Category: book club
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Book Review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Although I’m not particularly a fan of Shakespeare’s work, I’ve been interested in reading this book. I’ve owned a copy for a while, and was excited when it was selected as a book club read. Not being familiar with his life and relationships didn’t leave me feeling like I was missing out on any information…
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Book Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
This book is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Because of this, I was kind of nervous going into it, but since I was reading it with a book club, I figured it would be a good opportunity to read outside of my comfort zone…
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Book Review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
I am one of the few Americans who has never seen The Wizard of Oz all the way through. Not because I’ve never liked the story, but because the beginning of the movie terrified me as a child and I just haven’t felt like going back. I have seen Wicked on Broadway, though, and I love that story. Since…
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Book Review: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
How do I even begin talking about my experience reading this book? How am I going to sum up all of my thoughts and feelings in a few short paragraphs? All while avoiding spoilers!…
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Book Review: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green
“Looking at history through any single lens creates distortions, because history is too complex for any one way of looking to suffice.” John Green, Everything is Tuberculosis Title: Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest InfectionAuthor: John GreenGenres: Nonfiction, History, Science, Health, MedicinePages: 206 (Kindle)Published: March 18th, 2025 My Rating: ★★★★★Read: 6/2/2025…
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Book Review: Our Shouts Echo by Jade Adia
I went into this book blindly as it was a recommendation from a friend. On one hand, this enhanced my reading experience. On the other hand, had I known some elements of the story, I probably wouldn’t have picked it up on my own volition…
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Book Review: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Going into this book, I’d read and heard a lot of mixed reviews saying that this book deviates from Emily Henry’s typical style. I wasn’t too concerned about this because the style of this book actually aligns more with my typical reading preferences, so I feel I was lucky in this regard…
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Book Review: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
Elizabeth and William Friedman were renowned codebreakers who got their start in the early 20th Century. Until modern times, it was William who got a lot of the glory for his career, largely thanks to his wife’s persistence to put him in the history books. Meanwhile, Elizabeth’s contributions were left as quiet footnotes. In this…
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Book Review: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
I didn’t pay too much attention to this book when it was first published. I’m not one who gravitates toward wedding stories and, for whatever reason, I thought this was a murder mystery, and I had already read a book with this presumed premise I envisioned…
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Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
This book was initially recommended to me by a friend because of the historical and academic tone, but I’d put it off being intimidated by the faerie storyline. When it ended up being selected for a group read, I decided not to put it off any longer. Definitely different for me, but a nice different!…