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I literally could not put this book down and devoured it in a few hours last night. Beach Read is a love story between two flawed writers who challenge each other to step out of their comfort zones. It is heartwarming, steamy, funny, relatable and the characters have substance. If you’re in need of a good romance, I highly recommend you pick this one up!

Sticky Fingers Brownies was an underground pot brownie business in San Francisco during the 1970s and 80s and one of the original canabusinesses. They produced thousands of baked goods each month for recreational and medicinal use. In HOME BAKED, Volz pens a heartwarming memoir of her life as the daughter of “The Brownie Lady” or Meridy—the powerhouse business woman behind Sticky Fingers Brownies.

Volz recounts how Sticky Fingers began and describes her unique childhood. Her family’s story intersects with a well-researched history of San Francisco during the 70s, the rise of the LGBTQ+ movement, politics and marijuana legislation. When the AIDS epidemic hit, their business shifted from recreational to medicinal to bring comfort to those who were suffering. HOME BAKED is a fascinating story about an eccentric, loving family living through an era of cultural change. I highly recommend this beautifully written memoir.

This book was so much fun to read and a much-needed distraction. A sassy, foul-mouthed witch and a virtuous witch hunter accidentally fall for each other—chaos ensues. I loved everything about this magical story. Superb world building, action, magic, spirited characters and a steamy romance. I cannot wait for Blood & Honey coming this September!

44 Chapters About 4 Men is a hilarious memoir from author BB Easton. In her journal, BB recounts her most intense sexual escapades with her bad boy, man-child exes and finds herself fantasizing over the non-vanilla sex. Her beloved, clean-cut husband (who is apparently devoid of all emotion) sneaks on her laptop and reads an entry. He realizes he needs to step it up in the bedroom and BB is thrilled with the results of his snooping. BB decides to keep a fake journal just for her “husbot” to read and it’s filled with elaborate, fabricated sexual encounters crafted specifically to trick her husband into having more exciting, passionate sex. ⁣

I breezed right through this book and couldn’t look away! I felt bad for Ken at times and thought that if BB and Ken just had better communication, maybe they wouldn’t have to go through all of this trickery. But that wouldn’t make for a good story would it?

Rating: 3.5 stars

You guys need to put this book on your radar if you haven’t already! The Mountains Sing is a multigenerational family saga set against Vietnam’s 20th century history. This powerful story follows the Tran family over several generations with two strong women at the center. From Land Reform to the Vietnam War, The Mountains Sing highlights the catastrophic impacts of war and the hardships that Vietnamese people faced during those brutal years. ⁣
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Nguyen’s poetic storytelling rich with Vietnamese language and culture completely swept me away to the gorgeous landscapes of Vietnam. This beautiful, thoughtful, heartbreaking story is one we’ve all learned about but offered from the Vietnamese perspective.