5/5 Stars "It's always been fascinating to me how things can be simultaneously true and false, how people can be good and bad all in one, how someone can love you in a way that is beautifully selfless while serving themselves ruthlessly." . This book took me by surprise. I went in blind without reading... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Grames
5/5 Stars We're gonna start with a quote and end with a quote: . "This was the trouble with emigration - it dismantled the patriarchy. Because really, what did Assunta, or any woman, need a husband for, when she did every goddamn thing herself?" The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna is a fictionalized... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Summer of ’69
5/5 “I plan on coming home safely to you. But the most important thing isn't whether I live or die, Ma. The most important thing is that you go to bed each night believing that you raised a hero." . Oh, Elin Hilderbrand! How I love you so! This was another awesome read from this... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing
Don't go thinking poetry's just for sissies. There's mushy love poems, for sure, but there's also funny ones, lots about nature, war even. Whole point of it - they make ya feel something. This was an absolutely beautiful novel that lived up to all the hype and is well deserving of its Best Seller status.... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Books of 2018
Well, another wonderful year of reading is in the books (no pun intended ;))! One of my most favourite things to do is choose my Top 10 most-loved reads from the year, and then rank them. It's just a great way to wrap up the year! This is much easier said than done, especially this... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Great Alone
"All this time, Dad had taught Leni how dangerous the outside world was. The truth was that the biggest danger of all was in her own home." This is a story about Leni, a young girl coming of age, constantly caught in the midst of her parent's drama. Her mother is insistent on staying with... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Nightingale
I've read several Kristin Hannah books and am always mesmerized by her stories; her character development is impeccable, relatable, and brilliant. The Nightingale was no different. I was unable to put this book down, engaged at every turn and emotionally invested until the last page. Vianne and Isabelle Rossignol are sisters living in France during... Continue Reading →