#laionreads

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Me, at some point: I could listen to Stanley Tucci talk about food for hours.

Stanley Tucci: hold my wine 🍷

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A Pho Love Story - Loan Le

At a glance:

- Rival Vietnamese restaurants

- Romeo and Juliet trope

- Happy ending though

- AAPI representation

- Idiots in love

- Perfect for foodies (I was so hungry after reading this book)

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So I finished this yesterday and lemme tell you…

I’m in love with Ivan Lukov and nobody can tell me otherwise.

At a glance:

- Enemies to friends to lovers

- Athletes (figure skating, duh)

- New adult

- Grumpy and softie

- Sharing a bed

- Hurt/comfort

- “Who do this to you?” Vibes

- Tiny bit of spice

- TW: mentions of s harassment

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I just started The Kiss Quotient… and I can already tell I’m going to be innlove with Michael and this book.

The fact that I can imagine him as Daniel Henney doesn’t hurt either 😍

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Blackout - Multiple Authors

At a glance:

- 6 romances with forced proximity

- TONS OF LGBTQIA+ representation 🌈

- EVERYONE IS BIPOC 👊🏻 💜

- there’s friends to lovers

- second-chance love

- instant love

- New York

- oh, and YA

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♠️ Ace of Spades - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ♠️

At a glance:

- YA

- BIPOC author and MCs

- LGBTQ rep

- Gossip Girl meets Get Out

- Rac*sm

- TW: bully*ng, de*th, rac*sm, suic*de, fuzzy on r*pe

It was brutal, but so amazing. It has a bit of a slow start but it gets good really quickly.

Run to read this.