Jay ☾ but for books

StoryGraph February 2026 Wrap-Up graphic showing 2 books read, 476 pages, 12.32 audiobook listening hours, average rating of 4.63. The books I read were The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods and Unprotected by Billy Porter. I gave The Lost Bookshop a rating of 4.25 stars and Unprotected a rating of 5 stars. Average book length was 362 pages, average time to finish was 14 days. The Lost Bookshop was print and fiction. Unprotected was audio and nonfiction.

@thestorygraph.com February 2026 Wrap-Up

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January 2026 StoryGraph Wrap-Up. I read 4 books, 1,239 pages, and gave an average rating of 4.13 stars out of 5. The average book length was 280 pages, and my average time to finish a book was 7 days. 100% of the books I read were fictional and digital. Genres I read included LGBTQIA+, Contemporary, Mystery, Young Adult, and Literary.

Started off 2026 strong by completing @thestorygraph.com’s #januarypageschallenge

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Cover of “How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow” showing two young women walking a corgi on a snow covered street.

Looking for a cute little sapphic holiday romcom? I recommend How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow.

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I’ve been trying to dry them for the last almost 12 hrs by standing them upright and using a fan. Fortunately, many were thrifted from discount bookstores, but there are just as many that I bought at retail price. 🥲 I hope I can save them. If not, I’ll just have to replace them I guess.

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I live in a townhouse, and my neighbor’s house flooded through our shared wall. I failed to remove my books from the bottom shelves of my bookcases in time, so I’ve got about 30 books with varying levels of water damage from just the corners to like 80% of the book.

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StoryGraph graphic showing that I only finished 1 book in September, and it was an audio book.

September 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

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StoryGraph summary for August 25 showing 4 books read, 571 pages, 19.55 hours, and an avg. rating of 4 stars. Avg. book length was 316 pages, and avg. time to finish was 14 days. 100% of the books were fiction.

August 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up

The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

The Full Moon Coffee Shop by Mai Mochizuki

Death of an Idol by Rima Ray (indie author)

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

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July 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-up # of books read: 2 # of pages read: 861 Avg rating: 3.5 Avg book length: 288 pages Avg time to finish: 9 days

July 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up

The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson

Mina’s Matchbox by Yōko Ogawa

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Hardcover copy of The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater. A black and white image of an above view looking down a spiral staircases someone is walking up the staircase. The title of the book is in a bright turquoise font.

#currentlyreading The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater

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#Currentlyreading The Busybody Book Club by Freya Sampson, and this lady Phyllis is so nosy and meddling! Definitely a busybody.

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My June 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up showing that I read 4 books, 820 pages, 8.87 audio book listening hours, and an average rating of 3.94.

June 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up

The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Flux by Jinwoo Chong

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65% percent to our goal of $50k, with just over a week to go!

Let’s goooo 🌈 givebutter.com/Jr8Tfu

Center aligned 3 doodle hearts To Vietnamese girls everywhere: You are so loved.

A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

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My parents willingly told me about their experiences growing up in VN, but I never begged them to tell me. Had they said they never wanted to talk about it, I’d like to think that I’d be okay with that, that I wouldn’t pressure them, that I would respect their wishes.

I may have read someone else saying the same thing, but yeah… Our parents aren’t required to tell us about their trauma or the things they left behind. And insisting that they tell us can be very selfish and inconsiderate.

Reading A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen. There’s a part where Vivi is expressing her frustration about her mom never telling her the reason she left Vietnam and how she has a right to know bc she’s family. It made me think… We aren’t entitled to know about our parents’ trauma.

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I mainly read mystery/thriller, but I’ve been trying to get more into Asian fantasies lately.

The Night Ends with Fire by K. X. Song To Gaze upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang Tales of the Celestial Kingdom by Sue Lynn Tan Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur

Latest haul from Book Outlet’s $5.99 fiction sale

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A background of watercolor painting reminiscent of rainbow tree rings (or a fingerprint, or fruit stripe bubble gum), over which there is a wonky white square containing the words “PRIDE FUNDRAISER 2025” with the QLL logo smack dab in the middle.

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE!🏳️‍⚧️ We’re kicking off our annual Pride Fundraiser today, which will keep the library thriving into the next year & beyond 🎉

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I’m not gonna be able to read even half of these, but it’s a start.

A Bánh Mì for Two - Trinity Nguyen

Here We Go Again - Alison Cochrun

An Unkindness of Ghosts - Rivers Solomon

Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution - Shiri Eisner

The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling

The Lamb - Lucy Rose

A Girlhood: Letter to My Transgender Daughter - Carolyn Hays

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Some books from my shelves that I wanna read this month:

They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera

Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings

Somewhere Beyond the Sea - TJ Klune

Speak of the Devil - Rose Wilding

A Thousand Times Before - Asha Thanki

Things We Lost to the Water - Eric Nguyen

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You should always support your LGBTQ+ authors, but you should especially support them during Pride month. #booksky 📚💙 #lgbtqbooks

May 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up graphic showing 5 books read, 529 pages, 33.63 audio book listening hours, and average rating of 4.65. The average book length was 320 pages, and the average time to finish was 9 days. 4/5 books I read were fiction. 3/5 were audio books, 1 was print, and 1 was digital.

May 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up

The Unworthy (started in April) by Agustina, Bazterrica

You’re That Bitch by Bretman Rock

The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams

Mỹ Documents by Kevin Nguyen

Immortal by Sue Lynn Tan

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Ever since high school, whenever asked, I would say my favorite book was To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It’s still one of my favorites, but now I think I’d like to add The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams to that list.

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Hardcover copy of Mỹ Documents by Kevin Nguyen

Also reading this since I’m part of the American Vietnamese diaspora

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Screenshot of “You’re That Bitch” by Bretman Rock audio version on Libby

Starting #AANHPI month with “You’re That Bitch” by Bretman Rock

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April 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up summary graphic showing 2 books read 334 pages, 11.73 hours listened, average rating of 4.0. I read Gender Euphoria (nonfiction) and listened to Bunny (fiction).

April 2025 StoryGraph Wrap-Up

April was a slow month for me. I had a really hard time finishing Gender Euphoria, bc my attention span was nearly nonexistent. It was also very busy work-wise, so I didn’t have much desire to read after having to look at screens all day.

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Why Shopping Local This Indie Bookstore Day Is More Important Than Ever Several independent book store owners are encouraging people to go out to their local independent bookstores to buy some novels to help celebrate Independent Bookstore Day and keep independent busines...

Need an excuse to buy more books? Now you have one! Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! Show your favorite indie some love.

Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores. This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.

Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though: