That's right, I'm trying to bring back wrap-up posts! For years I would do these posts on my blog for all the books that I read, but then I kind of fell off in the last two years. But I miss doing them (and writing for my blog in general), so here we are again. I thought that November wasn't …
Book Reviews
Reading List: August 2018 – December 2018
Marriage Vacation I'm a fan of Younger. I think it's a super charming show, I think that Sutton Foster is amazing, and I love that it's set in the publishing world. So, the backstory behind this book is that it was a fictional book being published on the show. But then, in a brilliant …
Reading List: March 2018 – July 2018
An American Marriage My goodness, this was a heartbreaking read. Roy and Celestial are young newlyweds with a bright future ahead of them, until Roy is wrongfully convicted of a crime. It's told from multiple perspectives as the couple tries to grapple with this event that's derailed their …
Reading List: September 2017 – February 2018
The Likeness I just love Tana French's writing. Love it. I was excited to read this one because I knew it dived into the life of Cassie, who was one of my favorite characters in the first novel. When a murder victim turns out to be her doppelganger, Cassie agrees to go undercover to determine …
Book Reviews: January and February 2017
The Mothers I finally read one of the buzziest books of 2016 and I enjoyed it quite a bit. In fact, it wasn't what I was expecting it to be, so I guess I did a decent job of avoiding spoilers! The novel follows a black girl named Nadia, and begins soon after her mother's suicide. As she grieves, …
Book Reviews: December 2016
White Teeth I'm so happy to have read my first Zadie Smith. Reading her work has only deepened my crush on her as an author. She always comes across so intelligently and elegantly in interviews and articles (similar to my other love, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie). It was a pleasure to read her first …