Hosted by E. @ Local Bee Hunter’s Nook, #5OnMyTBR is a bookish meme where we talk about 5 books on our TBR on Mondays. You can learn more about it in E.’s original announcement or #5OnMyTBR page. This week’s prompt: Books about Books. Today is Teacher’s Day in Taiwan, so in a way, discussing books about books fits the theme! Here are 5 books related to books on my TBR from nonfiction to sapphic and m/f romance. Click on the book cover for more info on Goodreads. Making Nature: The History of a Scientific Journal by Melinda Baldwin Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2015 Keywords: history, science, nonfiction This would probably never be on my TBR if my advisor had not assigned us to read it. Each month, I believe, our research group reads something related to social justice. While I am unsure if this book actually uncovers some of the discriminations within the scientific community, I am pretty intrigued to learn more about Nature, the famous journal. Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing, 2013 Keywords: historical, romance, sapphic Almost all my Goodreads friends love this book and since I love historical sapphic romance, I just had to read it someday. I know “letters” are probably not considered as “books,” but they are close enough. Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print by Renni Browne & Dave King Publisher: William Morrow; first published in 1993 Keywords: writing, nonfiction Okay, I know. Why do I even have this on my TBR? Because the wonderful Clare Ashton (whose newest sapphic celebrity romance I loved) recommended it during SCLHO Virtual 2020. I added it to my TBR in case I ever need an editing reference book. The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult Publisher: Ballantine, September 22nd 2020 Keywords: romance (second-chance?), Egypt I used to read a lot of Picoult back in my teenage years. To this day, she remains one of the authors whose works I’ve read the most. I always enjoyed her writing, and while the endings of most of her stories were less than satisfactory, I love learning new things in all the court scenes she used to write. The Book of Two Ways is a romance, but I am excited to read it after so many years of not reading her novels. Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle Publisher: Kathy Dawson Book, 2017 Keywords: magical realism, mystery, young adult, sapphic This book joined my TBR after I read a 2-sentence review of it from our lovely #5OnMyTBR host E. The cover is beautiful, it’s sapphic, and E. had called it a piece of art. What’s not to love? Have you read any of these books? What are your #5OnMyTBR about books? Comment what you think! For more of my reviews and other whatnots, follow my blog, my Twitter, and friend me on Goodreads.