Friday Reads 6.27.25
Happy Friday, friends. A quickie from me this week, as I am deep, deep into the new book. Soon enough, I will have to turn my focus elsewhere, and I need to get as much done as I possibly can before that happens.
Most of my reading has been research-related, dipping in and out of articles that I’ve been saving as I go. But a few fantastic books dropped this week, including Lisa Jewell’s really great DON’T LET HIM IN, which I read in galley form several months ago and absolutely loved. It’s a really creepy, insular, Ripley-esque book, and I know it’s going to be a huge bestseller.
I’ve been in TV mode instead of book mode this week. We finished DEPARTMENT Q, which was fantastic (and might be giving me the vibes I needed to really get cooking in this draft.) And because I do love me some Matthew Goode, I decided to watch A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES again. The books by Deborah Harkness are a favorite of mine, and the show—especially the first season—is spectacular. Definitely pre-pandemic in its scope and range, being shot in Oxford and Venice and France. The ultimate elemental love story, this is one of the first real romantasies that I fell in love with. Highly recommended, both the books and the show. Happily, they’ve really kicked the creative spirit in the tush this week.
I also read JACKRABBIT SKIN by Ivy Pachoda, her short story that won the thriller award last week. (Congrats, Ivy!) Very cool, very creepy, very intense.
And THE SECRET ROMANTIC’S BOOK OF MAGIC, an anthology by the amazing Marie O’Regan and Paul Blake, popped up on my Kindle—yay! There is nary an anthology Marie and Paul edit that I don’t love to pieces.
If you missed it, the June Newsletter dropped on Sunday, full of musings and news. I was very happy with the response, so that experiment was a success!
That’s it from me this week. Sorry for the brevity! What are you reading this weekend? Would love to hear your recommendations for us!
