Lani's Library

Hey friends! Welcome or welcome back to my bookish corner on the internet. Today we're catching up on my reading for 2024.

Top 5 books

1. A love song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

2. A curious beginning by Deanna Raybourn

3. James by Percival Everett

4. Of time and turtles by Sy Montgomery

I also chat about a few honorable mentions, answer the mid-year book tag questions, and discuss my tbr for the rest of 2024! Enjoy.

Hi friends. Today I am going to be talking all things Tia Williams. Specifically her new release: A Love Song for Ricki Wilde. I also discuss some drinks and snacks that I want to try, my four current reads, and an update in my music taste (including a short rant about Fleetwood Mac). Enjoy!

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Hi friends! :) Today we're going to be talking about all of my bookish plans for 2024. We're also going to talk about my recent granny activities and current reads. Enjoy!

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📖 Books mentioned:

Soil by Camille T Dungy

Garden spells by Sarah Addison Allen

One dark window by Rachel Gillig

Emily Wilde's encyclopedia of fairies by Heather Fawcett

Anticipated releases:

All we were promised by Ashton Lattimore (April 24

Score by Kennedy Ryan (fall) 

A love song for ricki Wilde by Tia Williams (February 6)

Lore of the wilds by Analeigh Sbrana (February 27)

A tempest of tea by Hafsah Faizal (February 20)

The orange by Wendy Cope (March 5)

A witch’s guide to magical innkeeping by Sangu Manadanna (April 2)

Masquerade by OO Sangoyomi (July 2)

So let them burn by Kamilah Cole (January 16)

Business Casual by Bk borison (July 16)

 TBR (books I can’t wait to read this year)

Wait for it by Mariana Zapata

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko 

Among Flowers by Jamaica Kincaid

Outdrawn by Deanna Grey

White teeth by Zadie Smith

Shokos Smile by Choi Eunyoung

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

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📖 Books mentioned:

Powerless by Elsie Silver

Wildseed witch by Marti Dumas

Outdrawn by Deanna Gray

(Fav books of the year)

Conversations with friends by Sally Rooney

Happy hour by Marlowe Granados

Beloved by Toni Morrison

Assata by Assata Shakur

All Rhodes lead here by Mariana Zapata

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Sula by Toni Morrison

Reel by Kennedy Ryan

Garden spells by Sarah Addison Allen

(Honorable mentions)

Bad cree by Jessica Johns

The great believers by Rebecca Makkai

Garlic and the vampire by Bree Paulsen

A sweet lowcountry proposal by Preslaysa Williams

Hi friends. :) Today we're going to be chatting about some life updates (starting therapy, meeting Samara Joy, and sneaking into the library for crochet club), songs that I will be two-stepping to at my wedding, and all of the books I read in the month of December! Enjoy.

Samara Joy concert vlog: https://youtu.be/tY5KWBWcgak

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📖 Books mentioned:

- A room of one's own by Virginia Woolf

- Upstream by Mary Oliver

- Garden spells by Sarah Addison Allen

- First frost by Sarah Addison Allen

- All Rhodes lead here by Mariana Zapata

- Before we say goodbye by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

- Small things like these by Claire Keegan