Month: December 2023
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Book Review: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Normally with group reads I try really, really hard to find something to convince myself to bump up my rating for a book I didn’t enjoy, but I can’t with this one. To everyone I read this with who enjoyed this, I apologize!…
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Book Review: The Farewell Tour by Stephanie Clifford
In the beginning, this was shaping up to be a five-star read for me. I procrastinated reading it because I didn’t want it to end. I started this on a trip to Memphis which felt fitting with the country music themes of the book and liked it so much that I didn’t want to read…
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Book Review: The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
Honestly, I could spend the entirety of this review simply gushing over the prose to the point where I want to learn Spanish just so I can see if the original words are even more beautiful than the translation. This is the second book by Antonio Iturbe I’ve read and it didn’t disappoint…
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Book Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker
I never had much interest in reading Dracula until I read Frankenstein earlier this year. Much like my experience with that book, I was braced for campiness rather than genuine source material. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I ended up enjoying it…
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Book Review: Ask Not! by Tom Avitabile
My interest in the assassination of John F. Kennedy might make me biased, but I think most people would agree that there is not a better situation suited for a thriller. I’ve read one other novel/thriller that involves this moment in history, however, it ended up being a relatively small portion of the book. I…
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Book Review: One Man’s Europe by Gordon Nicholas
One of the biggest favors a person can do for themselves is to read at least one book about travel in their lifetime. Perhaps this comes from my innate wanderlust, but I do feel as though one of the greatest gifts books give us is the ability to read about another’s perception of the world.…
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Book Review: The Winds of War by Herman Wouk
I won’t lie. This was an intimidating book to start. Typically 500+ pages in books don’t phase me, but for me, that usually means nonfiction. I seldom find a fiction book so long that interests me. This book was suggested to me and I jumped in blindly, purchasing the book only to see the length…
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Blog Update
Since beginning this blog, I’ve strived to maintain some sort of schedule for my book reviews. Things have been crazy busy for me the past couple of weeks and I’ve fallen incredibly behind. I’m hoping to catch up this coming week before the Christmas busyness begins! I haven’t had much time to read either, so…
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Book Review: My Life in France by Julia Child
I’ve been watching Julia on HBO and have been thoroughly enjoying it. When this book was selected for a group read, I was super excited to read Julia Child’s own words. I was moderately familiar with her growing up coming from a PBS family on both sides, but I never thought much about her on…