Hi friends! We’re stopping by to drop off a little treat — some books that feel like summer to us. Whether they’re literal beach reads, scandalous soap opera style dramas, or sci fi horror romance with that claustrophobic, sweaty feeling, we’ve got some of everything. 

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Stuff we mentioned

Consumed by Aja Barber

Little treat video essays — Swell Entertainment, Tiffany Ferg and The Financial Diet cover this aspect of consumerism a lot. 

Thrum by Meg Smitherman

Date Everything (video game)

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Swept Away by Beth O’Leary

Our Little Secret by QB Tyler

Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

The Love Haters by Katherine Center

The Rom Comers by Katherine Center

K-Pop Demon Hunters (Liz HAS seen it now, and it’s the best movie ever made)

K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee

Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez

Faster by Andie J. Christopher (preorder, September 9)

All the Feels by Olivia Dade

Ride With Me by Simone Soltani

Half Truths by Claire Contreras

Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia