how to come alive again review.

August 18, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Insightful, heartbreaking, and healing. Those are the words I would use to describe this book. How to Come Alive Again: a guide to killing your monsters, by Beth McColl came into my life at the right time. I have felt the pressures of anxiety more so than usual recently. Let me just say that it […]

the goldfinch review.

August 5, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

This book has been on my radar for months and finally one day I decided to get it. I had extremely unrealistic expectations that I could knock out this book in a few weeks. Oh, was I wrong. Throw in moving to a different state, starting a new job, and life in general. It took […]

lit magazine love.

August 2, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

In searching for new ways to expand my reading through new writers and genres, I found literary magazines. Literature magazines are perfect for curating a love for different styles, topics, and ideas. I’d never picked up a lit magazine until some time last year when I was looking for something to read in an airport. […]

scribbler review.

July 8, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

After months of seeing Instagram posts advertising this product, I decided to give into the hype. Scribbler is a subscription box for novelists made by bestselling authors. As said on the site, “The subscription box, delivered monthly, is designed to help novelists do the three most important things: stay motivated while writing, improve their craft, […]

getting into a reading habit.

July 5, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

Since starting a full-time desk job, I have noticed my reading time plummet. Not ideal for someone running a book blog/instagram. Trying to find a balance of love for reading and fitting it into a busy schedule can be tough. So I decided to write up a few ways to realistically get into a habit […]

summer playlist.

June 29, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For those days when you want to enjoy the warmth of sunshine on your skin, feel a fresh breeze floating through your window, spend all afternoon getting lost in a book, and consuming all of the iced coffee.

normal people review.

May 30, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

Here is a profoundly lonely and depressing love story. Normal People follows the main characters, Marianne and Connell, through their adolescence and early 20’s. The relationship between the two is one of the most complex I’ve ever read. They are deeply flawed, with unlovable characteristics, but I could not help but feel for them. The […]