happy end of november, my sweet friends! i hope you’ve been doing well, and staying safe — and keeping warm if it’s cold where you are!
Read morenovember 2023 wrap up // a letter from coco
Review: The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado
Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out.
Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imaginable), so when they’re forced to organize the fall formal together, it’s a literal disaster. Sparks fly as Whitney—type-A, passionate, a perfectionist, and a certified sweater-weather fanatic—butts heads with Zay, a dry, relaxed skater boy who takes everything in stride. But not all of those sparks are bad. . . .
Has their feud been a big misunderstanding all along?
Blisteringly funny and profoundly well-observed, The Fall of Whit Rivera is a snug and cozy autumn romcom that also tackles weightier topics like PCOS, chronic illness, sexuality, fatphobia, Latine identity, and class. Funny, honest, insightful, romantic, and poignant, it is classic Crystal Maldonado—and it will have her legion of fans absolutely swooning.
Read moreLet’s Talk: 10 Books I Want to Finish Before 2023 is Over
Hi friends! I cannot believe 2023 is already almost over — I feel like I’m constantly talking about how unbelievable it is that time is flying, but it really is unbelievable to me that 2024 is only a few weeks away. I’ve still got a few books I’d like to start (and finish) before the year’s over, and figured that listing them all out would help me prioritize and make sense of things!
Read moreLet’s Talk: Books I Want to Read Before the End of the Year
Hello friends! I hope that your November has gotten off to a great start! November is going to be a busy month for me, which unfortunately, hasn’t helped my anxiety over the last few weeks — that being said, I’m doing all I can this month to keep myself calm and relaxed. Anyway! Even with the busy November (and December) that I have ahead of me, I do have some books that I’m hoping to get read before the year ends, and I figured, how better to keep me accountable than make a post about it?
Grab your favorite snacks, get cozy, and let’s chat about a few books that I’m hoping to get to before the end of 2023!
Read moreReview: A British Girl’s Guide to Hurricanes and Heartbreak by Laura Taylor Namey
Read moreWinchester, England, has always been home for Flora, but when her mother dies after a long illness, Flora feels untethered. Her family expects her to apply to university and take a larger role in their tea-shop business, but Flora isn’t so sure. More than ever, she’s the chaotic “hurricane” in her household, and she doesn’t always know how to manage her stormy emotions.
So she decides to escape to Miami without telling anyone—especially her longtime friend Gordon Wallace.
But Flora’s tropical change of scenery doesn’t cast away her self-doubt. When it comes to university, she has no idea which passions she should follow. That’s also true in romance. Flora’s summer abroad lands her in the flashbulb world of teen influencer Baz Marín, a Miami Cuban who shares her love for photography. But Flora’s more conflicted than ever when she begins to see future architect Gordon in a new light.
Caitlyn’s Monthly Wrap Up: October 2023
Hello, hello, my friends! Happy November — it’s absolutely wild that we’re in the second to last month of the year! October really flew by and it was a great month, so get comfy and cozy and let’s chat about it!
Read moreoctober 2023 wrap up // a letter from coco 💌
hi, hello, sweet friends! happy halloween — can you believe october is already over? i can’t! i hope y’all are having a wonderful day, and have a fun + safe halloween if you do celebrate it! this month flew by, and i’m so so excited for november, despite it getting colder and colder here. there’s lots to chat about, so grab a warm drink, get cozy, and let’s chat!
Read moreReview: Murder in the Family by Cara Hunter
Read moreA shocking thriller about a cold case, a fictional true crime series, and the family caught in the middle.
SIX EPISODES. ONE KILLER.
It was a case that gripped the nation. In December 2003, Luke Ryder, the stepfather of acclaimed filmmaker Guy Howard (then aged 10), was found dead in the garden of their suburban family home.
Luke Ryder’s murder has never been solved. Guy Howard’s mother and two half-sisters were in the house at the time of the murder–but all swear they saw nothing. Despite a high-profile police investigation and endless media attention, no suspect was ever charged.
But some murder cases are simply too big to forget…
Now comes the sensational new Netflix series Infamous, dedicated to investigating–and perhaps cracking–this famous cold case. The production team will re-examine testimony, re-interview witnesses, and once again scour the evidence. The family will speak. The key players will be reunited–on camera. The truth will come out.
Are you ready to see it?
Book Recs Based On Your Favorite Song from 1989
Hi friends! With 1989 (Taylor’s Version) coming out this week, I thought it’d be fun to do a book recommendations post based on your favorite 1989 song so far. I can’t wait to hear what the vault tracks sound like, especially Is It Over Now? and Say Don’t Go — and like everyone else, I am incredibly curious about what Slut! sounds like.
Read moreReview: A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand
Read moreFrom three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand comes the first-ever authorized novel to return to the world of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House: a suspenseful, contemporary, and terrifying story of longing and isolation all its own.
Holly Sherwin has been a struggling playwright for years, but now, after receiving a grant to develop her play, The Witch of Edmonton, she may finally be close to her big break. All she needs is time and space to bring her vision to life. When she stumbles across Hill House on a weekend getaway upstate, she is immediately taken in by the ornate, if crumbling, gothic mansion, nearly hidden outside a remote village. It’s enormous, old, and ever-so eerie—the perfect place to develop and rehearse her play.
Despite her own hesitations, Holly’s girlfriend, Nisa, agrees to join Holly in renting the house out for a month, and soon a troupe of actors, each with ghosts of their own, arrive. Yet as they settle in, the house’s peculiarities are made known: strange creatures stalk the grounds, disturbing sounds echo throughout the halls, and time itself seems to shift. All too soon, Holly and her friends find themselves at odds not just with one another, but with the house itself. It seems something has been waiting in Hill House all these years, and it no longer intends to walk alone