Category: Book Review
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October Reading Wrap Up
Here’s all the books I read in October! It was a bit of a slower reading month. I am learning German, and am trying to listen to the language as much as I can, so most of my audiobook time was taken over by the Easy German podcast, which I highly recommend. I think I…
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August Reading Wrap Up
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones Goodreads | Bookshop.org This was the perfect book to read in one weekend. I took this one on a camping trip because I wanted something that I knew would immediately draw me in, wasn’t super long, and ideally was a paperback that I could easily slip into my bag– check,…
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The Upstairs House // Julia Fine
Have you ever read the synopsis for a book and thought “This book was written for me“? That’s how I felt when I heard about The Upstairs House by Julia Fine which comes out February 23, 2021. “A provocative meditation on new motherhood—Shirley Jackson meets The Awakening—in which a postpartum woman’s psychological unraveling becomes intertwined with…
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Girl, Woman, Other // Bernadine Evaristo
“It’s easy to forget that England is made up of many Englands” Girl, Woman, Other tells the story of 12 different characters lives as they experience the world. I loved the style of this book, the way the words flowed and how they were placed on the page. It is such an engaging novel and…
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Big Friendship//Aminatou Sow & Ann Friedman
I’ve been listening to Call Your Girlfriend for years now and was so thrilled forAminatou and Ann’s book Big Friendship. This book did not disappoint. Whether you’ve been a fan of the podcast for years or you’ve never heard of it (fix that) I think so many people will find value in this book. “We…
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The Daevabad Series
A series I did not realize was a series until finally in quarantine I picked up City of Brass, loved it, and realized Hey! Book 2 is already out and Book 3 is coming out in June! I guess thats a benefit of waiting three years to pick up a book. Anyway I loved this…
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Breathe//Imani Perry
I picked this book up after listening to Traci from The Stacks Podcast discuss this book with Kiese Laymon and WOW. It’s such a powerful book, a beautiful book, and a necessary book to read. As it says in the title, this is a letter to her sons. And from literally the first page she…
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Book Review: Not So Pure and Simple// Lamar Giles
I’ve heard a lot of Children and YA authors talk about writing the book they wished they could have had as kids, teens, or young adults. And honestly I’m not sure if Lamar Giles wrote this book in a similar vein but omg this is a book I wish I could have read as a…
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Book Review: The Book of Longings // Sue Monk Kidd
Honestly this book really got to me. As someone who grew up in the church, went to a Catholic school during my formative years, and continued to go to church all the way up through my junior year of college, I couldn’t help but relate this book to my own feelings about Jesus and religion.…
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Book Review: The Weather Machine // Andrew Blum
Things I do everyday, multiple times a day–obsessively check my weather app on my phone. Things I’ve thought about, maybe never–what goes into putting that information on my phone. Honestly, weather seems to rule my life. As someone who ran competitively for about 8 years, runs recreationally now, and uses a bike as my main…
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