Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
July was a pretty heavy reading month, but this book was pure fun and I enjoyed every bit of it. Moreno-Garcia’s novel is set in 1920’s…
Review: How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
For those interested in reading memoirs about events in other countries, I recommend this book by a young woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sandra…
2019 Challenges: the Halfway Mark
We’re halfway into the year, so it’s time for a quarterly report-out on challenges. You can see current progress on all my challenges here. For the…
Review: Dopesick by Beth Macy
This was one of those books that’s a tough read, but an important subject we should know more about. And Macy does a nice job of…
Review: All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
I really appreciated this memoir by Nicole Chung about her adoption and the search for her birth family. It was particularly interesting to read about her…
My 20 Books of Summer
Twenty Books of Summer is back! It will run from June 3 through August, and basically the challenge is to make a list of 20 books and…
Review: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
It’s hard to say this book was fun, since it involved more violently ill characters than any other book I can think of… but it’s a…
Re-Reading Childhood Favorites: Heidi by Johanna Spyri
You might not expect Heidi to be one of my childhood favorites, but it is. I tended to love books that were grittier and darker. I…
Review: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
I can’t say this is a perfect book, but it’s one of my favorites of the year, and it’s a book I’ll recommend to a lot…
Read Harder 2019: A Quarterly Challenge Update
This year I want to post at least a quarterly update on the challenges I’m working on. Each quarter I’ll focus on a different challenge. I’m…
Review: Ghostwritten by David Mitchell
I love David Mitchell – I love how every book by him is more of an experience than just a read. This book felt like a…
2019 Reading Challenges
This year I’m going to avoid signing up for any new challenges, but will continue with the ones I enjoyed most last year. The TBR Pile…
