Category: Book Recommendations
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Thought-provoking Anti-War Novels
War, what is it good for? Today is Memorial Day, which is the day we remember veterans who died during their service in the U. S. military. For many, this weekend is about an extra Monday off, getting a jump on the week ahead. For others, this is a gut-wrenching holiday dedicated to persons they’ve…
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Scary Books I’m Reading for October
I am one of the many people who looks forward to the month of October every year. I don’t know if any other part of the year has such a stark transition. One month, it’s summer time with weekends at the beach, and the next month people are drinking hot pumpkin spice lattes and wearing…
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Standalone Fantasy Novels (for When You Don’t Want to Read a Full Series)
I can’t begin to recount the amount of times I’ve picked up a book, hoping to dive into a one and done fantasy novel, only to realize it’s the first book in a series. There’s nothing wrong with this, of course, and sometimes it’s exciting to realize there’s only more of the story to come.…
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My Personal Favorite Books
Note: I ended up skipping last week because this post is so egregiously long, and I didn’t have anything to post in its place. My apologies to the five people who consistently read my blog. Recently I’ve been thinking about an argument I had with my boyfriend. He claims that the story told in The…
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Books I’ve DNF’d
It is pretty rare that I “DNF” (“do not finish”) a book. Typically, I choose books that I think I’ll like, or that are well-regarded in the literary world. I don’t frequently choose books at random, nor do I choose books that sound uninteresting to me. I’m a picky reader, and I’m not ashamed of…
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Easily Accessible Nonfiction Books Everyone Should Read
As I progress as a reader, I try to challenge myself to read more and more nonfiction books each year. Nonfiction has always been a challenging genre for me due to the dryer nature of the books. I’ve always liked a great story, and many nonfiction books are just not story books. However, there are…
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Books for If You Like Gothic Literature
When I was in college I took a class that explored classic Gothic literature novels. We read books like Frankenstein, Carmilla, Dracula, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, and so on. Some of these novels ended up being books that really changed the way I viewed writing and reading, and gothic literature quickly became one of…
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T. Kingfisher: For Fans of Soft Romance and Fantasy
Recently I’ve read Nettle & Bone, Swordheart and The Clocktaur Wars by T. Kingfisher, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I really enjoyed her novels. I didn’t think I would dislike them, but I also didn’t think I would find myself hoping the day passed by quickly so I could return home and…
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Book Recap: The Last 10(ish) Books I’ve Read
It’s time for another review dump! I’ve been gone for a while, but I hope to maintain a more regular schedule this year. I also thought that starting the year off with a review dump seemed fitting. Here are ten or so books that you can (maybe) add to your reading list for the year.…
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My Favorite Books of 2021
I read 50 books in the year 2021. My usually goal is 52 books a year, so I came up a few short, but considering how crazy life has been I think I still did okay. It’s not easy to move halfway across the country amid a pandemic and still read a book a week,…