Devon uses a meme/book tag to offer some recommendations, mostly for some of her favorite books of last year. Book tag source Follow Devon: @professor_reads the show: @dont_read_the_synopsis

Devon talks about what she plans to read this summer and offers some backlist recommendations. Her dog, Beau, makes some noise and she shares some personal things she's been going through lately. Latest Read: Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Backlist Books Mentioned The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson New Releases Added to Summer Reading Plans Vacation Wars by Meghan Quinn Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayburn A Perfect Vintage by Chelsea Fagan Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum You Are Here by Karin Lin-Greenburg Reading Guides Mentioned Sarah's Bookshelves Modern Mrs. Darcy Follow Devon on Instagram: @professor_reads or at the show @dont_read_the_synopsis

Devon shares her excitement over two recent reads and talks about book intimidation. Why do we find some books intimidating? What should we do about them? She challenges you to read an intimidating book this summer and puts one that's been hanging over her on her to read list for summer. Latest Reads The Switch by Beth O'Leary Hello, Stranger by Katherine Center Looking Forward Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Follow Me: @professor_reads on IG and Storygraph @dont_read_the_synopsis

Devon runs down all the books she read in March and April. So many series!

Devon experiences Blind Date with Books from several sources and talks about which ones were successful, what she learned, and why you might try a blind date with a book yourself. Latest Read Luck and Last Resorts by Sarah Grunder-Ruiz Blind Dates with Books CrispPages&Co on Etsy LightItUpLiterary on Etsy Liberty Book Co (Devon's Local Indie bookstore) York Country Friends Books on Main Looking Forward The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

In celebrating National Poetry Month, Devon talks about why she enjoys poetry collections and offers some suggestions for new and seasoned poetry readers. You will find many recommendations for expanding your own poetry reading. Latest Reads Better Than Fiction by Alexa Martin Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey Poetry Collections Mentioned Set Me on Fire : A Poem for Every Feeling by Ella Risbridger The Best American Poetry series Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong The Tradition by Jericho Brown The Book of Hours by Kevin Young Husbandry by Matthew Dickman Monument by Natasha Tretheway Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda When a Woman Loves a Man by David Lehman Bicycles: Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni A Woman without a Country by Eavan Boland Soft Science by Franny Choi The Wilderness. by Sandra Lim

This week Devon talks about whether book hype keeps her from reading books she is interested in and tries to figure out why it takes her so long to read certain books. She shares her frustrations of the week and can't stop her love of Abby Jimenez's Part of Your World. She adds some books to her "Gotta Read Soon" list; you know she can't call it a TBR. Latest Reads Villa America Liza Klaussmann Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson Looking Forward Yerba Buena by Nina Lacour Follow Me: @professor_reads on IG and Storygraph @dont_read_the_synopsis

Devon talks about breaking her reading slump and offers some Nonfiction Recommendations. See the website for a full list of recommendations. Devon @professor_reads on Instagram & Storygraph The Show dont_read_the_synopsis on Instagram dontreadthesynopsis.com

Devon talks about some nonfiction hits and misses she's been reading lately. She also delves deep into her digital TBR to read the oldest unread book on her Goodreads list. She offers some advice on reflecting on your reading tastes and how they change over time to edit, clean up and "fix" your TBRs. All this advice from a mood reader :). Latest Reads Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro Looking Forward Ted Lasso on AppleTV+ Devon @professor_reads on Instagram & Storygraph

Zack and Devon talk Middle Grade March and offer some recommendations.