bird by bird review.

February 17, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Bird By Bird by Anne Lamott is a book that beautifully captures what it means to be a writer. It is a lot of frustration and feeling like you should just give up. It is also incredibly satisfying to craft stories and know this is exactly what you were meant to do. I turned to […]

valentine's day.

February 14, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Happy Valentine’s Day bookworms! I hope your day includes some sweet treats and love. Love shows itself in an array of ways. Romance, friendships, family relationships, and most importantly: self-love. So let’s celebrate love today in whatever way we can. Here are a few poems that reflect the theme of love in many aspects. Enjoy […]

outline review.

February 5, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

This is not a novel. Well, it is, but it would be better described as a collection of conversations. Outline by Rachel Cusk is a story of an English woman traveling to Greece to teach a writing course. Along the way she records every interaction she experiences from her neighbor on the plane to her […]

ghost wall review.

January 17, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

“Lights blind you; there’s a lot you miss by gathering at the fireside.” TW: abuse Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss is a dark and powerful novella filled with nature, perseverance, history, and shattering perspectives. Silvie spends two weeks of summer with her parents in the North of England, attempting to live like Iron Age Britons. […]

the lesser bohemians review.

January 8, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride is a challenging read. Its structure is difficult to power through, almost entirely fragments/stream of consciousness, and forced me to re-read the majority of the book. It is a book filled with raw honesty about first-time love, but that seems to be the only true focus during the story. […]

2019.

January 2, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Another year has come and gone. 2019 brought the beginning of this blog and only increased my passion for reading and writing. I’m grateful for the growth I’ve experienced this past year, and cannot wait to see what 2020 brings! In 2019: I read 27 books/audiobooks, wrote 34 blog posts, had viewers from 32 countries, […]

the secret history review.

December 18, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

This story has easily become one of my favorite books of all time. That’s how good it is. When I finally finished it, I was taken aback. I never wanted the world of The Secret History to end. Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. Once again, I have fallen in […]