Earlier this month I celebrated my 30th birthday in the Bahamas! And as I look back on the last decade of my reading life, I realized my tastes and interests changed drastically over the last ten years. What follows are just a few of my favorite books from that decade and are not in any… Continue reading Best Books of My 20s
There are few feelings as special as getting yourself lost in the world of a book. Below are just a few of my favorites! Strathclyde - The Lost Queen by Signe Pike I first traveled to Scotland in June of 2018 and took a lengthy road trip through the country in January 2019 and am… Continue reading Favorite Book Settings
I've had a good reading year so far, better than previous years - I've only hated 3 books so far! But below are my favorites thus far - not necessarily published in 2019 but read in 2019. And surprisingly, only 1 work of nonfiction and 3 fiction. Range by David Epstein An enjoyable psychology/sociology minded… Continue reading Favorite Reads of 2019 So Far
I love visiting all sorts of bookstores and below are just a few that I've visited since the start of the year. Strand Book Store Each and every time I visit New York, I make a point to stop by the Strand Book Store. A New York City institution, it is one of the largest… Continue reading 5 Recent Book Stores Visited
One of my favorite parts about working at a book store is recommending books. One of the most rewarding parts, is when people tell me how much they love said books and then we get to fangirl/boy over them together! Below are some that I've picked for those two biggest reading seasons, summer and the… Continue reading Summer Reading Recommendations!
Last week was moving week - which meant all sorts of chaos ensued, including, the moving of many, many, many boxes of books. 32. I counted. It's probably way too many and I haven't even gotten them all out of our old apartment. Downside to moving, less time for reading. My new nonfiction book club… Continue reading Moving 32 Boxes of Books…
As spring approaches, I look forward to books that bring not only a smile to my face, but a laugh as well. Below are some of my favorite books that genuinely made me laugh out loud. 1. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain As the anniversary of his death approaches, I think long and hard about… Continue reading Books That Made Me Laugh
I alternate back and forth between loving and hating celebrities memoirs. The hate, from the fact that they often are approached by a publisher to write a book, or their agents have very little difficulty finding a buyer for a proposed memoir. Whereas the rest of us aspiring writers have to grind our teeth writing… Continue reading My Favorite Celebrity Memoirs
I have always been a collector of books, but a few years ago, when I started working at an independent bookstore, I was introduced to these magical things called... Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs)! For those unfamiliar with the concept (and I was before attending my first BookCon shortly before starting my job at the bookstore,… Continue reading Moving… with 1,000 Books
Now that I am finally in the mood to read fiction again there are a few books that I've made decent progress with in the last two years that I will hopefully now finally finish! 1. Beartown by Fredrik Backman Reason #1 for wanting to read it: It is a story about ice hockey! No one has written a decent fictional… Continue reading Books to Finally Finish This Year
