Tag: literary
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Book Review: Gifts by Lesley Bootiman
It’s been some time since I’ve picked up a multigenerational story. Gifts has been like any other I’ve read, with a large focus on a genetic illness along with external life circumstances…
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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: 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: The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
After reading The Winds of War duology by Herman Wouk over a year ago, I was curious to read more by him. Although his writing is slow to build, it does not disappoint…
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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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Top 5: Favorite reads of 2025 (so far)
The first half of 2025 has been such a fantastic year of books for me! I feel like this list may as well drop the ‘so far’ tag because I can’t imagine any books that will be able to top the reading experiences I had with these books. This list only includes fiction books. Nonfiction…
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Book Review: Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
I knew going into this book that the style of writing was going to be different than what I am used to, so I actually started this as an audiobook to avoid the whole ‘no quotation marks’ issue. I have read books written in this style in the past and enjoyed them, so I wasn’t…
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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
This book was recommended to me several years ago by my grandmother. I remember her speaking about it with enthusiasm, and as far as I can recall, this was one of the last books I remember her talking about. I’ve put it off because I liked having that book recommendation frozen in time, but I…
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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: The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan
Yet again, I procrastinated reading a book that I’ve been actively wanting to read for several years. In this case, I’m going to use the excuse that I was letting this age like wine on my bookshelf. I enjoyed Mark Sullivan’s Beneath A Scarlet Sky so much that I think I was a little nervous that another…