We’re wrapping up September with our second Whatcha Reading. We want to know what you’re reading to close out the month.
Elyse : I’ve been knitting more than reading lately, but I did just start Salt Kiss by Sierra Simone . ( A | BN | K )
Sarah : I have been listening to a book that KJ Charles recommended on the podcast – definitely not a romance: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer . He has a year to collect 100 souls for the devil so he can get his soul back (lack of a soul interfering with his science experiments you know) and has to do so by running a traveling carnival.
Elyse : I LOVE the Cabal series so hard.
One of my favorites.
Sarah : I was struggling to get into it at the beginning but Johannes is signing souls or whatever it is he does and I’m intrigued. The narrator for the audio is terrific.
Elyse : The second book is my favorite. Let me know when you get to the origami swan.
A | BN Sarah : The wat.
Shana : I just finished A Match for Bernadette by Parker J. Cole . ( A ) It’s an inspirational romance with a Quaker heroine which isn’t a genre I read often, but it was just the easy and short read that I needed. I adore mail order bride romances and it’s hard to find ones featuring women of color. Now I’m celebrating Sapphic September by starting Can’t Let Her Go by Kiana Alexander .
Sneezy : I had vertigo last week, of probably the inner ear imbalance variety, so I couldn’t lie on my side and only barely look at screens. And it turns out I got overstimulated easily, even though I was bored! A French podcast about baking turns out to be just the right amount, where I was only catching snatches of words here and there and can dream about cake. Not being able to understand most of what was being said kept the dreams vague and fluffy enough that they didn’t set off my nausea. Papilles by Léa Reverdy saw me through!
A The idea came from Catherine, actually. She suggested I watch a French baking show that had no subs to practice listening for the rhythm of French while enjoying beautiful food porn. So not applied as intended, but that’s where the idea to listen to something in a foreign-to-me language came from. Since there are so many languages in the world, this trick will always be available! Thanks Catherine!
Now that I can have more screen time, I’ve of course been rolling around in webtoons again!
This story isn’t free of angst, but it starts off really cute and slightly ridiculous. I love the art! It’s a simpler style, softer colours, and the artist/artist team uses both very cleverly, I think.
Lara : I should be reading the next book for my international reading challenge, but I keep losing myself in Alice Coldbreath novels. Alpha men who are humbled by the love of a woman. I’m hooked.
Tara: I’ve been listening to Deep Work by Cal Newport , to see if it could help me focus better, but based on the names he’s dropping throughout, I’m expecting it to show up on a future episode of the If Books Could Kill podcast .
Sarah : Oooh it will I’m nearly certain.
A | BN | K | AB The thing about Cal is that he can do all this deep work because he’s not doing any of the unnamed forms of labor. He’s offloaded that to other people.
Susan : I’m in the middle of Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo , which is both very good and very stressful.
I love Lily discovering her queerness in 1950s San Francisco! It’s just that between the Red Scare, the Lavender Scare, and the social pressure on her, it constantly feels like there’s another shoe about to drop.
Tara : That’s why I couldn’t finish that one. Beautifully written, made me too anxious.
So, whatcha reading? Let us know!
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