5 New Reading Trackers to Try Instead of Goodreads
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Goodbye, Goodreads: 5 New Reading Trackers to Try
Once upon a time, Goodreads was the holy grail for tracking books, in addition to being an all-around bookish website. Many readers, however, fell out of love, bemoaning the platform’s outdated design and a dearth of necessary features. And since it’s associated with Amazon, many have sworn to have nothing to do with it. This is compounded by the many issues that plagued Goodreads over the years, such as the rise of bot reviewers, review bombing, and harassment of authors among other vile things. Thus, readers abandoned Goodreads in droves in favor of newer bookish apps.
6 of the Best LGBTQ+ Enemies-to-Lovers YA Books
Enemies-to-lovers (or “hating to dating”, as it is sometimes called) is a delightful trope, and I never get tired of seeing how authors spin it. As a teen, I adored books where rivals put aside their differences and discover that they work quite well together. If you’re the same way, you’ll love these six YA book recommendations, all of which star LGBTQ+ characters. Soccer rivals, feuding families, charming exes—these are just a few of the delightful premises you’ll find ahead.
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New Historical Romance for Valentine’s Day
These new historical romance books are everything you could wish for. They’re fun and heartfelt and steamy. There’s longing and complicated relationships and stories that feature friends to lovers and enemies to lovers, all in the same list.
5 New Mystery, Thrillers, and True Crime Adaptations to Stream
I decided that with everything going on in the world, so much was going to get lost during the start of the year that I’d list January’s new mystery and true crime adaptations together with February’s new releases. The beauty of streaming is supposed to be that it’s still there, waiting for when you have time to watch it, so here are two months’ worth of now-streaming mystery, thrillers, and true crime.
New YA Book Releases Out This Week
This week’s got a nice array of genres represented in both the new hardcover and new paperback releases. We will see fewer releases overall this week compared to last and again, as the month moves forward, anticipate fewer releases as publishing gears up for the big push of new books in March, April, and May.
