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  • Author Spotlight: Gretchen Rubin

    Author Spotlight: Gretchen Rubin

    Now, the new year is upon us and we’re making resolutions that will make us better, happier, healthier, people, so why not learn from Rubin?

  • Lies We Told

    Lies We Told

    In my quest to finish all of my BOTM books and because I love the color purple, I finally picked up Lies We Told and wow, was I engrossed.

  • The Library Book

    The Library Book

    As a student in a graduate program of library science, I felt weirdly called to pick up this book. I’d heard a lot of chatter about it, so I downloaded the audiobook and started off on my adventure into the Los Angeles Central Library.

  • Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life

    Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life

    I am unsure of why I waited so long to read (listen to) this memoir by the Bush twins, but wow, it has saved me from an audiobook slump and crops are growing

  • Bonfire

    Bonfire

    It’s part legal thriller, part corruption case, part typical drunk-woman-dealing-with-issues-mystery, and I loved it. I read it in one foul swoop. 

  • Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel

    Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel

    I’m a sucker for a good musical, but I won’t even pretend I wasn’t absolutely ANGRY when Dear Evan Hansen beat out Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 for Best Musical at the Tony Awards. F

  • Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating

    Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating

    I needed something I could binge-read and that would make me FEEL things and wow, the writing duo that is Christina Lauren did not let me down.

  • The Last Equation of Isaac Severy

    The Last Equation of Isaac Severy

    In a quest to finally catch up on my Book of the Month TBR pile, I settled in to read the book I selected back in March 2018 when it was billed as an adult version of the Westing Game and while I’m not sure the descriptor is perfect, I really enjoyed this book.

  • 29 Dates

    29 Dates

    Set against the backdrop of a Korean exchange student moving countries and going on dates, there’s a lot to love here

  • Author Spotlight: Jenn Bennett

    Author Spotlight: Jenn Bennett

    Sometimes, after a hard day, all I want to do is curl up and loss myself in young love and a rom-com. That’s what Jenn Bennett’s books do

  • Nine Perfect Strangers

    Nine Perfect Strangers

    The only book by Liane Moriarty I’ve read is Big Little Lies and…Nine Perfect Strangers is different. The mystery isn’t who died or who killed them, it’s will these people make it out of here?

  • 6 Books to Read to Get into the Christmas Spirit

    6 Books to Read to Get into the Christmas Spirit

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Get in the Christmas spirit with these six books! I’m not one for “holiday” reading but I do love to get in the spirit and since I’ve now rediscovered my love for cheesy holiday movies, how could I not this year?