Those black-eyed peas? They tasted alright to me! I found myself singing this line from The Chicks' song "Goodbye Earl" nonstop every time I closed this book. In all honesty, I chose to read this book based on that one reason: I love that song. I went into this book completely blind. Never read[...]
March felt like the absolute perfect time to center my reading around women. Women telling their stories and claiming space in every way possible. I truly didn’t go into the month with a solid plan, aside from knowing all books must center around women. And somehow, each book found its way to[...]
For such a short book, The Awakening gave me so much to sit with. I had more notes on this than any book I’ve read recently, and for very good reason. I’ve been meaning to reread this for years. It was originally assigned back in undergrad, but like a lot of assignments, we glossed right ove[...]
Will I ever be happy reading this? That's the exact question I asked my best friend (who loaned me the book) halfway through The Women by Kristin Hannah. Frankie McGrath’s journey was an emotional rollercoaster, to say the very least. I had no idea how much emotionally this book would take out of[...]
Some characters don’t just introduce themselves; they make a very very loud statement. Chapter one: Daisy Jones does exactly that. That night, I took the diploma out of its case and I folded it up and I used it, like a bookmark, in a copy of Valley of the Dolls. Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy[...]
I had a goal for January: four books. I decided to keep that goal each month for the entire year. But February had other plans... I started with four books in mind and ended up reading seven. For such a short month, I have to say, I absolutely killed my goal. This post could contain affiliate li[...]