From Sara Benincasa, Kelly Williams Brown, and Maria Bamford Hi, friend. Welcome to another edition of Crooked Reads, a monthly collection of bite-sized book reviews, based on a theme. Happiest of new years! I hope your reading goals are off to a strong start and you’re staying bundled up if you, too, are getting hit…

Romance and memoirs, mostly. Hi, friend. Welcome to an extra, year-end edition of Crooked Reads, a collection of bite-sized reviews about books on a theme. We did it. We made it to the end of another year. Huzzah. Let this be a time of enjoying blank spreadsheets as we look upon a new one. My…

About a playboy duke, a queer second chance, and a spicy connection on a film set Hi, friend. Welcome to another edition of Crooked Reads, where I share a collection of bite-sized reviews about books on a theme. It’s December, and therefore I must be a law-abiding citizen and share with you some holiday romances.…

The weirder the better. Hi, friend. It feels foolish to recommend some silly science books to you today, when the world is so cruel. But this is what we do. We read and share books to open our minds and hearts to others, learning fun facts along the way. It just so happens that these…