If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may remember one of my first ever book reviews. It was for the novel Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, which I have raved about to anyone that will listen for the past couple of years. Yes, years. I read it during the winter of my senior year […]
I know I’m late to the game on this one. About eight years late, in fact. But no new, trending novel has compelled me to write a review as strongly as this one has. As I read Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns, one word kept repeating itself in my brain: Perspective. We all need […]
As I sit down to write a review of Emily Giffin’s The One and Only, I’m realizing how conflicted I feel about it. Let me start with a brief synopsis. The story follows 33-year-old Shea Rigsby from Walker, a small town in Texas. The town takes a Friday Night Lights-esque approach to football – they live, eat, and […]
I realize my last book review was only two posts ago. Normally, I don’t write reviews until weeks, or even months, after I actually read the book. That being said, I finished this book in one day, so I figured my review should be posted just as promptly. I don’t even remember where I heard about […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a sucker for novels about excess – money, power, caloric intake, you name it. Throw in prep school kids, twenty-something debauchery, and a European destination, and I’m sold. Stan Parish’s novel Down the Shore first came to my attention through a blurb in Cosmopolitan. Definitely a sign of quality literature, I know. I’ve […]
I constantly dream of packing up and moving to Europe. (Maybe not the packing part, actually, considering one of my biggest anxieties about said dream is how I would transport all of my clothes.) During the winter I downloaded an app to help me relearn the French that I’ve forgotten since my high school days. I’ve […]
“If she packaged the perfect Facebook life, maybe she would start to believe it herself.” – Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies If you’re a diehard Real Housewives fan like I am, this book by Liane Moriarty is the perfect read. Shows and books about the absurdly wealthy (and absurdly messed up) in suburban areas are […]
I’m ashamed at how much I’ve been slacking with my blog lately, but I haven’t been slacking with my reading. That being said, I’ve combined some of the books I’ve enjoyed over the last couple of weeks into one review. Gotta make up for lost time! Happy reading, bookworms! If you’re in the mood […]
Apparently Gayle Forman’s novel If I Stay was published back in 2009. However, it caught my eye in recent months as it climbed atop all the bestseller lists. The resurgence in popularity is thanks to the novel becoming a movie, starring Chloe Grace Moretz and premiering August 22nd. I have mixed reviews about the novel. […]