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My glitter pumpkins. Because it's officially Autumn.

#small wins #fall

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My 2021 Release TBR

As usual, there are too many good books coming out and I need to read them all right now. What’s on your list for the year? Do we share any? Have I added any to your list? (All titles are adult unless stated otherwise.)

Persephone Station - Stina Leicht - January 5 (space opera)

Across the Green Grass Fields - Seanan McGuire - January 12 (portal fantasy)

The Ruthless Lady’s Guide to Wizardry - C.M. Waggoner - January 12 (fantasy)

Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo - January 19 (YA historical)

The Mask of Mirrors - M.A. Carrick - January 19 (fantasy)

We Could be Heroes - Mike Chen - January 26 (superheroes)

The Fabulous Zed Watson! - Basil and Kevin Sylvester - January 26 (middle grade)

The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles - February 2 (historical)

The Ratline - Phillip Sands - February 2 (history)

The Memory Theater - Karin Tidbeck - February 16 (fantasy)

Calculated Risks - Seanan McGuire - February 23 (contemporary fantasy)

Satellite Love - Genki Ferguson - March 2 (literary)

Return of the Trickster - Eden Robinson - March 2 (literary/contemporary)

The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner - March 2 (historical)

The Conductors - Nicole Glover - March 2 (historical fantasy)

The Rose Code - Kate Quinn - March 3 (historical fiction)

Fatal Fried Rice - Vivien Chien - March 9 (cozy mystery)

Birds of Paradise - Oliver K. Langmead - March 16 (contemporary fantasy)

What Abigail Did That Summer - Ben Aaronovitch - March 18 (contemporary fantasy)

The Fall of Koli - M.R. Carey - March 23 (post-apocalypse)

Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good - Nancy Werlin - April 6 (YA contemporary)

First, Become Ashes - K.M. Szpara - April 6 (contemporary fantasy)

Broken (in the Best Way Possible) - Jenny Lawson - April 6 (memoir)

The Dictionary of Lost Words - Pip Williams - April 6 (historical fiction)

When the Stars Go Dark - Paula McLain - April 13 (mystery)

Angel of the Overpass - Seanan McGuire - May 11 (fantasy)

The Hellion’s Waltz - Olivia Waite - May 11 (historical romance)

People We Meet on Vacation - Emily Henry - May 11 (contemporary romance)

A Master of Djinn - P. Djèlí Clark - May 11 (alternate history/fantasy)

Pumpkin - Julie Murphy - May 25 (YA contemporary)

The Kingdoms - Natasha Pulley - May 25 (alternate history)

The Blacktongue Thief - Christopher Buehlman - May 25 (fantasy)

How to Find a Princess - Alyssa Cole - May 25 (contemporary romance)

One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston - June 1 (romance)

The Hidden Palace - Helene Wecker - June 8 (historical fantasy)

The Witness for the Dead - Katherine Addison - June 22 (fantasy)

The All-Consuming World - Cassandra Khaw - June 22 (space opera)

Dead Dead Girls - Nekesa Afia - June 1 (historical mystery)

The Library of the Dead - T. L. Huchu - June 1 (contemporary fantasy)

Jay’s Gay Agenda - Jason June - June 1 (YA contemporary)

This Poison Heart - Kalynn Bayron - July 6 (YA fantasy)

Lake Crescent - J. J. Dupuis - July 6 (mystery)

A Radical Act of Free Magic - H.G. Parry - July 20 (historical fantasy)

The Middle Ages: a Graphic History - Eleanor Janega - July 23 (graphic non-fiction)

Small Favors - Erin A. Craig - July 27 (YA fantasy)

All’s Well - Mona Awad - August 3 (contemporary)

The Bookseller’s Secret - Michelle Gable - August 17 (historical)

Hot and Sour Suspects - Vivien Chien - August 24 (cozy mystery)

No Gods, No Monsters - Cadwell Turnbull - September 7 (contemporary fantasy)

Along the Saltwise Sea - Seanan McGuire - October 12 (portal fantasy)

The Haunting Season - October 21 (ghost stories)

A Marvellous Light - Freya Marske - November 2 (historical fantasy)

The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks - Mackenzi Lee - November 16 (YA historical)

When Sorrows Come - Seanan McGuire - probably fall (contemporary fantasy)

Tread of Angels - Rebecca Roanhorse - possibly? (historical fiction)

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We need to talk about Bridgerton.

Do you love Regency romance? Do you love fake dating tropes? Do you love over the top historical costumes?

Watch Bridgerton, premiering on Netflix on Christmas Day!

This is Daphne Bridgerton and the Duke of Hastings:

They’re tired of being pushed around the marriage mart so they pretend to be courting each other. It’d be a shame if they fell in love with each other wouldn’t it?

LOOK AT THEM!

And Daphne’s 7 brothers and sisters get their own love stories too.

Here’s some more pictures to whet your appetite.

Oh and Julie Andrews narrates as gossip columnist Lady Whistledown.

These are my favorite romance novels of all time. Watch it!

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Holiday (1938) dir. George Cukor

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According to Gene Kelly’s widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, Gene purposely chose tight clothing for a lot of his costumes because it showed off his physique, proving that dancing required insane athleticism. It also made him into eye candy, which he didn’t seem to mind. The number may be ridiculous and cheesy, but Kelly sells it. Channeling heroes Douglas Fairbanks and John Barrymore, he is graceful, attractive, and captivating. 

THE PIRATE dir. Vincente Minnelli 

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THREE SMART GIRLS (1936).

dir. Henry Koster

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Jerry O'Sullivan in Pickup on South Street (1953) dir. Samuel Fuller

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EUGENE ONEGIN (Евгений Онегин) — 1959, dir. Roman Tikhomirov

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Again, Victor LaValle surprised me in the best way! I've just finished The Ballad of Black Tom and I'm amazed by how he transformed Lovecraft's story and criticized it. I need more of his books!

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Suddenly I felt that someone was watching me. There was a tingling at the nape of my neck as though the air had turned cool. I felt eyes touching me like fingers. There was a current flowing between us… warm and sweet… and frightening, too, because he saw behind my make-up what no-one had ever seen. Something I didn’t know was there. Secret Beyond the Door (1947) dir. Fritz Lang

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Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward in Paris Blues (1961) dir. Martin Ritt

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Anne Brontë is making me so sentimental. Helen finally left her abusive husband and I'm so relieved after all the pages of suffering.

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There was a hunger in her, and girls were not supposed to be hungry. They were supposed to nibble sparingly when at table, and their minds were supposed to be satisfied with a slim diet too. Frances Hardinge - The Lie Tree

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Harold Lloyd in Speedy (1928)

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Ray Milland in Easy Living (1937)

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“Deep inside, she knew who she was, and that person was smart and kind and often even funny, but somehow her personality always got lost somewhere between her heart and her mouth, and she found herself saying the wrong thing, or more often, nothing at all.” — Romaning Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

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idk how well 3 idiots has aged over the years, but that opening credits montage as Raju and Farhan, reunited after AGES, drive through the green terrain of the North Indian foothills in search of their lost friend while Shaan's Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh plays in the background, full with loss and love for this person who had once emanated happiness and then just disappeared from their lives, still remains one of the most emotionally resonating and tender opening sequences in ALL of bollywood and I kid u not when I say the first time I saw it I felt the strangest sadness and joy without knowing why.