Well, friends, this week has really been a difficult one. I won’t go into it much, just that I’m feeling a bit raw around the edges, both physically and emotionally. I thought about skipping a post this week, but then remembered that I had a few more mini-reviews written up that I could edit and [...]
Book Review
I am back from vacation, and what a wonderful break it was! Since the Fourth of July was in the middle of a week, my sister and I decided to take the entire week off work to hang out at my parents’ house in Wisconsin. The week involved campfires, boozy drinks, swimming, boat rides, and [...]
This week, I finally took stock of my outstanding reviews and realized how far behind I’d fallen on nonfiction! I think I talked about most of these on my Book Riot podcast, For Real, so in the back of my head that means I’ve reviewed them… when in actuality I’ve never spent the time getting [...]
As I’ve written about before, one of my goals this year is to actually complete Book Riot’s 2018 Read Harder challenge. So far I’ve finished 14 of the 24 tasks, which is pretty good for less than half of the year. Today I’ve got some short reviews of several books I read for the challenge, [...]
Operation Catch Up On Book Reviews, which started with nonfiction last week, continues this week with a bunch of the fiction I’ve read and loved so far this year. These are also all great books by women, which shouldn’t really be surprising — I checked my stats, and so far 80 percent of the books I’ve [...]
I realized last week, when I was too tired and cranky to write a new post, that I am way, way behind on trying to review the books I’ve read this year. But I also realized that writing reviews (even short ones) doesn’t actually take that long… as long as you just sit down and [...]
My nonfiction reading has been absolutely on fire lately. Thanks to the work I do over at Book Riot — writing a weekly nonfiction newsletter, and hosting a bi-weekly nonfiction podcast — I’m pretty up to speed on the big nonfiction that’s being published now. My TBR is miles long, but it’s ok because that [...]
Today I’ve got two quick reviews of two nonfiction books I read in February, one about the difficult conversations we need to have with each other, and another about the difficulty of living, working, and crossing the Mexican-American border. Let’s dive in! Tell Me More by Kelly Corrigan Tell Me More is a collection of [...]
If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that I just got back from a quick warm weather vacation near the beach! A college friend and I went to an all-inclusive resort just south of Cancun for a long weekend, where we ate, drank, swam, and read. I actually finished four books on the trip [...]
One of my goals this year is to actually complete Book Riot’s 2018 Read Harder challenge. It’s going pretty well so far — I’ve finished books that meet five of the 24 tasks — and have some good ideas for others. Today I’m sharing some thoughts on two books I’ve read for the challenge, a charming [...]
