Lose Yourself in the World of Books
Shades of Magic #1 Do you ever look at your shelves of books and think "This book has been here too long."? That's how I've felt about A Darker Shade of Magic - I've had it since 2015 and I've been recommending it to bookstore patrons for just as long, but without admitting that I… Continue reading A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab
The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies I've always loved biographies of the royals and, as an #ImWithHer girl, when I realized that First Women existed, I figured it would be one that I should take a look at. Synopsis One of the most underestimated - and demanding - positions in the world, the… Continue reading First Women by Kate Andersen Brower
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Looking for an interesting historical book about Nazi Germany, and knowing that my book club was going to read Dead Wake, I decided to read In the Garden of Beasts. Downside, it is a difficult book to get into, upside, the audiobook is well done and enjoyable. Synopsis The… Continue reading In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Welcome to Women's History Month! This month I will try to focus my reviews on books that discuss women in history and as I've read quite a few, it shouldn't be too hard! Synopsis In this luminous volume, New York Times bestselling writer Julia Pierpont and artist Manjit Thapp match short, vibrant, and surprising biographies… Continue reading The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century I've decided I might as well just go ahead and start calling 2018 my year of nonfiction. Two full months in and I've only read one traditional work of fiction out of the 10 books I've read. Also, I'm prepared to lose friends and alienate certain groups of people… Continue reading On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
A Manifesto Oh the thoughts and tirades this book stirs up. But for the sake of review, I'll try to keep it short and too the point. Add this to my growing pile of feminism reads. Synopsis At long last, Mary Bread has decided to address in one brave book the misogynists and trolls who… Continue reading Women & Power by Mary Beard
A Mostly True Memoir It is not often that I get the idea in my head that I absolutely must read a book at a particular time, but I decided this year before Christmas that I absolutely had to read Furiously Happy. My coworker, Jennifer, who loves Jenny Lawson, said "No, no. You have to… Continue reading Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows Millennials, my generation, are defined in some small part by their relationship with Harry Potter. Almost all of us have a story about when we were first introduced the the boy wizard who changed our reading… Continue reading Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter Ever since I was introduced to Kick Kennedy as a character in the Montmaray Journals (review to come!), I have been fascinated by her life and her experiences as an American in England during the Second World War. When the ARC for this biography arrived at… Continue reading Kick Kennedy by Barbara Leaming
Persepolis had been on my TBR list for a very long time, probably since I first saw the trailer for the film adaptation (which I still haven't seen) at an art theater in the town I grew up in. When Emma Watson, one of my personal heroes, decided to make it a selection for her Goodreads'… Continue reading Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Celebration of Books 