Welcome back to Whatcha Reading! This is where we talk about what we’ve been reading, if you couldn’t have guessed.

Lara: Still Murderbot ( A | BN | K | AB ) and I could not be more happy about it! May it last forever!

Sarah: I mentioned this in the post for Election Day but I saved three Richard Osman books and didn’t know what I was saving them for. Now I know!

I think I’m starting with the new one We Solve Murders. ( A | BN | K | AB )

Shana: I was reading Wicked Games by Maureen Smith ( A | BN ) but the book became a DNF when the heroine was described as having pouty pussy lips. Beauty expectations are getting out of hand when women are not only expected to have bee-stung lips on our faces. Apparently now our vulvas have to make a perfect moue too.

Sarah: I’m sorry what.

Pouty? Can she move them? Are they prehensile??

Shana: I just checked and phrase was actually pouty pussy folds. I think that may be worse…

Elyse: I’m in my cozy mystery era. I just finished Death by Bubble Tea ( A | BN | K | AB ) which is set in a LA night market and made me so so hungry.

Now I’m reading Pony Confidential and half the book is from this perspective of this grumpy, ungovernable pony and I love it.

Sneezy: I think I mentioned this one before: Want to See My Cat?

It’s a wonderful comfort read and I’m really enjoying the humour.

So whatcha reading right now? And if you aren’t currently reading because *gestures to everything*, how else are you passing the time?