{"id":17696,"date":"2021-08-27T16:25:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T20:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=17696"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:24:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:24:57","slug":"kneading-you-joy-the-color-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/17696","title":{"rendered":"Kneading You, Joy, The Color of You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kneading You<\/a><\/em>, Joy<\/a><\/em>, The Color of You<\/a><\/em> (2019, 2017) C.S. Poe<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Joy\"<\/a>The Haven Investigation series was excellent, but emotionally rough. So I decided to reread the Lancaster series, for some comfort.<\/p>\n

No one deserved to lose access to books simply because of where they lived.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kneading You<\/em><\/p>\n

All I did was give a guy tacos. Sure, tacos pave the way to anyone\u2019s heart, but I wasn\u2019t trying to\u2014 <\/p>\n

Oh my God, was I trying to flirt? <\/p>\n

Was I flirting with tacos<\/em>?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Joy<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHey,\u201d I said, flipping through the printed-out emails. \u201cWhat\u2019s up? These emails are from himself to himself.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYup,\u201d Stephen laughed. \u201cHe literally typed up a story and mailed it to himself.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Color of You<\/em><\/p>\n

Publisher: Emporium Press
\nRating: 8.5<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kneading You, Joy, The Color of You (2019, 2017) C.S. Poe The Haven Investigation series was excellent, but emotionally rough. So I decided to reread the Lancaster series, for some comfort. No one deserved to lose access to books simply because of where they lived. Kneading You All I did was give a guy tacos. 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