Month: January 2025
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Book Review: This Beautiful, Ridiculous City by Kay Sohini
In this memoir, Kay Sohini shares her immigration story in what can best be described as a love letter to New York City. Not only does she discuss moving to a new country and her dream city, but also the turbulent years of her early 20s…
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Book Review: Funny Story by Emily Henry
When her fiance, Peter, leaves her for his childhood best friend, Petra, Daphne finds herself knocking on the door of Petra’s ex, Miles’, door needing a place to stay. They mope around the apartment for a while, but for the most part, they carry on with their separate lives. That is until they receive wedding…
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Book Review: XOXO by Axie Oh
Jenny is on her way to a stellar future as a cellist. She’s spent her life practicing and seldom, if ever, choosing fun and friendship over study and rehearsal. But in her most recent review, she’s told that she lacks ‘spark’ in an otherwise flawless performance…
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Book Review: The JFK Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer & Josh Mensch
While at first glance the title of the book sounds like your run-of-the-mill ‘whodunit’ in the John F. Kennedy series, The Kennedy Conspiracy is actually about a lesser-known assassination attempt that took place before President Kennedy’s inauguration…
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Book Review: The Things We Do for Love by Kristin Hannah
I am such a sap when it comes to found family. Knowing this, a friend insisted I read this after reading it herself…
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Book Review: The Booklover’s Library by Madeline Martin
Widowed and left to take care of her young daughter Olivia on her own, Emma struggles to find work. Eventually, she finds a job at a library. But the onset of war makes being a single parent even more difficult…
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Top 5: Books I read in 2024
2024 was a pretty good reading year! I ventured into new genres (I’m looking at you, One Piece), explored new topics, and made a dent in my physical TBR…
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Book Review: Letters to Jackie by Ellen Fitzpatrick
I had no idea a book like this existed until I stumbled across it in a used bookstore. What a treasure trove it is! There is a lot of hearsay about John F. Kennedy’s assassination (and I am admittedly someone who is willing to listen to all of it), but this is not one of…
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Book Review: Opening the Holy Door by Joan Watson
As the 2025 Jubilee Year begins, Opening the Holy Door is a fantastic book to pick up to start the spiritual year…
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Book Review: From Where to the Great Unknown by Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough
Elvis Presley has been a staple in my household and extended family for my entire life, but I’d never known much about his family outside of a couple of trips to Graceland. My most recent trip was in October of 2023. Even though it was several months after Lisa Marie Presley’s death, it was a…