Halfway through the year, I thought I'd take the time to discuss the books I've been reading this year!

At the start of the year I had a pile of 24ish nonfiction books I intended to read. I read a few! But after I starting working at the bookshop, my priorities changed. Now, I'm mostly reading pre-release ARCS and other recent releases we have in the store to help sell books. You'll notice as this list goes, the releases get more and more recent for that reason!

Secondly, while I didn't set out to read a ton of manga...I have been reading so much manga. Mostly trashy BLs, but a few good ones, too! This was my nonfiction break reads, but then I remembered there were a few I loved...and also just started having fun picking up trashy plastic wrapped volumes at the local bookshop where my in-store credit nets me free books.

So here is what I actually have ended up reading this year, as of June 20th, 2023.( Read more... )