A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: fourteen books read (two from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read featuring a nonfiction book about friendship, a YA fantasy novel with a snarky-AF Hero and a fake dating romance, two surprising 5-star reads and three anticipated books releasing this week!
The first of my readlike recommendations: a list of ten books that you should read after THE FAVOR by Suzanne Wright, a marriage of convenience romance.
A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: four new books read (one from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read centring strong women and explore women's roles in systems of oppression, a change in my Up Next Shelf progress report and my 2020 reading goal and two new books I can't wait to start reading!
A gut-wrenching, tear-jerker of a romance novel that transforms itself into a book of healing and convincing second chance love–although, its enjoyability is severely limited by the frustrating characterization of its Heroine.
A beautifully written book that takes its time to explore how someone can learn to trust and love again after a tremendous loss; flashing back and forth between the hours before the crash and Edward's current reality, the author explores what it means to be true to yourself and the connections that help you overcome such heartache.
A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: four new books read (one from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read featuring diverse mythological retellings and central themes of social justice, and some thoughts on my upcoming posts.
An unabashedly honest memoir, comprised of short essays, Glennon draws on her experiences with consciously uncoupling from her husband, parenting her children in a blended-family, marrying her wife, Abby and reconciling her God with religion as an institution, to unpack the varying ways our current societies cage us. The pacing takes a while to find its rhythm; however, the immersive and thought-provoking prose makes the memoir an exceptional and cathartic read.
This is so much more than a post-break-up self-help book–while it focuses on heterosexual relationships, the book is a great introduction to how the patriarchy and internalized misogyny significantly impact how women approach relationships (and deal with moving on).
A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: seven new books read (two from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read featuring a coming-of-age LGBTQIA+ historical fiction set in Ireland, a YA fantasy revolution-based novel and a mother-daughter contemporary fiction story and a look at all the books I want to read this upcoming week.
An excellently written courtroom drama that pulls the reader in, demonstrating the malleability of the truth while unfalteringly exploring the typically unvoiced sacrifices and traumas of being a parent to a special needs child, the uncertainty of immigration and the isolation of adolescence.
