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April Lashbrook
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Reader, lawyer, crocheter, water fitness instructor. She/her. I review books and flag them for anti-fat bias and fat positivity at Readingwhilefat.com .
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Here the analysis of what I read in 2025 and my 2026 goals—looking forward to another great reading year. readingwhilefat.com/2026/01/02/2...
2025 Analysis and Goals
Over on my original blog, bbwesquire.wordpress.com, I’ve got the analysis of my 2025 in books, so if you’re interested in the whole picture, please check it out. My 2026 reading goals a…
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January 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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I read 105 books in 2025! Here is the list, with links to reviews. readingwhilefat.com/2025/12/29/2...
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2025 in Books: The List
Below is the list of what I read between January 1, 2025 to the present, with links to the reviews. An A = audiobook; BC = book club; D = diverse / non-white author; NG = read for NetGalley. A full…
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January 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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West With Giraffes
West With Giraffes (2021) by Lynda Rutledge was a book club pick, and I’m so glad that it was. It’s based on the true story of two giraffes that arrived in New York City in 1939 after a…
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April 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke
Don’t let the fact that A Tropical Rebel Gets the Duke (publication date February 4, 2025) by Adrianna Herrera is the third in a trilogy stop you from reading it! Herrera has written a nearly…
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April 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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We Could Be Rats
We Could Be Rats (publication date January 28, 2025) by Emily R. Austin (Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead) is a uniquely-told literary novel about two sisters, Sigrid and Margit, who stil…
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January 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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I Think They Love You
I Think They Love You (pub. date January 28, 2025) is Julian Winters’ adult rom-com debut, and it’s lovely. Winters has written many YA novels, including Right Where I Left You, which I…
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January 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Call Her Freedom
Call Her Freedom (publication day January 21, 2025) by Tara Dorabji is an intense and powerful multi-generational story of a family in the village of Poshkarbal in Kashmir, starting when Aisha is s…
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January 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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My Broken Language
My Broken Language (2021) by Quiara Alegría Hudes had been on my list for a while, and I’m so glad that I finally listened to this memoir. Hudes, a Pulitzer award-winning playwright, co-autho…
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January 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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The Last Bookstore on Earth
In The Last Bookstore on Earth (pub. date January 7, 2024), by Lily Braun-Arnold, the immaturity and poor choices made by the narrator indicated that it was clearly for a young adult audience. Neve…
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January 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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All the Water in the World
I absolutely loved All the Water in the World (pub. date January 7, 2024) by Eiren Caffall! This literary climate story is told from the perspective of Nonie, a 13-year old girl who has lived on th…
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January 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The Great Transition
The Great Transition (2023) by Nick Fuller Googins is a completely engaging, hopeful climate fiction novel told from the perspective of Emi, a 15-year old living in Nuuk, a city in Greenland, and h…
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January 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation
Weight and Wisdom: Reflections on Decades of Working for Body Liberation (publication day January 1, 2025) edited by Nancy Ellis-Ordway and Tigress Osborn, foreword by Caleb Luna, is the essay coll…
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January 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School (2022) by Sonora Reyes is a deserving award-winning (Lambda, National Book Award finalist, Goodreads Choice, among others) young adult book centering o…
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January 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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I read more in 2024 than I have since I’ve been keeping track!
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Everything I read in 2024
Here is what I read in 2024, so far, in order. If the title has a link, it’s to a review if I wrote one. This will be cross-posted on both Reading While Fat and bbwesquire. I will also do a m…
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December 24, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Death in the Spires
Death in the Spires (2024) by K.J. Charles is the third book of hers that I’ve read, and the first mystery. I really enjoyed it! Set primarily at Oxford in 1895/ 1905, the lead character is J…
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December 22, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store
I was thrilled to finally get to read The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store (2023) by James McBride, as I’ve loved his writing since reading his memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tr…
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December 15, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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How to Get a Life in 10 Dates
In How to Get a Life in Ten Dates (publication date December 10, 2024), I loved meeting Jenny L. Howe’s newest characters–Haleigh and Jack–who live in the same world with some of …
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December 10, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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The Shutouts
The Shutouts (publication date December 3, 2024) is Gabrielle Korn’s second novel and a sequel to Yours For the Taking. I loved it, possibly even more than Yours For the Taking! Give me all o…
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December 4, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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Apartment Women
I requested Apartment Women (U.S. publication day December 3, 2024) by Gu Byeong-Mo, translated by Chi-Young Kim, from NetGalley because I really enjoyed her The Old Woman With the Knife, about an …
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December 3, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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Private Rites
This is a big publication day–I have three books to review! I’ll spread them out through the day, this is the first one.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Lucky Red
Lucky Red (2023) by Claudia Cravens caught my eye when I read this review, but it took a year for me to finally listen to it. I was completely blown away by the voice of the main character, Bridget…
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December 1, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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A Jingle Bell Mingle
So . . . I was able to attend one of the book tour events for A Jingle Bell Mingle (2024) with the authors, Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone. I’ve been a Julie Murphy fan since Dumplin’ (…
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December 1, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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The Bird Hotel
The Bird Hotel (2023) is my first Joyce Maynard book, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that she has written a lot of books, and has been a regular columnist and reporter as well. The Bird Hote…
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December 1, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Not For the Faint of Heart
I absolutely loved Not For the Faint of Heart (US publication day 11/26/2024) by Lex Croucher! With the granddaughter of Robin Hood, Mariel, leading a group of Merry Men and the sturdy healer using…
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December 1, 2024 at 10:38 PM