July - 2022

Jul 29, 2022

July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month

My very favorite books from July! Here are my six favorite reads of the past month: two memoirs, two historical fiction titles, a science...

Jul 28, 2022

Review of Between Two Kingdoms by Suleika Jaouad

Jaouad offers a powerful, introspective memoir about coping with leukemia and its accompanying emotions, fears, and side effects--along...

Jul 27, 2022

Review of The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

Katherine Center's newest light fiction offers an irresistible premise--a female bodyguard poses as the girlfriend of a heartthrob...

Jul 26, 2022

Review of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

A book about childhood friends making a video game is an unexpected, captivating setup for this wonderfully deep, epic dive into...

Jul 25, 2022

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/25/22 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Doctors and Friends by Kimmery Martin, a local-to-me author I'm reading for my book club; I'm...

Jul 22, 2022

Six Musicians' Memoirs that Sing

Musicians' Memoirs I'm a biiiig memoir fan, and I love behind-the-scenes peeks. These six memoirs from musicians offer stories about the...

Jul 21, 2022

Review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming power of a rural librarian, and...

Jul 20, 2022

Review of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

The Personal Librarian is historical fiction about the real-life figure of Belle da Costa Greene, J.P. Morgan's personal librarian who...

Jul 19, 2022

Review of Upgrade by Blake Crouch

Main protagonist Logan was hard for me to emotionally connect to, but I was hooked by the heart-pounding action, the fascinating imagined...

Jul 18, 2022

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/18/22 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm listening to The Bodyguard, Katherine Center's newest light fiction about Hannah Brooks, an...

Jul 15, 2022

Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies

Tough women, secrets and smarts, and sneaky spying! I love a peek at a secret world, and each of these books offers that very thing. Only...

Jul 14, 2022

Review of When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

The premise of When Women Were Dragons is exquisite, the strong-woman elements are irresistible, and despite what felt like slow pacing...

Jul 13, 2022

Review of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean

In the second book in Emiko Jean's fun young adult series, princess Izzy balances pressures, privilege, and expectations in Japan while...

Jul 12, 2022

Review of Cult Classic by Sloane Crosley

Sloane Crosley's appealingly oddball tale explores the specter of newly engaged Lola's past loves and lusts while playing with space and...

Jul 11, 2022

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/11/22 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now Well, isn't this a weird and wonderful collection of titles? I'm sooooo very excited to be reading each of...

Jul 8, 2022

Six More Great Light Fiction Stories

More Light Fiction Favorites When I posted a few weeks ago about favorite light fiction reads and asked for other's favorites, bookish...

Jul 7, 2022

Review of White Houses by Amy Bloom

ICYMI: White Houses is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction about Eleanor Roosevelt and her love, Lorena...

Jul 6, 2022

Review of In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom

Amy Bloom writes with brutal honesty about her heartbreak and her determination to support her husband Brian Ameche's desire to end his...

Jul 5, 2022

Review of In a New York Minute by Kate Spencer

I found myself yearning for more from this meet cute, but I loved the New York City details--complete with an extended set of Moonstruck...

Jul 4, 2022

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/4/22 Edition

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm in deep on three books that couldn't be more different from one another. I'm listening to The Personal...

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