Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer

Literally the first chapter with Chris gave me anxiety because the fear of breakfast going horribly wrong and the parent and child relationship.
We love Chris. He's cool. 
I really liked that we got to see a character with GAD and her coping mechanisms. And like....someone who validates the coping mechanisms, no matter how weird they seem to be.
Single dad with a preteen girl shenanigans. We love it. 
I feel like that the relationship was rushed--in the sense that the characters thought a lot of things about the other, but they never really said anything to each other, and then they were saying "I love you"
Sooooo I'm like....mildly upset because it could have been steamier....
Like... it was hinted and then never brought up. THERE WAS POTENTIAL.
416 Pages

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber

I wish we had more of Natalie's story.
Also I'm here for the small town shops and the small town vibes. 
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It's all the soft cuteness for me.
Let's talk about grief, y'all.
Magical cat. 
Don't give me a character named Gideon and expect me to survive....or a guy who takes photos....I'm dead. 
336 Pages

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

CONSTANT VIGILANCE.
....my therapy brain is saying that if you're super attuned to your environment it's cause you never felt safe....anyways. 
*hears the title of another Contemporary Romance...and I'm like....are you authors friends....Yes... Unhoneymooners....
If his blood type is AB-, he's basically a universal receiver...so like....as long as whoever's blood type was negative you could give it to him....
.....has a theory about the bridges for reasons.....

Alexa play We are Never Getting Back Together
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320 Pages

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

It's the girl with the really colorful hair and all the bi vibes for me. 
I. don't. know. who. I'm. supposed. to. ship. 
Ok I know who to ship.
288 Pages

TS Song: I'm getting Cornelia Street vibes....False God but slightly less steamy

The Year of Magical Thinking

 The Year of Magical Thinking 

by Joan Didion

Pages: 227

5 out of 5 stars

Following the sudden death of her husband, writer Joan Didion wasn't exactly sure how to grieve. Her daughter was also seriously ill and this kept her busy caring for her. Several times that first year, she thought she was losing her mind. Thankfully, she was brave and after that year, sat down and wrote about it. She shares her thoughts, her memories and how disjointed reality seemed. How the smallest thing would bring back memories of her husband and she'd be weeping in public. For anyone who has lost a spouse, a parent or perhaps a child I think this book could be helpful in knowing you are not alone. The out of time and place feelings you are having doesn't mean you are going crazy. Your world really has turned upside down. I wish I had read this book before my father-in-law passed away. I recognized some of the behaviors Didion described in how my mother-in-law acted the first couple of years after Dad died. I'd like to think I would have been better able to reach her and offer support if I had read this first. 

Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

For some reason I picture Del looking like Jim Hopper from Stranger Things....
"The teenage boy and the man are as close to wild animal observation as anything I've seen."
And I'm feeling things
416 Pages