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#212 – Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee (with Katrina of Katrina’s Library) Podcast Episode · 2 Cents Critic · 06/18/2025 · 2h 28m

This week’s episode of 2 Cents Critic has aired! For this third podcast of Pride Month, @katrinaslibrary.bsky.social joins in to cover Fake Dates and Mooncakes, the 2023 YA fake-dating rom-com by Sher Lee. #books #bookreview #podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

Long shot but does anyone no longer want to sell their ticket to see R F Kuang in on 18 August, London to me? 🙏🏼

Sending you morale 💖

I should gate keep but Bard Books on Roman Road is great for writing when most cafes have a no laptop on weekends policy. It’s a woman-owned indie bookshop with nice coffee #shopindie

Love this for you!

The graphic novel I Shall Never Fall In Love by Hari Conner is exactly what you need

My explanation to the confused people is: Is there a genre you don’t read? I don’t read horror cos it’s not for me. So why can’t someone else choose to not read romance?

Being aromantic in bookish spaces can often feel extremely alienating but Aro Week is the time I get all my strength through loudly celebrating myself, my community and our literature 💚🤍🖤

#queerbooksky #aroweek #aromantic #alloaro

Here’s mine: today I realised that a very minor side character has absolutely NO personality and that needed fixing.

Writers, what are some important lessons you learnt during the editing process?

My last character was a young and dumb halfling cleric. Nothing useful but lucky enough to still be alive!

In honour of #BHM
Some books by Black Authors I think about all the time:
🗡️ Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
🌍 Small Worlds by Caleb Azuma Nelson
🍻 That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
🚀 The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson

I need an edit function because sometimes it doesn’t save and I get upset by that

Having a good morning because another side character has become fully developed in my head. She’s been brewing over the past two weeks and I can’t wait to write her being broken and put back together.

It’s time for you to find out who her besties are in the acknowledgements

I’m mature enough to say that I don’t care if it has breadcrumbs or not. It’s mac and cheese underneath and still delicious either way

How are you finding it?

Me: I’m quiet & respectful of others on a flight.
Also me: SCREAMING BECAUSE WORDS ARE SO GOOD!! AAAHHHHH!!!!

You should definitely take a look

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In every genre and sub genre of books I love, I have found that those by black authors hit different and it’s always so satisfying!

My Distractions:
📚 Diverse romance books celebrating queer joy/ Black joy/ Asian pride
🍱 Cooking for friends
📚 Fantasy Books
💖 CaitVi fanfic
🐕 Puppy cuddles (pls DM if you have a cute pup in need of cuddles)
🌳 My local park

Please send me your romance book recs #booksky

Was about to follow but I’m already following!

I’m excited and terrified for you! (Mostly terrified when it comes to Bat Eater)

Glad I can help with the decision making

You may end up wanting to annotate it. It’s an annotation sort of book

Infographics showing reading stats for the month of January. Made on Storygraph. Includes pie chart of reading formats, pie chart of categories and number of pages read.

Top books I read in January:
🌙 Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
🌹 The Rose Bargain by Sasha Peyton Smith
🦇 Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker

This book was so good!!

Thank you for letting us know!! 💜🙏🏼🖤

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