Jun 12 2026
Happy Men’s World Cup season, dear readers! I do not, alas, have any books related to the beautiful game in this week’s tantalizing pile but I do have several that could tempt me to look away from my TV screen for a second… or more likely fill the empty time between these already wonderful and …
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Jun 05 2026
Happy June, everybody! The English Premier league season is over and the World Cup is right around the corner, with plenty of other things to celebrate in a world grown increasingly malevolent for people just trying to live our lives (in other words, Happy Pride!) In keeping with that thought, we have our first selection …
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May 29 2026
Hello, readers, and welcome to the last Tantalizing Tale of May! It’s been a very low energy day for me today, but I’ve got a big weekend planned, so hopefully it’ll all work out (cue Sampha’s Indecision because iykyk!) Our first pick for upcoming reads this week is Lee Goldberg’s Murder By Design, the intriguing …
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May 22 2026
Woof, living with autoimmune disease is tough. At least I’m starting to recognize when I’m having a bad day early on, so I don’t collapse halfway through my scheduled activities and take even longer to recover. It’s been particularly brutal to me in that it’s also affecting my reading and writing — I sleep A …
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May 15 2026
Hello, dear readers! This week, we open with two fairly recent releases that I’ve only actually received in the past week, before swinging even further backward, then looking forward to some exciting books that are just on the horizon. First up is Irina McGrath’s Murder At Haddonford Manor, the first in the Charlotte Reinford Mystery …
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May 08 2026
Hello, dear readers! This one’s pretty late, as I spent most of the day either in a medical facility or passed out at home. My illness has gotten so bad that I barely even had the energy to read! Hopefully, some of these books I’m about to discuss will help entice me out of this …
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May 01 2026
It’s already May! (and yes, you should definitely sing that in a ramen-haired Justin Timberlake voice, lol.) I’m not sure why, but the first ten days of May are always so hectic for me, between annual string performances, random selections (Jeopardy! last year and jury duty this year) and my beloved Arsenal entering their statistical …
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Apr 24 2026
April is almost over, dear readers, and we have so many delicious books to look forward to as the weather warms here in the Northern Hemisphere! First up is a globe-trotting delight, as the prolific Jesse Q Sutanto takes a break from her usual mysteries to explore what it feels like to start over again …
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Apr 17 2026
Lol, just as I thought I was coming out of the woods, I’m back to being bedridden and canceling chamber orchestra rehearsals because I’m feverish, fatigued and, in a new development, achey at primarily my extremities instead of all over. Is that progress? I’m so tired, I don’t even know any more. But I’ve been …
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Apr 10 2026
Hello, dear readers! I haven’t been bedridden in over a week now, which feels like a small but important victory as I struggle to catch up with all the work that’s fallen by the wayside since mid-January. The weather, at least, has been lovely where I am, leading to lots of outdoor reading (after a …
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