods to cozy up an increasingly high stakes situation. Hoping for another one!
- When the Angels Left the Old Country by sacha lamb--I took a while to read this delightful tale of a Jewish angel and devil from the shtetl making their way to America to save a townsman's daughter. Almost every aspect of this seemed written just for me--deeply Jewish, deeply philosophical and thoughtful but also irreverent and rebellious, and deeply wonderfully queer.
- The Cuddle Clause by Roxie Ray--This absurd premise got even more absurd--I also feel like this ended up being more about werewolf politics than romance, although it was plenty spicy. I did like the neurodivergent werewolf aspect, but in the end, it didn't quite all come together for me.
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