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Our Reads Editors Text About Books…Like All the Time. Here’s a Transcript of Their Exchanges From the Last Month

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July 18, 2025

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Margo and Caroline here. A huge part of our friendship is texting each other random thoughts about random books at pretty much all hours of the day. So to keep you in the loop, we’re sharing excerpts from a couple of our exchanges (with incredible book recs, if you ask us) over the last month.

​​Cry for Me, Argentina: My Life as a Failed Child Star by Tamara Yajia
Design: theSkimm | Photo: Bloomsbury Publishing
Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
Design: theSkimm | Photo: Harper Paperbacks
For My Lady's Heart by Laura Kinsale
Design: theSkimm | Photo: Open Road Media Romance
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
Design: theSkimm | Photo: Berkley
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Bramer
Design: theSkimm | Photo: St. Martin's Griffin
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Design: theSkimm | Photo: Berkley

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