“It was their favorite bitter joke: those who fight against prophecy only draw it more tightly around their throats.” Madeline Miller, Circe At the end of last year, I read The Song of Achilles thus rejuvenating my love of Greek retellings. If you read my previous blog post, you’ll know I absolutely loved that book. …
“Sometimes which choice you make is not as important as making a choice and committing to it.” Matthew McConaughey, Greenlights Alright, alright, alright! It’s been a minute since I published my last review. This month, I am making an effort to post at least 3 book reviews. I stepped away on an extended break to …
“Does such a thing as ‘the fatal flaw,’ that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature? I used to think it didn’t. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.” Donna Tartt, The Secret History Dark …
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“‘Remember the green,’ he says. ‘When you see the growing plants, know we are all connected to each other and to the Earth.’” Remembering Green by Lisa Gammon Olson When I reflect on my childhood, I can still remember the excitement I felt walking into the library. I remember begging my mom to let me …
“Beware the autumn people.” -Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes It’s nearing that time of year where pumpkins are carved, candy is eaten, and browning leaves crunch under our feet. It’s a season where we can contemplate the finality of death in the same stroke that we don costumes and play make-believe. In Autumn …
“She was thinking about the way she’d always taken for granted that the world had certain people in it, either central to her days or unseen and infrequently thought of. How without any one of these people the world is a subtly but unmistakably altered place, the dial turned just one or two degrees.” Emily …
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“I knew I would have to relearn how to listen to music, and that some of the music we’d loved together I’d never be able to hear again” Rob Sheffield Oh, Love is a Mixtape! I love this book so much. There is something so special about memoirs and autobiographies. They always hold such a …
“…things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully.” A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life is undoubtedly a huge critical and commercial success having won many awards including the 2015 Kirkus Prize …
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Hi all! I’m excited to announce that a new book review of mine was published on Onlinebookclub.org. Click the link below to check out the review, and please show the review some love if you enjoyed it! You can do so by leaving a comment on the review page. Your support means the world to …
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Hi everyone! I am so pleased to announce my first book review on the platform, Reedsy.com/discovery. I gave the book a 3 out of 5 star review. The book is newly published, so please consider supporting the author. Remember to click “upvote” on the review page to help promote my review and in doing so, …
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