All the Light We Cannot See was honestly really touching. It immediately drew me in, and there were many charming moments in the book that were heightened by Doerr’s descriptive power. There were two moments toward the end that either made me cry heavily or made me pause because what I had read touched me […]

I was so excited to pick up the second installation of Fawcett’s Emily Wilde series, the first of which I also read in January of last year, so maybe I’ll make this a yearly January tradition as long as Fawcett continues the series. I haven’t read a series in such a long time, and I’ve […]

I wanted to read The Phantom of the Opera because the booktuber e m m i e often raves about it, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical based on Leroux’s novel is definitely among my favorite musicals. Unfortunately, I think my love of the musical severely biased my opinion on the novel. While I’m super appreciative […]

In December 2023, I made a list of books to read throughout 2024, and I wanted to see if I would willingly and happily stick with that order. Previously, I would just look at my shelves and pick a book based on how I was feeling. I was very generous with myself, and I told […]

Someone Named Eva has to be my favorite children’s/middle grade novel. I’m not sure how many times I read this growing up. I wanted something quick and beloved to finish out 2024, so I quickly downed this book last night. It’s about a young Czechoslakian girl named Milada who is kidnapped and forced to enter […]

Jennette McCurdy’s memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died is my first completed audiobook. I’ve never been drawn to that reading format, as I prefer to visually see the words on a physical copy and perhaps annotate it up the wazoo. But this memoir is perfectly suited for an audiobook. I did miss annotating it, since […]

This novel didn’t claim to be anything it wasn’t. It’s just a light, cute, and cozy read to get lost with in an evening. The protagonist Nina loses her job as a librarian, decides to buy a van, turn it into a bookstore on wheels, and heads to Scotland to become an entrepreneur, finding love […]

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a play about the Salem witch trials, somehow capturing what propelled it, sustained it, and ended it in a very short timeframe. This play took me on a journey. Let’s start at the beginning. A very good place to start. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.) I wasn’t so sure about the […]

I knew prior to reading that people rave about this book, but after my nonchalant impression of The Starless Sea by the same author, I was fully expecting to be unimpressed by The Night Circus. Fantasy isn’t the genre I’m typically drawn to, anyways. But I flew through this. I remember muttering to myself near […]

I first encountered the story of George R. Tweed through the movie No Man Is An Island with Jeffrey Hunter that my family and I watch and rewatch all the time. My father let me borrow Robinson Crusoe, USN, which chronicles the true life story of George R. Tweed. Tweed was a U.S Navy radioman […]