Reading Lately Book Club: July Pick
plus the My Lady Jane Premiere, bookish merch, and also I'm headed to Europe for the month!
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I have a big birthday this month and to celebrate, my boyfriend and I are traveling to Italy and Switzerland (with a stop off in Canada on the way back to LA.) I could cry! Actually I fully sobbed when he texted me the screenshot of the tickets back in January. And now, somehow, it’s real! We leave this week!
My kindle is loaded up with all the summer reading a girl could need (though I’m still open to recs, obviously) and even still with no physical books packed, my carry-on bag is about to burst.
Please follow me on Instagram if you do not already to keep up with the trip in (delayed, but close to) real time.
June Book Club Recap
Last night, our IRL Reading Lately Book Club met to discuss our June book, The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters. Our snack table was stacked with berries and berry baked goods and our conversations were rich and thoughtful. And then of course, veered off into (very necessary) tangents. Like did you know what a street takeover was? I do after last night!
It all just makes me feel immensely grateful to have this growing group of women in my life. We are about to hit one year of this book club, and it’s one of my favorite things I have ever been apart of. If you read with me in person or from afar, thank you.
Our July Book is Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay!
When a librarian moves to a quaint Irish village where her favorite novelist lives, the last thing she expects is to fall for the author’s prickly son… until their story becomes one for the books.
Slow burn, enemies to lovers, AND forced proximity!? Sign me up! Can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks of this one. Thank you to Berkley Romance for my copy!
A reminder that I have all our book club books, everything I’ve read this year, and all my favorites by genre in my Amazon storefront.
Bookish Merch I’m Loving Lately
The Bookish Goods let me pick out some goodies, and they are all so me!
We’ve got a Taylor Swift lyric t-shirt (folklore, anyone?) Then the most perfect mug, a bookish. crew neck, belt bag, cozy blanket, and last but certainly not least, a The Shop Around the Corner crew neck for all my You’ve Got Mail/Kathleen Kelly/ Nora Ephron girlies.
Watching Lately
My Lady Jane
Last week, I attended the premiere of My Lady Jane, now streaming on Prime Video, based on the book by the same name.
If you’re into romantasy, this is the perfect binge for you. At the premiere we were shown the first two episodes, and I really had no idea what to expect going in. But it was shocking and entertaining and genuinely funny. If you watch, let me know your thoughts!
Other products I’m loving lately / discount codes for you!
Quick reminder I (try to) link all my outfits and products on my LTK shop, so if you follow me on other social pages and ever want to know where something is from, you can check that out HERE!
Tavi Active — code SAMANTHA for 20% off site-wide from Vooray, TAVI, and ToeSox, and code SAMANTHA30 for an additional 30% off sale items
Birthdate Candles — code Samantha10 at checkout
Our Place — discount applied through this link
Karma & Luck — code SAM30 for 25% off their site
Farm to Skin Calming Essence Spray — I’ve been using it to ease eczema inflammation