I pride myself on being a mood reader. I follow a lot of bookstagrammers who can set a goal list for the month and just read those books. A book club I’m a part of sets a theme per month, and I couldn’t even adhere to that. One month, our theme was “True” (think true […]
Book Reviews
Books I Wish I Could Read for the First Time (Again)
Is there anything more magical than reading? The ability for a combination of words to transport you to another world or tell you someone’s life story… There’s just nothing better. A year or so ago, I was out to dinner with my parents. There was a young kid at the next table just engrossed in […]
Reading Roundup: First Quarter 2020
Hello, friends! I’m doing book reviews a little bit differently this year. I’ll review ARCs and books that I absolutely loved, but I’m going to try and do one quarterly round up. That way, you have one more extended post for quarterly book recommendations. The first quarter of 2020 has been a little bit self-indulgent. […]
How to Become a Reader, Even if You Don’t Like Reading
It’s no secret that I’m a reader. Ever since I was little, my parents always encouraged reading. The Book Fair was the best week of the year, made even better by the fact that my mom worked at my school and I could use her teacher discount. In my adult life, I’ve actually met people […]
Reading Round Up | The Books of 2019
What a year! I felt very ambitious with my goal of 52 books on the year. Originally, I wanted to actually complete one book per week, but it didn’t quite work out that way. Thanks to some travel, there were a few weeks where I read more than one and others where a book took […]
Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis
Rachel Hollis is a name I have seen all over social media. Her podcast kept getting recommended to me as something I would like. I had heard mixed reviews about Girl, Wash Your Face. Then, earlier this year, Girl, Stop Apologizing was blowing up my Instagram feed. She was still very unknown to me, so […]
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Blake Crouch is one of the top on my list of red alert authors. Those authors where you’ll read anything they write, hype or not. I saw Recursion making the rounds through social media earlier this year, but the wait list at the library was too long. I managed to grab Dark Matter and loved […]
Book Reviews: Catch-Up Edition
I have fallen so far behind in my book reviews! It has reached the point where it’s so far behind that I don’t think I can catch up with individual reviews. Thus, this is a bit of a reader’s digest review of some of the last books that I read. Who knows, maybe this way […]
When She Returned by Lucinda Berry
Thank you, Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for this advanced reader copy. I read The Perfect Child earlier this year as a Prime First Reads pick, so I jumped at the chance to read another of Lucinda Berry’s books. When She Returned did not disappoint. For more book reviews, AND even more from Lucinda Berry, […]
This Little Dark Place by A.S. Hatch
Thank you to Net Galley and Serpent’s Tail Books for this amazing advanced reader copy! I’m a sucker for just about anything that is labeled as a “thriller,” and This Little Dark Place by A.S. Hatch did not disappoint. The Story We primarily follow Daniel. He’s in a relationship with Victoria. They’ve been together for […]