An Incomplete List of Things I’m Loving Right Now

Books that are coming out in the next year:

Have you ever read a book that you loved so much and you couldn’t scream about it to the entire world because it was a secret? Well that’s what is currently going on with me and one of my besties, Mackenzie Reed. (She’s talked about her secret project on TikTok and let me just say it lives up to the hype.) Her second YA Thriller, The Wilde Trials also lives up to the hype. It’s exes to allies, it’s dark academia in a spooky forest, it’s fighting your classmates to secure your future (and also maybe to keep your life?). It’s perfect and you can add it on Goodreads and also preorder it. (It comes out January ‘25.)

Another upcoming YA I love is Inheritance of Scars by Crystal Seitz. It’s Norse Mythology, undead love interests, spooky forests, and Chron’s disease rep! (It comes out October ‘24.)

One more spooky forest book to round out the trio (perhaps I just have a thing for spooky forests?) is What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould. It’s about a group of queer teens in a wilderness therapy program who find themselves stranded in a forest full of monsters. (It comes out December ‘24.)

If you’re in the mood for gorgeous poetry, check out Fixing The Broken Record by Brittany Amalfi. It’s an intimate, healing, post break journey and I am in awe of what she’s created. (It comes out later this month!)

I talked about it last time too, but I couldn’t send out a newsletter during pride month and not scream about Kara Kennedy’s debut I Will Never Leave You. Read this to find out what it would be like if the ghost of your ex girlfriend threatened to frame you for her murder. This was an expensive read for me because I read it in one sitting in a bar in San Francisco and I had to leave the biggest tip because I’d been there for hours (and multiple glasses of wine) and I didn’t even realize. Worth it. (It comes out July ‘24!)

TV and Movies I’m Enjoying:

The Gentlemen is everything my crime syndicate, boss bitch, Theo James loving heart was hoping for. There is one episode that felt straight from the Fast and Furious Franchise, and we all know how I feel about those movies (if you don’t know, I’m happy to send you my power point ranking of every movie in the franchise).

I got in the mood for crime boss vibes after The Gentleman and am halfway through Furies, a French action thriller about a young woman who, while trying to avenge her father’s death, becomes entangled with the Fury, the peacekeeper of the Paris criminal underworld.

We just finished rewatching The Boys because season 4 is coming out this month and I forgot how wild that show is. I loved (almost) every gross minute of it.

In an (only somewhat) less stressful watch — we’ve been watching Homestead Rescue, which is about a family of homesteaders who go around the country and help pull other homesteaders out of dire circumstances (such as no running water, barren gardens, bear attacks, freezing winters). I say only somewhat less stressful, because while the views are gorgeous and it doesn't take a lot of brain power, they really know how to push the drama and danger to the edge.

For a truly stakes-free watch, The Ugliest House In America hosted by Retta is our before bed favorite.

Music I’m Obsessed With:

I made you a playlist! My Spring 2024 mix that’s filled with the things that are on repeat in my AirPods.