Month: November 2025
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Book Review: UFOs & Nukes by Robert Hastings
I’ve seen theories about UFOs and nuclear power discussed a lot on TV, but I haven’t read much about the topic in books. I looked forward to picking this one up, and while it did discuss a wide range of sightings/events, I felt like I was trudging through it…
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Book Review: The Vienna Writers Circle by J.C. Maetis
When I picked up this book, I had been expecting something more cerebral. Instead, it has more of a thriller tone. However, I didn’t find this all too thrilling, personally…
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Book Review: Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
In a magical Tokyo pawnshop, people who find it are given the choice to pawn their regrets. Hana inherits the shop from her father, and on her first day, she wakes to the shop ransacked and her father missing…
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Book Review: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I’ve been intrigued by this book for so long, but I wanted to wait for the right time to pick it up. While my timing was fine, the book wasn’t quite what I expected it would be…
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Book Review: My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar
Hannah Pick-Goslar and Anne Frank’s families both escaped Germany and moved to Amsterdam before the start of World War II. The two girls became fast friends and grew up together in the country they all thought was their refuge…
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Book Review: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
This was my second attempt at reading War and Peace, and I’m glad of my decision to put it down when I wasn’t ready for it. I also kind of regret turning this attempt at reading it into a challenge, but I think that ultimately held me accountable, and now I will thoroughly enjoy a…
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Book Review: Warrior: Audrey Hepburn by Robert Matzen
I’ve had this on my TBR since its release. I enjoyed Robert Matzen’s first book about Audrey Hepburn, and I was excited to see a sequel of sorts. Despite my excitement, it’s taken me a few years to finally pick it up…
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Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey
After reading Nagasaki by Susan Southard several months ago, both the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been on my mind. I saw this on display at the bookstore around the anniversary, and when I saw that it was first published in 1946, I couldn’t wait to read it…