Jeffrey Davies

1 week ago | bookriot.com | Jeffrey Davies

BookTok, the literary and bookish portion of social media app TikTok, has been credited with revitalizing the publishing industry over the last five years. The popularity of TikTok coincided with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdowns, leading many new users to congregate on the app and share interests. As it turned out, reading books was an activity that really seemed to catch fire on TikTok. Thus, BookTok was born.

3 weeks ago | bookriot.com | Jeffrey Davies

Penguin Random House Audio, for rom-com fans!In Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake, a small-town waitress with big dreams gets a second chance when her first kiss—now a Hollywood star—returns to town. It’s fame, flirtation, and fresh starts in this irresistible rom-com full of heart and heat. Narrated by Gail Shalan, Dream On, Ramona Riley is available now wherever books and audiobooks are sold!Writing queer books is difficult.

3 weeks ago | reactormag.com | Jeffrey Davies

There’s something inherently slippery about the term “comfort watch.” Maybe it brings to mind your favorite sitcom, like The Office, or your favorite family saga, like Gilmore Girls. But comfort is so subjective—what comforts you certainly might not comfort me. In politically fraught times like these, we tend to take comfort wherever we can find it, which is why I’m fascinated by the question of which television shows people find comforting and why.

1 month ago | spectrumculture.com | Jeffrey Davies

When Jessica Simpson published her memoir Open Book in 2020, she included six new songs as part of its audiobook, marking the first time she released music in over a decade. Indeed, her presence in the music industry had particularly waned by the onset of the 2010s and while she’s still remembered best as a pop culture icon of the early 2000s, she struggled to carve out the right niche musically.

2 months ago | bookriot.com | Jeffrey Davies

Running PressHarper Reid wasn’t exactly planning to start her senior year on the farm where she spent her childhood summers, but running into Ollie Shifflet—former best friend and first crush—makes things much better. When Harper discovers Ollie is starting a new D&D campaign, she quickly joins the group. As the two friends reconnect in the real world, romantic tension begins to build between Harper’s brash barbarian and Ollie’s proud paladin, but it’s all just part of the game . . . right?