Jennifer George
@itsjennifergeorge.bsky.social
Chances are, I’m procrastinating.
Writer | Reader | Serial over-sharer
📚Just Read The F*cking Book: a Substack for the casually bookish interested in upmarket, women’s & lit fic books ⬇️ itsjennifergeorge.substack.com
Writer | Reader | Serial over-sharer
📚Just Read The F*cking Book: a Substack for the casually bookish interested in upmarket, women’s & lit fic books ⬇️ itsjennifergeorge.substack.com
What are your fave 2025 reads? Check out my latest Substack podcast/write up for a roundup of the books I loved this year + corresponding film/TV recs + tangentially related side quests + me forgetting how to pronounce common words. It's a hoot. #bookrecs #booksky
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All the Books I Loved Enough to Write About in 2025
A roundup of my 2025 featured book posts + extra goodies
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November 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
What are your fave 2025 reads? Check out my latest Substack podcast/write up for a roundup of the books I loved this year + corresponding film/TV recs + tangentially related side quests + me forgetting how to pronounce common words. It's a hoot. #bookrecs #booksky
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Do you understand what it’s like to define yourself by your job? Have you chased job titles & raced up corporate ladders believing fulfillment to be found on its rungs? Only to realize you’ve been sold an aspirational load of bs. This book is for you. #booksky open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
Discontent
“Maybe that’s the secret to happiness, lowering your expectations.”
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October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Do you understand what it’s like to define yourself by your job? Have you chased job titles & raced up corporate ladders believing fulfillment to be found on its rungs? Only to realize you’ve been sold an aspirational load of bs. This book is for you. #booksky open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE is for anyone hoping to create their own love story: with themselves & their life. Exploring themes of artistic identity, romantic idealism, emotional scars, agency, & creative catharsis. Read more (no spoilers): #filmreview #janeausten
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Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
"Writing is like ivy...like weeds and plants. It needs ruins to exist. Look for your ruins."
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October 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE is for anyone hoping to create their own love story: with themselves & their life. Exploring themes of artistic identity, romantic idealism, emotional scars, agency, & creative catharsis. Read more (no spoilers): #filmreview #janeausten
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Did you know Oct 5-7 is Banned Books Week Read-In? Hosted by the Silent Book Club & Libro.fm, it’s an opp to protest the abhorrent suppression of our rights in the U.S. To participate: Choose a banned book; Spread the word; Fight back.
Need ideas? #booksky #books
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Need ideas? #booksky #books
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Hello, friend. There is no shortage of book clubs and bookish spaces; so what makes Just Read The F*cking Book different? Well, I’m glad your internal monologue asked. Novel nomads. Literary wanderers...
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October 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Did you know Oct 5-7 is Banned Books Week Read-In? Hosted by the Silent Book Club & Libro.fm, it’s an opp to protest the abhorrent suppression of our rights in the U.S. To participate: Choose a banned book; Spread the word; Fight back.
Need ideas? #booksky #books
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Need ideas? #booksky #books
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This absolutely beautiful response has settled in me. Thank you for sharing your thoughts 🩷
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This absolutely beautiful response has settled in me. Thank you for sharing your thoughts 🩷
Are you familiar with the different forms of grief? Grief, be it at an individual or national/collective level, is a hot topic as of late. Check out my latest post on the ab fab book PITY PARTY to learn, to laugh, & hopefully feel seen 🩷 #booksky #bookrecs #grief open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
Pity Party
“And then, I throw my hands up to the sky and scream.”
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September 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Are you familiar with the different forms of grief? Grief, be it at an individual or national/collective level, is a hot topic as of late. Check out my latest post on the ab fab book PITY PARTY to learn, to laugh, & hopefully feel seen 🩷 #booksky #bookrecs #grief open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
Bonus: fab gif usage + life pics 🩷 #writers #booksky #bookrecs #substack #breastcancer #adhd
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Life Bits
A chemo update, reading block party, audiobooks = reading, the joys of ADHD, podcast recs + other life haps
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September 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Bonus: fab gif usage + life pics 🩷 #writers #booksky #bookrecs #substack #breastcancer #adhd
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THE WEDDING PEOPLE is a reminder that endings & beginnings coexist. Or, to quote the band Semisonic, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Read on to learn about my connection w/this book, a mocktail & pastry pairing, etc. #booksky #bookclub
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The Wedding People
“I just mean, a story can be beautiful not because of the way it ends. But because of the way it’s written.”
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August 20, 2025 at 4:11 AM
THE WEDDING PEOPLE is a reminder that endings & beginnings coexist. Or, to quote the band Semisonic, “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Read on to learn about my connection w/this book, a mocktail & pastry pairing, etc. #booksky #bookclub
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Fun fact: this piece was rejected by all of the literary publications I submitted it to this year. But hey, to push past the No's creates a path for the Yes's.
Enjoy.🩷 #writers #booksky #baking #bookrecs #aspiringauthor #rejection
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Enjoy.🩷 #writers #booksky #baking #bookrecs #aspiringauthor #rejection
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Madeleines
The Proust effect: an involuntary evocation of a memory stimulated by the senses, particularly smell or taste.
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July 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Fun fact: this piece was rejected by all of the literary publications I submitted it to this year. But hey, to push past the No's creates a path for the Yes's.
Enjoy.🩷 #writers #booksky #baking #bookrecs #aspiringauthor #rejection
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Enjoy.🩷 #writers #booksky #baking #bookrecs #aspiringauthor #rejection
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"WRITE. REWRITE. When not writing or rewriting, READ. I know of no shortcuts." - Stephen King
My add: When not reading, LIVE.🩷
My add: When not reading, LIVE.🩷
July 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"WRITE. REWRITE. When not writing or rewriting, READ. I know of no shortcuts." - Stephen King
My add: When not reading, LIVE.🩷
My add: When not reading, LIVE.🩷
MONGREL is an emotionally layered, multi-timeline story that follows 3 Japanese women. Its rawness, lyrical prose & masterful writing at a line level make it a powerful experience. It will stick with you. #booksky #litfic #aapibooks #substack
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Mongrel
“Sometimes it’s easier to care for the things that cannot hurt you.”
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July 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
MONGREL is an emotionally layered, multi-timeline story that follows 3 Japanese women. Its rawness, lyrical prose & masterful writing at a line level make it a powerful experience. It will stick with you. #booksky #litfic #aapibooks #substack
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Woke up at 5:37 am jazzed to add to this board today...
...I went back to sleep because I am in no way a morning person. But still, hours later, jazzed to add.🙌🏽 #writers #aspiringauthor #fictionwriter #seattlewriter
...I went back to sleep because I am in no way a morning person. But still, hours later, jazzed to add.🙌🏽 #writers #aspiringauthor #fictionwriter #seattlewriter
June 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Woke up at 5:37 am jazzed to add to this board today...
...I went back to sleep because I am in no way a morning person. But still, hours later, jazzed to add.🙌🏽 #writers #aspiringauthor #fictionwriter #seattlewriter
...I went back to sleep because I am in no way a morning person. But still, hours later, jazzed to add.🙌🏽 #writers #aspiringauthor #fictionwriter #seattlewriter
We all make mistakes; but to what extent should they define us? That's the essence of the book DISAPPOINT ME: an exploration of race & gender that parallels themes of belonging, acceptance, & forgiveness.
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Disappoint Me
”No person is fewer than two things.”—Nicola Dinan
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June 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
We all make mistakes; but to what extent should they define us? That's the essence of the book DISAPPOINT ME: an exploration of race & gender that parallels themes of belonging, acceptance, & forgiveness.
open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
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My love of films truly rivals my love of books. Check out my first FOTM post which includes a new Spotify playlist + "if you like this film, read these" upmarket/literary/book club/women's fiction book rec list #booksky #films #movierecs #bookrecs #writer
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Rejection
“I’m so embarrassed. I’m not a real person yet.” – Frances Ha
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June 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My love of films truly rivals my love of books. Check out my first FOTM post which includes a new Spotify playlist + "if you like this film, read these" upmarket/literary/book club/women's fiction book rec list #booksky #films #movierecs #bookrecs #writer
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Audition is an exploration of emotional ambiguity & self-reflection, challenging you to consider the blurred lines between performance & reality. If you appreciate introspective narratives, unreliable narrators & understated tension, it's for you. #booksky #aanhpi open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
Audition, Hunchback, & The Other Lata
A few books I love written by Asian authors.
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May 19, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Audition is an exploration of emotional ambiguity & self-reflection, challenging you to consider the blurred lines between performance & reality. If you appreciate introspective narratives, unreliable narrators & understated tension, it's for you. #booksky #aanhpi open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
“It's a particular kind of pleasure, of intimacy, loving a book with someone.” Writers & Lovers is a meditation on grief, love, & transition. Lily King’s lyrical, resonating prose entrances you. I truly enjoyed it as a reader & writer. #booksky #substack #writers
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Writers & Lovers
“It’s a particular kind of pleasure, of intimacy, loving a book with someone.”
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May 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“It's a particular kind of pleasure, of intimacy, loving a book with someone.” Writers & Lovers is a meditation on grief, love, & transition. Lily King’s lyrical, resonating prose entrances you. I truly enjoyed it as a reader & writer. #booksky #substack #writers
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A mark of a book that resonates is that pause at the end—that slow breath in & out, that feeling of gratitude & tinge of grief because it’s over. And that’s how I felt as I drew a heart next to the word “Perfect” on the story's last page.
Perfect. #booksky #writers
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Perfect. #booksky #writers
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Lessons in Chemistry
If you’ve been underestimated, had your tone policed, or your ideas stolen, this book is for you. Plus, there’s a dog.
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April 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A mark of a book that resonates is that pause at the end—that slow breath in & out, that feeling of gratitude & tinge of grief because it’s over. And that’s how I felt as I drew a heart next to the word “Perfect” on the story's last page.
Perfect. #booksky #writers
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Perfect. #booksky #writers
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Have you ever felt stuck between who you are & who you want to be?
Set in 1997 MA, "Writers & Lovers" is an intimate portrayal of a 31-year-old writer working on her first novel while grabbling w/her mother's sudden death, mounting debt, & a recent breakup. #Booksky
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Set in 1997 MA, "Writers & Lovers" is an intimate portrayal of a 31-year-old writer working on her first novel while grabbling w/her mother's sudden death, mounting debt, & a recent breakup. #Booksky
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Writers & Lovers by Lily King
If you’ve ever felt stuck, this book is for you.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Have you ever felt stuck between who you are & who you want to be?
Set in 1997 MA, "Writers & Lovers" is an intimate portrayal of a 31-year-old writer working on her first novel while grabbling w/her mother's sudden death, mounting debt, & a recent breakup. #Booksky
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Set in 1997 MA, "Writers & Lovers" is an intimate portrayal of a 31-year-old writer working on her first novel while grabbling w/her mother's sudden death, mounting debt, & a recent breakup. #Booksky
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April 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The relationship between writers, their words & Al is a hot topic as of late. One that's explored in the book, "Death of the Author" by Nnedi Okorafor. Want a spoiler-free glimpse? Check out my latest post on why I connected with this beautiful book🩵 #booksky #AI open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
Death of the Author
A poignantly meta reclamation of identity, an exploration of the connection between artists, AI and their art, and a celebration of West African culture (spoiler-free)
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March 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The relationship between writers, their words & Al is a hot topic as of late. One that's explored in the book, "Death of the Author" by Nnedi Okorafor. Want a spoiler-free glimpse? Check out my latest post on why I connected with this beautiful book🩵 #booksky #AI open.substack.com/pub/itsjenni...
A messy protagonist navigating life as a nearly-30 divorcée. Witty, sardonic humor. A book by a “Schitt’s Creek” writer. Read why I love “Really Good, Actually” (spoiler-free) #booksky #books #substack #bookclub
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Really Good, Actually
A spoiler-free quickie on an (oddly polarizing per Goodreads) book I loved + a check-in on the March BOTM
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March 17, 2025 at 5:52 AM
A messy protagonist navigating life as a nearly-30 divorcée. Witty, sardonic humor. A book by a “Schitt’s Creek” writer. Read why I love “Really Good, Actually” (spoiler-free) #booksky #books #substack #bookclub
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