Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The book in one sentence: A freelancer pays her bills doing short gigs as a hench for villains, until she gets the Job of Her Dreams under the best boss you can’t even imagine. Read if: You’re a fan of The Boys. Trust me. Book length: 403 pages. Initial impressions One of my…
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The book in one sentence: A world divided by obstinate religious differences is forced to unite their kingdoms due to a common enemy. Read if: You’re looking for a fun, high-fantasy novel that doesn’t have intimidating histories of lore. If you’re a LOTR or GoT fan, you may enjoy this. Book length: 700+…
And we’re back! January was a good reading month, I enjoyed every book. There wasn’t a title I truly hated. Several selections were gems. Let me walk you through the eight books I finished last month to kickstart 2023. As usual, I went for an alternating pattern between fiction and nonfiction, with fiction being the…
In honor of my birth month, I am sharing five books that helped me reflect, heal, and grow over the past year. The lessons from these books have helped me uncover difficult truths I had buried deep down for many years. Sometimes the wisdom of others gives warmth and solace in a way that even…
If you read this blog, it’s possible you suffer from a debilitating spending problem that haunts many bookworms. Despite a stack of books you’ve lined up for reading, you insist on buying new books anyway. And the stack piles. And piles. And piles. And one day, you’ll find that 80% of the floor space in your apartment is dedicated to stacking books you haven’t read, and you sit there, towered over by mountains of literature, racked with guilt and overwhelm. Hopefully, you are not in debt.
It doesn’t have to get this far.
You know a season is global regardless of hemisphere when it is heralded by the arrival of overpriced coffee beverages by coffee chains. It’s September, which means it’s pumpkin spice latte season. And the only thing you should be holding other than a cup of pumpkin spice latte is a book. Not just any book….
Today I’m sharing five books that I want to read and finish for the month of August. I’m back to throwing some nonfiction in there, just as an attempt to anchor myself back to the real world and learn some applicable knowledge.
I found this book in the beginning stages of my quest for more mystery novels. After reading Lucy Foley’s The Apartment, I felt unfulfilled. I needed something with heightened tension and a more satisfying ending. Peng Shepherd understood the assignment. Read on for a short, sweet, and spoiler-free review.
Read this book if you have weathered some storms. I think people particularly coming out of their twenties and been through some shit; those of us now at an age with a certain level of detachment and self-compassion. Some people may call that lack of ambition. I think it is becoming comfortable with who you are and are becoming. I honestly don’t know if I would have appreciated this book as much as I do now if I had read it five or more years ago.
Here are my Three Takeaways on Jedidiah Jenkins’ Like Streams To The Ocean
Arsenic and Adobo is a Scooby-Doo vibe murder mystery embroiling a millennial in her annoying ex-boyfriend’s mess amid attempts to get her life together back in her small Chicago hometown. Read if you want something fun and light-hearted, with a mix of mystery, comedy, and romance.
