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Something personal: Cara's Reading List This April

I’m always reading something—usually a mix of wine stuff, sci-fi weirdness, and books that make me think critically about our world. One of my 2026 intentions is to read 50 books for pleasure, plus important pieces of wine news and developments.

I love the “unreliable narrator.” It gives me pleasure to not quite trust the one guiding me through the story. So this month, I decided to check out two books from the past, from authors who have always been a little controversial (or misunderstood, or ahead of their time, or criticized for living too authentically themselves as a complicated woman?). Also, one new (for me) novel from one of my fave sci-fi authors.

Here’s what’s currently stacked on my nightstand or queued in my Libby app:

Fiction:

• We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson (1962)
  Everyone has read Shirley Jackson, you might just not realize it. You know the classic short story “The Lottery.” The first time I read The Hunger Games, I saw the influence of “The Lottery” immediately. You may also be familiar with one of her most famous stories, The Haunting of Hill House, which has been reinterpreted by Hollywood through the decades. She even has a prestigious book award named after her! But, as a writer, her work should be revisited now more than ever, and put on the reading lists of everyone who has ever felt like an outcast. Especially this book. I read the entire novel in one Monday evening (it’s a short 152 pages). I couldn’t put it down—the mystery was intriguing, the characters are captivating, and honestly, for someone who never felt like they fit in, it was a little relatable. If you like small mysteries, the danger of sneering strangers, and familial codependency, this might be for you.
  
  
• Play It As It Lays, Joan Didion (1970)
  I’ve always been hesitant to read Joan Didion. Her work has never really been referred to kindly, and she always seemed to be an obsession of the slightly mean, off-putting, hipster “cool girls” I knew in my twenties. But after a trusted friend read it and thought it was “interesting but uncomfortable,” I decided it’s time to give it a spin, so it’s the next one I’m starting. I like when art makes me uncomfortable. 
  
  
• Borne, Jeff VanderMeer (2017)
  I really love Jeff VanderMeer’s writing and his imagination. I’ve read all of his Southern Reach trilogy (which includes Annihilation, adapted into a 2018 film written and directed by Alex Garland. Let me tell you, even though the film is one of my favorites, the book is even more intriguing. Garland even said he purposely didn't reread the novel before writing the screenplay—the film is more like a remembered dream of the book). I also loved Hummingbird Salamander, a story that crossed genres of speculative science fiction and noir mystery. He’s also a winner of both a Nebula Award and the aforementioned Shirley Jackson Award! So I’m very excited to dig into Borne, a story set in a “biotech apocalypse” with his signature mutated animals and otherworldly beings connecting with a too-curious mind. Plus, it’s been built into its own universe, with unrelated short stories and novels. Can’t wait!

Have any suggestions for my reading list, or want to join me on Goodreads? Hit me up! Also, we always have space at the shop to host your book club!